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Noel Joined: Mar 15, 2011 Posts: 8528 Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.	Posted on Jun 30 2012 05:17 PM Don Wilson's Jazzmaster, the one he bought from Bob Bogle, is for sale here: http://www.emeraldcityguitars.com/product/1967-jazzmaster-owned-by-the-ventures/# image — This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got. Top
bigtikidude Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25620 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.	Posted on Jun 30 2012 05:19 PM lots of road miles on that thing — Jeff(bigtikidude) Last edited: Jun 30, 2012 17:21:17 Top
Noel Joined: Mar 15, 2011 Posts: 8528 Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.	Posted on Jun 30 2012 05:27 PM This is ostensibly the first JM Bob Bogle used, and he sold it to Don when he bought a second one. If this is that guitar, it was in the Rock & Roll fame for a while after The Ventures were inducted. And that would make it the same JM Don talks about here. — This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got. Top
tubeswell Joined: Sep 24, 2011 Posts: 1424 Wellington, NZ	Posted on Jun 30 2012 05:29 PM Looks like its a bit worse for wear even compared to the inset pic. And the bridge saddles need fixing up up something - the E-string doesn't look good — He who dies with the most tubes... wins Surf Daddies Top
Noel Joined: Mar 15, 2011 Posts: 8528 Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.	Posted on Jun 30 2012 06:58 PM I'm not predicting anything, but I wouldn't be a bit surprised if this ends up with a Ventures collector in Japan. — This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got. Top
bigtikidude Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25620 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.	Posted on Jun 30 2012 07:04 PM too bad its not their original ones from when it was just the 2 of them playing together in bars. Like how PJ and Eddie started out. — Jeff(bigtikidude) Top
drumuitar Joined: Feb 28, 2006 Posts: 813 Boise, ID	Posted on Jun 30 2012 09:00 PM Noel wrote: This is ostensibly the first JM Bob Bogle used, and he sold it to Don when he bought a second one. If this is that guitar, it was in the Rock & Roll fame for a while after The Ventures were inducted. And that would make it the same JM Don talks about here. the first JM that Bob used on Walk Don't Run was probably a 58 or 59. — Shawn Martin http://www.drummerman.net http://www.youtube.com/GKacedrummerman http://www.facebook.com/drumuitar Top
Noel Joined: Mar 15, 2011 Posts: 8528 Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.	Posted on Jun 30 2012 09:09 PM drumuitar wrote: Noel wrote: This is ostensibly the first JM Bob Bogle used, and he sold it to Don when he bought a second one. If this is that guitar, it was in the Rock & Roll fame for a while after The Ventures were inducted. And that would make it the same JM Don talks about here. the first JM that Bob used on Walk Don't Run was probably a 58 or 59. Yeah. Don says (starting around 29 sec. in) that he bought this guitar from Bob, but not that it was Bob's first JM. It would be too late for that. Thanks for pointing it out. — This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got. Last edited: Jun 30, 2012 21:12:32 Top
Noel Joined: Mar 15, 2011 Posts: 8528 Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.	Posted on Jun 30 2012 09:18 PM Here it is in action. Sounds pretty good. — This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got. Top
drumuitar Joined: Feb 28, 2006 Posts: 813 Boise, ID	Posted on Jun 30 2012 09:39 PM Noel wrote: Here it is in action. Sounds pretty good. Leon Taylor is a very good drummer, although he has a metronomic feel that his dad didn't have. — Shawn Martin http://www.drummerman.net http://www.youtube.com/GKacedrummerman http://www.facebook.com/drumuitar Top
Noel Joined: Mar 15, 2011 Posts: 8528 Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.	Posted on Jul 01 2012 07:39 AM drumuitar wrote: Noel wrote: Here it is in action. Sounds pretty good. Leon Taylor is a very good drummer, although he has a metronomic feel that his dad didn't have. Professionally trained? — This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got. Top
tubeswell Joined: Sep 24, 2011 Posts: 1424 Wellington, NZ	Posted on Jul 01 2012 09:06 AM Noel wrote: Professionally trained? Yup his ol man was a real pro. — He who dies with the most tubes... wins Surf Daddies Last edited: Jul 01, 2012 09:07:07 Top
JohnnyMosrite Joined: Jun 14, 2006 Posts: 905 New York City area	Posted on Jul 01 2012 11:04 AM I've tried a few of these over the years. Fender's quality problems were becoming evident. I never thought the guitar played or sounded that great for the money being asked for at the time. But yeah, the guitar is iconic.. so it will end up in some collector's stash somewhere. It probably suited Don's playing style a bit better than the Mosrites. Have you seen his hands in any of the Ventures videos? - humanized bear claws. They're almost too big for the usual Mac truck-type clunker Fender neck. It amazes me that Don has bashed Mosrite (the guitar) over the years as being too tempermental and too hard to play (I guess for his hands). So what does he do? He comes out with the Wilson line of guitars which resemble cheap imitations of the Mosrite guitar; the only nod to the Fender Jazzmaster is the tremolo setup. Hmmm - interesting . Top
drumuitar Joined: Feb 28, 2006 Posts: 813 Boise, ID	Posted on Jul 01 2012 01:46 PM In Don's defense, he may have dug the general shape of the Mosrite but the Wilson Bros necks bear no resemblance to a Mosrite — Shawn Martin http://www.drummerman.net http://www.youtube.com/GKacedrummerman http://www.facebook.com/drumuitar Top
drumuitar Joined: Feb 28, 2006 Posts: 813 Boise, ID	Posted on Jul 01 2012 01:50 PM Noel wrote: drumuitar wrote: Noel wrote: Here it is in action. Sounds pretty good. Leon Taylor is a very good drummer, although he has a metronomic feel that his dad didn't have. Professionally trained? I assume he learned from watching his dad. I'm not criticizing Leon by any stretch. I'm just saying Mel was a little less drum machine sounding — Shawn Martin http://www.drummerman.net http://www.youtube.com/GKacedrummerman http://www.facebook.com/drumuitar Top
Noel Joined: Mar 15, 2011 Posts: 8528 Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.	Posted on Jan 26 2013 05:36 PM Sold for $75,000.00. http://www.julienslive.com/view-auctions/catalog/id/80/lot/32362/ — This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got. Top
tubeswell Joined: Sep 24, 2011 Posts: 1424 Wellington, NZ	Posted on Jan 26 2013 05:47 PM — He who dies with the most tubes... wins Surf Daddies Top
JakeDobner Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle	Posted on Jan 26 2013 06:11 PM Noel wrote: Here it is in action. Sounds pretty good. Too bad the rest of the band didn't play with the balls he was playing with. Bad mix as well... Top

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