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Yeah, I suspect that's Tim Wilson, Don's son who is behind the stopping of the
sale of the Japanese gray market Ventures models on Ebay. He's doing it 'cause
he wants the Wilson Bros models to be the exclusive Ventures models.
There is argument as to whether Semie actually put Ventures logos on his '80's
Mosrites. He wanted to and advertised that way initially but the Ventures put
the nix on it. I have one of the '80's models but the logo was put on in later
years. I don't know how myrareguitars is getting away with the sale of gray
market Ventures models. The Ventures were successful in stopping the practice in
Japan.
-Marty
----- Original Message -----
From: trainwayne
To:
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 3:32 PM
Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: Mosrites
I've listed a couple of "Excellent 65" models on ebay and been sent
threatening letters from The Ventures law firm and had the auctions
pulled off by ebay. I was told that ANYTHING with The Ventures logo
except original Mosrites built in the '60s are illegal.....however,
when I asked the law firm for a list of legitimate serial numbers
for the Ventures models, they said that they had them but wouldn't
release them to anyone. I currently have one of the Mosrites that E.
Roman sells.....funny how as soon as he became the "exclusive"
distributor of those models the price jumped $600. Mike at
myrareguitars.com still has pictures of Mosrites for sale that he
says were built by Semie Mosely in the 80s that have the Ventures
logo on them......perhaps his being located in Canada keeps The
Ventures Police from bothering him? --- In, "supertwangreverb"
<supertwangreverb@y...> wrote:
>
> Yes, the Excellent 65 I played was REALLY close to what Ed Roman
is
> selling these days. I hear Nokie Edwards was rather instrumental
in
> having the Excellent 65s pulled, and has had his people pester
some
> ebay sellers. I hear he refers to them, in his accent,
> as "contraband!"
>
> Bill
>
> --- In , "Marty Tippens"
> <mctippens@e...> wrote:
> > Yeah, that Ed Roman is a piece of work. The Mosrites he sells
> aren't the same as the ones Chris and I have. They're made by a
> different Japanese company and they don't have the Ventures logo.
I
> don't know what other differences there are. I'm guessing they're
> good quality but you're right, those prices are ridiculous. The
> Excellents were also expensive but not ridiculous. They sold for
> around a grand, the next model up was around 1400- and the
sidejack
> was just under 3G's.
> > -Marty
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: supertwangreverb
> > To:
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 10:29 AM
> > Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: Mosrites
> >
> >
> >
> > Someone's got some spare cash laying around :)
> > Our old obese drummer had a excellent 65 and it sounded
great.
> > Couldn't put heavy strings on it tho, and man, the neck was so
> > thin! I thought if I could play a Jaguar I'd be able to play
> > anything (What a good debate that would be, "Jaguar vs
Mosrite's
> > playability")
> >
> > I was in Vegas last May and had to stop off at Ed Romans, what
a
> fat
> > idiot, anyway he had the sidejacks, and the regular Mosrite
> models.
> > I think the side jack was around 4 grand and the regular was
> > $2500.00. No Japanese reissue is worth that.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > --- In , "Marty Tippens"
> > <mctippens@e...> wrote:
> > > I also have an Excellent as well as the Super Custom '65,
> the '63
> > Royal (sidejack), an original '66 Ventures Model XII, and
an '89
> > Tone Chamber. The Tone Chamber can be seen at
> > and the excellent with
> Jon's
> > original Mosrite Ventures Model Bass at
> > .
> > > -Marty
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Chris
> > > To:
> > > Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 7:35 AM
> > > Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: Mosrites
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > We both have the same model. The '65 Excellent. We
bought
> them
> > > from Michael at My Rare Guitars.com thinking it would be
> cool
> > to
> > > have matching Mosrites. neither of us can play them very
> well,
> > and
> > > sometimes they just don't have the sound you want for the
> > material
> > > we're doing. someday we might bust them out for a
ventures
> > > tribute. They sure are cool looking guitars.
> > > I noticed Marty plays Mosrites - what models, year, etc?
> > >
> > > --- In , "Marty Tippens"
> > > <mctippens@e...> wrote:
> > > > I was also admiring the Mosrites on your site, Chris. It
> looks
> > as
> > > if the other guitarist has an original '65 or is that the
> > Japanese
> > > copy they call the Custom '65? Is yours the "Excellent"?
All
> of
> > > those Japanese models really were very well made. It's a
> shame
> > they
> > > had their hand slapped and had to stop production. I also
> agree
> > > about the difficult necks, but they have a great tone.
> > > > -Marty
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: Chris
> > > > To:
> > > > Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 10:05 PM
> > > > Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Mosrites, was Re: Fender
Jaguar
> > > Baritone/Bass VI finished
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In , Brian Neal
> > <brian@s...>
> > > wrote:
> > > > > Chris,
> > > > >
> > > > > Nice job on the website, BTW.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks Brian - I't's getting better all the time.
> > > > >
> > > > > Just wanted to ask a follow up question, I see you
> have a
> > > Mosrite
> > > > also.
> > > > > Is it an original or a copy (if so what kind)? How
> does it
> > > compare
> > > > to
> > > > > your Jag & Jazzmaster?
> > > >
> > > > The Mosrite is a japanese reissue. It
says "Mosrite
> of
> > > > California" and has the Ventures logo on the
headstock.
> > It's
> > > really
> > > > a well built guitar, and has that Mosrite sound.
It's
> hard
> > to
> > > > play. Skinny neck, tight string spacing. As I improve
> as a
> > > guitar
> > > > player, I can finally struggle through a few songs
with
> it,
> > but
> > > i
> > > > really have to concentrate. jags and JM's are much
> > freindlier
> > > to
> > > > play I think.
> > > >
> > > > Chris
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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