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Ok, I just suspect the story got related wrong from someone confusing Don with
Nokie. This is not to say that Nokie is not a crack up, but I don't really know.
Nokie now has his own Mosrite knock-off brand called the "Hitchhiker". It's
guldern ugly if ya ask me. Many Nokie fanatics are buyin' 'em.
-Marty
----- Original Message -----
From: supertwangreverb
To:
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 5:34 PM
Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: Mosrites
Yeah well, whatever. I still think it's funny that Nokie would refer
to them as contraband. There's something about Nokie that cracks me up.
--- In , "Marty Tippens" <mctippens@e...>
wrote:
> It's not Nokie that stopped the Excellent, he doesn't own the rights
to the Ventures name. It's Don Wilson and his son Tim wantin' to make
their Wilson Bros the only current Ventures models. As an interesting
note, Nokie, while still playing with the Ventures, has never been a
full partner in the Ventures . Even in the '60's he was a hired hand.
That was his choice.
> -Marty
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: supertwangreverb
> To:
> Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 2:38 PM
> Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: Mosrites
>
>
>
> 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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