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Ebay and possibly allparts.com for the heavier Mosrite spring, Chris.
----- Original Message -----
From: Chris
To:
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 6:38 PM
Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: Mosrites
--- In , "supertwangreverb"
<supertwangreverb@y...> wrote:
>
> There's something about Nokie that cracks me up.
It's the fact that his name is Nokie.... It has to effect your
outlook on life.
I heard he was wounded in the war, and can only stand for short
periods, even in the 60's. On the cover of the Ventures Live in
japan cd, you can see his stool. It has to be a trip seeing
someone tear it up like he does on that disc sitting down!!
hey Marty, any ideas on finding a heavier spring for the trem on
the Mosrite? I used some washer under mine, but I'd still like a
little heavier strings on it.
Chris
>
> --- 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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