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#Post#: 1985--------------------------------------------------
Desert Surfer's Ventures guitars
By: DesertSurfer Date: June 5, 2013, 10:18 am
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Atsushi Nakamura's "The Pink Mosrite" posting has inspired me
that I would like to share my experience of collecting Ventures
and Nokie Edwards guitars. I am so pleased to meet with fan
thousands miles away. It is a small world after all.
Although I have been living in the US for 38 years, English is
not my mother's language, I do not speak nor write English as
perfect as you guys. Especially now all my children have grown
up and left home, and I have retired from business, I have less
chance practicing my English on daily basis.
Anyway, I will try my best to share my experiences and the joys
of collecting these guitars in the next few months. Hope you
guys will find them interesting and informative. And I hope my
posting will help to attract more viewers (especially Ventures
fans from other countries) to this forum.
Hope you guys will find my posting interesting and informative
and I hope they will help to attract more viewers (especially
Ventures fans from other countries) to this forum.
All the Ventures fans please chime in and share your thoughts
and experiences for the band we all love.
Thanks for viewing.
:)
#Post#: 1986--------------------------------------------------
Re: Desert Surfer's Ventures guitars
By: DesertSurfer Date: June 5, 2013, 10:36 am
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Guitar collection of an old timer
My wife bought me a copy of Picasso's famous painting; "The old
man with a guitar" for my birthday 10 years ago. Every time I
look at this painting, I always wonder whether the old man was
tired, or whether he was simply indulged with his guitar
playing?
HTML http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c76/Sheatan/picasso_old_guitarist.jpg
I love oldies music and vintage guitars. Maybe because I'm an
old timer myself. I started collecting guitars about 20 some
years ago; and every time I hold one of my beloved guitars in my
hands, I feel the same enjoyment. Perhaps like that old man in
the picture. As for "the double face" in the picture, maybe this
could be the old man's wife yelling: "Hum? another new
guitar?...."
I love Surf music, especially the 60's instrumentals by a group
called The Ventures. The Ventures were inducted into the Rock 'n
Roll Hall of Fame in December 2007 (the formal ceremony will be
held in New York in March 2008).
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HTML http://www.thefleetwoods.com/images/The%20Ventures%20Hall%20of%20Fame%20induction.jpg
The sound of the surf guitar is different and unique - you
either love it or hate it. I just love it! I used to play
Ventures surf hits when I was in my teens and still love to play
them 40 years later. As you will see from my collection, many of
my guitars are the same models used by the Ventures (Fender
Jazzmaster, Mosrites, etc.).
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One of my biggest guitar heroes is Nokie Edwards (the lead
guitarist of The Ventures in the 60's). In 2006, Nokie was
ranked 29th best guitarist in the world by Playboy Magazine.
Congratulations, Nokie! I am very honored to know him in person,
and am also fortunate to have collected a number of his personal
guitars.
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The red guitar Nokie played in this photo was the HitchHiker
Prototype I got from him personally. Nokie used this guitar for
local concerts sometimes. HitchHiker guitars are designed and
marketed by Nokie. I will talk a little more later about all my
HitchHiker guitar collection (Electric, Acoustic and Classical)
Talk soon.
:)
#Post#: 1987--------------------------------------------------
Re: Desert Surfer's Ventures guitars
By: tabalt11 Date: June 5, 2013, 10:40 am
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Desert Surfer- The PHOTOS really add to
the surrounding text. Keep up the good work!
#Post#: 1988--------------------------------------------------
Re: Desert Surfer's Ventures guitars
By: DesertSurfer Date: June 5, 2013, 12:32 pm
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Thanks, Tom for the good words.
"Pictures worth thousand words..."
Vincent
:)
#Post#: 1989--------------------------------------------------
Re: Desert Surfer's Ventures guitars
By: AtsushiNakamura Date: June 5, 2013, 1:15 pm
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[quote author=DesertSurfer link=topic=635.msg1985#msg1985
date=1370445494]
Atsushi Nakamura's "The Pink Mosrite" posting has inspired me
that I would like to share my experience of collecting Ventures
and Nokie Edwards guitars. I am so pleased to meet with fan
thousands miles away. It is a small world after all.
Hope you guys will find them interesting and informative and I
hope my posting will help to attract more viewers (especially
Ventures fans from other countries) to this forum.
All the Ventures fans please chime in and share your thoughts
and experiences for the band we all love.
:)
[/quote]
I love Nokie :)
HTML http://yoshie-net.digiweb.jp/images/nokie_atsushi.jpg
#Post#: 1991--------------------------------------------------
Re: Desert Surfer's Ventures guitars
By: DesertSurfer Date: June 5, 2013, 2:01 pm
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Thanks for reply. Nakamura San.
We all love Nokie!
In the next few posts, I will share with forum friends here 15
Nokie's personal guitars that I have been collecting in the last
few years.
Hope you will enjoy them.
:)
#Post#: 1992--------------------------------------------------
Re: Desert Surfer's Ventures guitars
By: DesertSurfer Date: June 5, 2013, 2:07 pm
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[I am not an expert nor pretend to be one. I just used
information I gathered from internet or books when I collect
these guitars]
Guitar models used by The Ventures
First of all, here is a brief history everyone is familiar
with....
The Ventures was founded by Don Wilson and Bog Bogle in the late
1950's. In their early years, The Ventures used Fender
Stratocasters, Fender Jazzmasters and Fender Precision bass then
switched to Mosrite guitars / bass in early 60's. They switched
back to Fenders in 1966 after stopped endorsement of Mosrite.
The lead guitarist; Nokie has used many types of guitars from
Jazzmaster, Mosrite, Telecaster, Tony Hunt, Gibson etc. and
finally his own brand HitchHiker.
(Stratocaster, Jazzmaster, Precision Bass)
HTML http://spoonercentral.com/2009/ventures.jpg
(Jazzmaster)
HTML http://3.music.bigpond-images.com/images/AlbumCoverArt/412/XXL/Walk-Dont-Run-The-Very-Best-Of-The-Ventures.jpg
During the 1960s, a California guitar manufacturer, Mosrite
developed and marketed an uniquely styled futuristic-looking
electric guitar. The Ventures band utilized "The Ventures
Model Mosrite". on Ventures in Space (1963), one of their most
influential albums because of the unique guitar sounds.
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HTML http://tralfaz-archives.com/coverart/V/ventures/ventures_knockf.jpg
Although The Ventures had stopped endorsing Mosrite guitars just
a few years after, The Mosrite guitars have been extremely
popular in Japan.
[img]
HTML http://www.ne.jp/asahi/mosrite/the-ventures/ventures/the_ventures01.JPG[/img]
In the mid 1990s (1996), Fender issued a limited edition
Ventures signature series of guitars consisting of a Jazzmaster,
a Stratocaster, and a Jazz Bass, all with specifications
determined by the band. Fender also released a Nokie Edwards
Signature Telecaster in the same year. All these guitars / bass
were made and marketed in Japan.
Trio of 1996 Fender Ventures Tribute
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1996 Fender Nokie Edwards Telecaster
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Aria Guitars in Japan and Wilson Brothers Guitars have
subsequently issued Ventures signature model instruments.
(Aria / Wilson Brothers Ventures Models)
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Wilson Brothers Guitars have been marketing a few Mosrite
inspired Ventures model (most of them are made in Korea &
China):
HTML http://a2.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/140/8dc204b3bc894f02b2e36da3e915da23/l.gif
Nokie Edwards also designed and have been marketing his own
"HitchHiker" guitars
HTML http://nokieedwards.com/_borders/NokieEdwardsHeader619.jpg
I will share with everyone how the above history have influenced
my guitar collecting.
To be continued...
:)
#Post#: 1997--------------------------------------------------
Re: Desert Surfer's Ventures guitars
By: mosriteer Date: June 5, 2013, 7:36 pm
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Great start, Vincent. Looking forward to your following posts.
I actually have Nokie's own Tele (Nokie model Tele, that is),
complete with an airline tag that came with the case - with
Nokie's name on the tag.
Folks actually windsurf in the desert -on wheeled boards!
-Kanad
#Post#: 1998--------------------------------------------------
Re: Desert Surfer's Ventures guitars
By: DesertSurfer Date: June 5, 2013, 10:34 pm
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Thanks, Kanad. Glad to meet another Nokie guitars collector.
I will be showing and talking about Nokie's Signature Telecaster
probably in the next few weeks, please join in and show us your
Nokie Telecaster. I would very much like to see the photos and
learn all the spec info.
:)
#Post#: 2001--------------------------------------------------
Re: Desert Surfer's Ventures guitars
By: DesertSurfer Date: June 6, 2013, 8:13 am
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Ventures Fender Stratocaster
Almost every guitar player has a Stratocaster, many started with
it as their first guitar. Don Wilson played a few (both maple &
rosewood fret, in sunburst body) when he and Bob Bogle started
The Ventures in late '50.
Rosewood fretboard
HTML http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4088/5004616098_9c14a6a59e_z.jpg
Maple fretboard
HTML http://spoonercentral.com/2009/ventures.jpg
So I got myself a Fender 50th anniversary Strat and a Fender 57
Vintage reissue. I found that I really prefer maple fretboard
to rosewood. The Strats I bough later all come with maple
fretboard.
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I even got myself a vintage 1976 Fender Strat but did not care
for the feel and tone. Had also tried a few vintage 60's
Strats. The ones I tried did not impress me much and I couldn't
afford them anyway.
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Sold all three of them eventually and upgraded to a Fender
Custom Shop Strat
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I was happy with the CS Strat until I saw a Custom Strat made by
a boutique shop maker; Don Grosh in Bloomfield, CO. I love the
feel of it's specially treated neck (beautiful 1 pc 5A Birdseye
neck too!) and the Fralin S/S/S pickups. This Strat will stay
with me for a while.
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In addition to The Ventures instrumentals, my band also play the
tunes by The Shadows, so I bough an used Fender Hank Marvin
Signature Strat from another guitar player. It was made in Japan
but sounds and plays better than my previous American Strats. I
love that odd "Fiesta Red" color and the upgraded Kinman
pickups. This is my work horse and I take it to practice, jam,
gig everywhere. Many of my fellow players think that the only
guitar I have.
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The other lead guitarist of The Ventures; Gerry McGee loves to
play Strats with Lace Sensor Pickups. In addition to the
Jazzmaster, Jazz bass, Fender also designed together with Gerry
and issued a Tribute Strat in 1996. In 2008 Gerry worked with
Combat; a Japanese guitar maker to produce his own Gerry McGee
Signature Telecaster. It is probably marketed in Japan only as I
have not seen them in the US. I was lucky to get one. It looks
and plays more like a Strat than a Telecaster . We will talk
about that guitar later.
Gerry with 1996 Ventures Tribute Strat
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Gerry with his Combat Signature Telecaster
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That's my story on Ventures Strat. I will wait for a few days
for viewers to chime in.... then move on to Jazzmaster.
:)
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