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Nokie Edwards & Jazzmaster?
By: hydra19 Date: December 19, 2015, 8:58 am
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It's been mentioned Nokie played a Jazzmaster briefly before
switching to Mosrites but it's even more common knowledge that
he played a Telecaster. I've never seen a picture of Nokie
Edwards with a Jazzmaster though, although the Ventures did own
a few.
I've been listening to the Beach party album, those Mashed
Potatoes songs. It doesn't sound like a Mosrite, sounds like a
Fender with a whammy bar so I would assume Nokie was playing a
Jazzmaster on that album, as it isn't Bob Bogle playing the
leads. Can anybody back this up?
I really really love the tones on that album and am wondering
what guitar it is? Sounds like roundwound strings, rather than
the flatwounds Bob Bogle had on his Jazzmaster.
Could it be someone else playing the lead on this album? I heard
sometimes if the Ventures were on tour they'd get someone else
to play the instruments too so I'm really confused as to who is
playing and what guitar it is on the Beach Party album. That one
is up there with the best of them. Thanks!
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Re: Nokie Edwards & Jazzmaster?
By: mosriteer Date: December 19, 2015, 9:52 am
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The back cover pic on Let's Go shows Nokie with a Jazzmaster.
There are other pics (on the Japanese LPs, such as rare
collections etc.)
-Kanad
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Re: Nokie Edwards & Jazzmaster?
By: wstagner Date: December 21, 2015, 9:41 am
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In the hanz of a good player, a JM can be made to resemble the
Mosrite sound:
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMGFRjrNYGE&list=PLkBe9XRqc5RnWGU-58cNZvzuHyHSweku-&index=3
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMGFRjrNYGE&list=PLkBe9XRqc5RnWGU-58cNZvzuHyHSweku-&index=3
JMs are amazing guitars.
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Re: Nokie Edwards & Jazzmaster?
By: mosriteer Date: December 27, 2015, 7:02 am
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JMs and Mos have a fat sound because of the higher mid ends and
similar PU and bridge designs (string goes over round rollers) .
So this is possible. The hands of the player matters, of
course! Nice playing and innovative use of plectrum slide on
the E-string for the screaming effect!
-Kanad
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Re: Nokie Edwards & Jazzmaster?
By: wstagner Date: December 27, 2015, 10:26 pm
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Agreed, Kanad.
Roger, the main perp of this song, has great geetar hands. :o
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Re: Nokie Edwards & Jazzmaster?
By: Snarnok Date: May 27, 2018, 7:44 pm
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Nokie playing a Jazzmaster live in 1962:
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Re: Nokie Edwards & Jazzmaster?
By: Snarnok Date: May 27, 2018, 7:46 pm
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The rest of the photos are here:
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