1965 Mosrite Ventures Model | Guitar of the Day
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- Store manager, Mark Agnesi, showing you this rad #Mosrite #VenturesModel here at #NormansRareGuitars. For any questions you may have or price inquires please give us a call at 818-344-8300. So what do you guys think of this cool #guitar?
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I'm 65 years old. Erik Brann ( Iron Butterfly ) immortalized this guitar during his epic leads when he played In-a-Gadda-da-vida in 1968......
Agreed!
DUDE I WAS LIKE SURFING THE REVERB WAVES
Something about Jen's laughing adds to the video. A cool guitar can only entertain so much. Thanks for posting.
The best body shape of any guitar ever made.
BulletSpoung I agree with that
Slab body. Skinny neck. Headstock is sweet and I read somewhere Kurt's cobain's jagstang had a similar 3&3 Headstock design but fender had to fenderize it. Hard tail. I'm lefty so I've only played Eastwood copy's but I've played an upside down mosrite. Makes me want one now just thinking about it
@@tricktaylor1983 There is no slab body on this one, that's the first version of the Ventures II model (like Johnny Ramone played) that you're probably thinking of. This one's carved.
The designer actually used a reversed Stratocaster body as inspiration for the body shape
@@101Volts even better... i want one
I dont care what anyone says. This guitar is beautiful and I shall have it one day. I honestly love almost everything about its body especially. The shape, the pickups, the switch and knobs, the tremolo especially, the colour. All just really nice to me.
Just make sure you're OK with the neck. I love the slim neck on mine, but if you don't like it and just can't adjust to it, your better option would be a Hallmark 60 Custom or 65 Custom.
Ah, he's playing authentic, I see.
I appreciated The Ramones at the end :)
It's Joey's birthday today
My first guitar was a Mosrite Ventures model in Red. Same as the demo. Wish I still had it!
Shit... I bet!
+WaRLoKWYATT Yeah. It belonged to my sisters boyfriend at the time (late 70's). When they broke up he left the guitar at our house for 8 years. I was heartbroken when he finally called and picked it up. I had some great times playing it, and it was my main guitar while learning to play. I played it through an Ampeg Gemini II amp. Seeing Mark's great video brought up a lot of good memories.
+ZenDriveSeven 8 years? "Um guitar...here? You left it here...? hmm...I..don't...uh, really...? uh..., I don't think so...Sunburst?...Oh, red...no, nothing like that here...that was a long time ago...
+Achilles Lol. Actually, there's a bright side to the story. His name was Dave, he was a really great guy and a good guitar player. He was quite a few years older than me and taught me my very first simple pentatonic lick. I still use it to this day. Looking back he really inspired me to stick with the guitar and I haven't put it down since. Tried to find him on Facebook to thank him, but no luck.
+ZenDriveSeven Cool. isn't it funny about the one's that got away?
I always liked how mosrites look like they're melting lol
If I'm not mistaken Cobain played univox hi-flyers, not mosrites.
He owned two actual Mosrites in his life/career. A rare-as-hell Gospel (similar color to the one in this video) that he used before Nevermind was recorded - was said to be one of his favorites and is why he never smashed it, but for what ever reason he eventually pawned it - it has since been auctioned off for HUGE amounts, but it's also because the model that it was was apparently rare (something to the effect of "It is the only known example of a Mark IV style Mosrite Gospel model", and there's only two in existence, the one Kurt had, and the daughter of Mosrite's founder Semie Moseley has the other one). Anyone can find video clips from earlier Nirvana shows where he used the Gospel (Motor Sports show in 1990, North Shore Surf Club 1990, and a rehearsal video they made in 1991 as just a few examples). The second Mosrite Kurt owned, was blue, and apparently had been damaged at some point (water damage I think?), he gave it to Pat Smear, and it IS the guitar that can be seen during their SNL 1993 performance (Pat is playing it). kurtsguitarsnow.blogspot.com/2009/02/1960s-mosrite-gospel.html
He used both. I think it was Mosrite in HSB music video. Maybe.
Peroxides Poisons it was a phase 3 univox
From what I understand about Mosrite, he actually owned two Mark V's, a blue one as said given to Pat Smear after it was water damaged, and then a "Gospel" one for whatever reason they call a Mark IV, even though I can't find any evidence of other "Mark IV" guitars. It was probably a prototype for what they would call the Mark V after Mosrite lost the contract with the Ventures name.
Originally these guitars were student models called the "Ventures II", the first version being the Johnny Ramone guitar with the slab body, made in limited numbers in 1965. After Semie Mosley thought these guitars looked too cheap, he made up the second version Ventures II, which after losing the Ventures contract became known as the Mark V, but are the same guitar. I'm guessing Kurt's "Gospel" was a prototype between these guitars. Later Semie would also use the "Gospel" name on guitars that later became called Celebrity's.
That's not quite how it is, the "Ventures Mark V" models got the name in 1966 (but not right away.) they rebranded it as the "Mark V" when the Ventures contract ended. As for the "Gospel" name, initially was a name that Semie Moseley put on guitars he gave away to churches but he later used it to help get back on his feet when he lost the Mosrite name and that's where Cobain's Gospel MK V comes in; it has a very high serial number for a MK V, somewhere in the 1400-1600 range.* Strangely enough it has the truss rod adjustment at the _body_ end (1967-1968 models had it at the headstock) so maybe Semie got an earlier neck that wasn't stamped and made do with what he had? He had a habit of doing that.
EDIT: I may be wrong about the truss rod adjustment being at the body end.
EDIT 2: Cobain's was B1697, the highest number I've heard of is B1700.
Johnny actually played a MkII, but it's cool.
Mosrite Trivia: It was a "Ventures II" in 1965; not a "Mark II," which is a name that's been used since Japan started reissuing it. However, Mosrite confusingly had a second Ventures II model that replaced the first one that Johnny had, and the later one was eventually re-named the "Ventures Mark V." To designate which Ventures II is which, Mosrite enthusiasts have started calling them the "Ventures II 'Slab Body'" and "Ventures II 'German Carve'" models, or "Slab Ventures II" and "Carved Ventures II."
I have a Carved Ventures II.
@@101Volts - Good reply, and you're right. Years ago, I talked to a well-known Mosrite dealer who claimed that Johnny's guitar was NOT a Ventures II and said "I've held it!" I think he just didn't know about the slab body version. He was wrong, though, and he was a real jerk about it.
@@jeffmartin7125 You’res was also a good reply(🤣) Interesting that we all think of The Legendary Johnny RAMONE playing Mozzy’s, but he also throughout his career played a Hamer custom , various strats and a Rickenbacker 450 or 2. Couple of songs on their first album were done on Strat believe it or not. There’s also the acoustic guitar he plays in Rock n Roll High School movie 🎸
@@jeffmartin7125 Thanks.
By "a well-known Mosrite dealer," did you happen to talk with *Ed Roman* in Las Vegas? Whether you did or not, Roman was *well known* for being rude. He's been dead for years, too, which isn't a surprise; he was ridiculously fat, and one of the last pieces of video footage of him (probably in the last month of his life, it was uploaded maybe 10 days before he died) shows him looking incredibly unhealthy and pale.
@@LarryBishop69 Yeah, Johnny did play Hamers, Rickenbackers, and Fenders. But for the most part, he was a Mosrite player. I didn't like the guitar tone after when he changed his main pickups some time from mid to late 1979, though.
You guys are just so amazing and cool! I'm being sarcastiic.
I worked for Semie Moseley during the Summer of 1963 in his shop on Panama Lane, Bakersfield CA. I am looking the discarded body of a flamed guitar I made just before I went into the Air Force. It was last seen at the P Street Factory. It is the same design as the one Semie and I sold to Dave Meyers and The Surftones. A photograph of this guitar is found by a Google search using the keywords: Dave Meyers Mosrite
You'll have better luck asking at one of the Mosrite Fan Pages on Facebook, or at the Mosrite Forum (though hardly anyone goes there anymore, except a few people, counting myself.)
I bought one in 1965 in san diego,ca while in the navy. I played all over the orient and had to protect my AX all the time. players mouths fell open when i opened my case. No effort to play.
I swear it's the Best Sounding Guitar Ever. Wow. The b and high e strings sparkle with those single coil scooped EQ pickups. A nice semi-body Rickenbacker tone
Sounds great!! Johnny Ramone was no fool! As for Mark's surf guitar playing, not bad. A little work on Apache would pay off.
That was a great demo, very good playing. I wish somebody would play barre chords with the higher gain, though. That's what Johnny Ramone did.
And Kurt Cobain but he did power chords
Nice Playing Agnesi.......never cared for that Guitar when I was a kid, but DAMN I SURE LOVE EM NOW. 🎸♡
I love those things
I've got a 1968 I bought new in West Springfield mass .still got it
I love Mosrite guitars. Love that version of Walk Don't Run.
My sisters Cadillac was owned by don Wilson of the ventures
That would make a cool video.
MOSRITE... I DIDNT GET A 60s MOSRITE TILL 2003 BUT I REMEMBER LEARNING EVERY SURF SONG COMING DOWN THE PIK... MR MOTO WAS. COOL NUMBER
It looks beautiful !
Mark, you're not the best guitarist on TH-cam, but you are by far the best guitar demonstrator. Thanks
Thanks Bruce
Kurt actually played 1 of 2 Mosrite Gospel MK V, a pretty rare guitar
He owned a rare _variant_ of a Mark V model, the Sunburst one. He also owned a more common Blue one that he gave to Pat Smear. About 1,000 Mark V models were made, otherwise (plus the earlier "Ventures II" iteration that had about 550 produced.)
Much respect for playing all those riffs
Ricky Wilson also played a Mosrite.
Rock Lobster!!!
He owned at least 4.
Mark, your demos are really good but this one takes the cake. Excellent playing as usual but this demo is outstanding.
Love it! & miss so much MARK 😢 incredible that since u left I also left this channel. Forza fratelo ✌
THANK YOU for actually demonstrating the tonal characteristics of this incredible guitar.
I find it weird they don't mention Eric Braunn of Iron Butterfly for his use of the 65 Mosrite ventures. If anyone put Mosrite on the map it was him. He was considered by the best guitarists of the time such as Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix to be one the best. He even co-wrote and recorded In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida at 17.
Exactly. The tones that Eric Brann was making with Iron Butterfly defined psychedelic music and pointed the way to prog. The distortion and effects he used in the Iron Butterfly Theme were right up there with anything Hendrix did in the day.
As a big fan of Erik Braunn myself, I'm with you. And don't forget, Erik's Iron Butterfly predecessor, Danny Weis (from IB's 1st album, "Heavy"), also an outstanding guitarist, who played with IB that exact same Mosrite Venture's model guitar, before selling it to Erik Braunn, as Erik was joining IB!
Out of all the guitar demo's from Norman's I, for some reason like this one the best. that guitar sounds awesome to me.
have a 1968 mosrite which had a sunburst originally . took off the finish years ago . which i hadn’t. played it from 1968 to 2004
This is such a pretty guitar! great sound. I've got a 67 bass but its been a bit Frankensteined over the years. Man.. I love these things. Cheers
bought my Mosrite in 1965 in San Diego played ventures tunes in Japan and Hong Kong. UN Navy
Always loved those Guitars and I am not an electric guitar fan ! Loved your playing !
My first real electric was a blue Mark II. The first one didn't have the sculptured body. When it developed some electrical problem under warranty, the store sent it back, and I got a new Mark II with the Mark I body (but the pickups didn't have individual magnets). I loved it.
Did you ever post on a Mosrite Facebook page about this? I've heard that same story by someone on Facebook. There were very few of the kind you had, and if you ever see this, sending info about the "Slab" model (the one you called "Mark II") that you had would be appreciated by us few Mosrite historians who try compiling the company's history. What color was your Slab model?
Oh, wild snark appears!
haha...Jen was having fun this video
Yes i was! lol
I LOVE those guitars! Unique
Miss seeing you demo all these guitars mate.
That's cool you never lets us down. Thanks guys🎸
That's pretty cool surf sound. Nice
Great work out !!! I always thought this guitar did not get the high profile and longevity it deserved. All my buddies who were more proficient players than me at the time said they did not like them because they said poor workmnship quality did not live up to Gibson or Fender etc.Nice sounds.Keep up the good work.
amazing
My dad picked up a similar guitar. Probably a newer model, but he had it signed by 2 of the surviving founders of the ventures at the time. He got it in a trade with some cash on his end but he got it from Nokki Edward's nephew who owned a music shop in Puyallup Washington. Allegedly it's a limited run, but I'm also not going to assume the value of something like that tbh.
Wow. THAT my friends is a vibe. What a guitar.!!! player....
Jimi Hendrix used a Fender Jazzmaster that he played upside down to make it Lefthanded. He used a jazzmaster for years before buying his Strat along with a Duosonic before that. Jimi can be seen with his Fender Jazzmaster during his work with Little Richard and The Isley Brothers before he went solo. Semie Mosley originally worked for Pre CBS Fender and designed his Mosrite Guitar as a "Reverse Style" Jazzmaster body. The Ventures played Jazzmasters before they switched to Mosrites.Pretty sure Hendrix never played a mosrite and its the "upside down" Jazzmaster you're thinking of which is very similar to the mosrite body. Fender made the "Supersonic" years later inspired from Jimis upside down Jazzmaster. That's why Supersonics have a reverse headstock. Steven Seagal owns Jimis Jazzmaster presently.. I Enjoy the channel alot :) Thanks for all the videos!
When I see these old vids with Marc...
I'm glad Lemmo and Todd are doing it now😁
hey mark how about some fender starcasters please
Joseph Etherton Ew
Like the jags myself
You guys everything !! Frickin cool
Wooow! I love that amazing ol' sound!
3:06 that bend was beautiful
Let’s not forget the B-52’s Ricky Wilson used this on the first 2 albums!!!!!
Robert Smith of the Cure played one for a while. Neat guitar.
Damn! Great job - love that surf guitar reverb vibe - excellent demo Mark. Big fun!
LSD plus guitar making equals the design of this thing.
Why they always forget to mention the great Ricky Wilson from the B52s when they name the guys that has played with Mosrite??? not bloody fear!!!
When he says skinny does he mean not with or like it’s paper thin like A shape neck
Kurt played a univox
Man Bear Pig he played I think 2 mosrites, supposedly one of his favourite guitars iirc
He did play Univox Hi Flier models but he also had two Mosrite MK Vs, one with a "Gospel" name on it. He played the Gospel one mostly in 1990 and I never saw pics of him playing the blue one live though Pat played it at least once on SNL 93.
Cool! Surf’s up! Thanks! 😎
I enjoy Mark playing on normal volume. You can hear his skill!
all the guitars shown in this video series sound great..! also great sounding amp and cool playing from mark!
it would awesome if you guys did a hofner 500/1 or something of that nature tomorrow because its my birthday and I love those !
Cobain also used a Univox Hi-Flier which was a copy or similar to a Mosrite. His Mosrite was called the Gospel
His Gospel was made when Mosrite went bankrupt, Semie Moseley (the company's founder and president) built guitars under that name until he re-acquired the Mosrite name. Really, his guitar was probably a Mark V that was about ready to be assembled when they went bankrupt. Dunno where the "Mk IV" name comes in, as far as I know they never had that name maybe unless Moseley wanted to avoid calling it "MK V" while he didn't have the rights.
It might have been in January of 1969 I held a new one for which they were asking about $325.. I had already just bought a new Gibson SG for about that same price so I couldn't afford to get it. I still dream of owning one just like in this video. I was a big Ventures fan. Now these guitars cost thousands instead of hundreds.
This Guitar has the tune i love in a true Fender..
That is a fantastic sound
Mark love your eclectic abilities on the geetar!
Show! guitarra espetacular, um instrumento desejado , mas só para ricos.........
Original Iron Butterfly guitarist Erik Brann played this model Mosrite,too.
Johnny Ramone deserved that mention just for keeping Mosrite on our lips from when the Ventures left off.
Mosrites might be from California, but it took four Punks from Forest Hills NY to make it legendary. HEY HO!!!! LETS GO!!!!!
Bleach era Nirvana
@Yacin EL-MEZOUED earn more info bro
Yacin EL-MEZOUED he played the mosrite model
Yacin EL-MEZOUED came here to say same. But the Hi Flyer was def based on the Mosrite obvi.
@@olivermaloneyscott6464 Kurt _did_ have two Mosrite MK V models, but he only played the Sunburst "Gospel" one (Serial number B1697, one of the last made*) in 1990 (Edit: 1990 - early 1991,) and then he gave the Blue one to Pat Smear in 1993. Kurt didn't play them much; he played cheap Univox Hi Flyer (Mosrite Copy) models more often. The White one in the Heart Shaped Box video is a Univox.
* The last known numbered Mosrite Mark V model made is B1700. No higher numbers are known yet, B1700 may be the last one.
Mosrite is made of both makers..mosely and boatrite
beautiful guitar, amazing playing!
Eric played in iron butterfly
I want one!
very nice guitar!
I am from Bakersfield and have a 68 mosrite blues blender not Bender.. a prototype.. pristine condition no buckle rash.. it was acquired through the bankruptcy.. I'm the second owner..
My pops has one. With a Kalamazoo amp. Think that was the rig back in the day.
Never realized how skinny that neck is! Looks like you could shred on that thing after some getting used to.
I've played one, it was a great shred neck, for me anyway.
There's a reason why Johnny Ramone played these almost exclusively for long-term fast barre chord playing. The necks aren't wide, and they're not deep. He said they were perfect for playing barre chords, darn right they are. Also, I play my 66 a lot, and I can wrap my thumb around the neck to play weird chords any time I want.
Love to hear the Mosrite again then a Jag then a Jazzmaster all doing surf + for Dick Dale purposes only a Strat but that's a lotta work.
Should have played some Man or Astro-Man? songs !!! Star Crunch is a guitar god !!!!!!
I loved the Ventures back in the day. Here in the UK the Shadows were the fave band but i always preferred the Ventures (still do) Would love to own one of these :-)
+oldbluesboy Interesting how those two bands affected the guitar playing
population on each side of The Pond. Most UK'ers take The Shadows, and
Hank Marvin was God to them. I get it, I really do. He introduced the Strat
to England, after all! I grew up on The Ventures and I think they were less
stylized and more versatile while not as original, I guess. But they were incred-
ibly well versed in all forms of pop, rock, surf, anything on the radio. They set
the standard for early American guitar bands. Rhythm and lead, rhythm and
lead. Like, oh say ... The Beatles? Stones? Beach Boys? Ventures and
Shadows were popular at exactly the same time and each had a profound
influence. Can't get much better than Apache, and Walk Don't Run, right?
I can tell you that those Ventures guitar players were way better than anything
else out there except Scotty Moore, James Burton and, of course (RIP)
Chuck Berry.
Kurt Cobain I live in Bakersfield theirs lots of mosrites at front porch music
adam guitar if only Artie didn't have them near the damn ceiling I would have played one by now. A Bakersfield hello to you.
ohnoitsmarco thats my old TH-cam account this is my new one, so true!, im left handed i would love to play one!
Heh, the vintage Mosrites near the ceiling are on display more as a Mosrite history. They should have other ones available which are for sale.
Ask about any Bill Gruggett guitar also! Amazing!
Erik Brann from Iron Butterfly also played Mosrite.
I love Mark's chops
My dream guitar...
Really enjoying Mark's videos!! Keep up the great work! I wouldn't mind seeing some older Explorers in the future :)
Why everybody says it's ugly? Come on, this shit is beautiful and you may not give a fuck but it's the guitar of my dreams. By the way, great Ramones jam
Everybody? Dunno who this "Everybody" is, I've loved Mosrites since I realized what Ricky was playing in the B-52s. I own a Mark V model in all but its name (They used another name earlier.)
my dad has a wood finish mosrite!
i wanna be sedated!!! come on you gotta
Nobody is going to mention Ricky Wilson from the B-52's?
Many don't, but I do. I've copped his guitar tone pretty well with my 66 Mosrite, but I never uploaded a video. His tone is heavy with overdrive, thick strings, and alternate tunings.
Excellent!
Amazing
The Mosrite has an incredibly awesome sound and looks DARN SEXY to boot. To me it has to look right AND sound right too. The Mosrite fits the bill PERFECTLY. ❤😂😅😊
Wish you had shown the roller bridge.
Let's not forget Joe Maphis "King of the Strings' who played a Mosrite double neck with hos name on it!
You and I seem to be the only ones here who know about him. That's a bit sad, considering how talented Joe Maphis was. This Ventures body shape was also *his* model originally, then the Ventures showed up and Joe got another model with a fatter body later.
Would love to play a little Nirvana - 'Sappy' on that thing. It has the high pitch sound for it.
I was waiting for the BOP.