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The Guitars of The Ventures / Re: Desert Surfer's Ventures guitars
« on: June 25, 2013, 03:55:43 pm »
Seriously, it's only $242 round trip from LAS to PHI and good chance that my daughter will be working / living in D.C. which is not too far from Philly.  (much cheaper than driving from Chicago to Philly)

 :)

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The Guitars of The Ventures / Re: Desert Surfer's Ventures guitars
« on: June 25, 2013, 03:44:03 pm »
"Never say never again" ;)

Plane ticket from Vegas to Philly ain't that bad especially in October, cheaper than driving for sure.

 :)

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The Guitars of The Ventures / Re: Desert Surfer's Ventures guitars
« on: June 25, 2013, 12:36:49 pm »
Thanks for your concern, Andy.  Nothing bad happened.  The Bank did not take our house nor my wife kicked me out.... :P

We want to sell our house in Chicago and move to our retirement home in desert country for a long time.  When we saw our neighbor sold her house in 3 days a few weeks ago, we figured it is the time for us to make a move.  A friend helped us to find a moving company that offered us a very attractive rate.  So, here we come, West Coast!

 :)

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The Guitars of The Ventures / Re: Desert Surfer's Ventures guitars
« on: June 25, 2013, 08:17:13 am »
My wife and I are in process of moving to a small house in desert which has no internet access.  I won't be posting for a long while.

 :)

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Danny just advised me that his band "Tsunami Surfers" is playing quite regularly at the Buck Owens Crystal Palace in Bakersfield, CA for the dinner shows 7:30 - 9:30, either Tue, Wed or Thurs. Sometimes all three. You can check our schedule on the bands here:

http://thetsunamisurfers.com/Schedule.html

 :)

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Guitars, Amps, Effects, etc. / Re: Our Mosrite.
« on: June 17, 2013, 09:41:59 am »
Not sure but I thought they were Parker guitars.  Terry used a white one for all songs except Beethoven 5th Sym

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Guitars, Amps, Effects, etc. / Re: Our Mosrite.
« on: June 16, 2013, 10:06:58 pm »
Yeah, I forgot the Bunnys.  Here was one of them who sang a nice Taiwanese song at that concert.


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Guitars, Amps, Effects, etc. / Re: Our Mosrite.
« on: June 16, 2013, 06:52:40 pm »
Takechi Terauchi's Mosrite (Live in Taiwan, played Beethoven's Fifth with his band "The Blue Jeans" ). Not sure it is the black Mosrite Snarnok referred to.



I had a great pleasure meeting with Terry on back stage when he performed in Kaohsiung, Taiwan on 3/10 2009.



 :)

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Guitars, Amps, Effects, etc. / Re: Our Mosrite.
« on: June 16, 2013, 06:27:43 pm »
Andy,  Nice Mosrite your friend has!  With Vibramute too!!

 :)

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General Discussion / Re: Japanese Vocals
« on: June 11, 2013, 08:14:19 am »
Andy, wow!  it is a small world after all.  I did not know you are in Philippine.  I thought you were living in Canada and drove all the way to Music Gallery in Highland Park, IL to get your Master-Built JM.  Did you fly in or ordered by mail then?

Yes, The Ventures had visited Taipei at least once. Not sure about the one in 1962, the one I remember was in 1966 when I was in Sophomore years at Taiwan University.  The Ventures played at the prestige Ambassador Hotel in Taipei for one night.  The ticket was NT$200 plus drinks which is about 1/4 of an ordinary blue collar workers' month salary.  I was a poor student and could not afford to go.  One of my guitar friends went and told us about it.  He said he was amused when Nokie did the scratching (might be "Apache" or "Diamond Head'),  Nokie used one hand scratched the string and the other hand scratched his head.  Most people only noticed the head scratching and were puzzled.  ???

Nokie was the big guitar hero for young guitar players in Taiwan in the 60's.  Although I couldn't attend the Ventures 1966 Taipei concert to see my guitar hero,  I had never dreamed that 42 years later I could meet Nokie in person at his luxurious RV coach home.  I asked him about the Taipei concert.  Nokie said he remember the trip.

 :)

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General Discussion / Re: Japanese Vocals
« on: June 10, 2013, 11:09:07 pm »
Thanks for sharing.

Although she sang in Japanese, the first female singer of your Youtube: Ou Yang Fei Fei  is not a Japanese.  She was born in Taipei, Taiwan where I was also born and raised until 28 years old.  Ou Yang is 2 years younger than me.  When I attended college in Taipei, she wasn't very famous.  We saw her singing western pop songs on TV once in awhile.  She became a super star after she went to Japan in 70's. 

One of her biggest hit "雨の御堂筋" was changed into an instrumental by The Ventures:  "Stranger in Midosuji". 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k8cQTxxBlM

And here is the Nokie's version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqGDsrybWs0

Very proud of her.

 :)

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The Guitars of The Ventures / Ventures Tribute Jazzmaster
« on: June 10, 2013, 05:54:08 pm »
Ventures Tribute Jazzmaster made in Japan

In 1996 Fender have issued a trio of Ventures Tribute guitars including a Jazzmaster, Strat and Jazz Bass which were marketed in Japan only, very hard to get in the US.  When I saw someone out of State selling the trio on Craigslist, I contacted him right away, and finally took the risk to buy the trio without seeing them.  The guitars were in mint condition, but somehow I just didn't like the lace sensor pickups on the Strat and did not play the jazz bass well (probably needed a set up and I just started to learn bass). 

So I put the following trio photos on Craigslist but mentioned clearly I was only selling  Strat and Jazz Bass not the Jazzmster.

I did not wait too long, some one from other State contacted me and said he would drive 300 miles to see these guitars. I was a little skeptical but surely he showed up.  But he insisted that he would only buy as trio.  His offer was pretty good so I gave in.



In 2008, I saw someone was selling an autographed Jazzmaster on eBay with a reasonable BIN price. I grabbed it right away. There are 5 autographs of all the members; Don, Bob, Nokie, Gerry and Leon (unfortunately Mel passed away in 1996) 



It turned out the seller was Don Wilson's son; Tim Wilson.  Tim sent the guitar promptly in excellent packing.  Tim even have Don autographed on the case.  An autographed Japanese poster was also included.



As seen in the photo, this JM was redesigned and looks, works different than the regular JM.  No special button switch at top left corner but a toggle switch at top right corner, and the position marks are huge.



The Ventures was inducted into Rock n Roll Hall of Fame just a few months ago, I could tell that Don was very happy by the way he signed:







At 2011 Ventures Fan Jam in Philadelphia, I had great pleasure meeting Bob Spalding and asked him to autograph on the guitar.

 :)

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The Guitars of The Ventures / Ventures Jazzmaster
« on: June 10, 2013, 05:41:15 pm »
Fender US made Jazzmaster

We all know Bob Bogle used Fender Jazzmaster to play their big hit: "Walk Don't Run".  The Jazzmaster tone is indeed unique with that special JM pickups.  Since the WDR was released in 1959, Bob's JM must have been made in late 50's.



I Couldn't find nor afford a vintage 50's Jazzmaster, so I've got myself a Fender US made '62 Jazzmaster Reissue.  A plain and simple JM in sunburst which looks just like Bob Bogle's.





When my friend Mike at the local music store called me about a Team Built Fender Custom Shop Jazzmaster which he personally spec out, I dashed to the store to check it out.  At first glance, I was a little disappointed because it is not in sunburst as Bogle's.  Then I was attracted by its beautiful Birdseye neck and the satin black color seemed to grow on me.  I decided to trade my 62 JM for this CS beauty.













Here is the detailed spec of this JM:

CUSTOM SHOP SPECIFICATION:

BODY SPREAD BASS ALDER 2 PC C/S 22"
CHOOSE COLOR BLACK
SORT FOR LIGHT WEIGHT NO SORT
STANDARD OR CUSTOM NECK CUSTOM NECK
BACK SHAPE 62 JAGUAR
FINGERBOARD RADIUS 9.50" RADIUS
NECK THICKNESS AT 1ST FRET .820"
NECK THICKNESS AT 12TH FRET .900"
NECK BLANK GUITAR BIRDSEYE AA
SIDE DOT MICATAR WHITE 3/32"
FACE DOT IVORY VINT
FRET WIRE DUNLOP 6100 JMB
NUT BONE
NECK FINISH LIGHT TINT
NECK FINISH NITROCELLULOSE LACQUER
FINGERBOARD EBONY
BIND HEAD CAP NO
NECK TEXT (30 CHAR) 62 JAGUAR SHAPE
BIND FINGERBOARD NO
NECK TEXT (30 CHAR) BONE NT-9.5"R-6100 FRET
NECK TEXT (30 CHAR) AA BIRDSEYE TINTED MN
FINISH PACKAGE CLOSET CLASSIC
PLATING CHROME
PICKUP MID POSITION NONE
PICKUP BRIDGE POSRIGHT HAND/LEFT HAND RIGHT HAND
PICKUP NECK POSITION JAZZMASTER NECK
BRIDGE ASSEMBLY ADJUSTABLE JAG/JAZ
TUNER KEY VNT NCKL
STRING SETS FOR GUITAR 010-013-017-226-236-246
CASE BRN TLX GLD JAG
GEN TEXT FOR GUITAR (30 CHAR) 62 JAZZMASTER EBONY BLK
GEN TEXT FOR GUITAR (30 CHAR) 62 JAGUAR SHAPE
GEN TEXT FOR GUITAR (30 CHAR) BONE NT-9.5"R-6100 FRET
GEN TEXT FOR GUITAR (30 CHAR) AA BIRDSEYE TINTED MN
GEN TEXT FOR GUITAR (30 CHAR) EBONY FRETBOARD
LIKE STANDARD NECK ASSEMBLY 62 JAZZMASTER
NECK TEXT (30 CHAR) EBONY FRETBOARDITION JAZZMAS

 :)

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The Guitars of The Ventures / Let's enjoy ourselves, Andy
« on: June 10, 2013, 08:04:40 am »
Thanks, Andy.  The best are yet to come.  It will probably take 20 or 30 more posting to go over all my collection.  There were stories behind the gears I collect which may be more interesting than the gears themselves.  How many of you would drive 9 hours one way to pick up a guitar?  How many would wait up until 2 or 3 AM to bid a guitars on eBay. Would you go to the rough neighborhood to meet with Craigslist sellers?  I have done all those foolish things....

I used to be a so called "Collector" (Not really, I am a small scale collector and no comparison to those real collectors. I am just a old foolish guy tried to put my lifetime saving into guitars for retirement fund.  Whether it will prove to be a wise decision or not,  I have a lot fun!) until I met with my band members about 4 years ago, I started to realize playing is much more rewarding than collecting. 

I remember after playing for one year or so with my band (after being yelled and stopped numerous times during practice), my band leader came to me and said "Vincent, you used to a "collector", now your are a "player"..."  That was one of my best compliments in my life.

Fiesta Red Bass is very cool.  Speaking of Hank Marvin Strat, did you try the CS HM at Music Gallery?  I brought my Japanese HM strat over there for AB comparison and possible trade.  But I did not go for the trade as I just couldn't let my old faithful Hanky Marilyn go. (Yes, the fiesta red HM strat is my Marilyn Monroe)

So, Andy let's continue to imitate the bands we like and play the tunes we love... And enjoy ourselves!

Talk soon.

Best,
Vincent


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The Guitars of The Ventures / Re: Desert Surfer's Ventures guitars
« on: June 09, 2013, 07:42:56 pm »
Sorry, it is in storage now.

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