A little something for B-52s fans...

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Re: A little something for B-52s fans...

Postby dorkrockrecords » Fri Oct 02, 2009 9:32 am

Strat-o-rama wrote:Dorkrock,
I find myself often perusing Japanese guitar sites. Unfortunately, I can't read Japanese, so I look for the few English words, and numerical specs to sort of get a notion. I know I'm missing out on lots of cool stuff otherwide.
So, I need to learn Kanji, right?

Kanji is only one third of the written language, in addition to two syllabaries. In fact, the key word you are looking for in the description, "refinish," isn't even written in Kanji.

You will have a very hard time getting any Japanese shop to respond to an English language inquiry, let alone do business overseas.

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Re: A little something for B-52s fans...

Postby oipunkguy » Mon Oct 12, 2009 11:10 am

woah that is an awesome mosrite! to me it looks like an original paint job, or at least a very old one. did anyone notice on the lighter army green mosrite, someone moved the volume knob up about an inch?????
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Re: A little something for B-52s fans...

Postby dorkrockrecords » Mon Oct 12, 2009 11:17 am

oipunkguy wrote:woah that is an awesome mosrite! to me it looks like an original paint job, or at least a very old one. did anyone notice on the lighter army green mosrite, someone moved the volume knob up about an inch?????

The 12-string looks to be the original Candy Apple Green. The 6-string is a refinish, as I stated before (this issue is not up for debate, it is clearly stated in the description).

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Re: A little something for B-52s fans...

Postby oipunkguy » Mon Oct 12, 2009 11:44 am

nuh uh.... ;)
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Re: A little something for B-52s fans...

Postby 101Volts » Sat Mar 08, 2014 9:15 pm

Bit of a photo dump. Some may have been posted already but, Hey.

Photo of the MK V that Ricky used (Does anyone know its serial number?):

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Photo of Ricky playing a sunburst MK I or Ventures model, This one's rather common:

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Photo of Ricky playing the MK V with bass strings on it for Rock Lobster or Dance This Mess Around:

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From a photoshoot in style of a Ventures album cover:

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Photo of the whole band, Ricky holding what I think is a 1970s MK I. I spy duct tape, Much like was on his MK V. Were strap locks available then? I tried to put some on my Ventures II but the screws were too small.

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1976 Brass Rail Deluxe #10.
2013 Fender Pawn Shop Bass VI.

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Re: A little something for B-52s fans...

Postby 101Volts » Tue Sep 09, 2014 1:49 pm

I sent Keith Strickland a message on Facebook, asking about the guitars Ricky used.

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1966 Ventures II (German Carved, B670.)
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