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

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Postby Strat-o-rama » Thu Oct 01, 2009 6:01 am

Yep, that's a green Mosrite, but not the shade of green I remember. Ricky's was a metallic seven up green, a brighter shade than the "army" green in the collection photo.
Austin, you mentioned two 'bursts, and you are right. He did have two bursts, but I wasn't sure my memory was serving me right. I will vouch for that, because I nearly posted he had two different burst Mosrites, but did not trust my memory.

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

Postby 101Volts » Thu Oct 01, 2009 7:42 am

Strat-o-rama wrote:Yep, that's a green Mosrite, but not the shade of green I remember. Ricky's was a metallic seven up green, a brighter shade than the "army" green in the collection photo.
Austin, you mentioned two 'bursts, and you are right. He did have two bursts, but I wasn't sure my memory was serving me right. I will vouch for that, because I nearly posted he had two different burst Mosrites, but did not trust my memory.


Thanks, Do you remember if one of them had a sunburst headstock?

Also, Just for reference of 7-Up Green...

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Postby Strat-o-rama » Thu Oct 01, 2009 9:04 am

Yep, that's the shade of green, only on the guitar it was metallic. As for the headstock, I don't recall. But do remember two different 'burst Mosrites. Thanks for jogging my memory. They were on stands off to the side of the stage.

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

Postby Strat-o-rama » Thu Oct 01, 2009 9:11 am

This is it, pretty much spot on.

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

Postby 101Volts » Thu Oct 01, 2009 9:59 am

Strat-o-rama wrote:This is it, pretty much spot on.

http://www.digimart.net/images/4480/DS00725421_1.jpg


I've never seen one of these before. Any history behind them? Refinish or custom order?

Here's a link to Digimart for this very same guitar...

http://www.digimart.net/inst_detail.do? ... DS00725421
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Re: A little something for B-52s fans...

Postby Dennisthe Menace » Thu Oct 01, 2009 10:06 am

Trent,
Where did you find that PIC?!?!?!? :shock:
make the Mos' of it, choose the 'rite stuff.
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Re: A little something for B-52s fans...

Postby dubtrub » Thu Oct 01, 2009 10:28 am

Please, when quoting someone that has posted a photograph, please, please remove the [img] brackets from the post so we don't keep posting the same picture over and over. It takes up way too much space.
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Re: A little something for B-52s fans...

Postby dorkrockrecords » Thu Oct 01, 2009 10:29 am

101Volts wrote:I've never seen one of these before. Any history behind them? Refinish or custom order?

Here's a link to Digimart for this very same guitar...

http://www.digimart.net/inst_detail.do? ... DS00725421

Just learn Japanese and you will find that the answers to your questions are in the very link you posted.

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

Postby juan_10 » Thu Oct 01, 2009 11:02 am

Or use babelfish :-) for comedy translation possibilities . jv

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

Postby Strat-o-rama » Fri Oct 02, 2009 6:47 am

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?

Dennis, I found it at DigiMart, and it is for sale! I wish I could read the description, but this stuck in my head because it looked like the Mosrite I saw when I saw the B-52s so many years ago. For all I know, this was Ricky's guitar!! (not trying to start Internet rumors).
Anyway, I though everyone would get a kick out the the bright metallic green.

BTW, I found the DigiMart listings via a link at Music Liner website, which Dorkrockrecords kindly provided in another thread. Does anyone know if they ship to the US?


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