Eddie Van Halen Playing a Mosrite

User avatar
Nokie
Top Producer
Posts: 240
Joined: Sun Jun 22, 2008 10:43 am
Contact:

Eddie Van Halen Playing a Mosrite

Postby Nokie » Mon Feb 06, 2012 6:40 pm

At 4:23, you'll see a photo of Eddie playing a Mosrite backin' his Dad in an old family photo.
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/van-halen-brothers-interview-david-lee-roth/
-Marty

User avatar
Veenture
Master Contributor
Posts: 4127
Joined: Sat Jan 03, 2009 12:07 pm
Location: The Netherlands
Contact:

Re: Eddie Van Halen Playing a Mosrite

Postby Veenture » Tue Feb 07, 2012 1:56 am

Nice find, Marty! Eddie's surname always sounded Dutch ...and now I know, it is! ;)

User avatar
Dennisthe Menace
Moderator
Posts: 4981
Joined: Mon May 05, 2008 8:40 pm
Location: Ft Lauderdale Florida
Contact:

Re: Eddie Van Halen Playing a Mosrite

Postby Dennisthe Menace » Tue Feb 07, 2012 9:47 am

Marty, that was WILD! :mrgreen:
make the Mos' of it, choose the 'rite stuff.
.........Owner of 9 Mosrites...
.....proud owner and documented:
1963 "the Ventures" Model s/n #0038
http://www.thevintagerockproject.com/

User avatar
Nokie
Top Producer
Posts: 240
Joined: Sun Jun 22, 2008 10:43 am
Contact:

Re: Eddie Van Halen Playing a Mosrite

Postby Nokie » Wed Feb 08, 2012 8:02 pm

Yeah, it's a cool story. Eddie has been known to count the Ventures among his early influences. He's not playing a Ventures model in the picture but I wonder if he's playing the Mosrite brand on it's Ventures cashe. -Marty

User avatar
LewdDude
Active Member
Posts: 90
Joined: Tue Jul 07, 2009 1:36 pm
Location: New York
Contact:

Re: Eddie Van Halen Playing a Mosrite

Postby LewdDude » Thu Apr 05, 2012 5:29 pm

cool! did not think I would live to see them get along again, let alone tell stories and chuckle!!! It looks like a Maphis model.
*******Mosrite Forever 1988*******
Image
*************M88 05488*************

Haole Jim
Top Producer
Posts: 526
Joined: Thu Jul 23, 2009 4:20 am
Location: Central Coast USA (the Great Lakes) metro Chicago
Contact:

Re: Eddie Van Halen Playing a Mosrite

Postby Haole Jim » Thu Jun 21, 2012 8:18 pm

Wowsers, thank you for sharing!

User avatar
paulramon1962
Active Member
Posts: 69
Joined: Tue May 24, 2011 7:58 pm
Location: Utah
Contact:

Re: Eddie Van Halen Playing a Mosrite

Postby paulramon1962 » Fri Oct 19, 2012 11:16 pm

Yeah it looks like a Maphis bass.


Return to “Music Related”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 65 guests