Introducing Bruce Duncan
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 11:03 pm
Hi, I'm a fan of The Ventures and Mosrite Guitars going all the way back to my juvenile years in the 1960's. I love pretty much every record The Ventures ever released, but I have to admit their songwriting genius became more and more evident starting with the Mosrite era. From The Ventures In Space LP all the way through Guitar Freakout, I was totally in love with their originals.
It wasn't until I'd graduated High School that I was able to gather together the funds to start playing electric guitars like my heroes had. In 1971, I purchased a Sunburst 1964 Fender Jazzmaster, and a Candy Apple Blue 1966 Ventures Mosrite guitar. There was no such thing back then as a "vintage" or "collector" market, so I bought each guitar for around $110.00. Since then I've bought and sold numerous Fenders and Mosrites, many Mosrite copies, including Eastwood, Univox, Aria, Dillion, Mosrite of Classics, etc. In more recent years I also owned and loved several of the Wilson Bros. Ventures model guitars, all superior quality instruments.
From 1998 through 2008 I was songwriter and Lead Guitarist in Longboard Ranch, an instro band with heavy influences from both The Ventures and Classic Surf Music. We released two self-produced commercial-grade CD's, and you can read the reviews for yourself on reverbcentral.com, where Phil Dirt reviewed and rated virtually every surf/instro recording ever produced, (or at least, so it seems).
I've sold quite a bit of gear in the last several years, and I happened onto a few special Never-Used, but original vintage Mosrite items. Marty Tippens urged me to post here, about the Mosrite items, as he felt certain members would have a strong interest in hearing specifics about them. That's why I registered NOW, although I've been meaning to do so for years, literally.
In Summer 2013 I am working with another classic instrumental band guitarist, a former member of the Jet Blacks, one of Brazil's most popular instro bands of the 1960's, putting together a general surf/rockabilly flavored band that will play a number of covers of The Shadows, in addition to traditional American fare. I've written enough for now, so Hello everyone, and I'm glad to be here, at last.
Bruce D
It wasn't until I'd graduated High School that I was able to gather together the funds to start playing electric guitars like my heroes had. In 1971, I purchased a Sunburst 1964 Fender Jazzmaster, and a Candy Apple Blue 1966 Ventures Mosrite guitar. There was no such thing back then as a "vintage" or "collector" market, so I bought each guitar for around $110.00. Since then I've bought and sold numerous Fenders and Mosrites, many Mosrite copies, including Eastwood, Univox, Aria, Dillion, Mosrite of Classics, etc. In more recent years I also owned and loved several of the Wilson Bros. Ventures model guitars, all superior quality instruments.
From 1998 through 2008 I was songwriter and Lead Guitarist in Longboard Ranch, an instro band with heavy influences from both The Ventures and Classic Surf Music. We released two self-produced commercial-grade CD's, and you can read the reviews for yourself on reverbcentral.com, where Phil Dirt reviewed and rated virtually every surf/instro recording ever produced, (or at least, so it seems).
I've sold quite a bit of gear in the last several years, and I happened onto a few special Never-Used, but original vintage Mosrite items. Marty Tippens urged me to post here, about the Mosrite items, as he felt certain members would have a strong interest in hearing specifics about them. That's why I registered NOW, although I've been meaning to do so for years, literally.
In Summer 2013 I am working with another classic instrumental band guitarist, a former member of the Jet Blacks, one of Brazil's most popular instro bands of the 1960's, putting together a general surf/rockabilly flavored band that will play a number of covers of The Shadows, in addition to traditional American fare. I've written enough for now, so Hello everyone, and I'm glad to be here, at last.
Bruce D
