Recognizing the significance of the Ventures II Slab Body

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Recognizing the significance of the Ventures II Slab Body

Postby 101Volts » Wed Apr 02, 2014 12:32 pm

In 1965, The Ventures II Debuted. Semie Moseley was disappointed by the design thinking it was too cheap, Or so the story goes and he even went to design another guitar under the same name that eventually went on to become the Mark V; But, Back to subject of the Slab Body model.

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About eight years later John Cummings bought one of these and The Ramones were formed; This guitar design is integral to the Ramones songs.

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Without The Ramones, The *** Pistols wouldn't have formed nor would The Clash have formed, At least not the way they did.

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Without The Pistols in England, Joy Division wouldn't have formed, At least not the way they did; The members decided to form a band after a Pistols concert. New Order then formed after singer Ian Curtis died. (Below Photo: Left: Joy Division, Right: New Order)

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I also think British band XTC wouldn't have formed the way they did without some influence from the Ramones (Andy Partridge went to a Ramones concert) or The Clash (Barry Andrews, keyboard player for XTC for a while, Was into The Clash) and The Pistols ("This Is Pop", an XTC song, Was written in lieu of a review Andy read of The Pistols.)

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And the list goes on. But this guitar design has its place in music, Even though Mr. Moseley never did reissue it in his lifetime; Without it, Music history would be different. I don't know how much, Maybe some of these bands or people would've formed anyway, Or formed different bands.

Maybe Wire wouldn't have formed either, And then the Minutemen wouldn't have had the idea for short songs? Does anyone want to comment on that?

Anyway, Here's another photo of the little guitar model that could which was thought to be "Too cheap to sell" or so the story goes. I realize the Mosrite guitar isn't the only thing going with influence to these bands but it does have its key part.

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1966 Ventures II (German Carved, B670.)
1970s "Not a Blues Bender" Bodies: 2.
1976 Brass Rail Deluxe #10.
2013 Fender Pawn Shop Bass VI.

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Re: Recognizing the significance of the Ventures II Slab Bod

Postby GuyaGuy » Thu Apr 03, 2014 2:02 pm

So you're saying Semie Moseley invented punk rock? ;)

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Re: Recognizing the significance of the Ventures II Slab Bod

Postby zarfnober » Thu Apr 03, 2014 7:01 pm

GuyaGuy wrote:So you're saying Semie Moseley invented punk rock? ;)


No, Link Wray did. :mrgreen:

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Re: Recognizing the significance of the Ventures II Slab Bod

Postby 101Volts » Sat May 17, 2014 5:34 pm

GuyaGuy wrote:So you're saying Semie Moseley invented punk rock? ;)


Not exactly. :lol: I was just thinking one day "Hey, If this didn't happen this wouldn't have happened and something else wouldn't have happened." And furthermore, U2 were influenced by Joy Division. I can go on and on!

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1966 Ventures II (German Carved, B670.)
1970s "Not a Blues Bender" Bodies: 2.
1976 Brass Rail Deluxe #10.
2013 Fender Pawn Shop Bass VI.

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Re: Recognizing the significance of the Ventures II Slab Bod

Postby Dennisthe Menace » Sat May 17, 2014 6:43 pm

You Guys are a riot :lol: ......
make the Mos' of it, choose the 'rite stuff.
.........Owner of 9 Mosrites...
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1963 "the Ventures" Model s/n #0038
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