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Johnny Ramones red 1965 ventures mosrite

Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 11:41 am
by t.bags
i just got this guitar and was asked by a member to put a listing up. so here goes this is a ventures model 1965 that johnny ramone used and owned from 1983 to 1990 he removed the tremelo and put a stop tail piece, removed bridge pick :D up and replaced it with a dimarzio fat strat pick up. this is the only red mosrite he ever owned and only 1 of 6 or 7 ever!! all others are owned by famous friends of johnny's or guitar center in manhattan has the ramones model made by mosrite in 1988 they are asking $110,000!!! you can check out my myspace page under t.bags or a video on you tube ramones performing on club mtv in 88.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXSNrUmgJy0
this is a dream come true for me!! I cant beleive it has happened!
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.c ... D=15614495
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.c ... D=15614499
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.c ... D=15614497
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.c ... D=15614504

Re: Johnny Ramones red 1965 ventures mosrite

Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 11:57 am
by Veenture
Man, how special is that?! That is quite a story and I'm sure we'd love to hear how you got it and get to see some pictures of it too when you're ready but before I forget...welcome to the Forum AND congratulations on your Mosrite guitar ...played by none other than JR himself... :o
You'll be the envy of many a Ramones fan here, that's fo' sure :P

Re: Johnny Ramones red 1965 ventures mosrite

Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 12:43 pm
by Sarah93003
Welcome to the forum!

Re: Johnny Ramones red 1965 ventures mosrite

Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 1:39 pm
by ElTwang
That's fantastic t.bags. Actually that's holy moly Mosrite fantastic. Congrats! Tell us more.

Re: Johnny Ramones red 1965 ventures mosrite

Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 3:50 pm
by 101Volts
Fantastic, You even got a great finish :) You might want to spray some clear coat paint over the signature if that hasn't already been done though, Signatures can wear off if not taken care of. Any chances for a demonstration video? :)

Austin

Re: Johnny Ramones red 1965 ventures mosrite

Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 3:54 pm
by last
how did you get this thing?! and if you don't mind telling, how much did you pay?

Re: Johnny Ramones red 1965 ventures mosrite

Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 5:10 pm
by zarfnober
Opening bid was $35K, BIN $45K. Ed Roman has a photo of this guitar on his website and CLAIMS to make exact replicas.

Nice catch tbags!

Re: Johnny Ramones red 1965 ventures mosrite

Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 5:25 pm
by t.bags
it was for sale on ebay so i contacted the seller we came to an agreement for much less than i beleive its worth!! my dream came true!!

Re: Johnny Ramones red 1965 ventures mosrite

Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 7:50 pm
by 101Volts
t.bags wrote:it was for sale on ebay so i contacted the seller we came to an agreement for much less than i beleive its worth!! my dream came true!!


It must have been quite a steal, How does it sound? (Oh and is there any clear coat paint over the signature?)

Austin

Re: Johnny Ramones red 1965 ventures mosrite

Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 12:08 am
by t.bags
it sounds great!! i only played it for a few minutes, no there is no clear coat, dont know if im going to do that since it isnt going to be played.