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1965 Ventures Bass - sunburst
Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 8:55 am
by 1970
New purchase! My first Mosrite.
Body is stamped 29 Sept 1965
Neck is stamped 2 Oct 1965
I have the OHSC as well.
Re: 1965 Ventures Bass - sunburst
Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 9:23 am
by Veenture
Wow, nice one! Congrats. Was it a local find or did you have to import it?
Re: 1965 Ventures Bass - sunburst
Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 9:24 am
by 1970
Nope got it in the UK!
Re: 1965 Ventures Bass - sunburst
Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 9:55 am
by MWaldorf
congrats - that's a beaut!
Re: 1965 Ventures Bass - sunburst
Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 10:42 am
by 1970
Will post some close-ups of the V/T knobs - would like to know from experts if they are original.
To my knowledge it is all original except for the pots. Not bad.
Re: 1965 Ventures Bass - sunburst
Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 1:05 pm
by 1970
so... original volume and tone knobs? experts feel free to weigh in.
Re: 1965 Ventures Bass - sunburst
Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 1:18 pm
by Dennisthe Menace
Congrats!!! Yes!!! Those are original jewel knobs up until late late late '65..... 
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Re: 1965 Ventures Bass - sunburst
Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 2:14 pm
by Veenture
1970, you may want to check out this bass thread that I started a while back
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1218&hilit=some+superficial I'm mainly a guitar player myself and do not own a Mosrite bass. I do however, own a 1962 Reissue Fender P Bass in sunburst and a Ventures model Aria VMB-75 bass CAR and love 'em both.
Re: 1965 Ventures Bass - sunburst
Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 4:50 pm
by rcblair
Your bass was built around the same time as mine. The body on my bass is stamped 8/25/65 and the neck was stamped the same date as yours! You should turn the bridge cover around. The angled side is supposed to be on the top so it follows the look of the neck and pickup angle.
Rick B.
Re: 1965 Ventures Bass - sunburst
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 4:49 am
by Brian
That's how mine looked when I first got it. . . it's since lost some more of it's paint.