Norman's Rare Guitars - Guitar of the Day: 1965 Mosrite Ventures Model

[@ianpavelko3827]

1. The Chantays-Pipeline 2. The Ventures (originally Tito Puente)-Perfidia (RIP Nokie Edwards) 3. The Ventures (originally Johnny Smith)-Walk Don't Run BTW, The Chantays played Pipeline on the Lawrence Welk show in 1963. PROOF: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHfYlHaOncqlgsk

[@stkbkr1]

Thank you!

[@DoppelgangerShockwave]

Hey, Ian. If you're going to list the songs and the originators, you might want to edit and correct songs 2 and 3. Johnny Smith originated 'Walk--Don't Run' in 1954, but The Ventures popularized in 1959. And technically if we want to be accurate, it should be 'Walk--Don't Run, '64' since Bob Bogle played lead on the '59 version, Nokie played bass, where Nokie played lead on the souped-up '64 version. Alberto Dominguez originated the Spanish song 'Perfidia' in 1939, with many covers after, but the best in my opinion was with The Ventures in 1960. Don't get me wrong. I'm not harping on you. You most likely didn't know. I didn't myself until I did some research on the songs a few years ago. Say what you will about The Ventures being a glorified cover band, there's no denying that, but in my humble opinion, however, the majority of their covers were better than the originals because they had magic in their souls when they were the classic line-up of Nokie, Bob, Don, and Mel. :)

[@arlingtonhynes]

Nother cool version of “Perfidia”, from Jon Rauhouse and Sally Timms: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3eXfaWXpbJ_arM

[@johnnypk1963]

Ventures were a great band. Excellent musicians for their time.

[@deaterk]

But by today's standards they're awful!?... They are (present tense) great musicians. ...I think you meant something, more along the lines of 'they were the shredders of their day'...

[@101Volts]

@@deaterk On that note, I get the impression that they were sort of like early "guitar heroes" to a lot of teenagers back then, before Hendrix. But at the same time, they weren't as wild as Hendrix; they were more of what Great Grandma Ethel would approve of.

[@jerry12601]

Oh yeah 1964 and 65 was very good years. This group The Beach Boys, Motown and some lads from across the pond we're about to make their grand entrance into our culture. Thanks for the Memories mark. my older brother had a couple of their albums and was inspired to start his own band. As a 13 year old I really admired their musical abilities. While my parents were still listening to the big band era, Sinatra and other stars from that era I was upstairs in my room digging these guys. Very nice job and awesome axe.

[@mikeymojo8299]

#WeirdAssWednesday #1965MosriteVenture classy tribute to Nokie Edwards @markagnesi that guitar is THE surf 🌊 🏄 🏄‍♀️ sound welcome back Jen 🎥🎸🎰🎲

[@winthermolina6178]

Mike M. What happened with the set list? D:

[@mikeymojo8299]

Winther Molina All Ventures 🌊🏄🏄‍♀️

[@timothycormier3494]

Mike M. Sorry there you are

[@fenderjazz6213]

Mike M. Just thought I would txt something so you wouldn't feel all alone. I'm home, broke out the coliseum ( sunn ) and played the 62 through 4 15s just to be obnoxious. It worked, the cops came started laughing. Neighborhood was rattling. Peace my friend, I hope you and Ralphie boy get started soon.🐷

[@mikeymojo8299]

Fender jazz 62 lol! that’s the best story I heard all day. The ‘62 thru SUNN 4x15s is monstrous, just plain rude. should have plugged in the CryBaby and played some NIB by the Geez (Sabbath) ofcourse. glad your home and feeling better. took a little break, will put the Axe’s back to work soon 🎸🤘🏻 peace

[@angeredcheese1332]

Man, Big surf fan, sucks to see him go.

[@chipsk8361]

1. "Pipeline" 2. "Blue Moon" 3. "Walk Don't Run" RIP Nokie Edwards

[@jeffkahl]

2. Perfidia

[@terryjones3202]

I believe number 2 was "Perfidia"

[@telequacker-9529]

2nd song is definitely Perfidia but he messes up quite a few of the notes so I understand the confusion... been playing that one 20x a day trying to get it down

[@harvey1954]

@@jeffkahl He's right.

[@harvey1954]

@@telequacker-9529 Try "The Breeze and I".

[@busterdog5534]

Thank you for the mosrite my favorite guitars and for a lost of an venture

[@ibisrox1]

Well done tribute to Nokie. We seem to under apreciated the early pioneers

[@brianliscano2659]

Guitar of the day binge watch ended with a super sexy Mosrite!!! Great tribute!!! Rest In Peace Nokie!!!!

[@robertpage2341]

Wow ! Like go into orbit, man !

[@saint6563]

Best Tribute yet [by Norman's]. R.I.P. All the best, thanks.

[@robertpage2341]

Thanks for stroking out some great Ventures tunes !! RIP Nokie Edwards ! I am going to re-purchase as many CD's I can find..I remember I learned to play from some of their instructional albums...! A real pleasure to keep repeating those finger patterns ! Maybe before I go to wah-wah pedal heaven, I hope to finally buy one !!

[@kungstu22]

I drove my parents crazy playing Pipeline over and over when I was about 14. It still takes me back to my old room, my old Pignose amp and BC Rich.

[@DoppelgangerShockwave]

Thank you very much for the loving tribute to Nokie, Mark. It means a lot to us Ventures and Nokie Edwards fans around the world. You made this fan of yours and his very happy. :)

[@thomasnettleton289]

Episode 476. RIP Nokie Edwards and a great tribute, Mark and Jen.

[@sploit777]

If it wasn't for my guitar teacher I would have never known about these guys. Learned pipeline and walk don't run. At the time I didn't really appreciate it as I was more interested in learning popular songs at the time and now I really appreciate all the "classic" music he introduced me to.

[@GeoffreyGentryMusic]

Splitty Yeah, it's funny how people never fully appreciate surf rock guitar until later. I was always into blues, rock and roll, and hard rock so I never bothered to study surf rock. I was a fool.

[@sploit777]

Geoffrey Gentry Yea it really is a lot of fun. I grew up listening to Metallica, megadeth, 80s hair metal, whatever my dad had on so I was interested in learning that stuff as well as whatever new rock was out. After learning the surrounding rock stuff I found a new appreciation for that style of music

[@bobsteel6916]

Mark, when you said you were going to switch to the bridge pickup, I swear I thought I heard reverb for a second in your voice that may have been picked up by the pickups and came through the amp.Another great Mark video!!!

[@mattluscombe2071]

The Ventures were also well know and liked over here in England! That style of guitar playing with the extra tremolo was made popular over here by the Shadows - I had the privilege and enjoyment of seeing them live back in 1978! RIP Nokie

[@saintbrando]

1965 Mosrite Ventures #weirdasswednesday love the sound. 60s vibe. Surf sound. Great demo Mark! Thanks for the BDay shout out. 🤘🏻🍻🔥🎸⚡️🤙🏻🏄🏻‍♂️🌊

[@mikeymojo8299]

Saint Brando happy bday 🤘🏻😇🤘🏻 all the best pal 🇨🇦 🎸🍻🤘🏻

[@charlespatrick1572]

Nice guitar, nice playing, great songs, R.I.P., Nokie.

[@GL64]

Sick guitar! RIP Nokie.

[@fuzzcous]

Excellent looking guitar. Like the look of the German carve and that wiggle stick. Walk don't Run fantastic song in any era. 👍

[@JayMoreau]

Mosrite guitars are the most underrated and overlooked guitars. Absolutely a joy to play.

[@GeoffreyGentryMusic]

Great tribute to one of the most underrated guitar players of all time. RIP Nokie Edwards.

[@micahwinters7021]

Mark with a fountain of knowledge today

[@lptomtom]

Except when talking about Stephen Hawking... but hey that's Mark, he loves guitars, sports, cocktails and his family and that's pretty much it

[@datther]

RIP Nokie. Legendary musician, gentleman. Like 1000s of others, I had to learn Walk - Don 't Run. What a sound

[@shivaumesh1129]

Awesome guitar and awesome video! I love the Ventures!!

[@DietzCE]

Fitting tribute to one of the greats, Nokie Edwards. My inspiration.

[@MichaelandCathy1999]

Having just seen a vid with The Seeds doing “Pushing too hard” with the great Sky Saxon on vocals, I was intrigued by his VOX Bass. Any chance of finding and demonstrating a VOX 6 string twanger? P.S. Fantastic tone on that beauty.

[@mattyredrock]

So Badass! Love those guitars. Hearing that surf sound is soothing my soul while dealing with the aftermath of a 4th winter Nor' Easter in as many weeks here on Long Island. Keep 'em coming. Cheers!

[@shawnsee2688]

best episode yet! Love that sound.

[@DLawrenceMarketing]

Stoked on that tribute and the wiggle stick. Cool Mr. Agnesi.

[@ddactar]

promised... and delivered.. thanks mark and jenn!!

[@HoosierRooster]

I love the Ventures my uncle got me listening to themwhen I was just a kid love the Mosrites... beautiful always wanted a Mosrite Ventures bass in blue never got it.... I always thought they sounded good Eric Brann of Iron Butterfly played one when I saw them in 69

[@ritchtaylor3831]

Dayum!!! Lovin it more than any of the recent F & G guitars lately.

[@AndrewCapobianco2014]

SAW the Ventures 3X! Love Nokie!

[@timkbt]

Nice job Mark, I'm sure Nokie and his wife Judy would have loved the tribute. I knew Nokie and worked with him several times over a five year period from around '90 - 95. He never really wanted to play any of the Ventures material, his big hero was Chet Atkins. He was always in Chet mode whenever I played with him, always just using the neck position pickup. Only once do I remember him using the tremolo bar and when he did he looked over at me and smiled as if to say yeah I know that's something I used to do but not anymore. He told me once that Semie Mosley wanted to be know for the having the most windings on a pickup which as you mentioned resulted in a lot of output and also big bump in the mid range. I mentioned the live from Japan album and told him how I was knocked out by their playing and their sound, that I wore the album out. He smiled and told me that that the problem they were having was when you turned the Showman's up playing the Mosrite's they would distort. So the sound all the kids actually liked and picked up on was something that the Ventures themselves actually hated. Once that album came out every kid with a guitar tried to chase that sound. When I worked with him he was using his brown Fender Nokie telecaster and his blue sparkle Mosrite model, The Nokie. He said he sent it back a few times to Semie because he didn't like the pickups, so even after 30 years they were still going back and forth over the sound of the pickups. His real love of the guitar was when he was finger picking which is more along the lines of what he was doing with Buck Owens and later with Shelly West and David Frizzell. There was not a nicer guy that has ever walked this earth and his wife Judy was just as nice. Judy really hit it off with my wife Pam who was the singer in our band. I really picked up that he liked knowing he had influenced other guitar players and his influence has just about been passed down to every guitar player on the planet. He was also a really humble guy and also really quiet and how he liked to talk about Chet Atkins. The B&W videos shot in ''66 really show how ahead of their time those guys were. Bob Bogle bending notes and playing sixteen notes on the bass in the solo section and Nokie demonstrating some hybrid picking in the solo as well. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZOueGOma7mpb7M

[@jorgelealartist]

Beautiful guitar and tribute to a great cool band. Great work Mark.

[@johnpruett1724]

Awesome, awesome, awesome. You rock, Agnesi!

[@mdub048]

Great one, today! E.xtra S.pecial. RIP legend Nokie.

[@Rtechmobile]

Sounds great ! Loved me some surf guitar.

[@ericfaley9019]

Nice tribute. Nice guitar. Thank you Mark. Nokia will be missed

[@cletussea-ray944]

Txs Mark...RIP Nokie

[@74dartman13]

Such a cool guitar! Something different. I love it! Nice job playing, Mark!

[@hayatotheninja]

Good stuff as always, Mark & Jen! Guitar sounded heavenly!

[@fthisjob6676]

Ventures Live in Japan 65' is one of the most overlooked live albums ever. every track is a little faster with extra fills. so damn good.

[@izzysaysno-8524]

I couldn't agree more! My favorite album of all time.

[@betadatadigitaljohn312]

Man I love those Mosrites! RIP Nokie.

[@MrStranger1944]

I can dig it.

[@FallingInLine]

Love the guitar love the tunes love you guys.

[@stanleysdad]

Sensational sound, great to hear the wiggle stick in action

[@christophermay4998]

Cool....very cool.....nicely done Mark.....definitely cool to get the history behind the guitar's.....you are the Jay Leno of guitar's

[@dieselboatman5357]

Every kid in my age group learned their guitars licks listening to the Ventures.RIP

[@michaelmerritt1722]

Very cool guitar! Break out my surfboard.. Thanks Mark and Jen! Byeeeeeeeee!!!!

[@soopr38]

What an awesome guitar! Well done !

[@scottlewis4387]

This just became my favorite Guitar of the Day video. Mark's not lying about the action on these guitars: I got to briefly play one of Ricky Wilson's (the B-52's) Mosrites probably 15 years ago, and I still remember that guitar having the lowest action of any guitar I've ever come across.

[@zappo7291]

Hey over there! Next week on Tuesday it's my 19th birthday, and it would be soo nice to get a shout out to over here in Germany😊 go on with your videos! I love the show and watch every day, of course! ;) Jen & Mark, you're are the best🎸🎵 Greetings Sebastian Kellner

[@thaddeusproshansky5389]

RIP Nokie. The Ventures were the greatest instrumental band in the world !!! Mosrite Forever !!!! East Coast Productions.

[@gabrieltoneguitars9365]

I'm a super fan. I even watch the videos with my Norman's tee shirt on. How about a shout out!

[@mattgehringer7292]

Totally awesome tribute to Nokie Edwards!

[@thai620]

Great demo, killer tone and fab guitar!

[@mortensen1961]

Calling Stephen Hawking smart is like calling a Ferrari transportation.

[@spyhawk36]

The neck pickup sounded radical

[@PicksPaints]

Man that thing sounds GREAT!!!! LOVE the Ventures! RIP Nokie!

[@jaimecunningham1057]

Song 2 gave me flashbacks of a cassette tape being ate while its playing....So many mallienals have no clue of such horror lol...🤘🤘 ~Jaime from Michigan

[@BluzGuitarGuyFishing]

One of my friends had a sunburst model in the 60s when we were teenagers. I loved it and always wanted to buy it. 25 years later I asked him about it and he had sold it...cheap. I was SO pissed at him for not calling me. The neck was a bit like the PRS wide thin neck on an SE custom 24....just not as wide.

[@timkbt]

Back in '95 I had the honor of Nokie asking me to get up and play at his 60th birthday celebration. It was also the first time all the original surviving Ventures got up onstage and played together in almost 11 years. I was sitting with the other musicians to the right of the stage. Sitting right in front of me was Merrilee Rush and her husband. Another one of those guys from the most famous guitar player's you've never heard of category that was there was Little Al Bruno. Al played on Dick Clark's Caravan of the Stars , played with Conway Twitty, on the hit song Behind Closed Doors, Harper Valley PTA and was the session guy on shows like Happy Days and Laverne and Shirley. That was a night I'll never forget. Nokie playing wit another one of the greatest guitarists of all time. Nokie & Tommy Emmanuel kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpO6fqeCmdunhNk

[@ojabog]

Awesome Git! Sounds amazing. Great demo.

[@jeff1586er]

In high school I wanted a Mosrite more than anything. 52 years later I've never held one. Black's not my color but the off center "Ventures" logo adds value.

[@beatlebassmaniacjp8311]

Mark !! Shredding it !! Love it brother cheers!!

[@thxcuz]

I got into the ventures via the Ramones

[@davidkieltyka9]

RIP Professor Hawking & Nokie Edwards. Shoutout to Roger Rossmeisl for popularising the German carve (Rickenbacker). Also, that Mosrite sounds damn fine!

[@celticfury7328]

My GOD I want this guitar!!!

[@promerops]

Mark, your version of Perfidia seems to have been very stealthily infiltrated by Ravel's Bolero. If you ever get a Burns Marvin in, could we please have a tribute to The Shadows? Thanks!

[@GeoffreyGentryMusic]

promerops That would be a great WAW.

[@Xtrememaker]

Sounds great!

[@toddflowers8052]

You nailed it Mark ! RIP Nokie . :-(

[@TheRockyhockey007]

very beautiful guitar , I love the carved top , and the angled neck pick up , don't know what that accomplishes but it looks cool. Never actually heard of the mosrites but I'm certainly familiar with the ventures sound , well done Mark. Keep those guitars coming.

[@DanButcher303]

Sounds really really good !

[@johnwriterpoet1783]

Great sounding guitar.

[@timlilly]

That sounded great nice one Mark

[@RS-dp7bn]

Hey Mark and Jen, still trying to get a 50th birthday shout out to Janine Skorski from Newton, NJ for Thursday March 15th. We love Guitar of the Day and watch everyday. I don't Tweet and I don't do Instagram so I don't know how to get in touch with you. Tried Facebook messaging and commenting on these You Tube videos.

[@kevinsmith7657]

Such a rad guitar

[@tomjohn3364]

Well you have done it again one of my dream guitars.. I own a Univox copy but always wanted a real Mosrite. Great song choice. Now where's the VOX guitars at .

[@davidjones6218]

Killer sound bro.! Executed awesomely.👍

[@ukjfan]

hey, always great videos ! Tomorrow is my daughter Alexia's 8th birthday, can you give her a shoutout and /or play a little ELO for her , thanks mark and Jen and Norms for everything you all do ! Peace !

[@jesikebiking]

YYYYYEEEEEAAAAAHHHHH ............................surf music and Ventures go together like ,cake and ice cream

[@jackgrattan1447]

The Ventures weren't just huge in Japan, they were the hugest. They consistently outsold the Beatles, and are an institution there to this day. Why? No language barrier. It also explains why there are so many Japanese Mosrite knockoff guitars around.

[@jackgrattan1447]

So sorry. No speak Engrish.

[@andrewpappas9311]

Neck Pickup: Pipeline - The Ventures Middle Pickup: Some Ventures song that I don't know Bridge Pickup: Walk Don't Run - The Ventures I've never really listened to The Ventures but I'll admit that Noki Edwards did have some damn cool riffs

[@andrewcaruso3543]

How bout some love for g&l in a upcoming video! Love what you guys do, keep rocking them thumb chords mark!

[@harvey1954]

Just bought a Mosrite Ventures sunburst with the pickguard autographed by: Don, Leon, Bob Spaulding and Nokie.

[@csablan3829]

Great episode.

[@Scott0526]

Nice tribute Mark!!

[@gyorgyvigh2068]

Fantastic...😊

[@southernfriedawesomeness9464]

Walk don’t run ,so good.

[@rballister]

Nokie was the reason I picked up an electric guitar at age 14. I would like to get a sense from Norman's what an original instrument like this (that appears to be in good shape for an old guitar) is valued at. What doe's Norman's want for it?

[@narbonneguitars9331]

I normally dont comment on guitar demos but, that was very sweet ahmage to all the. Californian an west coast baby booming surfer beach bum listeners ...👏 bravo Mark...like the Vox spitfire ...which came first?

[@dapoppa2256]

I had one of these in 1970, hooked into a preamp, then into a Fender Bassman it screamed. Was almost fret less. I sole it for $1500 in 1975.

[@I.am_Groot]

Surf's Up Dude!!! and Jen!

[@jenniferwhitewolf3784]

I’ll take a full LP or CD of Mark playing surf.. get some of regulars to stand by on rhythm and bass, it would be gold!

[@hongspa]

Perfidia ! Man I, thought i was 14 again. thanks

[@RockHardRiffs]

That's pretty damn sweet actually.

[@1uke0sh3a7]

Fender bass