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ELECTRIC: VENTURES REISSUE MODELS
Semie Moseley produced a limited amount of Ventures reissue models in the late 1980s through the early 1990s. It is estimated that a large percentage of these guitars were shipped to, and remain in Japan.
VENTURES EARLY 1960S REISSUE (BOLT-ON)
- offset double cutaway basswood or alder body, bolt-on maple neck, 22-fret rosewood fingerboard, vibrato bridge or tailpiece, 3-per-side tuners, chrome hardware, white pickguard, 2 black Alnico single coil pickups, volume/tone controls, 3-position switch, available in Black, Sunburst, or White finishes, mfg. circa 1987-1990.
VENTURES EARLY 1960S REISSUE (VENTURES REISSUE '63)
- bound offset double cutaway alder body, glued-in maple neck, bound rosewood fingerboard, (original-style sand cast) Vibramute vibrato bridge, 3-per-side tuners, chrome hardware, white pickguard, 2 black Alnico single coil pickups, volume/tone controls, 3-position switch, side-mounted jack, available in Black, Sunburst, or White finishes, mfg. circa 1987-1990.
VENTURES 40TH ANNIVERSARY
- similar to the Ventures Reissue '63, except features gold-plated hardware, available in Black, Sunburst, or White finishes, mfg. circa 1992.
NOKIE EDWARDS MODEL
- bound offset double cutaway alder body, glued-in maple neck, bound rosewood fingerboard, (original-style sand cast) Vibramute vibrato bridge, "Nokie" logo, 3-per-side tuners, chrome hardware, white pickguard, 2 black Alnico single coil pickups, volume/tone controls, 3-position switch, side-mounted jack, available in Black, Sunburst, or White finishes, mfg. circa 1989-1990.
NOKIE EDWARDS 30TH ANNIVERSAY MODEL
- similar to the Nokie Edwards Model, with alder or basswood body, "Nokie Anniversary" logo, mfg. circa 1992.
VENTURES 1988 (V-88)
- offset double cutaway basswood body, 3-piece laminated maple neck, zero fret, 22-fret bound rosewood fingerboard, "Mosrite/The Ventures Model/1988" logo on headstock, vibrato bridge, chrome hardware, white pickguard, 2 black covered Alnico single coil pickups, volume/tone controls, 3-position switch, available in Banana, Diamondized Ebony Black, Diamondized Money Green, Diamondized Ruby Red, and Sunburst finishes, mfg. circa 1988.