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: Welcome to SACLAND Gordyramz....
:
: Those Moserite guitars were definitely made
: for us by Semi Moseley. We irreverently
: referred to them as giant safety pins!
:
: He brought them to us at Original Sound
: Recording Studio in 1967. We tried them out
: but had difficulty keeping them in tune.
: Consequently, we never really used them in
: concert, recording or on TV. We just gave
: them back. I think he wanted them back if we
: weren't going to use them.
:
: Von Dutch did the pin striping....here's
: some wierd info...but, we didn't commission
: them...
:
: In the late 1960’s, about ten years after
: The Folk Scare, we encountered another music
: problem that came to be known as The
: Psychedelic Era. This was characterized by
: guys usually dressed in clothing they bought
: from women’s clothing stores (that’s where
: Hendrix got his attire...you don't believe
: me? Check it out!) who imagined they could
: play guitar which led to writing really
: awful poetry to complete their musical scat.
: Essentially these fellows just made
: extremely loud noise through powerful
: Frigidaire sized amplifiers and sang their
: meaningless bad lyrics.
:
: The Strawberry Alarm Clock was one group
: that actually showed some skill and put
: together some tunes that people enjoyed. So
: the music powers that be got them a lot of
: air time on the radio and a lot of face time
: in concerts. I won’t go into all the Alarm
: Clock’s history. Suffice to say, “Incense
: and Peppermints” is still one of those
: classic songs no matter how hard you try,
: you can’t get out of your head because
: you've heard it since 1967 due to 47 years
: of radio play.
:
:
: Somehow Moseley hooked up with the Alarm
: Clock and was commissioned to design a set
: of two guitars and a bass for the group.
: These guitars all had Mosrite style parts,
: pickups, vibrato and bridges, but also had
: the bizarre feature of being surrounded by a
: wooden frame.
:
:
:
: After finishing the bodies, Moseley shipped
: them to famed California artist Von Dutch.
: He was known for unusual auto pin striping
: and painted body designs as well as painted
: designs on surfboards. Due to his
: involvement the guitar became known also as
: The Surfboard Guitars.
:
:
:
: So here are the Strawberry Alarm Clock
: Guitars. One of these is housed at the
: Lemelson Center of American History in the
: Smithsonian Museum.
: Posted by Marc at 8:10 PM
: 1 comment:
:
: Steve Hale said...
:
: My Uncle, Al Hartel made the "Surf
: Guitars" in his garage in Downey
: California. Al worked as a pattern maker for
: Garrett Air Research in Torrance Ca. He made
: Guitars, Boats and sculptures in his spare
: time.
: January 10, 2011 at 11:29 AM
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: Hi guys, thanks for the great music. I would
: like to know some history on the Mosrite
: surfboard guitars. Did they ever get used in
: concert? Any other info about them? Thanks
:
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