

It has three very loud single-coil (“Hound Dog”) pickups wired in series just like the old Danelecto models. The Silvertone 1445 first appeared in the Sears catalog in 1968, and hung around in a few variations through the early 1970’s. The body style is an excellent Teisco version of the 1960’s Mosrite of California guitar played by rock Hall-of-Famers, The Ventures ( Walk, Don’t Run and Hawaii Five-O). store standards of course) was hand-crafted by Teisco in Japan for Sears. This crazy looking solid-body electric guitar is ready to play surf, jazz, classic rock or county, and is simply a kick to play! The exquisite Silvertone 1445 (I mean, by dept. A Vintage 1970 Silvertone MIJ Copy of the Mosrite Guitar

Bruno & Sons was a sister company in Texas. of Los Angeles (founded by Eric Emerson), Ovation Guitars, Kaman Music Corporation, Jupiter Band Instruments, KHS Musical Company, Hohner, Inc., St. More info from National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM): Coast Wholesale Music Company. Some of the people in the music business connected to Coast Wholesale Music Company were: Don Talbot, Gabe Ireland, Donald Johnson, Bob King, Hai Muradian, Allan Small, Lloyd Stark. would later introduce the line of Ovation guitars. The company was purchased by Charlie Kamam of Kaman Music around 1968, along with Coast Wholesale of Los Angeles - a completely separate company in Southern California with the same name - and C. They focused predominantly on importing instruments (guitars!) made in Japan to the United States in the 1940’s through the 1960’s. by Coast Wholesale Music Company of California, this 12-string semi-acoustic hollow body electric from the 1970’s is a rare bird.Ĭoast Wholesale Music Company from the San Francisco Bay Area was an importer and wholesale distributor of musical instruments. The body, the neck, the triple edge binding, the cherry burst finish, and the pickups all resembled other guitars we’d seen from Matsumoku.īuilt by Matsumoku Industrial of Japan (we think, we’re not sure!) and imported to the U.S. Since I already owned a mid-1970’s Univox Coily, I recognized that the build and the pickups were very similar. Luckily, we found this Orpheus 12-string hollow body electric back in May 2019 at Centaur Guitar in Portland, Oregon (BTW: The guys at Centaur really know their stuff when it comes to 1970s made in Japan guitars, so give them a call or stop by). Through research, we found that in the late 1960s through mid-1970s, Coast Wholesale Music Company of California imported a line of electric guitars made in Japan under the Orpheus name. It is suspected, but not proven, that these electric guitars could have been made in the highly respected Matsumoku factory of Japan. Over the years, the Orpheus brand is a name has been used on several lines of guitars in different parts of the world: from Bulgaria to the former Soviet Union, to the United States and Japan. Instagram: let us know the artists you’d like to hear, Tweet us, slide into our DMs, send us an email or even a letter. Orpheus – a little known brand of guitars If you'd like to help support the show you can donate as little or as much as you'd like here, (we really appreciate your contributions :)įor behind the scenes photos and the latest updates, make sure to follow us on: Jingles can be in any style, can feature the Tape Notes theme, lyrics, or none of those things - be as creative as you'd like (as long as they're between 5-15 seconds). ‘Loving In Stereo’ - Caiola Records, AWAL Recordings Ltdįor all of the details on sending in a jingle email your Tape Notes jingle and we'll play our favourites each week on the podcast. Tracks discussed: Keep Moving, All of the Time, Bonnie Hill
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Listen to find out how to get as close to the cheesy line as possible, what happens when you combine a Ron Burgundy flute solo with Baker Street sax, and how to do a great siren impression. Having written a lot of the album in their shed over the last two years, Josh takes us all the way back to the almost 30-minute demos, talking through the process of cherry-picking the best parts and forming the tracks as we know them.Īs well as sharing his thoughts on originality, natural creative flow and knowing when to stop, we hear stories of building samples, constantly layering vocals, and blending synths, guitars and orchestral elements into a singular unified sound. In this episode, John heads over to Jungle’s West London HQ to catch up with Josh Lloyd-Watson about how the band wrote, recorded and produced their latest record ‘Loving in Stereo’.
