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[Nokie]

So the Award Amps were double branded?

Yes, they were indeed double branded and one might even say triple-branded. When Mosrite was slow in delivering a Ventures model amp, the Ventures hired an un-named engineer to design one.
The Ventures then found Award, a consumer electronics company in Minneapolis, to build it. Award insisted thier name would be on the amp. The Ventures paid Semie Mosley a few thou to allow them to put the Mosrite name on the amp. The Ventures also put their own badge on the amp. You can see all three badges at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDhbgn9E6Rs
-Marty

[dubtrub]

Hey Marty,

Thanks for posting the video. I especially like your Pipeline medley. Lot of talent there.

[zarfnober]

Very impressive picking there Marty.

Rocco

[Veenture]

Very impressive picking there Marty.

Rocco

+1... Marty rocks! his Pipeline version in a one-man band formation is very cool indeed

[Nokie]

Thanks guys!

[Elliot Easton]

Am I mis-remembering or didn't Bob Crooks and Standel ever have anything to do with the Mosrite amp?

[Veenture]

Am I mis-remembering or didn't Bob Crooks and Standel ever have anything to do with the Mosrite amp?

Bob Crooks did build white custom piggyback Standel for Semie; it was up for grabs on ebay last year. The asking price was $25,000 and it didn't sell if I remember correctly.

So far provenance has been missing about this particular amp actually belonging to Semie much less having been used by him. Well, this has now changed and you heard first here on the forum. Doug Brewer said Semie did in fact own this amp and periodically played it in church. He said last time he saw it, it was sitting in the corner in the basement of the P Street factory no longer being used because Semie had Ed Sanner making new amps for him. This was a 25 watt amp and was one of the 'first ever piggy back amps' that Semie and Bob Crooks had hoped to get into production as a joint venture but since neither one of them was business minded it never went anywhere. Doug called Ed Sanner this morning and varified this amp with him. I would imagine if the seller knew this tid bit of information he could jack his price back up to $15,000.

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