The Nokie

[Dillon]

Oh, made a small demo of the nokie tonight. It's a crappy take of one of my favorite Man or Astroman songs. It's just the guitar straight into my Line 6 Pocket POD. I literally just learned it and had no backing track so excuse my poor playing It's all the bridge pickup, until the end (around 1:25) where the neck and bridge kick in. That's got to be my favorite sound on this guitar

http://www.supload.com/listen?s=INWe98

[Veenture]

Sounds great! Lots of potential there

[oipunkguy]

the white residue on the inside of the pickup cavity is either dust from buffing out the finish or left over flakes from the buffing polish itself. either way, it doesn't matter, it won't harm the instrument, and this is common on almost all instruments.
speaking of which, do you know if the guitar was finished in a lacquer or a poly? usually semie's guitars were in nitro, but this isn't always the case. I've never seen or heard of any japanese mosrites finished in anything but poly.
the cut around the the neck pickup on the pickguard is a classic feature from semie's work, not a japanese company.
the difference in the pickups could be based on if the pickups are wired in series or parallel. Semie was big on wiring pickups in parallel on the humbuckers in the 70's, and this could have been a spec that Nokie requested. not sure, just speculating here.
now when I look at this guitar I'm more convinced it's a semie made piece for one reason is because I have never seen a japanese company install the truss rod at the headstock end, but then again you maybe correct that it's a parts guitar, since semie signed all his guitars by around 87 or so.
The hard thing about dating mosrites is there was exceptions to almost everything. the bridge and tremolo is common for the 1988 period and I've heard from follow forum members that these are improved buy replacing the roller saddles with the ones that Bob Shade makes at Hallmark. hope this helps. I'm no expert on the later mosrites or the nokie model, so anyone on here want to correct me, speak up

[stl80]

Nice pictures and nice guitar. Thanks.
Jim

[handbrake]

Wicked little recording, Dillon. Nice work. I'll post a photo soon of my p'up with a back plate.

[Dillon]

the white residue on the inside of the pickup cavity is either dust from buffing out the finish or left over flakes from the buffing polish itself. either way, it doesn't matter, it won't harm the instrument, and this is common on almost all instruments.
speaking of which, do you know if the guitar was finished in a lacquer or a poly? usually semie's guitars were in nitro, but this isn't always the case. I've never seen or heard of any japanese mosrites finished in anything but poly.
the cut around the the neck pickup on the pickguard is a classic feature from semie's work, not a japanese company.
the difference in the pickups could be based on if the pickups are wired in series or parallel. Semie was big on wiring pickups in parallel on the humbuckers in the 70's, and this could have been a spec that Nokie requested. not sure, just speculating here.
now when I look at this guitar I'm more convinced it's a semie made piece for one reason is because I have never seen a japanese company install the truss rod at the headstock end, but then again you maybe correct that it's a parts guitar, since semie signed all his guitars by around 87 or so.
The hard thing about dating mosrites is there was exceptions to almost everything. the bridge and tremolo is common for the 1988 period and I've heard from follow forum members that these are improved buy replacing the roller saddles with the ones that Bob Shade makes at Hallmark. hope this helps. I'm no expert on the later mosrites or the nokie model, so anyone on here want to correct me, speak up

Wow thanks for all that info! That's reassuring. I think the finish is nitro just based on the look and feel of it, but I'll do some testing in an inconspicuous area.

There was that Nokie model "reissue" made by Fillmore that I linked in my intro thread...

http://item.rakuten.co.jp/k-gakki/mos-nokie1988ltd-sbl/

But as I mentioned there, you can tell it's a reproduction.

Wicked little recording, Dillon. Nice work. I'll post a photo soon of my p'up with a back plate.

Hey, thanks! The Pocket POD will never be quite as nice as a real tube amp, but you can get some good sounds out of it for sure. Definitely interested in seeing your pickup.

[dorkrockrecords]

Just to put things to rest, the Fillmore reissue is a non-issue. They only made a handful back in 2008, were never available outside of Japan, and frankly, I'm not even sure if they sold a single one inside Japan either. On top of that, the reissue's headstock logo isn't even the same.

Again, the serial number dates the guitar to 1990.

[oipunkguy]

i knew you would have good info for us Adam. I remember the nokie was advertised to the European market in 2008, on the fillmore dealer there i found online.

[Veenture]

I remember the nokie was advertised to the European market in 2008, on the fillmore dealer there i found online.

European market?...Fillmore?...shucks, how could I have missed it?

[oipunkguy]

Paul, I should have left a link before I opened my fat mouth, lol. Almost all my old saved links to mosrite of japan are no longer in use. I tired to find the old link, but I couldnt. from what I remember it was located in France, and I think I saw this around 2008.