Electric bass guitar
Maker
Semie Moseley
Maker
Robert Venn
Date1968
Place MadeBakersfield, California, United States, North America
ModelJody's Getolet
Serial No.none
SignedSilkscreened in black on head: Jodys / GetoletSilkscreened in black on head, between tuners: VennCustom
Cast into pickguard covers: [M logo] / Mosrite® / OF CALIFORNIA
MarkingsStamped on potentiometers: 1346823 BA811-4793 [23rd week in 1968]
Printed in ink on capacitor: [sideways 2 in oval] 1 / 25U / .052 / 100V
Stamped on tailpiece: MADE IN GERMANY
DescriptionStringing: four steel strings
Pickups: two Mosrite pickups with black plastic covers, the upper pickup with rosewood surround, the lower pickup with black plastic surround, mounted on two rosewood risers
Controls: nickel-plated steel three-way switch knob, volume and tone potentiometers controlled by adapted chrome-plated metal faucet handles
Body: mahogany, with raised outline in imitation of toilet seat; four-ply white-black-white-imitation-tortoise-shell plastic plate over body cavity secured with seven nickel-plated-steel Philips’ head screws, on front, with holes for plug, three-way switch, volume control, and tone control
Head: maple; four-ply white-black-white-imitation-tortoise-shell plastic truss rod cover secured to head face with two nickel-plated steel domed, slot-headed screws
Neck: maple; integral with head; bolted to body with four nickel-plated steel Philips’ head bolts
Binding: none
Fretboard: rosewood with 21 nickel-silver frets, including zero fret, bound in cream-colored plastic; single cream-colored, small plastic dots behind 15th, 17th, and 19th frets, not including zero fret; double cream-colored, small plastic dots behind 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 9th frets, not including zero fret; triple cream-colored, small plastic dots behind12th fret, not including zero fret; red plastic side dots behind1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, 15th, 17th, and 19th frets, not including zero fret; one red and two aqua-colored side dots behind 12th fret, not including zero fret
Nut: nickel-plated steel
Bridge: nickel-plated steel Mosrite bridge with chrome-plated steel cover with foam mute
Tailpiece: nickel-plated steel Framus tailpiece
Tuners: four individual chrome-plated steel covered worm-gear tuners with chrome-plated steel heads
Pickguard: abstract, f-hole-shaped four-ply white-black-white-imitation-tortoise-shell plastic
Strap buttons: nickel-plated steel secured to body with nickel-plated steel Philips’ head screws
Finish: pearl lacquer with lilac pearlized sunburst on body front and back, head and neck back
The potentiometers are dated to the 23rd week of 1968.
DimensionsTotal bass length: 1097mm (43-7/32”)
Back length: 436 mm(17-3/16”)
Maximum body width: 373 mm (14-11/16”)
Side height (including edging) at heel: 36 mm (1-7/16”)
Side height, at center: 38 mm (1-1/2”)
Side height, at end: 40 mm (1-19/32”)
Head length: 183 mm (7-3/16”)
Head width, top: 82 mm (3-1/4”)
Head width, bottom: 70 mm (2-3/4”)
Neck length (nut to body): 472 mm (18-19/32”)
Neck width, nut: 40 mm (1-19/32”)
Neck width, body joint: 50 mm (1-31/32”)
Vibrating string length (zero fret to bridge edge): 775 mm (30-1/2”)
ProvenanceMade by Semie Moseley and Robert Venn for Jody Cross, a Bakersfield-area musician.
Credit LineAndré P. and Kay Marcum Larson Fund, 2010
Object number14498
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