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Things You Don't See Anymore Part 3
- Thread starter Richland123
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Found this. Had to include part of an article and a letter from a not so satisfied customer. USSR made the mid 70s.
Rosen bass guitar,
Made in Moscow in the mid - seventies. The shape of this instrument is so cheesy - I wonder why there are no other instruments inspired by its design! We've got many pictures but no specifications. If anybody had a chance to play this beauty, please inform us!
The price tag says 130 roubles, which is not too much (for such a cool-looking bass). The bass was made at Moscow Experimental Factory of Musical Instruments - the same factory where some cool Soviet stompboxes were made - check out this Link Removed. The neckplates feature the factory's street address, so you can try to send them a letter. Another nice detail you should pay attention to is how the bass with the red pickguard is strung (enlarge the headstock picture). This is the only right way to put strings on cheesy guitars!
A couple of words about how it plays (sent to us by Maxim Zolotarev):
Well, a neck of this guitar little bit narrow, therefore to play with fingers – It is very convenient. If you put good strings – guitar will sound rather decently. Though general loudness is not great - because the pickups on this guitar are Russian
A general impression from playing on Roden bass is the cardinal image differs from basses - guitars under the name Ural. Rodens pretty close to sound like guitars of the Western and American sample. Despite of this, everyone who has Roden (in Russia wants to get rid of this guitar and to get, may be not American, but, at least the Chinese guitar
Rosen bass guitar,
Made in Moscow in the mid - seventies. The shape of this instrument is so cheesy - I wonder why there are no other instruments inspired by its design! We've got many pictures but no specifications. If anybody had a chance to play this beauty, please inform us!
The price tag says 130 roubles, which is not too much (for such a cool-looking bass). The bass was made at Moscow Experimental Factory of Musical Instruments - the same factory where some cool Soviet stompboxes were made - check out this Link Removed. The neckplates feature the factory's street address, so you can try to send them a letter. Another nice detail you should pay attention to is how the bass with the red pickguard is strung (enlarge the headstock picture). This is the only right way to put strings on cheesy guitars!
A couple of words about how it plays (sent to us by Maxim Zolotarev):
Well, a neck of this guitar little bit narrow, therefore to play with fingers – It is very convenient. If you put good strings – guitar will sound rather decently. Though general loudness is not great - because the pickups on this guitar are Russian
A general impression from playing on Roden bass is the cardinal image differs from basses - guitars under the name Ural. Rodens pretty close to sound like guitars of the Western and American sample. Despite of this, everyone who has Roden (in Russia
wants to get rid of this guitar and to get, may be not American, but, at least the Chinese guitar 
No accounting for taste, but I actually kind of like that gold metal-flake pickguard.Found this. Had to include part of an article and a letter from a not so satisfied customer. USSR made the mid 70s.
Rosen bass guitar,
Made in Moscow in the mid - seventies. The shape of this instrument is so cheesy - I wonder why there are no other instruments inspired by its design! We've got many pictures but no specifications. If anybody had a chance to play this beauty, please inform us!
The price tag says 130 roubles, which is not too much (for such a cool-looking bass). The bass was made at Moscow Experimental Factory of Musical Instruments - the same factory where some cool Soviet stompboxes were made - check out this Link Removed. The neckplates feature the factory's street address, so you can try to send them a letter. Another nice detail you should pay attention to is how the bass with the red pickguard is strung (enlarge the headstock picture). This is the only right way to put strings on cheesy guitars!
A couple of words about how it plays (sent to us by Maxim Zolotarev):
Well, a neck of this guitar little bit narrow, therefore to play with fingers – It is very convenient. If you put good strings – guitar will sound rather decently. Though general loudness is not great - because the pickups on this guitar are Russian
A general impression from playing on Roden bass is the cardinal image differs from basses - guitars under the name Ural. Rodens pretty close to sound like guitars of the Western and American sample. Despite of this, everyone who has Roden (in Russia
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The body shape vaguely reminds of a Washburn, as it morphs from that Roden into an Explorer.
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I'm sure you mean Maton. I'm not aware of a Matin guitar. Still, a nice looking instrument.
If I could still get one for that price...
That looks so safe!
If there's an accident, yer the first one on the scene.
Maybe not the right thread?
Post your age along with your score.
01. After the Lone Ranger saved the day and rode off into the sunset, the grateful citizens would ask, Who was that masked man? Invariably, someone would answer, I don't know, but he left this behind. What did he leave behind?________ ________.
02. When the Beatles first came to the U.S. In early 1964, we all watched them on The _______________ Show.
03 'Get your kicks, __________________.'
04. 'The story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed to ___________________.'
05. 'In the jungle! the mighty jungle, ________________.'
06. After the Twist, The Mashed Potato, and the Watusi, we 'danced' under a stick that was lowered as low as we could go in a dance called the '_____________.'
07. 'N_E_S_T_L_E_S', Nestlé's makes the very best . . . _______________.'
08. Satchmo was America's 'Ambassador of Goodwill.' Our parents shared this great jazz trumpet player with us. His name was _________________.
09. What takes a licking and keeps on ticking? _______________.
10. Red Skelton's hobo character was named __________________ and Red always ended his television show by saying, 'Good Night, and '________ ________'.
11. Some Americans who protested the Vietnam War did so by burning their______________.
12. The cute little car with the engine in the back and the trunk in the front was called the VW. What other names did it go by? ____________ & _______________.
13. In 1971, singer Don MacLean sang a song about, 'the day the music died.' This was a tribute to ___________________.
14! We can remember the first satellite placed into orbit. The Russians did it. It was called ___________________.
15. One of the big fads of the late 50's and 60's was a large plastic ring that we twirled around our waist. It was called the ________________.
16. Jackie Gleason had a character named Joe the Bartender and he had a customer come in and tell stories and sing like you could not believe. The name of this customer was __________. (Played by Frank Fontaine)
17. What beer company had commercials which were all cartoons and starred a drunk who could not say the company motto correctly. What was the name of the beer company and the slogan-"____, the _____ _____."
18. What was the nickname of Wally's friend, Clarence, in Leave It To Beaver? ________.
19. Shelly Fabre played the daughter in the Donna Reed Show. Name the hit single (one and only) she had later as a singer. _______________.
20. Name the world famous pianist who had a #1 show in early 1950's TV by playing classical music. ____________.
ANSWERS Below:
01. The Lone Ranger left behind a silver bullet.
02. The Ed Sullivan Show
03. On Route 66
04. To protect the innocent.
05 The Lion Sleeps Tonight
06. The limbo
07. Chocolate
08. Louis Armstrong
09. The Timex watch
10. Freddy, The Freeloader and 'Good Night and God Bless.'
11. Draft cards (Bras were also burned. Not flags, as some have guessed)
12. Beetle or Bug
13. Buddy Holly
14. Sputnik
15. Hoola-hoop
16. Crazy
17. "JAX, the Beal Jeer!" Translation: Jax, the Real Beer!
18. Lumpy
19. Leader of the Laundromat
20. Liberace
Post your age along with your score.
01. After the Lone Ranger saved the day and rode off into the sunset, the grateful citizens would ask, Who was that masked man? Invariably, someone would answer, I don't know, but he left this behind. What did he leave behind?________ ________.
02. When the Beatles first came to the U.S. In early 1964, we all watched them on The _______________ Show.
03 'Get your kicks, __________________.'
04. 'The story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed to ___________________.'
05. 'In the jungle! the mighty jungle, ________________.'
06. After the Twist, The Mashed Potato, and the Watusi, we 'danced' under a stick that was lowered as low as we could go in a dance called the '_____________.'
07. 'N_E_S_T_L_E_S', Nestlé's makes the very best . . . _______________.'
08. Satchmo was America's 'Ambassador of Goodwill.' Our parents shared this great jazz trumpet player with us. His name was _________________.
09. What takes a licking and keeps on ticking? _______________.
10. Red Skelton's hobo character was named __________________ and Red always ended his television show by saying, 'Good Night, and '________ ________'.
11. Some Americans who protested the Vietnam War did so by burning their______________.
12. The cute little car with the engine in the back and the trunk in the front was called the VW. What other names did it go by? ____________ & _______________.
13. In 1971, singer Don MacLean sang a song about, 'the day the music died.' This was a tribute to ___________________.
14! We can remember the first satellite placed into orbit. The Russians did it. It was called ___________________.
15. One of the big fads of the late 50's and 60's was a large plastic ring that we twirled around our waist. It was called the ________________.
16. Jackie Gleason had a character named Joe the Bartender and he had a customer come in and tell stories and sing like you could not believe. The name of this customer was __________. (Played by Frank Fontaine)
17. What beer company had commercials which were all cartoons and starred a drunk who could not say the company motto correctly. What was the name of the beer company and the slogan-"____, the _____ _____."
18. What was the nickname of Wally's friend, Clarence, in Leave It To Beaver? ________.
19. Shelly Fabre played the daughter in the Donna Reed Show. Name the hit single (one and only) she had later as a singer. _______________.
20. Name the world famous pianist who had a #1 show in early 1950's TV by playing classical music. ____________.
ANSWERS Below:
01. The Lone Ranger left behind a silver bullet.
02. The Ed Sullivan Show
03. On Route 66
04. To protect the innocent.
05 The Lion Sleeps Tonight
06. The limbo
07. Chocolate
08. Louis Armstrong
09. The Timex watch
10. Freddy, The Freeloader and 'Good Night and God Bless.'
11. Draft cards (Bras were also burned. Not flags, as some have guessed)
12. Beetle or Bug
13. Buddy Holly
14. Sputnik
15. Hoola-hoop
16. Crazy
17. "JAX, the Beal Jeer!" Translation: Jax, the Real Beer!
18. Lumpy
19. Leader of the Laundromat
20. Liberace
