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Podcast: FRUMESS
Episode: Johnny Ramone's FAMOUS Mosrite Guitar 1977-1996 is going to Auction!
Description: A 1965 Mosrite Ventures II electric guitar personally owned and -used by Johnny Ramone (John Cummings) for nearly two decades as the guitarist for punk rock legends the Ramones, with the back of the guitar signed in black felt tip, “Johnny Ramone, My Main Guitar, 1977-1996.” Cummings played this guitar at every Ramones performance until his retirement: from November 1977 through August 1996, for a total of approximately 1,985 shows. Additionally, this guitar was used by Cummings for the recording of all 15 Ramones albums (studio and live) from this time period and can be heard on any live Ramones bootleg from late 1977-1996, of w...