Johnny sat down and I grabbed a flyer for the new Johnny Ramone model that Mosrite Fillmore (the Japanese company who owned the Mosrite name) had recently started making. I happened to be standing at the Mosrite table, so I accidentally became first in line. Then, right on cue, like something out of a movie, I heard a big noise to my right, and 200 feet away I saw Johnny Ramone coming down the aisle with a bodyguard and about fifteen fans following him. I looked at my phone and it was 1:59 pm, and there was only one person working the Mosrite booth. I noticed a sign on the Mosrite table: MEET JOHNNY RAMONE, SUNDAY JANUARY 20TH, 2:00 PM! It was pretty dead, and I was getting ready to leave when I saw the Mosrite booth in the (mostly deserted) basement section where they put the smaller names of guitar and amp making. I somehow wrangled a pass from my buddy Clay who worked for Fender, and I went there on Sunday afternoon because that’s the only time I could get away (I think I was playing the night before somewhere out of town). Punk perfection.The first time I ever went to the NAMM show (the big music trade show here in California) was in January 2002.
The sound that came out was beautiful and frightening. “The roadies set up his rig and I got to put the guitar on my shoulder and flick the power switch on. “My favorite memory on the guitar, besides the hundreds of great shows I saw, was the first time I was in the studio with the band,” Rey recalls. The instrument - along with other memorabilia from Rey’s collection - will hit the auction block on September 25th in Boston. On top of all that, the guitar was played on 15 albums. Per RR Auction, the guitar was used during every Ramones performance from 1977 through 1996 - about 1,985 shows. “Us Ramone fans ain’t getting any younger,” he says. His loan agreement at the Rock Hall recently expired, so the producer decided to finally sell the guitar. “I think he wanted to move on to the next chapter in his life. It’s currently up to $275,000 in bids and is expected to go for $500,000.Īccording to Daniel Rey, frequent producer and friend of the Ramones, Johnny sold him the axe in 1996. Johnny Ramone’s Mosrite guitar has been behind glass at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, for 25 years, but, come Saturday, it’s up for auction - and it’s expected to sell for a pretty penny.
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