Richard
Joined: Mar 02, 2006
Posts: 1683
Georgia
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Posted on Jul 10 2006 07:28 AM
I, being in a constant state of near-brokeness, have been trying to snag a deal on a used Wilson Bros guitar on eBay for a couple of years. Bruce outbid me on the last Strat copy that was up (only other bidder...errr) and I'm currently bidding on the baseline Mosrite lookalike (so no bidding from you, Bruce!). Eddie (lead guitar player for The Surge) had one for a while, a VM-65 that he traded because it just never bonded with him, but I thought it was a really sweet guitar and almost bought it from him on several occasions. Our bass player liked it too. His caveat was the tuning stability, and after playing it for a little while I saw that he was right (though he plays harder than I do).
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namnoiz
Joined: Jul 10, 2006
Posts: 2
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Posted on Jul 10 2006 06:13 PM
After reading what some of you had to say about Mosrite vs Wilson Brothers guitars,I feel that maybe I was barking up the wrong tree in my search for a perfect surf guitar. What i deduced from all the comments was a real vintage Mosrite is too much money to pay and a top of the line Wilson Brothers may not get the performance i would expect from a Mosrite. Does anyone know anything about Ed Romans Mosrites?Wikipedia says Semie used to work for Rickenbacker is this true? I used to own a 60s jazzmaster and a 60s melody maker now i kick myself in the butt for selling them.
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WoodyJ
Joined: Apr 05, 2006
Posts: 1544
Bethlehem, GA
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Posted on Jul 10 2006 10:09 PM
Richard, I sent you a PM.
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JohnnyMosrite
Joined: Jun 14, 2006
Posts: 892
New York City area
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Posted on Jul 11 2006 06:31 AM
namnoiz..
If you HAVE TO deal with Ed Roman. (and it will probably only be once), realize you will be paying TOP DOLLAR for your Mosrite.. and it is a copy of mysterious origin (my bet is that it's from Roman's own luthrerie shop) Ed doesn't negotiate price - unless you have something in trade he wants and most likekly you don't. If you look on Ebay, you will see guitars and parts from user zamminc (or is it zaminc?). Those are the fillmore copies and they play great and the prices are more realistic. Failing any of that, try going to a vintage guitar show.. you may luck out... and cash usually talks a great deal.. it has for me....good luck
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surfinreverb
Joined: Mar 13, 2006
Posts: 108
Flemington, NJ
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Posted on Jul 11 2006 04:52 PM
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