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I am a Mosrite lover yet I agree with a lot of what Bill says. Purdy much every
"feature" of the guitar is wrong. The ultra low frets hinder string bending, I
can't hang with the too-thin neck for very long before I crave the luxary width
of a Fender. The cutaway is backwards with less depth for higher strings than
for lower strings. But they have a great sound and I don't agree that they were
poorly made. They were well made but poorly designed.
Buying a vintage one can not be done on line. You really need to play the
vintage one before you buy it. The main problem that I have come against on
vintage Mosrites is getting the action right and string buzz. I have yet to find
a vintage Mosrite that didn't have a very difficult to access truss rod. And
with the low frets, many vintage ones need a fret job which for me, takes away
from the vintage value.
-Marty
----- Original Message -----
From: supertwangreverb
To:
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 7:54 AM
Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: Mosrites
Lets see, I don't think your missing anything. Every Mosrite I've
played has been like that. If you could bend the strings on
those "frets" you'd get stuck on the closest string because they are
so damn close together!(Nokie managed) Sorry to all the Mosrite
lovers out there, but I think for the most part those guitars really
are a mistake, I wouldn't pay more than 500 bucks for one. Some of
the vintage ones are really trashy. At the Chicago Music Exchange
(the rape exchange) they have tons of vintage ones, and he asks 6-7
grand for most of them, compared to his 2-3 grand Jaguars they are
in terrible physical and playability shape. I'd still take one at a
decent price just because they sound so GOOD!
Bill
--- In , "darklsurf" <dcordes@s...>
wrote:
>
> I have a question for you Mosrite players. Are the older Mostrites
good or what?
> About six years ago a funky clothing store in town had a bunch of
vintage gear in the
> back. They had what appeared to be three vintage Mostrites for
about $700 to $1000.
> Don't remember the models, but they played pretty bad. Really thin
frets, thin necks,
> didn't feel very well made. I must be missing something here,
please help the
> uninformed...
.
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