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what about the Mosrite V88 ? You know...the cool hand-made
model built by Semie in the late 1980s...
sometimes those are still affordable, right?
-dp
--- supertwangreverb <> wrote:
> Patrick, I like your breakdown. Maybe waiting on Ebay is
> the best
> idea. I remember our first drummer was also a Mosrite
> nut and he
> had an Excellent '65 which he got for around 800 bucks in
> the mid
> 90s. Which at the time seemed like a lot for a Japanese
> reissue.
> That being said it did play better than 99% of the
> vintage Mosrites
> I've played. I've thought about doing a modded Dillion,
> but I know
> personally I won't be satisfied.
>
>
> In the mean time...I try to remember how difficult that
> neck was in
> hopes of extinguishing my desire for one.
>
> Bill
> www.reluctantaquanauts.com
>
>
>
> --- In , "Patrick"
> <reverb_10000@y...>
> wrote:
> > There was a company called zamminc.com that had
> Japanese Mosrites
> in
> > the $13-1400 range at one point, although the only one
> I see left
> > for sale is a red Ramones model.
> >
> > I've been going through Mosrite GAS for about a year
> now, and I
> have
> > no intention of going through Roman, either, if based
> on nothing
> > else than that I've yet to see someone post a positive
> experience
> > dealing with those folks. That aside - I've relegated
> myself to:
> >
> > a) eBay (alot of times, if you're into the "project
> guitar" think,
> > you can peicemeal one, bit by bit, or on a rare
> occasion, find a
> > reasonable Japanese remake),
> >
> > b) a good, yet cheap, copy, then upgrade parts/pups/etc
> - when I
> 1st
> > came to the board, there was a member who mentioned
> grabbing one
> of
> > the Dillion Mosrite copies, ditching the Bigsby, and
> throwing on a
> > roller bridge and a Tym Vibramute (which you can now
> get from
> > Hallmark, domestically, for like $130 for a chrome
> version of
> their
> > Vibramute - not bad), which brings me to...
> >
> > c) a Hallmark Sweptwing (that is to say, for the tone,
> not the
> > looks, although I think they look bitchin' too).
> >
> > Good luck...a Mosrite is a thing of beauty.
> >
> > Patrick
> > www.thecavefish.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In , "Roland
> Bettenville"
> > <roland.bettenville@t...> wrote:
> > > Ishibashi used to have Mosrites, not the Fillmore but
> the other
> > ones with
> > > the "excellent" vibrato. It's not on their website
> any more, but
> > maybe you
> > > can mail them. Also Musicground London seems to have
> them
> >
> > > musicground.com/results.asp?
> > manuID=43&Submit=Submit&catID=1&subCatID=3 And
> > > when you google "mosrite excellent" you can find
> some other
> > japanese stores
> > > who have them. And then there is always tymguitars,
> expensive
> but
> > handmade.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Roland Bettenville
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -------Oorspronkelijk bericht-------
> > >
> > > Van: supertwangreverb
> > > Datum: 07/27/05 05:49:32
> > > Aan:
> > > Onderwerp: [SurfGuitar101] Re: Mosrite Dealers
> > >
> > > Thanks Shawn, too bad there isn't a cheap store like
> Ishibashi.
> > > Man, Ed's prices are so unbelivable. The one time I
> was at his
> > > store I remember the Mosrites as being off
> limits...pretty much
> all
> > > the guitars there are off limits.
> > >
> > > Bill
> > >
> > > --- In , "Shawn Martin"
> > > <drumuitar@y...> wrote:
> > > > --- In ,
> "supertwangreverb"
> > > > <supertwangreverb@y...> wrote:
> > > > > Does anyone know of any overseas Mosrite reissue
> dealers? I
> > > don't
> > > > > want to go through Ed Roman.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Here's a site that has contact info for Roman (the
> only US
> > dealer),
> > > > one in France, and one in Japan. It may be
> difficult buying
> them
> > > > through one of the overseas dealers though.
> Mosrite keeps
> pretty
> > > > tight reigns.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Shawn Martin
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Life is short. Play for the music. Wear your
> heart on your
> > > sleeve.
> > > >
> > > > So I wouldn't get a big head, I was given the gift
> of a
> handicap
> > to
> > > > keep me in constant touch with my limitations
> > > > -Apostle Paul
> > >
> > >
> > >
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