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I play both an original and a recently made reissue Mosrite from Japan. The
sound of the two is identical. They're full scale, 26 inches or so. It's a
bigsby style trem with a roller bridge and, as such, it's pretty different
from any of the Fender trems (different, not better). I don't consider the
Mosrite to be a "players" guitar, but it is fun to look at and does have a
good sound. Everything else about the guitar is just wrong. The neck is too
narrow. The single coil pick-ups are over-wound, and no they were not made by
Carvin (Mosely wound many of them himself). The frets are too low (for quick
fretting, your fingers should meet with less wood so higher frets are the way
to go or better yet, a scalloped fretboard ala John McLaughlin). The cut-away
is backwards (or at least it appears that way). I haven't dared to put the
13's on either the original or the reissue. I have 11's on there and that's
even too heavy as they pull the whammy bar a bit low. The guitar was made
with slinkier strings in mind. But the action is great and the finish on the
reissue is beautiful.
Their sound is not as bright as a strat.
Marty
>
> Hi,
>
> I can't remember if I asked this before. But seeing the Mosrite guitars on
> the Nebulas CD reminds me of my periodic interest in these guitars. Not
> having played one or seen one in real life, can you guys tell me (talking
> about the "standard" Ventures model style)
>
> What is the scale length on these?
>
> Is the trem subtle like a Jag/Jazzmaster or does it dive bomb like a s
> trats?
>
> The pickups are hot wound single coils, right? I heard Carvin made them.
>
> I have heard these advertised as "fretless wonders" meaning very small and
> low frets. True? Is this hard to play with thick flatwounds?
>
> How do they feel/handle compared to say a Jaguar or Strat?
>
> Any comments on how they sound compared to say a Jag/Strat?
>
> I am mainly interested in the vintage ones but if you've played a Japanese
> reissue I'd be interested in that too.
>
> Thanks!
>
> BN
>
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