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Hey Brian,
I answered your questions as best I could down below.
>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?
25 glorious inches.
>
>Is the trem subtle like a Jag/Jazzmaster or does it dive bomb like a
>strats?
It's uses a bigsby style tremolo, and can be ugly in the hands of an
amateur, but lethal in the hands of a professional. Yes, it can dive. It's
also VERY sensitive and one overzealous dive and your screaming "who's got
the tuner!?!"
>
>The pickups are hot wound single coils, right? I heard Carvin made them.
SUPER-hot. If you come off of Jag or Jazz settings, you best be prepared to
turn down.
>
>I have heard these advertised as "fretless wonders" meaning very small and
>low frets. True?
VERY true. Actually, you don't even have to touch the strings to the frets,
just *think* about the note, and its there. In all honesty, the action is
WAY low, and the strings are VERY close together.
Is this hard to play with thick flatwounds?
I use Danelectro vintage 10's on it, and I wouldn't dare put anything else.
I don't know what the neck can handle, but I'm not about to sac my baby in
an effort to be the guy to know.
>
>How do they feel/handle compared to say a Jaguar or Strat?
They put you in a different playing posture, thats for sure. If you're doing
a lot of palm muting, it gets tricky because the tremolo has the strings
isolated much higher off the body than a jag, so you have to make more of an
effort to "float" your hand over the bridge, as opposed to just slathering
it across the bridge.
Oh, and those strings are CLOSE! but I think I said that already.
>
>Any comments on how they sound compared to say a Jag/Strat?
They're WAY more finnicky than a Fender, and abusing the volume knob can
definitely get you into some tough ground sound-wise. However, when the
Mosrite is dialled in, there's nothing like it. Period.
>
>I am mainly interested in the vintage ones but if you've played a Japanese
>reissue I'd be interested in that too.
Mine's a jap reissue. If you want one, talk to Kevin Mazz at KTMguitars.com.
He Da Man.
-Dano
-=The Nebulas=-
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