Contents. History Apprenticeship In Bakersfield, Semie Moseley started playing guitar in an evangelical group at age 13. Perkins est2009b keygen. Semie and his brother Andy experimented with guitars from their teen-age years, refinishing instruments and building new necks. Semie Moseley began building guitars in the Los Angeles area around 1952 or 1953. He began by apprenticing at the factory, where he learned much of his guitar making skills from, a German immigrant who brought old-world techniques into the modern electric guitar manufacturing process. One of the most recognizable features on most Mosrite guitars is the 'German Carve' on the top that Moseley learned from Rossmeisl. During the same time, Moseley apprenticed with in, the man who made the first modern solid-body guitar for Merle Travis in 1948, and who invented the, which is still used today.

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1960’s Vintage Guitars Find out all you need to know need to know about the best and most rare vintage guitars from the Sixties! Besides bigger brands such as Fender and Gibson, several smaller brands flourished in this decade, and names such as Airline, Supro, Teisco and Hagstrom are today very desirable. 1966 Mosrite The Ventures Bass, sunburst. Made in USA, serial number 6141. This bass is mostly original, but has newer electronics. The pickup was shielded and the bass might have housed another type of pickup at one point. Serial number 'H 1147' blind-stamped onto twenty-second fret. Two Mosrite single coil pickups with black plastic covers with 'Mosrite of California' embossed on the lower edge, black plastic surrounds, and outputs of 10.31k and 10.33k. Three layer white over black plastic pickguard with seven screws.

Mosrite founded. 's double-neck by Mosrite In 1954 Semie built a triple-neck guitar in his garage (the longest neck was a standard guitar, the second-longest neck an octave higher, the shortest was an eight-string mandolin). He presented a double-neck to, a -area TV performer.

By 1956, with an investment from Ray Boatwright, a local Los Angeles minister, Semie and Andy started their company, Mosrite of California. In gratitude to Boatwright, Moseley named the company by combining his and Boatwright's last names; the name is properly pronounced MOZE-rite, based on the pronunciation Semie Moseley used for his own name. Semie, who built guitars for the L.A.-based Rickenbacker company, said to his co-workers that he was making his own product, and he was fired by Rickenbacker. When they began, their production was all custom, handmade guitars, built in garages, tin storage sheds, wherever the Moseleys could put equipment.

In 1959, Andy moved to, for a year to popularize the Mosrite name and sold a few, including to entertainers and road musicians. Andy said: 'And that’s how we kept the factory going at the time: custom guitars'. Moseley made guitars in Los Angeles until 1959, when he moved to, just north of Bakersfield. In 1962 he moved his shop to Panama Lane where he designed and produced the first Joe Maphis model guitars, one model of which would eventually evolve into the 'Ventures model' guitar and bass (Joe Maphis would later get a model of his own, similar to a Mosrite Combo model but without the ). At this time, Mosrite made everything in-house, except for the tuners. The full 'The Ventures' line consisted of the Mark I, Mark II, Mark V, Mark X (bass) and Mark XII (12 string).

'The Ventures' line started in 1963 and ran through 1967; when the licensing agreement with The Ventures ended. At the peak of production, in 1968, Mosrite was making around 600 guitars per month. Bankruptcy and restart Mosrite of California went bankrupt in late 1968 after they contracted with the to market their guitars. After this, they tried to deal directly with stores, and they sold 280 guitars in 1969 before they came to the shop one day and found their doors pad-locked.

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Two years after his bankruptcy, Semie was able to get back the Mosrite name, and in 1970 he started making guitars again in near. He moved his factory three times in the next 20 years, to in the mid-1970s, to the township of Jonas Ridge, in, in 1981 (where a factory fire destroyed the operation), and to, in 1991. Only one guitar was produced in Leachville and is now on display at the town's Melody Theater. Though an acknowledged genius at guitar design and construction, Moseley lacked many basic skills necessary to be a good businessman, and thus the company fell on hard times repeatedly in the late 1960s and 1970s, but continued to produce Mosrite guitars until 1993 in North Carolina and Arkansas. Most of them were exported to Japan, where their popularity remained very strong. The quality of the instruments always remained very respectable. Semie Moseley died in 1992.

His wife Loretta continued to produce Mosrites a year or so after his death, and since 2008 has been selling custom Mosrites via their website. The company now has recently released the Semie Moseley Model ’63 and ’65, based on the Ventures models made in those two years.

Both models are made to the exact specifications as the original models; they are 100% hand-made and were created to commemorate Semie Moseley. Semie's daughter, Dana Moseley, is also a luthier and continues to build Mosrite guitars. She also helps kick off the monthly 'Mosrite Jam' in Bakersfield.

(Incomplete) List of Models 1950s. One built for,. A built for personally, More various guitars though none in commercial production. 1960s Pre-1963. Joe Maphis model — Same general body shape as the later Ventures model; This was to be Joe Maphis model before Semie Moseley and The Ventures settled on a contract and this body shape became the Ventures model. This is not the same as the later Joe Maphis model which is similar in body shape to the Combo model. 1963-1968.

The Ventures Model — Also came as a and later on, A. Post Ventures, 1968 and 1969 it was named the ' Mark I'. The first Models came with a, body and a large Ventures and Mosrite logo, less than 250 of these were made before settling on the standard Ventures Model sometime in 1964, without body binding and the neck became. The Mosrite logo and Ventures model logo were slightly reduced.

Ventures Bass (AKA ' Mark X'). Mark XII Twelve-String Guitar — Most of these have although some have. 1965.

The Ventures II (Slab Body Type) Model — Only sold as a six-string guitar in the 1960s. Discontinued early and replaced with the second Ventures II design, reportedly because Semie Moseley was disappointed in this design, thinking it looked too cheap for the image he was working on for Mosrite. 1965-1966. The Ventures II (German Carve Body Type) Model — Replaced earlier Ventures II; Same body design as the Mark V model. Some of these have from the earlier Ventures II (Which are shorter than the later necks) and have longer to make up for the extra room on the body 1965-1968/1969.

Joe Maphis models — Similar in body shape to the later Combo model. Mark I Six-String Guitar.

Mark X Bass. Mark XII Twelve-String Guitar These are similar in body shape to the later Combo model without and are painted in a natural finish.

1966-1968. The Ventures Mark V Model — Later just named ' Mark V' after the Ventures contract ended in 1967/1968. Only sold as six-string guitar commercially although a prototype bass was built. A battered Ink Blue version of this model was used by the B52's Ricky Wilson with only 4 strings and custom tunings for much of their distinctive sound and featured on the inner sleeve of their debut 'yellow' album.

Celebrity I, II and III Hollow-Body Guitars — Also came as basses and 12-string models - Need input here. Combo Semi-Hollow Body Guitar — Also came as a bass and 12-string. Balladere Acoustic 6-String Guitar. Serenade Acoustic 6-String Guitar.

1970s. Mark I — Similar design of guitar as the Ventures models, Minus the Ventures logo. Bluesbender Six-String Guitar. 300 ( -Style Body Shape, One ) — Came as both six-string guitar and four-string bass.

350 ( Telecaster-Style Body Shape, Two pickups) — Came in both ' for two output, And ' for one output jack. Came as six-string guitar and four-string bass. 1976. Brass Rail — Six-String Guitar with attached to in neck for.

Brass Rail Deluxe — Came with and two output jacks. Other Guitars. Acoustic Black Widow (Electric Guitar) — Some were built by Mosrite. Sooner model — Although not under the Mosrite name, These are associated with Mosrite. 1980s. M88.

V88 Both similar to the Ventures guitar design. 1990s. The Nokie Model — Model; Similar to the Ventures model and with smooth pickup covers. The Ramones Model — Model; With a 'Sharkfin' Pickguard; Few of these were built. (Need more information) Similar models and replicas. currently makes a range of Mosrite reissues, as part of their Sidejack series, as well as Univox Hi-Flyer replicas.

has made several models with a Ventures style shape: The Hodad (1998-2001), Danoblaster Series (2001-2004), Hodad reissue (2014-present), and ' 64 (2016-present). made copies similar to guitars. made original models (Phase I, Phase II, Phase III, Phase IV) similar to Mosrite Ventures models. Thompson, Art, magazine, January 2007. ^ Price, Robert, (archived 2008 copy),. Has biographical notes on Semie Moseley. ^ Roberts, James H.

^ Hunter, Dave (2006). Ed Roman Guitars. Munoz, Matt, Bakotopia.com, Wednesday, Feb 17 2010. album liner notes, Grammy Winning album WE CALLED HIM MR.

GOSPEL MUSIC, various credits to the Mosrite guitars of Art Greenhaw. Las Vegas, NV: Mosrite Guitars. Retrieved 2014-07-29. Mosrite is an American guitar manufacturing company, Originally based in Bakersfield, California in 1952. Today it does all of its American Manufacturing in Las Vegas, NV.

Imports are strictly Japanese by Japan's best guitar factory 'Tokai'. Founded by Semie Moseley, Mosrite guitars were played by many rock and roll and country artists such as. Further reading.

Landers, Rick; Brennan, Tim,. Modern Guitars magazine, January 18, 2005. Price, Robert, (archived 2008 copy),.

Has biographical notes on Semie Moseley. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to.

(The Official Mosrite Guitars Website)., North American Instruments, 2000. With some personal notes on its builder., Tym Guitars, Australia., 'Mosrite Guitars at Front Porch Music', California. (Fan site for Mosrite enthusiasts). (Fan site for the Mosrite Celebrity models).

Interview - NAMM Oral History Program, 2012.

This is a vintage 1966-1967 Mosrite Celebrity II electric guitar with an unusual flamed Maple top and back and the original case. Please see all the pics below. Built in Bakersfield, California during Mosrite's heyday in the mid 1960's, the serial number M0015 is on both the orange interior label and the fretboard.

This was apparently Semie Mosley's answer to Gibson's ES-330 and Epiphone Casino. This is the highly desirable thinline version of the Celebrity with a body depth of 1 7/8 inches, scale length of 24 1/2 inches and 22 frets in addition to the zero fret.

The electronics consist of two hot single coil P-90 style pickups - one owner said 'like P-90's on steroids' - with master volume and master tone controls, and a 3-way selector switch. It has the famous Mosrite thin frets and narrow neck(with a little more girth than the Ventures models), Moseley tremolo tailpiece, and 'M' shaped headstock, also affectionately known as the Bart Simpson headstock. The color seems to be a red burst, what Mosrite called Cherry Burst, that faded on the top to a sort of 3 color sunburst - the back is still mostly red while the back of the neck has faded through use to almost all yellow/orange - please see the pics. Both pots date 51st week of 1966 so it's either a late 1966 model or an early 1967. It's in exceptionally nice condition for a 46+ year old instrument with very light surface scratches on the top and the same on the back with a few clearly visible.

Overall very nice vintage condition with vibrant color and it has Mosrite's signature low action and fast playing neck - great for the collection and for playing. Included is the original 'semi-hardshell case' - essentially a heavy duty chipboard case with an arched top.

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