Not new but never filled out introduction
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 6:48 am
I just was going through the intros. of all and noticed I never did one on myself. I guess it is time.
I am currently a working country guitar player. I started out playing Rock from back in the day ( Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Animals and so on) and Loved listening to the Ventures, Duane Eddy, Chet Atkins and others. My cousin was the first and only one around here that had a Mosrite guitar. It was in 1967 and was a Combo in tri burst color. I loved the sound and had seen them on the cover of my Ventures Recodes.( Yes I said records) Well it was many years later that I bought my first Mosrite. It was a Celebrity model. It was ok but not what I wanted. Then along came a 12 string Combo that I played a while and as the Celb it was gone. I then bought a (and have kicked myself in the a.. for not keeping it) 6/12 double neck in try burst and it was great. I played it for several years and it was so heavy that I sold it. Now I didn't buy any guitars back then with collecting in mind so I guess that is why they went away. It was a long time before I walked into a music store and found the Ventures model that had been striped and was a mess. I bought it for almost nothing( they weren't that big a deal at that time...1980's) and took it home and repaired everything on it and even talked with Semi over the phone on parts I needed for it.He sent everything out COD and I had a great playing Mosrite Mark1 Ventures model. That would have been in the late 80's and a number of years later I got fed up with the band I was in and gave up playing for over 10 years. In the late 90's and not playing and no intentions of ever playing again I sold it. In fact I sold everything but a small fender amp and a Gretsch CG guitar. Around 2004 I got my guitar out for the first time in years and started playing around the house and thought I would give it another shot at playing in a band. Glad I did and now both my wife and I play together in the band. You guessed it my quest for another real Mosrite started. By now they were almost priced beyond what I could spar so I bought a Hallmark and love it even though it just misses the true Mosright sound. I heard about Curtis and bought everything from him and now even though it isn't a Semi build Mosrite it is as close as I will come and it is all Semi parts. It is a great playing guitar and I an so happy that I made it.So that is a brief update on my Mosrite trials and tribulations and who knows what the future will bring. Buy the way I was just as stupid with Gretsch guitars over the years.(68 White Falcon Stereo and a 74 Super Chet that are now gone).
Jim
I am currently a working country guitar player. I started out playing Rock from back in the day ( Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Animals and so on) and Loved listening to the Ventures, Duane Eddy, Chet Atkins and others. My cousin was the first and only one around here that had a Mosrite guitar. It was in 1967 and was a Combo in tri burst color. I loved the sound and had seen them on the cover of my Ventures Recodes.( Yes I said records) Well it was many years later that I bought my first Mosrite. It was a Celebrity model. It was ok but not what I wanted. Then along came a 12 string Combo that I played a while and as the Celb it was gone. I then bought a (and have kicked myself in the a.. for not keeping it) 6/12 double neck in try burst and it was great. I played it for several years and it was so heavy that I sold it. Now I didn't buy any guitars back then with collecting in mind so I guess that is why they went away. It was a long time before I walked into a music store and found the Ventures model that had been striped and was a mess. I bought it for almost nothing( they weren't that big a deal at that time...1980's) and took it home and repaired everything on it and even talked with Semi over the phone on parts I needed for it.He sent everything out COD and I had a great playing Mosrite Mark1 Ventures model. That would have been in the late 80's and a number of years later I got fed up with the band I was in and gave up playing for over 10 years. In the late 90's and not playing and no intentions of ever playing again I sold it. In fact I sold everything but a small fender amp and a Gretsch CG guitar. Around 2004 I got my guitar out for the first time in years and started playing around the house and thought I would give it another shot at playing in a band. Glad I did and now both my wife and I play together in the band. You guessed it my quest for another real Mosrite started. By now they were almost priced beyond what I could spar so I bought a Hallmark and love it even though it just misses the true Mosright sound. I heard about Curtis and bought everything from him and now even though it isn't a Semi build Mosrite it is as close as I will come and it is all Semi parts. It is a great playing guitar and I an so happy that I made it.So that is a brief update on my Mosrite trials and tribulations and who knows what the future will bring. Buy the way I was just as stupid with Gretsch guitars over the years.(68 White Falcon Stereo and a 74 Super Chet that are now gone).
Jim
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....... I have been here almost from day one of the board , I just don't post as much as I should . I just thought it was time to fill out the intro section here for just a little more background on me. LOL 
