Greetings
Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 9:54 am
Howdy from Lincoln, Nebraska.
I'm a new member here, but a long-time Mosrite fan: more than 30 years worth of thinking that Mosrites are some of the coolest guitars ever made.
These days, I'm mostly an acoustic player, but I break out an electric from time to time.
I had a bit of spare time last week and stopped by my friend's guitar shop. He had just bought a Univox Hi Flyer, just like the one I played 30 years ago when I had a severe case of Mosrite lust and couldn't afford a real Mosrite, and said he was planning on selling it on the usual big e-auction site. It was even the same color as my old guitar.
I told him to give me a call when he had it cleaned up and setup and I might be interested in buying it. I was in the neighborhood again the following day and he asked me to take a look and at what was sitting on his bench--it was the Univox. He is a VERY good salesman as well as an excellent guitar tech and he told me to take the guitar home for the long weekend and try it out.
It's got some wear and tear and it's not a real Mosrite, but it probably plays better now than the day it left the factory. It's amazing what a good pro setup can do for even a low-end guitar like this.
To make a long story short, I'm going to go pay for the Univox later today and I wanted to look around and get some more information about the inspiration for my new guitar. As I said above, I'm mostly an acoustic player these days and when I'm playing electric it will most likely be a Tele or a Gretsch, but the Univox will be a nice change of pace and it has that cool pseudo-Mosrite vibe.
Cassady
I'm a new member here, but a long-time Mosrite fan: more than 30 years worth of thinking that Mosrites are some of the coolest guitars ever made.
These days, I'm mostly an acoustic player, but I break out an electric from time to time.
I had a bit of spare time last week and stopped by my friend's guitar shop. He had just bought a Univox Hi Flyer, just like the one I played 30 years ago when I had a severe case of Mosrite lust and couldn't afford a real Mosrite, and said he was planning on selling it on the usual big e-auction site. It was even the same color as my old guitar.
I told him to give me a call when he had it cleaned up and setup and I might be interested in buying it. I was in the neighborhood again the following day and he asked me to take a look and at what was sitting on his bench--it was the Univox. He is a VERY good salesman as well as an excellent guitar tech and he told me to take the guitar home for the long weekend and try it out.
It's got some wear and tear and it's not a real Mosrite, but it probably plays better now than the day it left the factory. It's amazing what a good pro setup can do for even a low-end guitar like this.
To make a long story short, I'm going to go pay for the Univox later today and I wanted to look around and get some more information about the inspiration for my new guitar. As I said above, I'm mostly an acoustic player these days and when I'm playing electric it will most likely be a Tele or a Gretsch, but the Univox will be a nice change of pace and it has that cool pseudo-Mosrite vibe.
Cassady
