What is this?

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Re: What is this?

Postby MOSDAN » Thu May 24, 2012 12:25 pm

Uh-Oh! Do I see this leading back to the well worn discussion of what is a real Mosrite? I agree with others that this is a Fillmore with different wiring and pickups. The label may have been added after manufacture to reflect a owners name. Many times labels are changed using various methods. Does this make a counterfit guitar when a label is changed? I will leave that up to the attorneys.

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Re: What is this?

Postby JohnnySonic » Thu May 24, 2012 1:52 pm

I did some digging around and found that this particular model might be a signature model of one Junji Ishiwatari. A guitarist from a japanese band called "Supercar". Looks cool! But I'm missing chrome covers on the buckers.
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Re: What is this?

Postby jfine » Fri May 25, 2012 2:09 am

In my 2002 Fillmore catalog there's a Mark IV that looks just like that, right down to the bypass switches, except that it's got a "Mosrite of Classics" (sic) logo on the headstock.


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