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So I just picked up an interesting "Frankenstein" Mosrite that was put together from a multitude of parts...as far as the last owner and I could discern, the neck is original, the body is probably a Univox, the pickups are Gibson (neck) and DiMarzio (bridge) humbuckers from the 70s, the Tremolo is a Bigsby, and the pickguard is from a Univox bass. Not sure what the bridge is...but anyway I got it for signifcantly less than what it would cost to get a new Hallmark or a Firstman Avenger, and the best thing is it, sounds and feels great...it's a mutt with character if you will

see a pic at http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_lx3k45LKbA1qzhwf1o1_1280.png?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ6IHWSU3BX3X7X3Q&Expires=1325470379&Signature=ccCEOW4uU0vWPnp%2BgluA5kYpnco%3D

Looks like the bridge could be a genuine Mosrite. Have fun with it!

tunnelrat wrote:So I just picked up an interesting "Frankenstein" Mosrite that was put together from a multitude of parts...as far as the last owner and I could discern, the neck is original, the body is probably a Univox, the pickups are Gibson (neck) and DiMarzio (bridge) humbuckers from the 70s, the Tremolo is a Bigsby, and the pickguard is from a Univox bass. Not sure what the bridge is...but anyway I got it for signifcantly less than what it would cost to get a new Hallmark or a Firstman Avenger, and the best thing is it, sounds and feels great...it's a mutt with character if you will

see a pic at http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_lx3k45LKbA1qzhwf1o1_1280.png?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ6IHWSU3BX3X7X3Q&Expires=1325470379&Signature=ccCEOW4uU0vWPnp%2BgluA5kYpnco%3D

tunnelrat: The following is what I got when I clicked on your link. I copied the results and pasted it here.

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- <Error>
<Code>AccessDenied</Code>
<Message>Request has expired</Message>
<RequestId>FCA10CC95D4CCEBF</RequestId>
<Expires>2012-01-02T02:12:59Z</Expires>
<HostId>wjyQ7w/pFw2ytWYP4LxZSZp4WuENyg4Gnv96vAp+6zCxbpggHD74OnKNoY1kdp31</HostId>
<ServerTime>2012-01-02T03:11:07Z</ServerTime>
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huh that's weird i just clicked it again and it still takes me right to that image. Is there someway to upload images on here directly ?

Veenture wrote:Looks like the bridge could be a genuine Mosrite. Have fun with it!

The owner suspected it may be, but neither of us really know how to 100% verify...I need to open it up to balance the pickups and connect the volume and tone pots, is there anything specifically to look for that will help me ID it as a genuine bridge?

tunnelrat wrote: is there anything specifically to look for that will help me ID it as a genuine bridge?

Place a couple of different angled photographs here and we should be able to tell you whether it's real or not.

I can't see the image either. Post a pic directly to the thread, I wanna see this guitar

i'll try again



and here's a closeup of the bridge:

Also on the neck the serial number is # 7704

pretty cool guitar. i'm not an expert but the neck and bridge look authentic mosrite.