New Member for Eastern NC

[Mosrite87]

Well, I thought I was already registered, but that was quite awhile back, so maybe I fell off the list.

A Ventures fan since age 11 (1964), I spent a lot of time drooling over the Mosrite photo that was on the reverse side of many of The Ventures' album covers. Spent my youth wishing I could have one, but played a number of Japanese import guitars during that time (Teisco, Univox, etc.)

In the 70's & 80's, I moved upscale a bit with some Fenders, Gibsons, Ibanez, and so on, but still didn't have a Mosrite.

And then Semie started building Mosrites in North Carolina! In the late 80's my uncle's stepson arranged a visit for us to Jonas Ridge and I met Semie, got a tour of the shops, and left with a white '87 reissue.

Yep, that's me in the "A Day With Semie' video some of you have seen on YouTube. My uncle's stepson shot most of the video (that's him at the end with the 88 Prototype). Last year I converted the tape to iMovie and my buddy ("Guitaremania") in Canada posted the video (along with Semie's stage performance) to YT a few months back.

I still have the '87 Mosrite in that video and have added a '66 12-string sunburst Ventures Mosrite, a '96 Ventures Stratocaster, an Aria VCM-2001 Ventures Model in candy apple red with white binding, and an Aria VCM-2001 Ventures Model in sparkle blue without body binding. I've had all of the guitars autographed by The Ventures after various performances at The Birchmere in Alexandria VA. Also had the opportunity to hang out with the band at their Meet N' Greet at EPCOT 2009 Flower Power series.

Look forward to talkin' Mosrites and guitars in general with ya!

Mosrite87
North Carolina

[GattonFan]

Wow! Quite a history there ... Welcome to the forum! Great to have you along to share your stories and info on Mosrites.

Dennis

[MWaldorf]

Cool! Welcome to the forum!

[Sarah93003]

Hi and welcome to the forum! I love that video of "A day with Semie". It helps to make him more personable to folks like me who never got to meet him. We'd love to see pictures of your guitars!

[Dennisthe Menace]

Welcome to the Mosrite Family .

[Veenture]

Welcome Michael, what a wonderful story and indeed, a bit of Mosrite history!

[Sarah93003]

Here are pictures of Michael's White Mosrite, courtesy of Michel.

[stl80]

Welcome. Great video.
Jim

[LoveyX]

Very cool that you got to meet Semie & go on the tour, like the video a lot! You're a smart man for keeping that guitar! Any other anecdotes you may have will be appreciated I'm sure.