After many years of being a Ventures fan, playing guitar badly as a kid, I have finally bought my first Mosrite! Spent a little over the odds I believe but the model is in great condition. I need to replace the rear tremelo piece as it is clearly not the original. It was obviously fabricated as a stop gap for the guy that was playing it a while back but now it's in my hands I want to restore it back to the original condition, this will mean making a totally new part from CNC and chroming. Problem I have is that I cant really find any pictures that truly give the information I need as most angles of this part are from the top down on the guitar, what I need to know is the thickness of the top part, the rest I can pretty much get from the piece I have.
I am from the UK, now living in Tulsa, OK (temp, maybe!) and a design engineer in the aviation industry. Fortunatly engineering issues like this enable me to use the knowledge I have to get around problems, plus the CAD software I use makes it real easy!
Take a look at the pics below, this shows what was on the guitar and why I want to replace it!!
The second picture would gauge me the right information, as views from the underside are never shown (for obvious reasons!) If anyone could take a snap to help me out it would be greatly appreciated, or give me a thickness dimension for the upper piece that the tremelo bolts through!!!
Lastly, a pic of my new purchase, its partly stripped and has since had a good clean that restored the true shine of the paint. Previously thought that this was just a badly faded white model but have since discovered that cream versions were also made...
Hello from Bushers!!
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Hello from Bushers!!
Jason (Bushers)
1965 Ventures II Model ~ #B233
1965 Ventures II Model ~ #B233
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Re: Hello from Bushers!!
Hello Bushers, Welcome to the forum. Always glad to have another Mosrite/Ventures fan join us.
P.S. I'm goin to copy this post to our Projects and 'How to' Section in case others have a similar question. I responded to your question there.
P.S. I'm goin to copy this post to our Projects and 'How to' Section in case others have a similar question. I responded to your question there.
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Hello Bushers. Good to have someone else from the UK here - where abouts are you from?
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I'm from Southampton, on assignment in the US right now with the family.
Jason (Bushers)
1965 Ventures II Model ~ #B233
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Ah, I'm from sunny Northampton. At least we got all the 'hamptons covered!
Hope the restoration goes well.
Hope the restoration goes well.
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Welcome Bushers!
make the Mos' of it, choose the 'rite stuff.
.........Owner of 9 Mosrites...
.....proud owner and documented:
1963 "the Ventures" Model s/n #0038
http://www.thevintagerockproject.com/
.........Owner of 9 Mosrites...
.....proud owner and documented:
1963 "the Ventures" Model s/n #0038
http://www.thevintagerockproject.com/
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