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G'day from Straya...

Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2016 4:05 pm
by teenslain
Been in Redcliffe, Queensland for ten months now but born and bred in London...

Been playing guitar forever, always wanted a Mosrite because of Fred Smith of the MC5, Dave Alexander of the Stooges and of course Johnny Ramone... Had my chance to buy a mint black Ventures MkI back in the 80s but didn't have any cash back then (struggling musician, etc)... It was only £500, which wasn't too bad for those days... I normally play Gibsons, fave guitars are LP Juniors tho' I've just bought a 70-72 LP Custom just like James Williamson's... It's boss...

Reason I'm here is that a local luthier in Brisbane has agreed to build me a custome MkII to my specs, i.e. looks like a MkII but the hardware and neck of a '59 Les Paul Junior... It's being christened the notrite... I'm a graphic designer by trade so I've been having a lot of fun messin' around with the headstock decal...

Anyway, I'm sure I'll be on here in the coming weeks mining boring (but essential) technical data on the MkII's construction... We don't have a guitar to work from, I really should pop 'round to Tym's Guitars with some vernier calipers...

Glad to be aboard... Mosrite forever!

Joe x

Re: G'day from Straya...

Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2016 4:11 pm
by teenslain
PS I would post a pic of my decal design mocked up on a Mosrite headstock but this forum software doesn't seem to like my Flickr links... Check my instagram if you want a look... @teeenslain

Re: G'day from Straya...

Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2016 5:54 pm
by teenslain
BTW that should read @teenslain... Apologies...

Re: G'day from Straya...

Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2016 7:48 pm
by dubtrub
Welcome to the forum! Maybe this link will help other to see what you are referring to. :arrow: https://www.instagram.com/teenslain/

Re: G'day from Straya...

Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2016 5:37 am
by FrankJames
Welcome to the forum !!

Re: G'day from Straya...

Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2016 6:44 am
by BRRanger
Welcome to the forum Joe! I'll skip all the Australian cliches! I was gonna suggest you contact Tym's Guitars but you beat me to the punch.

Dubtrub...thanks for posting the link, but it came up blank when I clicked on it. Could be my electronic computing device though.
Scott

Re: G'day from Straya...

Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2016 7:03 am
by teenslain
Many thanks, gentlemen... You're right, Scott, no shortage of Mosrite knowledge in these parts... I feel so lucky to have Tim as my local guitar shop proprietor, it's a wonderful place and he's a great guy... Come visit us in QLD sometime...

Re: G'day from Straya...

Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2016 9:03 am
by BRRanger
Teenslain....Thanks for the invite...I contacted Tim many moons ago and was gonna have him build a Wosrite for me but by the time I had the money, Tim was stacked up with work and wasn't accepting any other jobs. I asked Bob @ Hallmark to build what I wanted and he did a great job.
Scott

Re: G'day from Straya...

Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2016 10:28 am
by 101Volts
Hi and welcome. :)

- Austin

Re: G'day from Straya...

Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2016 8:49 am
by stl80
Welcome.
Jim