G'day from Straya...
Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2016 4:05 pm
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
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