Guitar Center Mosrite Ventures Mod

[SurferBill]

While checking out the lame guitars at GC, a guy asked if he could help. I said, "Only if you have a Mosrite in the back." So, he took me to the "Secret Room". Apparently, GC started a vintage room at select stores this month. This is what I found... Could not find a SN...not on the fret board. Has a Mosely tail. They want $3,699.

Pix taken from cell phone:
http://i915.photobucket.com/albums/ac35 ... t/Mos1.jpg
http://i915.photobucket.com/albums/ac35 ... t/Mos2.jpg
http://i915.photobucket.com/albums/ac35 ... t/Mos3.jpg
http://i915.photobucket.com/albums/ac35 ... t/Mos4.jpg
http://i915.photobucket.com/albums/ac35 ... t/Mos5.jpg

Thoughts? Thanks...

Bill

[Veenture]

To me that's an awful lot of money they want for it
No roller bridge and I see that the neck is bolted on with what appears to be two sets of different screws; is that normal? (not necessarily an issue, though).

[KRamone27]

So you went into Guitar Center and mentioned Mosrite and someone actually knew what you were talking about?

[SurferBill]

So you went into Guitar Center and mentioned Mosrite and someone actually knew what you were talking about?

Believe me...I said it half-a$$ed expecting a puzzled look. This guy ran the guitar section...although he called it a "moss-rite."

I'm not buying it...and I have a surprise coming in about a week!!! Pix to come...

Bill

[mosman]

I was in a guitar shop today bringing a staffer up to speed on Mosrites.
It gets so tiring after a while.

[Elliot Easton]

I was in a guitar shop today bringing a staffer up to speed on Mosrites.
It gets so tiring after a while.

to be fair though, it is one of the most confusing, convoluted tales in the history of guitar manufacture.

[mosman]

That's so true but by bringing him up to speed I meant to say that he'd never even heard of Mosrites and I was trying to describe their appearance and history. I hope he was interested enough to check'em out.
I told him about this forum so I hope he remembered that at least.

[KRamone27]

When I worked at Guitar Center I was probably the only one who knew about Mosrite or the Venture at least. The other staffers were all metal heads and techno geeks

[MOSDAN]

I agree with Veenture as it is overpriced. Ed Roman was selling Fillmore classics for awhile without roller bridges but they did not have the Ventures logo. This may lead me to believe it is a Fillmore Classic with the neck changed to an original Ventures neck or changed to a early Kurokumo neck that had "The Ventures" label(Most of the Kurokumo necks did not have serial numbers-especially the Excellent necks). The nonoriginality of the neck screws would support this theory. Total speculation my friends.

[oipunkguy]

it looks like a 66 model to me. the pick guard doesn't look original though. Moseley trem, so that's cool. I would think the price is about right. BTW Paul, the different sized screws were normal on mosrites. some were bigger to screw into the neck farther. It's something I see from time to time, but not on every mosrite.