Re: Mosrite Celebrity - Help with ID
Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2021 11:48 pm
Good hearing it. How's the Truss Rod? I'm not sure if this is universal across all 1963 - 1993 Mosrites, but my 66's truss rod was removeable. I had it out once or twice, when I first got it. If you ever need a replacement, it's not a pain like with Fenders or Gibsons.
I can't say about the pots being original or not. The pickups, though, should be somewhere from 11k to 13k ohms. They're wound with AWG 44, if I understand right. Also, lots of people make this common mistake: Mosrite pickups are not P90s; they're not long enough. A Mosrite Bridge Pup will overdirve an amplifier easily, at full volume. Even easier if you have .13s on it.
By the way, be careful with the bridge and saddles. They're comfortable to palm mute with, but if you have the awful soft screws like the ones that came on my 66 when I got it, you may want to replace them. Then again, if a screw's having trouble when the end starts to go into the saddle before coming out the other end, you may want to leave it be; I lost a saddle that way.
- Austin
I can't say about the pots being original or not. The pickups, though, should be somewhere from 11k to 13k ohms. They're wound with AWG 44, if I understand right. Also, lots of people make this common mistake: Mosrite pickups are not P90s; they're not long enough. A Mosrite Bridge Pup will overdirve an amplifier easily, at full volume. Even easier if you have .13s on it.
By the way, be careful with the bridge and saddles. They're comfortable to palm mute with, but if you have the awful soft screws like the ones that came on my 66 when I got it, you may want to replace them. Then again, if a screw's having trouble when the end starts to go into the saddle before coming out the other end, you may want to leave it be; I lost a saddle that way.
- Austin