I came at this phenomenon quite by accident. I owned a guitar in the 60's, and actually played a few Ventures' tunes, but life wasn't easy, and music wasn't a luxury I could afford, so I parked my guitar, and got me a career! About 45 years later, I had taken up guitar building as a hobby, and I was enjoying a warm winter in Yuma. One day, my wife told me that Nokie Edwards was doing a charity concert at "Crazy Earl's", a local bar. It sounded like fun, so we went. I walked in, and heard Nokie playing his personal version of a Mosrite, called a HitchHiker...
At the break, I walked up to him, introduced myself, and said, "I want one of those!", pointing to his guitar... I now own two of them, one custom ordered, and one that he played on tour in Japan in 2008. They are easily the best playing instruments I have ever enjoyed, and I have built some good ones that celebrity guitarists are slowly discovering... (Who knows, if my jingle runs out before I do, maybe I can sell a few more!) LoL
Mosrites are unique on the world, and some of their clones have been worthy of our attention as well! As they say, imitation is a form of flattery.