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I was thinking the other day that I would like to build my own Mosrite style guitar. I have the time now to do it. My question is , just how much of the traditional Mosrite sound would be lost if it was made with a mahogany back and a curly maple top, and a set neck. The neck would be maple with an ebony board and would be a 1 11/16" at the nut. I would use as close to Mosrite hardware as I could and most defiantly Mosrite type pickups. What do you think?

Jim

I think that the look is what you may be most interested in obtaining. I don't think the sound will be as easy to accomplish.
JMHO.
Dan

Making a guitar look like a Mosrite Mark 1 is no problem. I was wondering just how much of the Mosrite sound would be lost building it the way I stated. I know it will loose some of the Mosrite sound but I don't want it to sound more like a Les Paul, if you know what I mean.

Jim

Eddy Elliott might be a good one to ask this question, or Bob Shade.

Jim, as long as you use Mosrite pickups you should be happy. Everybody has their opinion of woods developing the sound so I won't even go there other than to say I have performed my own experiments with pickups and various woods and they always sound pretty much like the guitar the pickups were designed for. Sometimes brighter and sometimes darker but still close. Sounds like you are leaning towards a Hitchhiker style Mosrite. Brian Lonbecks butcher block Mosrite sounds just like a Mosrite.

dubtrub wrote:Jim, as long as you use Mosrite pickups you should be happy. Everybody has their opinion of woods developing the sound so I won't even go there other than to say I have performed my own experiments with pickups and various woods and they always sound pretty much like the guitar the pickups were designed for. Sometimes brighter and sometimes darker but still close. Sounds like you are leaning towards a Hitchhiker style Mosrite. Brian Lonbecks butcher block Mosrite sounds just like a Mosrite.

Just a little note on woods...IMHO, the traditional woods have been around this long for a reason. I recently experimented with Black Walnut for a through-body neck, and the guitar came out strikingly warmer sounding, but in a jam or a band, it struggles to cut the mix. My maple and ash guitars are much brighter sounding...

Thanks to all, that is what I was looking for.

Jim