Greetings

[Cassady]

Howdy from Lincoln, Nebraska.

I'm a new member here, but a long-time Mosrite fan: more than 30 years worth of thinking that Mosrites are some of the coolest guitars ever made.

These days, I'm mostly an acoustic player, but I break out an electric from time to time.

I had a bit of spare time last week and stopped by my friend's guitar shop. He had just bought a Univox Hi Flyer, just like the one I played 30 years ago when I had a severe case of Mosrite lust and couldn't afford a real Mosrite, and said he was planning on selling it on the usual big e-auction site. It was even the same color as my old guitar.

I told him to give me a call when he had it cleaned up and setup and I might be interested in buying it. I was in the neighborhood again the following day and he asked me to take a look and at what was sitting on his bench--it was the Univox. He is a VERY good salesman as well as an excellent guitar tech and he told me to take the guitar home for the long weekend and try it out.

It's got some wear and tear and it's not a real Mosrite, but it probably plays better now than the day it left the factory. It's amazing what a good pro setup can do for even a low-end guitar like this.

To make a long story short, I'm going to go pay for the Univox later today and I wanted to look around and get some more information about the inspiration for my new guitar. As I said above, I'm mostly an acoustic player these days and when I'm playing electric it will most likely be a Tele or a Gretsch, but the Univox will be a nice change of pace and it has that cool pseudo-Mosrite vibe.

Cassady

[handbrake]

Welcome to the forum, Cassady. As you probably know, there's lots of chatter here about clones and other tributes as well. Cheers!

[Sarah93003]

Welcome to the forum, Cassady. How about a picture of your new guitar once you have it.

[Cassady]

Welcome to the forum, Cassady. How about a picture of your new guitar once you have it.

Sure, I'll post a picture in the next day or so. Actually, the guitar is sitting right in front of me now, but I don't have a camera handy--it may be late tomorrow or even Wednesday before I can post a picture because I'm probably going to leave it at my buddies shop overnight (I have some running around to do after I pay for it and I always hate leaving a guitar in the car to cook if I don't absolutely have to).

Also, I mis-spelled "Hi-Flier" in my previous post. It should be spelled as in my previous sentence: it's "Flier" not "Flyer".

Cassady

[Veenture]

Welcome here Cassady, I don't have a Mosrite either but I sure am enjoying the Mosrite vibe here, for starters

[woodchuck30]

Welcome to the forum Cassady, and enjoy your self hear a lot of real nice people hang 10.

Al

[rog43win]

hi Cassady and welcome to the forum.....some great threads and info here for you to read.....enjoy.....hope it all works out with the Univox!

Roger

[MWaldorf]

Welcome to the forum!
Mel

[Dennisthe Menace]

Howdy Cassady, welcome to the Forum....

[stl80]

Welcome.
Jim