Mosrite Sightings.

[sumlin]

Mark Cisneros was rocking a red Combo with Kid Congo Powers when I saw them last night. Sounded absolutely perfect. One of the best shows I've ever seen (and I'm old and cranky). Go see 'em!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1rmKjHGMwM

[Sarah93003]

I noticed a GORGEOUS Celebrity in this video. I was watching this with my kids &, lo & behold, there she was. It looks just like the one I used to have & sold about a year or so ago. Why I sold that beautiful specimen is still beyond me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JwE08N-heY

That was a Celebrity-III. Sorry, a little late to this party.

[Bob Shade]

I have done a bunch of work to Mark's red Mosrite Combo. He and Kid are both using Hallmark NU-FUZZ pedals now. I heard from Dan Moses they sound killer with both NU-FUZZ pedals on at the same time.

I want to see them myself.

Bob

[ElTwang]

Mark Cisneros was rocking a red Combo with Kid Congo Powers when I saw them last night. Sounded absolutely perfect. One of the best shows I've ever seen (and I'm old and cranky). Go see 'em!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1rmKjHGMwM

Wow, that was a superb link. I can't believe, I haven't noticed that band before. I really like it!!
Very nice Combo too. I recently got my bridge-pup fixed in my 66' Maphis Model I and those guitars can sound quite the same.
What kind of work did you do on the Combo, Bob?

[jkantor1312]

Can someone ID this model for me, that Glen used?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwX38kRMEt4

[maxkat]

Mark I from the 1971-74 era.

[jkantor1312]

Thank you maxkat. Can you tell me how you can date it from 71/74.
It's no secret that before the Ovation sponsorship, Glen had a love affair with Mosrite...interesting that one possibility is Glen snuck in a Mosrite, during the Ovation heyday... In 92, Glen was religiously playing a Strat Plus Deluxe. I will get with Jeff Dayton and see if there is a story with this guitar... Thanks again for the ID.

[maxkat]

You're welcome!
The body shape and carving is a little more clumsy than that of the earlier Ventures models, there's binding at the neck's heel and the headstock is larger and has a different Mosrite logo. Look at my list of Ventures model serial numbers and years, there are links to pictures of all Mosrite Ventures/Mark I types – you'll see the differences:
http://hang10.de/lists/mosrite-ventures-guitar-bass-12-string-serial-numbers/

[Bob Shade]

El Twang! How are you these days?

What work did I do to the red Combo? Well it had an unusual crack in the heel. I have never seen a crack in the heel before, but this one did have it. So I repaired that so the tuning was stable again. Then one of the saddles was missing, and I have those, an original Kluson or two was missing, replaced those. Then all of the screws were rusty and grungy so I tool every screw out one at a time, and polished and buffed them. Or if they were so bad they would not come back to like I replaced them with NOS screws. The neck needed to be shimmed as the action was unusually high for a Mosrite. It was almost un playable condition when he brought the guitar to me. Oh, it needed a Moseley arm too which I also have in stock. Gave it a good wax and cleaning and now Mark is playing it all over with Kid.

It was a pleasure as Mark is a great guy and very talented.

Bob

[ElTwang]

El Twang! How are you these days?

What work did I do to the red Combo? Well it had an unusual crack in the heel. I have never seen a crack in the heel before, but this one did have it. So I repaired that so the tuning was stable again. Then one of the saddles was missing, and I have those, an original Kluson or two was missing, replaced those. Then all of the screws were rusty and grungy so I tool every screw out one at a time, and polished and buffed them. Or if they were so bad they would not come back to like I replaced them with NOS screws. The neck needed to be shimmed as the action was unusually high for a Mosrite. It was almost un playable condition when he brought the guitar to me. Oh, it needed a Moseley arm too which I also have in stock. Gave it a good wax and cleaning and now Mark is playing it all over with Kid.

It was a pleasure as Mark is a great guy and very talented.

Bob

Hi Bob,

Thanks! Sounds like the Combo needed a good workover and you were the man to do the job. It sounds fantastic on that KEXP-session. I had a sunburst Combo for a short while but it was prone to feedback easily - hard to control with healthy doses of reverb. Heavy doses of reverb goes easier with the Maphis.