Morales mosrite copies

[ElTwang]

Heho,

my bandmate Ralf is auctioning his morales. it's quite a nice one with (i think refinished) metallic blue finish, matching headstock...

I will soon appear on ebay and you can watch a funny video of this one here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHRsRRiTiuo&feature=user

twangtwang
Matze

Sounds really nice'n'crispy! Ralf has a lot of guitars it seems .

[al_katzone]

Hey guys!
I'm also selling a Morales ZES-500 at ebay Germany!
It's a worldwide auction so if you're interested, just search for Mosrite Morales at ebay!!!
It runs from 15th october till 25th october!!!

[al_katzone]

[slapshot]

KRamone,
Yeah, these were made circa '67-'68. They were made by the Zen-On Company, which not many were shipped if any at all according to the Vintage Guitar Price Guide. I'm also looking thru the Internet to see if there is any truth that this is the company that became Firstman. The Zen-On Company supposedly existed for only a few years.

How goes the search?

[slapshot]

The earliest Firstman catalouge I've found is '68 with Mosrites and the latest Zen On catalouge is '75 with no 'mosrites' in it.
having a firstman & zen on here now from the same era they certainly share some common details.
The morales is however a pancake mahogany body with laminated maple neck so if they did become firstman then they must have gone to a more standard construction method