Mosrite of Classics Inquiry

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Mosrite of Classics Inquiry

Postby MozRite » Sat May 18, 2019 2:49 am

Guitar Center website had a Mosrite of Classics so I purchased it. It should arrive probably Tuesday. It's from a different location than where I live so I paid for shipping and it's being sent to the Guitar Center near me.

I have heard of the Mosrite Avenger (which I have one), I have heard of Mosrite Excellent and heard of Mosrite by Fillmore. But what's a Mosrite of Classics? Usually they say Mosrite of California on the headstock.



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Postby panther » Sat May 18, 2019 10:43 am

Not sure personally what that is. Do you have any photos. There are MANY copies of Mosrites.

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Postby GattonFan » Sat May 18, 2019 7:14 pm

Pretty sure this is the Japanese company for which Dana Moseley wound the pickups.
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Postby MozRite » Sat May 18, 2019 7:33 pm

panther wrote:Not sure personally what that is. Do you have any photos. There are MANY copies of Mosrites.

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I did but I can't figure out how to post pics. When I do I will post it and see what you think of it. Thanks.
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Re: Mosrite of Classics Inquiry

Postby MozRite » Sat May 18, 2019 7:33 pm

GattonFan wrote:Pretty sure this is the Japanese company for which Dana Moseley wound the pickups.


If that's the case it might be a good guitar. Thanks
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Postby Sarah93003 » Sun May 19, 2019 9:37 am

If you are having difficulty posting photos you can email them to me and I'll be happy to host them and place them in this thread. My email is: sarah@MosriteCelebrity.com
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Postby MozRite » Sun May 19, 2019 3:23 pm

Sarah93003 wrote:If you are having difficulty posting photos you can email them to me and I'll be happy to host them and place them in this thread. My email is: sarah@MosriteCelebrity.com


Thank you Sarah. I'll do that right now. Expect a photo from thepolecats. Thanks!
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Re: Mosrite of Classics Inquiry

Postby LoveyX » Mon May 20, 2019 5:48 am

Hi MozRite,
I found an earlier post that seems to confirm my suspicion that 'Mosrite of Classics' is a Fillmore logo.
The useage of 'Of California' seems to be a bit fluid in Japan. In 2004/5, when I visited Fillmore a couple of times, they were only labelled with 'Of Classics' and the people there told me they were not allowed to use 'Of California'. They also said it helped to distinguish their guitars as Fillmore guitars as opposed to Kurokumo who were, at that time, using both 'Of California' and 'The Ventures' on their headstock. Now Kurokumo have stopped that too I notice.

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Postby MozRite » Mon May 20, 2019 9:07 am

LoveyX wrote:Hi MozRite,
I found an earlier post that seems to confirm my suspicion that 'Mosrite of Classics' is a Fillmore logo.
The useage of 'Of California' seems to be a bit fluid in Japan. In 2004/5, when I visited Fillmore a couple of times, they were only labelled with 'Of Classics' and the people there told me they were not allowed to use 'Of California'. They also said it helped to distinguish their guitars as Fillmore guitars as opposed to Kurokumo who were, at that time, using both 'Of California' and 'The Ventures' on their headstock. Now Kurokumo have stopped that too I notice.


LoveyX, thank you for the info. That clears up my confusion on this. I also just found Elliot Easton has a Fillmore of Classics also, Please see this link.


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Re: Mosrite of Classics Inquiry

Postby amoviebuff » Mon May 20, 2019 11:10 am

I bought a Filmore Mosrite from Ed Roman about 10 years ago and it had "of Classics" on the headstock.
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