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apossibleworld · Postby **apossibleworld** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 7:43 pm

Greetings Mosriters -

Just a word to say hello. I don't yet own any Mosrites, but I love the history of 50s and 60s Southern California guitar builders. I own an exceptionally cool 1959 Carvin double neck (mando / 6-string) that has those AP-6 pickups, and it sounds strikingly similar to the original Joe Maphis recordings. I'll put up a picture of the guitar sometime soon.

ok then! .....

Postby **MWaldorf** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 7:49 pm

Welcome to the forum, and we're definitely interested in learning more about your Carvin guitar!

Dennisthe Menace · Postby **Dennisthe Menace** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 7:59 pm

Wow, a 1959 Carvin double neck mando / 6-string neck!.....Sweet!
Welcome to the Party!

Postby **dubtrub** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 8:18 pm

apossibleworld wrote:I own an exceptionally cool 1959 Carvin double neck (mando / 6-string) that has those AP-6 pickups, and it sounds strikingly similar to the original Joe Maphis recordings.

Welcome to the world of Mosrite.

The reason those AP-6's sound so similar is because that's what Joe Maphis had on his double neck during the early years. When Semie started making his own pickups he simply replicated the AP-6 but wound them hotter yet retained the same sound. Looking forward to the photo's of your Carvin.

apossibleworld · Postby **apossibleworld** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 8:53 pm

Oh yeah I know, that's why I mentioned it

The guitar's a pretty cool and bizarre mix of Fender, Bigsby, and Moserite. It sounds exceptional. I'll take some shots of it tomorrow and explain some more little details.

Veenture · Postby **Veenture** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 10:57 pm

Most welcome aboard..........look forward to your further input

apossibleworld · Postby **apossibleworld** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:34 am

Oh man, I just saw that I wrote "Moserite". Yikes. I guess that's been done before.

Another little tidbit: I also recently played a 1963 bound-body set-neck sidejack. Now that was a nice experience.

Veenture · Postby **Veenture** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:59 am

apossibleworld wrote:Oh man, I just saw that I wrote "Moserite". Yikes. I guess that's been done before.

Well, it's closer to MOSELEY...the man himself

....[edit] and closer to the correct pronunciation of "Mosrite" which most of us fans had wrong in the beginning. Much water had passed under the bridge before I got it 'rite'

I had the priviledge to hold and play a bit on a '63 sidejack this month for the very first time since I saw a Mosrite guitar for the first time on the cover of a Ventures album in the early 60's :shock:

I can conclude that it needs some time getting used to playing on the a narrow neck...but with the risk of 'getting out of touch' with my Fender Strats :mrgreen:

jnslobaugh · Postby **jnslobaugh** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 9:04 am

Welcome indeed my friend...
Enjoy.

Sarah93003 · Postby **Sarah93003** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 3:35 pm

Very cool! I can't wait to see the pictures!

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