Daughter learning guitar - the magic of Mosrite

[Nokie Van Reinhardt]

I've never seen a Mosrite like that before. Could you tell us something about it? Is it stock? Vintage? New?

[JimPage]

Tell you what I think, Mel: If I had been given a reasonable guitar to learn on rather than that Silvertone/Teisco that my folks gave me, I bet I'd be a lot better guitar player today than I am.

One thing that I know is that the student-model guitars that are out there now are ten times better than what they were in the 1960s, and that has to result in better players. Another wonderful aid to learning is the Net. With chords and such instantly available, and YouTube being one click away, this is a wonderful time to learn to play guitar.

I remember buying all those songbooks that had such bizarre chords and even then the songs never sounded quite right. The Mel Bay books always had such lame songs to learn that I couldn't stay interested in them, either. I didn't want to play "Git Along, Little Doggies;" I wanted to play "Satisfaction" or anything by Chuck Berry!!!

In the '60s, learning guitar was an exercise in frustration as far as I was concerned. I was good on sax, because that was taught at school, but the band teachers treated guitar as a second-class instrument and I never got any assistance from that quarter.

Vent over! Best wishes to your daughter!!!

--Jim

[Veenture]

I've never seen a Mosrite like that before. Could you tell us something about it? Is it stock? Vintage? New?

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[MWaldorf]

I've never seen a Mosrite like that before. Could you tell us something about it? Is it stock? Vintage? New?

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And the story of how this particular one came to be:
http://www.mosriteforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=112

[JimPage]

Mel wrote:
>>And the story of how this particular one came to be:
>>http://www.mosriteforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=112

I had read that before-- 14 pages!-- about how that guitar came to be and it is absolutely fascinating; I read it all again last night. There are about 28 points at which I would have, in my haste or ignorance, totally ruined the thing.

Great text, great photos, and a super-informative story. Mel was ingenious in his solutions to the issues that came up during the process, and I love the way folks like Danny pitched in to assist. The guitar turned out beautifully and I love the sunburst.

I had thought many times about trying to assemble a "partsrite" guitar but I have zero aptitude for mechanical things and have finally learned that. I can admire from afar, though, as well as anyone.

--Jim

[Jazm]

That's real cool Mel! If your looking for a suitable guitar for her, perhaps you could give Fender Mustang's a look. They have slim and small neck's as well, also the guitar body is smaller than most other guitars, and might be more comfortable for her to have sitting on her lap. They are short scale guitars as well, however, i find that the short scale Fenders still have a bit of stiff strings feeling to them, nothing like the soft playing Mosrites. Perhaps a .09 string-set would make them softer playing. In any case, you should be able to find a used Mustang for not an awful lot of money.

[GTSP]

It was great seeing her chug away on an E chord - Johnny Ramone would have been proud (heck, she's already got the curly version of the Ramones 'do).

So far they've learned A, D, and E and now are supposed to practice switching between A and D.

Now just show her the B7 & she'll know 95% of Johnny Cash's catalog

[MWaldorf]

Well, I'm a pretty darn proud dad - my daughter asked me to teach her "Surfin' Bird" on guitar! She still doesn't have the chord changes down, but now she's got a goal - WHAT'S THE WORD????? BUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA...............

[Dennisthe Menace]

Well, I'm a pretty darn proud dad - my daughter asked me to teach her "Surfin' Bird" on guitar! She still doesn't have the chord changes down, but now she's got a goal - WHAT'S THE WORD????? BUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA...............

....did you get your Mo' back??..........................................................

[Desert Surfer]

Mel: Your daughter is just lovely and beautiful.

I wish I gave my daughter the same opportunity 18 years ago. Unfortunately, the mother always win. She went with the piano. I did not have any good guitar at that time anyway.

Enjoy the precious moment you have now. I miss that.

Best,
Vincent