NMGD - New Mosrite-ish Guitar Day!

[FritzCat]

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It's a '66 Noble, sort of a japanese Combo-wannabe. I've been looking for one of these for a couple years, I've only seen pics of 5 or 6 of them. As far as I can tell it's all original, and came with the original chipboard case. Just has a few nicks/chips, minor fretwear, no corrosion anywhere. It plays great with about the lowest action I've ever seen. The humbuckers actually sound pretty good, though the bridge pickup seems a little quiet to me. I'm super happy to have found it, now I have to decide which of my other guitars needs to go.

[MissionBrown]

Nice!

I see those pop up every couple of months here in Oz.
The Tremolo might not be as pretty as a Mosrite, but they stay in tune really well and let you go crazy!

[MWaldorf]

Congrats Fritz - that looks like Salvador Dali had a go at a Combo!

[FritzCat]

It's extremely Mosrite Combo-like: unusual body shape, narrow neck, zero fret, speed frets, stamped roller bridge, german carve, slanted neck pickup, volute on headstock, single volume/tone knobs. You can't really call it a copy but it's obvious which guitar they had in mind when they designed it. It was an excellent deal too, and in such good condition that I seriously think it lived forgotten under someone's bed for many years.

[Veenture]

That's wonderful FritzCat, congratulations, I like those kind of stories
Did it come from afar (Japan) or was it local?

[Sarah93003]

Congratulations Fritz! That looks really cool.

[FritzCat]

I found it on ebay, in Indiana. I had been watching another one, but that one was kind of beat: replaced tuners, more chips/scratches, broken pickup ring, no case. This popped up at the same price ($300) so I jumped on it.

[paulramon1962]

It looks really nifty! How does it play?

[Sarah93003]

I found it on ebay, in Indiana. I had been watching another one, but that one was kind of beat: replaced tuners, more chips/scratches, broken pickup ring, no case. This popped up at the same price ($300) so I jumped on it.

Nice score!

[tunnelrat]

Fritz that is awesome, I had also never heard of this. I see one is on eBay right now in Chatsworth, CA which is about a 40 minute drive from my house, part of me is really tempted to buy it (although that will set back my plan to buy a Combo back a month or two....urrgh)

I can hear my mind trying to justify it to myself right now - "but you need guitar to use in alternate tunings for one of your bands" and "you're getting a raise in July, just buy it"