The bug has bitten.

[sloop_john_b]

Wow, US made Mosrite? Can that be true? $2995? 45% off? $1647 for US made Mosrite? Artie is selling them? Did I misunderstand something?

BTW, welcome to the forum. Your info is so valuable to us. Thanks.

Thanks for the warm welcome! That price was dealer cost IIRC.

[Veenture]

You may want to visit http://hallmarkguitars.com/instruments/ ... custom.htm

Thanks for that link, Paul - I just checked those out and they look great. I was really looking to get the "real" thing, but the price is right on these Hallmarks - how close are these in terms of feel and sound? Are they considered "knock-offs"?

Buying your Mosrite today is regretfully not an easy matter anymore, as I too have had to find out just recently If you have the time, read my recent (and first) post entitled "MOSRITE AND HALLMARK" and others. My first "Ventures Mosrite" came to me just recently albeit in the form of a Hallmark product. Now I can say that it really is as good as it looks and the Hallmark may safely be considered a legitimate member of the Mosrite family. Calling it a "knock-off" would do it injustice IMHO. An important consideration too is the fact that Hallmark is conveniently 'close to home' (USA as well as Holland) which is very handy if you don't speak Japanese for instance

To date I have never played any Mosrite but in a nutshell, the Hallmark's neck is not as narrow as that of a Mosrite but still narrower than that of a Fender, making for good playability genarally, if that helps you. It suits me fine and the sound is so powerful, it just blows my Fender Strat away
My advice; don't make any hasty decisions...get to know a thing or two first, like on this fine forum

Interesting topic!
Cheers, Paul

[sloop_john_b]

My advice; don't make any hasty decisions...get to know a thing or two first, like on this fine forum

Thanks for the advice - much easier said than done, though!

[MWaldorf]

I've been lucky enough to own a Japanese "Excellent" Mosrite (now Fritz's), a '66 Ventures model and a Parts-rite. The Guitar Geek Festival this weekend was the first chance I've had to try out a Hallmark 60 Custom. I've got to say, it's every bit as good a guitar as the Japanese Mosrites. The main differences are the neck width and fret size, which are more "modern" on the Hallmarks. The neck is wider than Mosrites but the profile is still Mosrite-y enough. The larger frets are not to my tastes personally, but it's much easier to make frets smaller than larger so I think they made the right choice. Bottom line, the Hallmarks provide great bang for the buck.

As for the new Dana Moseley Mosrites - it would be interesting to see if forum members could get dealer rates if enough people could order at the same time.

[dubtrub]

Front Porch Music is closed on Monday's. Tomorrow I'll try to contact Artie and try to get some clear cut answers.

[sloop_john_b]

Front Porch Music is closed on Monday's. Tomorrow I'll try to contact Artie and try to get some clear cut answers.

Yep, I left a message with them as well today.

[Dennisthe Menace]

This is getting interesting. If Dana works for Fillmore, why did she say something like not to buy from Fillmore's US exclusive distributor; Ed Roman? I maybe wrong but I have a strange feeling that the distributor mentioned was someone else. Or something happened between Fillmore and Ed Roman? Artie would probably know. This can't be Swing Science as Loretta would have been there... Mystery.. Curiosity is killing this old cat...

Wow, US made Mosrite? Can that be true? $2995? 45% off? $1647 for US made Mosrite? Artie is selling them? Did I misunderstand something?

BTW, welcome to the forum. Your info is so valuable to us. Thanks.

Vincent, very VALID point(s).

[sleeperNY]

sloop_john_b
Welcome to the board. Good to see another New Yorker here. The never ending saga that is Mosrite just keeps on going.

[psychocrapper]

From what I was told from Dana is that Ed Roman is a shady character, not that he's isn't good customer, personally she doesn't like their tactics, moving the pickups advertising the MIJ Mosrites as USA Made in his own shop.. and she feels that you can get a better deal of USA Made Mosrites or MIJ at Front Porch in Bakersfield.

This is getting interesting. If Dana works for Fillmore, why did she say something like not to buy from Fillmore's US exclusive distributor; Ed Roman? I maybe wrong but I have a strange feeling that the distributor mentioned was someone else. Or something happened between Fillmore and Ed Roman? Artie would probably know. This can't be Swing Science as Loretta would have been there... Mystery.. Curiosity is killing this old cat...

Wow, US made Mosrite? Can that be true? $2995? 45% off? $1647 for US made Mosrite? Artie is selling them? Did I misunderstand something?

BTW, welcome to the forum. Your info is so valuable to us. Thanks.

Vincent, very VALID point(s).

[gplayer]

This all just gets curiouser and curiouser.