Hello From Southern Ontario

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Hello From Southern Ontario

Postby gooberman » Mon May 09, 2011 10:11 am

Hello,

This is my first post. My name is Gari and I go by gooberman. I have recently gotten myself into building guitars. I have built two over the past year, one for a contest at another site just recently, and an offset of my own design. I was searching build threads and came accross this site and I was immediately intrigued. I really like the contours and such of the Mosrite and am very interested in building one in the near future. Based on my limited experience, I know I will be asking a lot of questions :lol:

I look forward to chatting with many of you in the near future!

Thanks, Gari

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Re: Hello From Southern Ontario

Postby 101Volts » Mon May 09, 2011 10:16 am

Welcome to the forum. If you're curious about the specs of a vintage Mosrite I can tell you now, My Ventures II (Third Generation model) Has a neck width at the nut of about an inch and 11/20ths. And the headstock isn't angled back, Its similar to a Fender but it has a much larger volute.

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Re: Hello From Southern Ontario

Postby olrocknroller » Mon May 09, 2011 10:17 am

Welcome to the forum. I too dabble in building guitars as a hobby, most often experiments that end up hanging on the wall of my shop, but once in a while actually making it to a gig or two. The people here are a wealth of information, and there are some true artists at building guitars...lots to learn!
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Re: Hello From Southern Ontario

Postby gooberman » Mon May 09, 2011 10:33 am

101Volts wrote:Welcome to the forum. If you're curious about the specs of a vintage Mosrite I can tell you now, My Ventures II (Third Generation model) Has a neck width at the nut of about an inch and 11/20ths. And the headstock isn't angled back, Its similar to a Fender but it has a much larger volute.

Austin


Thanks Austin. I did wonder what it was...I looked at a thread with all of the measurements on it and it completely threw me off. Especially the 2 degree angle at the heel and the 7 dgrees at the headstock. I was looking to see if there was a PDF of the side view of the neck, but I can't find one anywhere. Do you know how lone the heel of the neck is?
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Re: Hello From Southern Ontario

Postby gooberman » Mon May 09, 2011 10:38 am

olrocknroller wrote:Welcome to the forum. I too dabble in building guitars as a hobby, most often experiments that end up hanging on the wall of my shop, but once in a while actually making it to a gig or two. The people here are a wealth of information, and there are some true artists at building guitars...lots to learn!

Thanks...and I agree completely...lots to learn. I recognized a few builders on this forum that frequent some of the other forums I am on. This is definately a fun and addicting hobby. My wife wants me to do it only in the winter months...but what will I do when she goes to bed?!?

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Re: Hello From Southern Ontario

Postby stl80 » Mon May 09, 2011 10:40 am

Welcome.
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Re: Hello From Southern Ontario

Postby MWaldorf » Mon May 09, 2011 10:55 am

Welcome to the forum Gari. Definitely a wealth of info here for prospective builders!
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Re: Hello From Southern Ontario

Postby Sarah93003 » Mon May 09, 2011 11:11 am

Welcome to the forum. You might as well get a compfy chair and a big bowl of popcorn, there is lots to read here! :)
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Re: Hello From Southern Ontario

Postby gooberman » Mon May 09, 2011 1:16 pm

Sarah93003 wrote:Welcome to the forum. You might as well get a compfy chair and a big bowl of popcorn, there is lots to read here! :)

Thanks...I have the butter melting as we speak!

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Re: Hello From Southern Ontario

Postby Veenture » Mon May 09, 2011 1:55 pm

gooberman wrote:This is definately a fun and addicting hobby. My wife wants me to do it only in the winter months...but what will I do when she goes to bed?!?
Oh boy, that could start a whole new discussion thread :D
Welcome to the Mosrite forum Gari, hope to see some of your past- (and future!) builds.


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