Is that a real mosrite??

[fafah01]

Hello everybody !

I’m french and I recently discover the mosrite guitars.

I like how its look and their sounding (on youtube anyway, because I’ve never played one!)

I’m looking for one but in France, it’s very very difficult...

I found an anonce but it seems to be very strange...

I need specialists point of vues!

Is that a fake??

-->Maple fingerboard, “the ventures logo” localisation and size, etc...

Can you help me?

Thank you!

The guitar seller says that he change the pick up and has the originals
He says that he bought it 5 years ago in canada...
I don’t have other details

PS: sorry about my english and thanks for your help!

the pictures:

[Veenture]

The large decal "The Ventures model" makes me wonder...Only the early sixties production had these. Later productions had the smaller "The Vntures model" decal. This guitar with the maple neck is much later (1990's?). Perhaps it may be a 'Partrite' but more knowledgeable people will chime in, I'm sure.

[MWaldorf]

Given that it comes from Canada, it's very likely to be a partsrite. Fafah01, do a search on partsrite and there's lots of information here about what that means.

[fafah01]

Thank you guys,
The price of that guitar is 950euros (about 1000$ i think) is it expensive for a partsrite?
I'm gonna check information about partsrite because i dont know what it is!

[101Volts]

In a nutshell a Partsrite is a made out of Mosrite parts but was not assembled by Mosrite. It may have defects, A lot of partsrites from the 80s and 90s were made out of factory second parts. If that's the case it can be made into a wonderful player but you'll have to ask yourself it its worth it, Who knows what defects a partsrite could have? A misplaced bridge and/or badly drilled neck pocket are two possibilities. If you want a guitar to customize without worrying about its value this one might work well but I wouldn't buy it without seeing it in person. But that's just me, I don't need any more Mosrites at the moment.

Austin

[MWaldorf]

Value depends on the quality of construction. As Austin says, these guitars are made from parts left over when the Mosrite factory closed, and some parts were in better condition/closer to finished than others. In other words, was the neck shaped in the factory or afterwards by someone else? If so, how'd they do? Same goes for the finish, plating on metal parts, etc.

I've got a partsrite that I really like, but it took a lot of time and effort to get it together and "Mosrite-y". I wouldn't sell it for $1000, that's for sure. Probably not even for twice that.

If you play this guitar and you really like it, that's probably a good deal, especially if you're comfortable working on guitars. I doubt you'd find a factory Mosrite for anywhere near that price.

[fafah01]

so you all are sure that this mosrite is in reality a partsrite?

thank you!

[Bob Shade]

I FEEL SURE IT IS. IT APPEARS TO BE SLAPPED TOGETHER LIKE MOST OF THE CANADIAN EXAMPLES. IT IS HARD TO TELL WHAT YOU WOULD BE GETTING YOURSELF INTO. BUYER BEWARE ON THIS ONE.

[panther]

I would suggest a modern copy to avoid any unfortunate situations with this one. Or just keep looking on eBay, one will turn up to your liking, in fact there was one floating around from Holland I think for quite some time.
Dan

[olrocknroller]

If my eyes don't deceive me, the strings look to be offside toward the treble side of the neck. On this type of guitar, that would involve re-positioning the bridge I think. That means filling holes with doweling, re-drilling, and repositioning the bridge. If it has to move too far, you'll be looking at some refinishing as well. Another possible source of this problem could be the neck pocket being poorly cut...very difficult to fix.

All this should reduce the sale price, because it will cost a bit to have this done, and could be a major project if you intend to do the work yourself.

That's if my old eyes aren't telling me lies again!