In January 1974 they went to Manny's Guitar Emporium in New York City, where Johnny bought a used blue Mosrite Ventures II model guitar for $54. They ate lunch together and discussed their mutual love of bands like the Stooges and MC5. We fast forward now to the early 1970s when an unknown dry-cleaning deliverer named John Cummings (future stage name Johnny Ramone) meets Douglas Colvin (future stage name Dee Dee Ramone). In gratitude, Moseley named the company by combining his and Boatright's last names. Ray Boatright, was deeply impressed with Moseley's guitar designs, and put up front money for Moseley to found his guitar company. Give a listen to the iconic Ventures tone in this video of a Mosrite demonstrated through a Princeton Reverb amplifier:īy the way, the name "Mosrite" came about because a friend of Moseley's, a singing preacher named Rev. Mosrite guitars were played by many rock and country artists such as Jimi Hendrix, The Ventures, The Ramone's, Kurt Cobain, Buck Owens, The Beach Boys, Jimi Page, Duane Allman and many more.Ī clear, bell-like tone was characteristic of Mosrites, and the instrument characterized the early Ventures sound. The Vibramute was made in both chrome plated sandcast and polished finish. These were made in house out of folded brass plate and 6 individual saddles each with it's own roller. This was developed to aid in tuning problems caused by the previous cast bridge. One innovation was the famous Mosrite Vibramute roller bridge, shown below. The cost of all the integral parts of the Mosrite forced the price up. In the 1960's a Mosrite was priced at about double that of a Fender Stratocaster. The company was founded by Semie Moseley, and his guitars were known for their innovative design, beautiful engineering, very thin, low-fretted and narrow necks, and extremely hot (high output) pickups. Mosrite (generally pronounced "MÖZE-right) is an American guitar manufacturing company started in Bakersfield, California in 1952, the same starting year as Fender. Please be sure to check out this dealer thoroughly before purchasing. To do the story of this kit justice we've got to integrate a few bits of rock guitar history, and the story of the dealer, Ed Roman. Today we're featuring an electric guitar kit - the Johnny Ramone CBGB model Mosrite guitar reproduction kit - sold by Ed Roman guitars.
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