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Posted: **Tue May 13, 2008 7:06 pm**

My latest acq is a Mosrite.

Posted: **Tue May 13, 2008 7:11 pm**

You're not on your Pat Malone there, Don! Many forumites are just plain 'guitar tarts'!!

Pretty darned cool, BTW..............

Posted: **Tue May 13, 2008 7:32 pm**

That is very cool! I've never seen a Ventures-style model with an F hole before.

Posted: **Tue May 13, 2008 7:43 pm**

sloop_john_b wrote:That is very cool! I've never seen a Ventures-style model with an F hole before.

Ah John, it isn't a Ventures - it's a Combo.

Mosrite had five main body shapes, excluding the double-necks:

- Ventures
- Ventures MkII (ala Johny Ramone) - slab body;
- Ventures II/V - carve body;
- Joe Maphis (semi-hollow with no sound hole) and Combo (same with a sound hole); and
- Celebrity (335ish semi-hollow).

Semie Moseley also made basses in Ventures, Joe Maphis/Combo and Celebrity body styles.

They're all very cool in their own way. The Combo is even rarer than other Mosrites.

Don, welcome to the bizarre world of Mosrite fans!

Posted: **Tue May 13, 2008 8:09 pm**

They are cool, no question...

Posted: **Tue May 13, 2008 8:57 pm**

Very cool guitar. In addition to my Ric basses, I am a bit of a Hagstrom bass collector - so I feel your pain. I've been meaning to take group photos of each set.

Posted: **Tue May 13, 2008 9:25 pm**

That's not being unfaithful. I have some of each of my favorite brands of guitar, including Rics. If you were to start selling Ricks to buy other brands, that would be a different matter.

Posted: **Tue May 13, 2008 9:31 pm**

Slut!!!!!

Seriously, Rics account for about 20% of my guitar collection...

Congrats on your new guitar!

Bill

Posted: **Wed May 14, 2008 4:10 am**

Nice acquisition, Don!

No problem here in regard to 'faithfulness' ... my last acquistion of 2007 was an Epiphone JL Revolution Casino:

It had a slightly split neck, but once I fixed that, it's been steady as a rock and is one of my favorites (it plays and sounds fantastic!.

Posted: **Wed May 14, 2008 11:38 am**

I love my JL Casino.
What # is yours, Gary?

Posted: **Wed May 14, 2008 1:15 pm**

That Mosrite is really cool looking! Congrats!

Add my name to the Casino lovers list too. Here's my 2006 Elitist with a friend...

Posted: **Wed May 14, 2008 4:30 pm**

Love the shading on that casino, it's like a halo right around the edge. Just perfect

Posted: **Thu May 15, 2008 12:09 am**

It's OK; I understand. I was visiting a local guitar shop and I was lusting after this:

JimK

Posted: **Thu May 15, 2008 12:26 am**

You can lust after that, no problem. I satisfied mine when I got my '61 DA.

Posted: **Fri May 16, 2008 3:11 pm**

Jerry, mine had lost its certificate (as well as its JL case) by the time I got it. I can PM you the serial numbers if you're interested.

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