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Ink Blue 1960 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud
Ink Blue Mosrite Mark 1 Reissue
The Only Authentic, Legal Mosrite Guitars You
Can Buy in the United States, Canada or South America
The Mosrite Guitars that I carry in my store are 100% authentic and I will
put my name and reputation on the line to prove it. At your request I will give
you a signed statement that these are the only actual legal Mosrite Guitars you
can buy anywhere in the United States, Canada or South America.
Mosrite was originally based in Bakersfield, California, from the late
1950s to the early 1990s. Founded by Semie Moseley, Mosrite guitars
were played by many rock and roll and country artists such as Tommy
Tedesco, Davie Allan, Kurt Cobain, Joe Maphis, John Entwistle, Jimi
Hendrix, Larry Collins, Buck Trent, Nick McCarthy, The
Ventures, the MC5, Iron Butterfly, Arthur Lee Love, Johnny Ramone,
Ricky Wilson, Kayama Yuzo, and Kevin Shields.
A friend of Moseley, a singing preacher named Rev. Ray Boatright,
was deeply impressed with Moseley's guitar designs, and put up front
money for Moseley to found his guitar company. In gratitude, Moseley
named the company by combining his and Boatright's last names. It is
generally pronounced "MŌZE-right.
Mosrite guitars were known for innovative design, beautiful
engineering, very thin, low-fretted and narrow necks, and extremely
hot (high output) pickups. Moseley's design for the Ventures, known
as the "Ventures Model" (later known as the "Mark I") was generally
considered to be the flagship of the line, but all of his guitars
bore his unmistakable touch. Mosrite also produced several types of
double-necked guitars, which were the types favored by Collins and
Maphis; this design was also used by Nick Nastos, lead guitar player
for Bill Haley & His Comets. Today all the Mark 1 models
are being made 100% in The USA,
Ed Roman & Nokie Edwards of the Ventures 2006
Ed Roman enters his 12th year as the sole
exclusive USA distributor for Mosrite Guitars
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Nokie's Custom Made Mosrite Styled Guitar
Ed Roman is now offering Quilted Mosrite Bodies call for Information.
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Mosrite Factoid
Did you know that Jimi Hendrix owned and used a Mosrite guitar
for many years. He also had a doubleneck Joe Maphis Model. We don't know
for sure how many times he used it to record with. But The Rock N
Roll Hall of Fame is displaying the one he recorded
Spanish Castle Magic on. I can hear what sounds like a
Mosrite on several of the songs on Axis Bold as Love. Dana Moseley
told me she met Jimi when she was just a little girl. She told me he was
the first time she had ever seen a black person. |
 Mosrite Factoid
Mosrites rarely if ever come with gold
hardware. However they look absolutely awesome with 24 karat gold
plated appointments.
It is a huge job to plate and change the parts on a Mosrite.
Cost to swap out everything & replate all the parts $1,395.00
Custom Built For Bob Barbarite |
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 Mosrite
Factoid
Originally
made for The Strawberry Alarm Clock "Incense & Peppermints" in the 60's
these guitars were years ahead of their time.
Semie had once again created something futuristic. Ed Roman & Dana
Moseley can build
you a copy of one, two or the entire set of these guitars.
Ed King of Lynyrd Skynyrd was one of the original members
of the Strawberry Alarm Clock.
Be the first on your block to own a set of these wild guitars.
These guitars come in 6 string, 12 string, 4 string Bass, Baritone &
Doubleneck versions. |
Custom Mosrite Left Handed Joe Maphis
Model
Made In Las Vegas
We Have A Used Original In Stock At This Time !!!
These Are Not
The
Faked Build-ups Beware of Cheap Imitations
Only Ed Roman Has The Real McCoy
Huge Selection Of
Necks Available
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Ed Roman Is The Only Dealer In The Entire World With Genuine
Original
Mosrite Parts
04/17/09-
Stephan & Ed
The Mosrite Ranger Bass (RGB-003) arrived this evening. as promised,
and it is awesome-
Once I found the info on the Mosrite bass, and saw Ed Roman's as a
source, there was no stopping me!
Even at a "premium price"- WELL WORTH IT! - not important when
compared to the years of enjoyment of playing the bass-
It is a great, unique and superb sounding instrument with excellent
playability- I own a number of great basses, and this one will hold
it's own for sure.
I wanted to thank you for getting the job done as far as shipping
etc, and also to thank you for your good info and sales assistance,
Also-
I would like to thank Mr. Roman for being dialed-in enough to make
these awesome Mosrite basses available! You can't just walk into the
corner Music store and find them, as I'm sure you're aware.
Thanks again, I really love the instrument!
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Johnny Ramone Signature Model Signed by Johnny Ramone.
With a Photo of
Johnny Ramone Signing it.
Call now to reserve yours early!
Did you know that Mosrite built the first
commercially available doubleneck electric guitar?
Kurt Cobain Mosrite
Kurt Cobain With His Right Handed
Upside Down Mosrite Gospel Model.
Ed Roman Is The Only Dealer In The Entire World With Genuine Original
Mosrite Parts
Custom Silver Metalflake Paint Available From Ed Roman !!!!!
Ed Roman Is The
Only Dealer In The Entire World With Genuine Original
Mosrite Parts
Our Las Vegas Custom Shop
2 Stage White Pearloid Finish
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Disclaimer
There are over 35 different
companies offering unauthorized cheap copies
of Semi Moseley's designs as
of this writing. That would make Mosrite the world's third
most copied guitar. The Mosrite is a cool guitar. The Mosrite
is a great guitar. It is perhaps the first real surf guitar,
but it does not make sense that it should be so copied. The
market for Mosrite guitars is very small. In fact, we reissued
a limited edition 50th anniversary model of the most famous model
in 2004. In 2010 I still have a couple left. Talk about a
limited market !!! |
At the height of the "Flower Power" era of psychedelic music in
the mid sixties, Strawberry Alarm Clock gave us one of classic
rock's most memorable songs, 1967's, "Incense and Peppermints".
Formerly known as The Sixpence, this California based
group was originally made up of Ed King of (lead guitar), Lee Freeman
(rhythm guitar), Gary Lovetro (bass), Mark Weitz (organ), and Randy
Seol (drums). (Ed King went on of course to play with
Lynyrd Skynyrd)
The story of the song, "Incense & Peppermints," is a
fascinating one. The recording was initially intended as a 'B side'
and the lead vocal is actually that of a friend of the band, 16 year
old Greg Munford, who was just hanging around during the session. He
was not even a regular band member, but ended up singing a tune that
would rocket to number one in the United States and sell over a
million copies. Despite this success, Munford never actually joined
the group.
Before recording their full-length debut album, the band added a
second bass guitarist, George Bunnell, who was also an accomplished
songwriter who's contributions enhanced a style that coupled hippie
trappings with enchanting melodies and some imaginative
instrumentation.
In the summer of 1967, The Strawberry Alarm Clock contributed
music to the film "Psych-Out", as well as appearing in it. The band
toured the US with some of the biggest acts of the day, but poor
management and dissention among the members started to tear it
apart. Bassist Gary Lovetro left the band before they recorded their
second album, "Wake Up It's Tomorrow", which also appeared in 1967.
A second single release, "Tomorrow" made it to number 23 in January,
1968.
Between 1968's album, "The World In A Seashell" and 1969's "Good
Morning Starshine" the band went through a number of line-up changes
which undermined their direction. To add to their problems, a
manager who double-booked them on several occasions brought on many
lawsuits.
Although they remained together until 1971, the Strawberry Alarm
Clock was unable to regain its early popularity and saw only limited
success on the singles chart with "Sit With The Guru".
Ed King later joined Lynyrd Skynyrd, while several of his former
bandmates reunited during the 80s for a succession of "summer of
love revisited" tours. Their memory would be brought to the
forefront again in 1997 when "Incense And Peppermints" was featured
in the first Austin Powers movie. The entire band who recorded "Incense and Peppermints", including
Greg Munford, was set to get together in December, 2004, for the
first time since the recording session, but last minute contract
problems prevented it. |
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