Original Mosrite Of USA Guitars

Stephan & Ed
The Mosrite Ranger Bass (RGB-003) arrived this evening. as promised, and it is awesome-

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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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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 their most famous model in 2004. I think I only sold about 42 of the 50.  Talk about a limited market! I actually still have inventory.

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 Formerly known   as The Sixpence, this California based group was originally made up of Ed King of (lead guitar), Lee Freeman (rhythm guitar), Gary Lovetro (bass), Mark Weitz (organ), and Randy Seol (drums).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.