Jim's Mosrite Project
some of the parts as I received them after stripping most of the finish.
close up of the body
This page is about a Mosrite guitar project I am undertaking. All the parts are new old stock from Mosrite. I will add photos and explain what I did as I go along.
Letter of authenticity of parts signed by Nokie Edwards
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neck aligned and bolted to body
All parts together looking like a real guitar
Neck and Body hanging after clear coating
The red looks more orange here than it actually is. Cheap camera I guess.
Final assembly ready to play. The tailpiece still needs to be chrome plated but that can wait for some time in the future
I want to thank Curtis Muldoon for the parts and his willingness to answer any questions I had along the way in putting this guitar together.
I also have to thank my wife for her understanding with all the time I spent on this project. She is a such a great person and wife and valued member of the band.
The guitar is finished and plays great.
This is how I received some of the parts for my project Mosrite.As you can see it needs to be stripped of the paint and many of the body lines cleaned up and put to specs.
The stripping process went well and after several hours of work I had the carving around the boarder of the body where I wanted it.
Aligning the neck to the body center line went easier than I thought it would. I first found the center line of the neck and the pickup cavities and marked a center line on the body. I located where the bridge would go and that automatically set the location of the tailpiece. After all these measurements were made I drilled the body for the neck and bolted it on.. I double checked the bridge alignment and drilled and screwed it on. After installing the tuners and string guide I laid the pickups on and put on some strings to make sure that the pickup pole screws lined up with the strings. They were then screwed to the body of the guitar. I then aligned the picguard and screwed it on and as you can see it was looking like a real guitar.
The neck required some work on the frets as well as installing the truss rod. I spent more time on all of this because it is one of the most important parts in making a great playing guitar. The truss rod proved to be a real education in setting it up and making it work as I wanted it to. After much time with trial and error fitting and setting it up I finally got it where I was very pleased with how it worked.
The fun part .The finish. It took several days to complete and I am satisfied with the results. I am not saying it is perfect and that should I ever undertake something like this in the future I couldn't do a bit better job, but it was my first attempt at a tri burst finish.
I chose a urethane finish because I have used it for many years in refinishing cars and knew just what to expect from it. I know that lacquer is the original finish on most of these guitars but I wasn't trying to make anyone think it was an original.
The pictures would have been better if I had a digital camera but I don't. I used one of those throw away jobs. LOL The red is not nearly as bright and florescent looking in person. One of these day's I will get one and post a few new pictures of it.
If you listen to the music in the OUR MUSIC section here you will be listening to this guitar
Mosrite Mark1
Hallmark 60 Custom
