The Story of Mosrite Guitars, Part One
by Tim Brennan and Rick Landers
Standing six-feet four, with wavy black hair and movie star looks, guitar designer and builder Semie Moseley left his mark on guitar history with his creation of the Mosrite Ventures model. And it truly was an act of creation. Every aspect of these instruments reflects Moseley’s hand – he designed the pickups, wound them himself, designed the cool “M” headstock, added the German carve, tilted the neck pickup, introduced “speed frets” – and then lavished his creations with exquisite paint jobs we waded in until the surf was up….
