I've told my Mosrite story before. The simple version: My dad had Ventures records and I'd listen to them as a small kid. I'd look at the covers and see these weird looking guitars. The only guitar I knew about at that time and could identify was a Strat, and the guitars on those records kind of looked like melted Strats to me. I thought they looked so cool. I liked that they didn't say Jackson or Kramer on them. They didn't look like the tiger-striped hot pink shred machines of that time period. I didn't see Mosrites on MTV. I didn't know at that time that those records and those guitars were already 20 years old. Fast forward a few years and I discovered punk rock and I saw a pic of Johnny Ramone and holy shit, he's also using one of those melted Strat looking guitars. Two of the bands that "spoke" to me the most in my early years featured Mosrite guitars. It had to be some kind of sign or fate or whatever so I started trying to figure them out. 30 years later I finally have one.Minerman wrote: ↑Tue Jul 16, 2019 1:06 am Great that the little bridge is the only part you'll have to replace, especially since that thing is 5 years older than I am...
Those are some hot single coils indeed at 11k, that's wild, I never thought they'd be that hot, but that may be a good thing...The only way to figure out if those p'ups are gonna be a problem/noisy is to use 'em...
Cool stuff dude, I had no idea about the roller bridge thing, to be honest, I've never really batted an eye over one of those guitars...I remember one guy in another band that played one (or something similar) at one of the bars I gigged back in the day, but back then if it didn't say "Jackson", "Kramer" or similar, nobody noticed...This was during the time that I wouldn't have ever considered even owning a Les Paul, much less played one at a gig...
Keep us updated on the progress man...
That is a very cool idea. I will definitely try that on the original bridge!Lt. Bob wrote: ↑Tue Jul 16, 2019 2:06 am on the bridge .... two words .... electrolysis tank .... they JUST has an article in this most recent Premier Guitar on how to make a home made one and said it was useful for this very thing .... to free up and clean to mobility rusted parts ..... it doesn't make them shiny .... they're still worn .... but supposedly the stuff that makes them stick gets removed.
If you can't find it on their website lemme know and I'll scan it for ya
The grime on the bridge was a toxic gumbo of sweat, crust, rust, grease, grime, dirt, dust, and who knows what else. It was part thick and sticky, part frozen crusted solid. It reminded me of the crap you'd find caked onto car parts that are out of reach of usual car washes and regular maintenance. The intonation was not good and there was no way to adjust it with the bridge in that condition. I can live without the roller saddles rolling. I can't live with bad intonation. I'm gonna go to the hardware store and find a bolt that matches the original one that I broke to get the original bridge at least semi-functional again.
