Product: Mosrite Bass
Price Paid: N/A
Submitted
06/11/2005
at
06:37am
by
Marc Ellis
Features
:
10
This is an update to my previous review.
I didn't know the model name of this bass before.
Now I know it. It is a Mosrite 350.
Sound
:
8
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
10
Reliability/Durability
:
9
I've had it 33 years. Pickup wiring shorted. I had them repaired. Finish developed tiny cracks. I may refinish it one day.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Overall Rating
:
10
It's a very rare bass. I've never played it at a multi-band gig, when someone from another band did not offer to buy it. People are always asking to buy it. It looks so unusual and beautiful.
Product: Mosrite Bass
Price Paid: US $350
Submitted
09/20/1998
at
10:28am
by
Marc Ellis
Email: pmirabeau at nternet<dot>com
Features
:
8
I bought this bass in 1973 or 74. It's still beautiful to look at, even though the finish has cracked over the years. It has a lovely shape. No Mosrite owners I know, have ever seen one like it. Its shape features no sharp cutaways like most Mosrites. But its lightning-fast neck shows the handiwork of Semi Moseley.
It has 2 humbucking pickups. I don't care much for them.
The neck is the fastest of any bass I have ever played. It has an ebony fingerboard too, which is rare and unusual.
Sound
:
7
This bass is not the best sounding I have ever played. I prefer the sound of a Fender Jazz bass. However, this bass is a joy to play. The fingerboard is just amazing. No Fender ever had a neck like this. But it is so fast, that this is not a good bass on which to play funk or slap bass. This is a smooth-sounding bass, good for rock, jazz or country.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
9
The best action of any electric bass I've ever seen. A 10 Beautiful to look at - a 10. Finish cracked after about 15 years. For that, I give it a 7. Great machine heads. Great fingerboard. And very easy on the eyes.
Reliability/Durability
:
8
Neck is still straight as the day I bought it -- great. Finished has cracked. There are shorts in the wiring to one pickup.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Never needed it.
Overall Rating
:
9
This instrument is irreplaceable, because no one, not even the Mosrite owners in Japan and the US at the various Mosrite websites, have ever seen one like this before. If I lost it, I could not find a new one. Anyway, most of the bass parts I play today, are on synths, because I do a lot of midi sequencing.
I love it's beautiful design and it's amazing neck. But it's on the heavy side for a long gig. If you ever see one of these, I highly recommend that you buy it - if only to look at. But chances are, you'll never find one like it.
