Mosrite Celebrity

As far as I can tell, this is a Celebrity III. It doesn't quite fit the description exactly, but Mosrite had some odd ones. It is pre 1972 and that is all I know as the person that I bought it from got it from his friend in 1972. 22 playable frets, it has two humbuckers, and a volume and tone for each along with a three position switch located on the lower bout, where I think it the most practical place. It is a full acoustic electric guitar. Similar to a Gibson 335, but it has a bolt on neck with four screws. Grover tuners and a super quick neck as Mosrite is known for. I don't know what type of wood is used in the body, but it is made from quality wood for sure. Very pretty with nice quilting on the back.

I play mostly blues and I play bass on a great deal of the songs. Mostly I play guitar to accompany my singing. It has a warm bluesy vintage sound when you want it to, or it can go to very bright. A lot of sound coming out of the acoustic body. This could be quite a versatile guitar for a better guitar player than me.

The action is incredible, as Mosrites are. Its been sitting for 30 years and the neck is straight and the action perfect. Just had to change the intonation a bit! Metal nut will last forever, and it has a stop bridge which is weird, but there is no evidence of a trapazoid type at all. Quality bridge none the less.

I think people will think this is a fragile guitar if they are used to solidbodies, but it seems to be well made and I would trust it more than a new guitar no matter where it was made. The strap buttons are solid, but I may put on locking ones as I am a firm believer in not having to worry about your beautiful guitar flying off the strap. I believe in backup everything, but for the most part, I would trust this on it's own.

N/A Out of business. Died with the Ventures until a small ressurection that died from lack of interest due to poor advertising.

I've been playing guitar forever, but I'm a drummer first, a bass player second. There are so many great guitar players that I would never call myself a player as much as if you shake a tamborine while you sing, you don't call yourself a tamborine player. I do, though, have an ear for guitars as I have owned and played tons of them. This is pretty much everything a Gibson 335 is other than the sustain you will get with a set neck. And that is debatable. The neck is faster than a Gibson, but depending on your hand and playing style one may be preferable to the other. Of course you will pay at least three times as much for a Gibson. I would definetely get another one. I think Mosrite will continue to be somewhat ignored since no one really famous plays them and there are not a ton of them around. Hence the great price for a fantastic vintage instrument. I forgot to mention that I play it through tube amps and use no pedals, though I'm tempted to get a tremelo pedal. I like clean vintage sound for the most part and can get what I need by setting the pickups for the tone I want and then using the three position switch. Great guitar!

Thin Hollowbody. Single volume, single tone. Two mosrite single coils. I'm not sure of the woods that mosrite used on this model. Neck is thin, with 22 playable small 'speed' frets (fast indeed). i say playable because Mosrites have a zero fret as well. which the nut sits lower behind. so that may be why there are 23 counted. Trapeze tailpiece. A vibrato would have been welcomed with loving and open arms, but I purchased this guitar from the previous reviewer. and i'm not complaining. He treated me well. So it is the same guitar, i just wanted to clear up the pickups and frets.

Like Bill said. Bright to bassy. Always warm. Excellent for what i've been looking for. I play surf, punk, jazz, rock, noise. I tried it out on an ampeg v4, and just about cried. It was beautiful. I still lack an amp, so i can't quite get the sound i'm looking for just yet. I purchased this guitar because what it is capable of when i have the funds. For a bolt on, this has very wonderful sustain. It sounds amazing played accoustically. It can be pretty noisy, takes a lot of hum from outside electronics. But i love that kind of thing. Played through the big muff, sounded excellent. and through a rat. ungodly. I use a tremolo pedal, danelectro echo, boss delay, outboard fender reverb unit, the rat distortion, crybaby wah (blegh), and a small stone phase shifter. When the time comes when i can afford an amp, i will be in heaven.

Heres where my larger fingers run into problems. The space between frets on mosrites, is a tad bit thinner... i have a hard time fretting chords high up on the neck, getting my fingers to fit. sometimes i fret out, or miss notes completely. This has been improving as i get used to the guitar though. I'm not complaining. Just a bit tough to deal with. The action higher up on the neck gets a small bit higher off the fretboard. I'm actually scared to take this guitar to set it up because it is my first GOOD guitar, and the last time i took a guitar to someone, it ended up falling to crap. (ibanez rg570...don't ask!) so lets just say i'm skeptical. But it needs to be done. The intonation is immaculate! This thing NEVER goes out of tune. I have a very little problem with the g-string, and thats only when i've been rocking out for hours on end. The nut is perfect, no hang ups. The bridge is more stable than it looks. The pickup selector is sound, as are the controls. Very warm and bright wood used on this guitar. Finish is still glossy with no wear. Frets are still absolutely fine after 30+ years. Which makes me question newer guitars.

I feel this is a very fragile guitar, only because like i said it is the first old/good guitar i've ever owned. I have had a fender tex-mex. and an ibanez rg570. Both guitars i can beat the living crap out of, and they will be fine at the next show. This guitar, you wont see me punching the pickups as i tend to do. or bending the neck. But it does seem like it will hold up live. i really just don't want to use it live for the music my current band is playing. The strap buttons are absolutely solid. It has been going 30+ years with no problems. I could depend on this guitar. I just will be taking care of it. I'm hard on instruments, so this will be a learning experience for me. Playing the kind of music i only hope to play (but lack other musicians to share my dream) i would gig solid with this guitar, i can change strings quickly, i've already popped one (i've had this a week) and it hardly fell out of tune at all. But all in all, playing with this live is a bridge i will cross very far down the road.

n/a friend.

I've been playing for about three years. Three and a half. I own a sonic blue fender tex-mex. the stupid ibanez rg570. danelectro pedals, boss delay, fender reissue outboard reverb unit, electro-harmonix small stone phase shifter, proco rat distortion, crybaby wah. I am glad i had the chance to purchase this from someone i know and trust, also glad i had the chance to play it before skipping a payment on my car insurance/risking bad credit to buy it. if it were stolen, i would kill. if it were lost.. well thats not a concern, you'd have to be an idiot to let this thing out of your site. so if it were stolen, i would kill, and then sell everything i have to get a mosrite ventures, and another celebrity. i chose this instead of a japan mosrite ventures because it's an original mosrite, it was right in front of my face, the price was more than perfect, and when i played it...angels weeped. okay enough of this review. this is the most excellent hollowbody guitar i've ever played, i love it more than almost all the solidbodies i've played as well. so do yourself a favour. seek one and add it to your collection.

1968 6 string thin line Double cutaway hollowbody (not semi) (similar to 335 but not exactly). 2 f-holes .1 volume and 1 knob, selector switch for the pickups. 2 mosrite humbuckers. 23 fretts on a rosewood frettboard. Neck is extremely thin ans smooth. Tuners have plastic knobs, They are hard to turn, and stick sometimes, although this is annoying I guess the stiffness is good because it stays in tune for weeks with daily playing, but this is why I gave it a instead of a 10. Trapazoidal metal bridge. Sunburst finish (beautiful), white pickguarg and control panel. Very light because it is a full hollowbody, takes getting used to, at first feels wierd.

This guitar can go from Unbelievably bright too real bassy. and is pretty versitle in between. I like bight guitars so it is good for me. I play mostly Punk (Face to Face, Ramones), Rock and Roll Social Distortion, Hi-Fives,Beatles), Hardcore, and some more acousticy stuff. This guitar rocks them all. I thought it would not be that good for real hard stuff, but this is a super versitile guitar. When ran through a big muff you can play absolutly anything with this guitar, you can't dial in a bad distortion sound with this combo. Feedbacks more than usual but, is not an ear peircing feedback, more of a glowing hum, it's a usable feedback. I am using this guitar with a Musicman Hd-130 Reverb through a Marshall JCM 800 cabinet. For distortion, this system rocks, it is loud and warm, I am stressing the versitility of all this. The only thing I have a problem with is that If I try to play a really clean song through this amp with this guitar it is either too bright, or too bassy depending on the pickup selection, It sounds good, but not as beautiful as this guitar can sound. This amp works great with a solidbody clean, but the hollowbody is too much for it,because it doesn't add much color, it is just a nice loud amp. it just doesn't sound as full of a sound as it should. When I first got this guitar I played it through a Vox Ac-30, it sounded like the Second Coming. I also played it through a Mrashall 50w JCM 800 head and even clean it souned good.

For a guitar made 32 years ago it is amazing, I have seen new guitars look worse. It has a few dings, but eveything else is pretty much in new conditions. Aparently the pickup screws had to be relplaced which i understand is common for these guitars. The finish on the neck is not so good when it gets close to the frett board and shows a lot more wear than anywhere else on the guitar, including the rest of the neck. The tuners are kind of tarnished comared to the rest of the guitar. I am not impressed by the look or turn of the tuners, but they really stay in tune an incredibly long time. The knobs for Volume and Tone a cheep silver covered plastic, and if they didn't have a cool mosrtie log on them I would replace them because they sem cheap, but they llok real cool, so I will deal with it. The Pickuselctor seems a little loose too. The action is low and smooth. The guitar has improved my playing unbelieveably. I can play things I never could before due to its low action and great neck. The finish on most of the guitar is beautiful, and the wood seen underneath is nice and high quality. Everythings seems to be put together well. The Bridge is really well constructed and is set up great.

This guitar is not a sturdy as a solidbody, and you really feel like you have to be careful with it, but I have accidently knocked into things, and it takes less damage than my solidbody guitars would have, so I guess it is more durable than she seems. I like to rock out, and its not that you can't, this one is just my baby so I don't, but I am sure it could take a beating.

Mosrite is not around in california anymore and I am sure they would not service the old guitars. Parts seem a little scarce, but aparently their are groups on the internet that act a an outlet for mosrite parts.

I have only been playing a little while (i used to play drums for 7 years), but I know good guiatrs more than people who I know who have played for 5 years. If this guitar was lost or stolen I would cry for a week, then get a new one, I may get a second one anyway. If I could find one with P-90's I would buy it in a second It looks great and plays like heaven. It takes a little getting used to the wait, but it is the perfect hollowbody guitar. I compared it to a 335, and thgis guitar just has some character that gibson lacks. I can't say enough good about this guitar, even though it has a few faults, you can't beat it, or the price.