Need Help with Headstock of MK1
Posted: Mon May 16, 2022 11:01 am
Howdy, I've reviewed the post on The Ventures MK1 timeline and I believe I have narrowed my guitar down to the year 1967 but there are a few questions I'm still trying to answer. My guitar has angled neck pickup, Moseley vibrato, volume and tone knobs have only the "M" on them, truss rod adjustment is at the headstock with plastic cover, has 8 screws in the scratchplate, Mosrite of California embossed on pickups with "R" trademark and NO Ventures sticker. Also the Vibrato has the patent number.
I' think the tuners are not original, they are not kluson and they seem rather cheap. I'll attach a photo.
What is confusing is the headstock decal - I haven't found another like this. It has the "Mosrite of California" decal and then under the decal is "BY MOSELEY". If I can figure out how to post a photo, I'll post one.
Also the serial number on the neck doesn't follow the patterns I've read here - At the 22nd fret there is a small "c", almost like a copyright mark, without the circle around the letter, and then 4 digits - three zeros (000) and then one number.
Any thoughts or words of wisdom would be appreciated.
I' think the tuners are not original, they are not kluson and they seem rather cheap. I'll attach a photo.
What is confusing is the headstock decal - I haven't found another like this. It has the "Mosrite of California" decal and then under the decal is "BY MOSELEY". If I can figure out how to post a photo, I'll post one.
Also the serial number on the neck doesn't follow the patterns I've read here - At the 22nd fret there is a small "c", almost like a copyright mark, without the circle around the letter, and then 4 digits - three zeros (000) and then one number.
Any thoughts or words of wisdom would be appreciated.