Please allow me to introduce myself, I am new to this forum and only recently acquired a Mark I copy. I've been reading posts on this forum for about a month now and I've come to the conclusion that this is the most comprehensive source of information about Mosrite guitars available anywhere on the internet. Through the common fondness and exchange of resources and knowledge, members seem to kind of police and maintain a living and active presence of Mosrite on the web.
Well, here is a little bit about myself. My name is Sean and I play guitar off and on as a hobby. Years ago I played in few local bands of no importance. My main guitar was a Fender Stratocaster. I eventually got annoyed by the placement of the volume knob on the Strat, always bumping it when I palm muted, so I transitioned to the Telecaster.
I just purchased a Mosrite Mark I copy off ebay and I haven't put it down since. You may have seen the listing, it's the one with the pickups that were rewound using wooden bobbins and alnico magnets (they sound huge!). It's been my experience that Fender is a guitar you have to dig into to play properly. When I first held the Mosrite, I was literally pounding the strings on the fretboard. It was lightning fast, smooth and really easy to play. I'm trying to adapt to the "touch and go" playing technique since I can attain the same raunchy grooves with much less effort and I don't want to wear these frets out!
This guitar is so much fun to play!
Take care,
Sean
