Mosrite

Mosrite was an American guitar manufacturing company, established in Bakersfield, California in 1956 and active until 1993. Founded by Semie Moseley, Mosrite guitars were played by many artists, most notably country stars Joe Maphis and Buck Owens, surf rocker Nokie Edwards of the Ventures, and punk rocker Johnny Ramone of the Ramones. Mosrite guitars were known for innovative design and high-quality engineering. Their instruments had very thin and narrow necks relative to other guitars of the era, along with low frets and "hot" pickups with high output. Moseley's design for the Ventures, known as "the Ventures model" (later known as the "Mark I") was generally considered the flagship of the line. Mosrite also made a small number of acoustic guitars, including a 12-string.