Continuing along the Mosrite copy theme, just finished this restoration:


A very rare hollow variant of the more common Morales ZES-300. These were made in the late sixties by the Zen-on Company for the domestic Japanese market only.
This may have been a custom build or something as I can find no other example, or mention in a catalog, anywhere on the net.
Very well made and even came with it's original case!



.... and yes, I need to mow the lawn..... just can't seem to get the goat started!

That thing looks rad. The neck looks wide enough to double as a surfboard lol.

That's a sturdy looking trem/bridge. Makes a Bigsby look rather weedy by comparison. How does it play?

Dudley wrote: Thu Mar 10, 2022 5:29 am That's a sturdy looking trem/bridge. Makes a Bigsby look rather weedy by comparison. How does it play?

On mine, great, except the fckn bridge falls forward after trem dives!

Would have been badged Ibanez or Maxitone, Goldentone, Montclair or maybe no name at all. A contemporary of the Thunderbird-esque bass I posted a while back. The early Hoshino guitars and basses were pretty outrageous looking but massively let down by their awful fence post necks. This one was a big surprise! For a start it is full 34" scale! It sounds very good. Good tuners (never seen them before), reasonably straight, comfortable neck (WITH AN ADJUSTABLE TRUSS ROD!). I'm still working on the action but it plays OK at this point. It's no Lakland but once I tighten a few things it may be rather nice........... killer ugly ....... it looks like some tribal artifact.... a war club from the South Pacific!

matttkkkk wrote: Sun Mar 13, 2022 4:02 pm

Dudley wrote: Thu Mar 10, 2022 5:29 am That's a sturdy looking trem/bridge. Makes a Bigsby look rather weedy by comparison. How does it play?

On mine, great, except the fckn bridge falls forward after trem dives!

Hey Matt, This one works really well. Is your bridge the same as that pictured. These are a relief to the shoulder compared to the lunking great ZES-300's which are fantastic but often weigh a ton.
Still got your Mory?
Vern

I better check that! I don’t get it out much tbh. The Mory is still in play, tho my daughter seems to get the most of it these days …
Was just revisiting this not-so-bizarre 1985 Jazzmaster:

^ WANT.

Noticed rewatching this Kids In The Hall sketch yesterday that Bobby is playing a Silvertone Mosrite copy (1445 from what I can gather) into a solid state Traynor combo:

tallchris wrote: Tue May 10, 2022 11:58 am Noticed rewatching this Kids In The Hall sketch yesterday that Bobby is playing a Silvertone Mosrite copy (1445 from what I can gather) into a solid state Traynor combo:

A shop in my neighbourhood was once coincidentally selling that exact Silvertone and that exact Traynor at the same time, and I was briefly half-considering going as Bobby as a ($900) Halloween costume.

The Traynor TS series also graces one of Canada's famous only-'90s-kids-will-remember-this PSAs. First few seconds.