Mosrite

33°38′46″N 111°53′57″W / 33.6460322°N 111.899058°W / 33.6460322; -111.899058

Mosrite was an American guitar manufacturing company, established in Bakersfield, California, from the late 1950s to the early 1990s. 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, high-quality engineering, very thin, low-fretted and narrow necks (though Mosrite used taller frets and wider necks after the 1960s), and hot (high output) pickups. Moseley's design for the Ventures, known as "the Ventures model" (later known as the "Mark I") was generally considered to be the flagship of the line. Mosrite also made a small number of acoustic guitars including a 12-string.