Mosrite was an American guitar manufacturing company, based in Bakersfield, California, from the late 1950s to the mid 1990s Founded by Semie Moseley, Mosrite guitars were played by many rock and roll and country artists such as Kurt Cobain, Joe Maphis, Larry Collins, Buck Trent, The Ventures, the MC5, Arthur Lee and LOVE, and Johnny Ramone. A friend of Moseley, a singing preacher named Rev.Ray Boatright, was deeply impressed with Moseley's guitar designs, and put up front money for Moseley to found his guitar company. In gratitude, Moseley named the company by combining his and Boatright's last names. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Nickname: Location of Bakersfield, California Coordinates: Country United States State California County Kern County Founded 1869 Government  - Mayor Harvey Hall Area  - City  114. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... Semie Moseley (1935-1992) was a guitar maker and the founder of Mosrite guitars. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – c. ... An American guitarist b. ... The Collins Kids were a juvenile rockabilly duo, featuring brother Larry Collins (born October 4, 1944 in Tulsa, Oklahoma and sister Lorrie Collins (born May 7, 1942 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. ... Charles Wilburn Buck Trent (born February 17, 1938) is an American country music instrumentalist. ... Walk Dont Run (1960) The Ventures are a rock instrumental band formed in 1958, by Don Wilson and Bob Bogle, two Seattle masonry workers. ... MC5 (short for Motor City Five) was a hard rock band formed in Detroit, Michigan, USA in 1964 and active until 1972. ... Arthur Lee has been the name of several notable men: Arthur Lee (1740-1792), U.S. envoy to France Arthur Lee, 1st Viscount Lee of Fareham (1868-1947), British soldier and diplomat Arthur Lee (born 1945), U.S. psychedelic rock musician Arthur Lee (born c. ... Love is any of a number of emotions and experiences related to a sense of strong affection or profound oneness. ... John Cummings (October 8, 1948 – September 15, 2004), better known by the stage name Johnny Ramone, was the guitarist for the punk rock group The Ramones. ...

Mosrite guitars were known for innovative design, beautiful engineering, very thin, low-fretted and narrow necks, and extremely 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, but all of his guitars bore his unmistakeable touch. Mosrite also produced an unusual double-necked guitar, which was the type favored by Collins and Maphis; this design was also used by Nick Nastos, lead guitar player for Bill Haley & His Comets, during 1968. This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ...

Semie Mosley began building guitars in Oildale, CA in 1959. He moved his shop to Panama Lane in 1962 where he designed and produced the first Ventures Model guitars.

Though a genius at guitar design and construction, Moseley lacked many basic skills neccesary to a good businessman, and the company fell on hard times repeatedly in the late 1960's and 1970's, but continued to produce Mosrite guitars until 1993 in North Carolina and Arkansas. Most of them were exported to Japan, where their popularity remained very strong. The quality of the instruments always remained very respectable. Semie Moseley died in 1992. His wife Loretta continued to produce Mosrites a year or so after his death. There have been a few attempts at reviving the line, but with little success. Kurt Cobain's Mosrite Gospel Guitar (one of only two 'Mark IV gospels') was recently featured in an online auction by Heritage Auction Galleries [1]in Dallas, TX, fetching $131,450.00 Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – c. ...