Musings

Dana is the daughter of Semie and his first wife, Virgie, and her memories and insights go back to the early days of Mosrite guitars in the 1950s.

In 1963, as a teenager, he began working for Semie Moseley in the early tin shed workshop where he made Mosrite guitars by hand.

I’m en route to some guitar stories and the hope of some cool unseen photos to scan for the Mosrite guitar book that I’m working on.

As far as 1950s custom cars are concerned, the Golden Sahara is the top of the heap, the craziest Jetsons-inspired 1950s vision of the future ever built.

Scotty became an absolute legend with his yearly appearances at the Viva Las Vegas festival, charming audiences with his great musicianship, hilarious stage patter, and volume of personality.

What can I say? I have a soft spot in my heart for cheesy 80’s metal, and Keel is like melted Velveeta in that genre—the cheesiest!

This Bigsby vibrato was mounted on the Butterball Paige guitar when I got it, but it was not original to the guitar.

Had another good day in Bakersfield, photographing a few guitars at my friend Marc Lipco’s place.

Had another good day in Bakersfield, photographing a few guitars at my friend Marc Lipco’s place.

Roger showed me a cool guitar that Semie Moseley made for him: a small-bodied Ventures model (basically a Mark V that Semie shaped to be more like the Ventures-style bodies).