A Mosrite Wannabee...

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A Mosrite Wannabee...

Post by lhwarp » Fri May 06, 2022 12:08 pm

A Mosrite Wannabee... Even available in LH ! :w00t:

https://www.thomann.de/fr/harley_benton ... _lh_sb.htm

At that price tag, I couldn't resist too long to buy one :freako: :

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Perfect candidate for a Super Tremola addition, with a roller bridge instead of the wraparound :

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Wait and See ! ;)

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Re: A Mosrite Wannabee...

Post by Stephen_42 » Fri May 06, 2022 12:40 pm

I've been looking at these and thinking that they look cool, especially for the price.

I'm not sure if it's just my eyes playing tricks on me, but are the horns wider apart than on original Mosrites?

Regardless, it looks a great guitar for the money. Harley Benton are dangerously tempting like that!

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Re: A Mosrite Wannabee...

Post by lhwarp » Fri May 06, 2022 12:54 pm

It's a wannabee : the shape is not exactly the same.

Below the custom-made Mosrite luthier copy that I had for a time :

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I think that the Harley-Benton it is closer to a UNIVOX Hi-Flyer like below :

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And here's the HB :

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Re: A Mosrite Wannabee...

Post by FinallyBlossom » Sat Oct 08, 2022 4:46 pm

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Hey there lhwarp

May I ask how things did work out for you and your HarleyBenton-Mosrite-mod? I was curious about your idea of having the wraparound bridge work as a usual bridge when it comes to the Duesenberg bisgby like vibrato installation. Wouldn't the wraparound bridge just fall off since there's no tension coming from the headstock / tuners?

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Re: A Mosrite Wannabee...

Post by FinallyBlossom » Tue Oct 11, 2022 3:20 pm

Another point that came to my mind:

Wouldn't you need to connect the vibrato to the grounding wire / output jack wire? I remember that Lee Ranaldo of SY once added a vibrato system to a hardtail solidbody guitar and he wired the vibrato with the rest of the pickup wiring and did just cover the unisolated wire between pickguard and vibrato with gaffer tape :whistle:

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Re: A Mosrite Wannabee...

Post by Embenny » Wed Oct 12, 2022 11:08 pm

FinallyBlossom wrote:
Tue Oct 11, 2022 3:20 pm
Another point that came to my mind:

Wouldn't you need to connect the vibrato to the grounding wire / output jack wire? I remember that Lee Ranaldo of SY once added a vibrato system to a hardtail solidbody guitar and he wired the vibrato with the rest of the pickup wiring and did just cover the unisolated wire between pickguard and vibrato with gaffer tape :whistle:
The strings are electrically continous between the vibrato and bridge, so you only need to ground one or the other (as long as the saddle material isn't an electrical insulator like Tusq, in which case you should do it at the vibrato).
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Re: A Mosrite Wannabee...

Post by Ceylon » Thu Oct 13, 2022 2:24 am

Nice one! I have a sneaking suspicion that these are built by the same people who make some of Eastwoods models. HB and Eastwood has made some strangely similar instruments before.
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Re: A Mosrite Wannabee...

Post by FinallyBlossom » Sat Nov 26, 2022 4:25 pm

lhwarp wrote:
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Any progress here? Would love to know how you managed the wraparound replacement bridge problem.

Cheers
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Re: A Mosrite Wannabee...

Post by Steadyriot. » Sat Nov 26, 2022 6:26 pm

FinallyBlossom wrote:
Sat Nov 26, 2022 4:25 pm
lhwarp wrote:
Fri May 06, 2022 12:08 pm
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Any progress here? Would love to know how you managed the wraparound replacement bridge problem.

Cheers
FB
OP said they will be using a roller bridge, so no problems here.
Also, Gibson has been doing wraptails with their vibrola’s for ages. String pressure keeps them in place.
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Re: A Mosrite Wannabee...

Post by FinallyBlossom » Wed Nov 30, 2022 7:05 pm

Steadyriot. wrote:
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Interesting. I've been thinking of doing the same mod with my Harley Benton MR and couldn't find an appropriate bridge that replaces the standard wraparound bridge anywhere.

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=122368&p=1721927#p1721927

Would you mind linking the bridge that's supposed to do the job?

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Re: A Mosrite Wannabee...

Post by Steadyriot. » Thu Dec 01, 2022 2:37 am

FinallyBlossom wrote:
Wed Nov 30, 2022 7:05 pm
Steadyriot. wrote:
Sat Nov 26, 2022 6:26 pm
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Interesting. I've been thinking of doing the same mod with my Harley Benton MR and couldn't find an appropriate bridge that replaces the standard wraparound bridge anywhere.

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=122368&p=1721927#p1721927

Would you mind linking the bridge that's supposed to do the job?
Oh no it probably won’t be a straight swap but a plug and drill kind of ordeal. I bet you could swap some cheap rollerbridge saddles into a badass type bridge though, same TOM architecture.

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Re: A Mosrite Wannabee...

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Re: A Mosrite Wannabee...

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Re: A Mosrite Wannabee...

Post by FinallyBlossom » Thu Dec 01, 2022 4:38 pm

FinallyBlossom wrote:
Thu Dec 01, 2022 4:38 pm
FinallyBlossom wrote:
Thu Dec 01, 2022 4:37 pm
Steadyriot. wrote:
Thu Dec 01, 2022 2:37 am
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Yes, just as I assumed. I'm still looking for a straight "swap in" solution :fp: Before I'd drill the guitars body for new mounting holes for a TOM bridge, I'd rather go for a Halon offset bridge (in additin to a JM style floating tremolo / vibrato).

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Re: A Mosrite Wannabee...

Post by lhwarp » Tue Jul 11, 2023 12:38 pm

Sorry Guys to be so late to answer... My apologies ! Those pictures below will tell you all :

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Only one point has to be done : the change of the sticky nut for a TUSQ-XL, for a flawless tuning stability... Other than that, it's a fine playing and sounding guitar.

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