Welcome to my blog about my second personal guitar project. Many of you follow the progress on "Nikki" my purple ES-335 copy. A few of you even followed posting on Facebook about the Flying V that I built for my Nephew. I also restored a 1968 Kustom K200 in the recent months. Now, I get to start on a project that I have wanted to do for years! A Mosrite Mark I "The Ventures" Model! Mosrite guitars were made popular by the band The Ventures in the 60s and they have a very distinct look and sound. I have wanted one of them for years. In the early 90's Mosrite moved their factory to the little town of Booneville, Arkansas which is where my dad grew up. I recently acquired an actual new, unfinished "The Ventures" model body made in the Booneville factory shortly before the creator, Semie Moseley passed away. It's even the the more rare version that is cut for binding. The seller of this body turned out to be the brother of Semie. How cool is that? So, now I have this legitimate Mosrite body and was able to locate a vintage, old stock Ventures model neck for this project. 2 of the 3 major components have been located. When they arrive next week, I will shoot some photos of them and share them here. For reference, I am posting this photo to show you what the guitar will look like when finished. I hope you'll follow my progress over the next several weeks or months as I build my dream guitar!