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Bid and Buy with confidence from Prescott Valley Music, AZ.
From our excellent condition inventory of Vintage and Rare Guitars at PV MUSIC
Vintage Rare 60's Mosrite Mel-O-Bar Electric Guitar
Excellent Playing / Sounding Vintage Mel-O-Bar
Excellent Cosmetic Condition

Received from a local Guitar Collector and friend of the store owner
Vintage Mosrite Mel-O-Bar Electric Guitar
Made in ​the ​USA in ​1967
Serial Number # 128
Rare Red Finish  (only 4 known to exist ?)
Please see Mosrite Ted info below

PV MUSIC Shop inspected and tested
This vintage Vintage Mosrite Mel-O-Bar Electric Guitar ​​is in excellent cosmetic condition
We did not take a screwdriver to it to tear it apart
to see what dates or numbers are under the chome pickup plate
It's in excellent almost MINT cosmetic condition

We know that it​'​s original and an early model​ ​with the serial number # 128
And we think it is a quite rare finish -- RED
Please see Mosrite Ted info below

This guitar is all original - No mods or missing parts
Hardly any scratches or scuffs -- No dings or dents
There's a few small impressions on one side of it

It's shown just how we received it -- strung with 6 strings
It plays and sounds great !
We did not get a case or any other accessories with it
So there's no case with it
​W​e have no idea where to start the price of this rare piece
so please let us know what you think

WE HAVE MANY MORE PICTURES ON OUR EBAY LISTING:
Vintage USA 60s Mosrite Smith Guitar Mel-O-Bar Electric Slide Guitar Serial #128

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PLEASE VISIT MELOBAR TED FOR MORE INFO ON MOSRITE MEL-O-BAR GUITARS

Mosrite Smith Guitar Mel-O-Bar Electric Slide Guitar Serial #128

Thanks to Melobar Ted !

  The Smith Family Melobar Guitar - the real story of Melobar from Ted Smith 
The official name of Melobar didn't start until the mid 60's

The Melobar tilt neck design which Melobar is famous for started back in 1964 with Walt Smith,
the originator, sawing the neck off a guitar in a shop at one of his ranches in Donnelly Idaho,
however he still had a place in Ojai California and worked with the Mosrite factory
and the Dobro Factory on building his instruments.
 
The very first production Melobars were standard guitars with the 45 degree necks bolted on top.
The 45 degree neck was the original patent Walt filed in 1967 and was granted in 1969 
The really first production Melobars were manufactured for Walt Smith
at the Mosrite factory in Bakersfield California and released in 1967.
However if you take these bodies apart you'll often see time stamps much earlier
as these guitars were in the production process from 1964 through 1967 The identifying factors are:
Mosrite body, Mosrite labeled pickups, Mosrite knobs,

Chrome control panel that goes completely around pickups as one piece with that half round area as shown
Kluson Keys, a angle on the top of the head so the treble side is longer than the bass side of the head Pick guards,
 fret boards were usually a pac man look. Odd 23" scale from nut to bridge.

Various bridges were installed, nut's often had a serial number on the key side of the angle.
The string spacing was very tight trying to squeeze in 9-strings or 10 on a 6-string pickup.
The history is that Rye Cooder said the string spacing was too tight and Walt mothballed the entire lot of 300 plus guitars.
Most were sunburst with 6 white, 4 RED ! and 4 blue that are known as originals from the Mosrite batch. 

We now know that the Rolling Stones Brian Jones somehow got a hold of one

and loaned it to Jimmy Page just before he died.
This was also the guitar model Jefferson Airplane used on the Crown of Creation Album.
A few guitars were stolen out of a vehicle at the LA airport which have never been tracked down.
After Walt Smiths death in 1991, his son Ted Smith
dug into the back dusty pile of old Mosrites that had not seen the light of day since 1967.
 Another article in Guitar Player magazine called Melobars Basement Genius 
highlighted these guitars and nearly all of them were sold to collectors


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This Vintage Mosrite Mel-O-Bar Electric Guitar is in excellent condition !
Plays and sounds great too !
SUPER FAST Shipping - Same Day as Payment
Comes with a ​7​ Day 100% Money Back Warranty from PV MUSIC.

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​THANKS FOR LOOKING !​

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Listed3 years ago
ConditionExcellent (Used)
Excellent items are almost entirely free from blemishes and other visual defects and have been played or used with the utmost care.Learn more
Brand
Model
  • SMITH MEL-O-BAR
Finish
  • Red
Categories
Year
  • 1967
Made In
  • United States
Right / Left Handed
  • Right Handed
Number of Strings
  • 10-String
Body Type
  • Solid Body

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