1990s Mosrite Ventures Model Super Custom '65 Black w/ Vibramute & Case, Japan Kurokumo

Up for sale, a 1990s Mosrite Super Custom ‘65 Ventures Model in excellent, 100% original condition and in perfect working order, complete with the original hardshell case. Crafted at the KuroKumo factory in Japan, this rare reissue model was made for a limited period, with the majority of examples only available to the domestic Japanese market.

KuroKumo-made Mosrites are sought after for their masterful build quality and attention to detail, and this Super Custom 65 replicates all the essential features of the early Ventures Model instruments, with smooth knobs, sandcast Vibramute tailpiece, and prominent German Carve on the basswood body. The stock pair of single coil pickups have ample power and midrange content, wound properly to vintage-spec and metering at 13.3k ohms, providing an authoritative sound that's quintessential Mosrite. Weighing 8lbs 3oz, this Super Custom ‘65 has been professionally setup here at Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar with 10-46 strings, low action, and accurate intonation.

Neck Specs:

• Wood: Maple
• Shape: Slender C, measuring .815” 1st fret, .870” 12th fret
• Fretboard: Bound rosewood, mini dot inlays
• Frets: Slender, leveled/crowned, light wear favoring the plain strings on frets 1-6
• Scale Length: 24 3/4”
• Nut: 1 9/16”, zero fret + aluminum nut
• Headstock: “Mosrite of California” logo
• Tuners: Mosrite-branded, Kluson Deluxe-style single line
• Serialization: Four-digit serial stamped at last fret

Body Specs:

• Wood: Basswood
• Pickups: Single coil x2 (brass baseplates, 13.3k ohms)
• Controls: Volume, Tone, Three-way pickup selector
• Harness: Untouched solder, full-size Japanese 500K pots
• Hardware: Bridge with roller saddles, sandcast “Vibramute” vibrato, smooth-top machined knobs
• Plastics: Three-ply white pickguard

The gloss Black finish has a few subtle marks from previously removed stickers along the outer edge of the pickguard, light wear along the lower bout perimeter, and some nicks and scuffs. The gloss on the neck profile is smooth and clean.

The original Mosrite-branded black tolex hardshell case is included. The signatures on the top have not been ID’d.