Rickenbacker Gallery/German Carve Rough Time Line

Hello! I am very much interested in mosrite these days. I feel that the figure which was made a shape on the body top of a guitar is stylish. Because it's shone by the degree of light. This shape is called German Carve. Author got Roger Guitar which is the originator of German Carve by chance, so I tried to trace back the history of this age. Although Mosrite is a most famous for German Carve, Semie Moseley (born in 1935) was taught how to make it by Roger Rossmeisl (born in 1927) who is a German designer, during working in Rickenbacker. The German Carve is slightly different from the arch top of Gibson etc. It's a construction method which shave off a body edge part and makes an inner side high. The center of a body doesn't have a gently sloping arch like Les Paul. It's a flat. Roger guitar was German jazz guitar maker. It was founded by Wenzel Rossmeisl who is Roger Rossmeisl's father.
	The speciality 1. A top and a back are German Carve. 2. The neck is a way of mosaic of 5 or 7 piece laminate 3. It doesn't have Trass Rod
Roger Rossmeisl learned to make a guitar from his father after the war. He went to America in 1952 and worked in Gibson. But he entered Rickenbacker. in California two years later. It may be because he was not able to bear the cold of the state of Michigan.
He became the most important person who completed most guitar designs of Rickenbacker for eight years after the entering a company. He changed the workplace to Fender. in 1962. He designed Acoustic guitar and Jazz guitars of Detachable neck there. Needless to say, it is very famous that Semie Moseley of his pupil gained a great success by The Ventures Model in 1963.
Here is the flow of an interesting design. 　Roger ---- Rickenbacker ----- Mosrite ----- Fender 　　　　　　　Please refer to the simple chronological table which I made about it.

	Gibson / Fender / Other	Rickenbacker	Mosrite	Note
1940s
1950	Gibson SJ-200
1950	Fender Esquire
52	Gibson Les Paul		Semie Moseley Established Mosrite Moseley + Boatwright = Mosrite He was 17 years old.	Roger Rossmeisl went to Gibson USA, from Germany. He was 25 years old.
53		F. C. Hall purchase "Electro String Instrument Corporation"
54	Stratocaster	Roger was hired by Paul Barth Rickenbacker manager. Combo 600 & 800		Roger went to Rickenbacker in California. � He don't like cold place?
55		Roger Rossmeisl ........Combo 400	Semie was working in Rickenbacker 1$/1hour. He was working under Roger Rossmeisl.
56		Rickenbacker 25th Anniversary	According to the interview of guitar magazine in 1991,'For two years, I worked in Rickenbacker, But because I have made a guitar without their consent, I was dismissed from Rickenbacker ' Semie said. 　　Possibly is the following guitar it? * ZERO FRET * 3dot on 7fret
57	Gretch 6120 3 PickUp	Longbody Prototype ROUTE 66 More Info	above: Very Interesting, It believes?
58		El tolo............. proto ..........	Joe Maphis model
		325 ........... for Women?	Mosrite Special
		Roger Rossmeisl ..... model 390	Semie Moseley younger
		390 ....... Sam Cooke ........... Cat's Eye sound hall
59			Joe Maphis

1960		Ric O Sound Modern Silhouette 365WB	Joe Maphis Models
62	Roger went to Fender		Nokie Edowards visited Moseley	Roger went to Fender
63	Fender Kingman	First Rickenbacker 12 string guitar	The Ventures Model
	Fender Coronado	'64 New Style Body	63 Mosrite Catalog
64	Roger Rossmeisl	"R" New tail piece
			64 model
	Fender LTD ........ 760,000 Yen in 1972 *Detachable neck	'68 360F Reissue
68	Fender Coronado Checker binding		'66 TV model
	left: Fender Montego ....... 450,000 Yen in 1972	Bantar ..... Transonic AMP ......4005
	Fender Starcaster
1976			1976 model
1988		381JK + Accent Vibrate = 382JK John Kay SteppenWolf	1987 Reissue Price List M 88
89		Japanese Wolf	Nokie Model
1990			63 ReIssue
92		381 2nd Reissue	Nokie Model 30th Anniversary custom 50 built in June SEMIE MOSELEY dead 7 Aug
		381 2nd Reissue + Accent Vibrato = 382	Mosrite establish 40th Anniversary 40 built in Nov
93		1995 700C 1994 730S 50s Roger	Golden Commemorative Non "The" Ventures (Ventures model 30th Anniversary) 30 were built for Japan / gold parts 10 were built for US / chrome parts
		1993 Rickenbacker announced The manufacture of acoustic Guitar is begun. Author paid a deposit for "760J " in '94 but It was not completed. Other model manufactured but it was not high-quality. And, acoustic manufacture stopped in 2006. I want to get model 384, the same as James BURTON in '59.	Yuzo Kayama model was Last Guitars Made in USA
		I like the guitar which has a German Carve recently.	The guitars after this era are not "Built in Soul" The END

There were many " Cat's Eye Sound Hall" Late 50s made in Germany

Head design of "2"&"4" are same RIC 600,800.

Gretsch Synchromatic	First Cats Eye of Rickenbacker in '57


by Bigsby	'62 Semie Mosley made 25 peace for Guild (Composite photo)	'63 The Ventures & Joe Maphis	Late '63 The Ventures

Roger Late 50s	'62 "R " Tailpiece PROTO?	'64 "R " Tailpiece	'68 "R " Tailpiece 360F

	Rickenbacker Ball Pen	If I wear this buckle, I can spend happy time with Ric. Of course even if I go to the restroom!!