Mosrite · Mark V · Late 1965–1969
The Mark V was Mosrite's student model, the cheaper Ventures guitar for players who couldn't stretch to the real thing. It grew out of the Mark II. After the slab-bodied Ventures II of 1965, Moseley gave the Mark II a smaller body with a gentler German carve, and the Mark V that followed late in 1965 is essentially the same guitar with a new name. It skips the binding and uses flat-topped pickups with no visible pole pieces, a bridge without rollers and Klusons with plastic buttons, but the neck is the same thin Mosrite neck and the vibrato is the regular Moseley unit. The headstock said Ventures Mark V until the deal ended in 1967, then just Mosrite of California, and production ran until Mosrite closed in 1969. Tym Guitars, a Mosrite specialist, calls it one of the more common production Mosrites. Kurt Cobain played a Gospel-branded one in Nirvana for a while. If you want the Mosrite neck and sound for less than a Mark I, this is the one, though it feels noticeably smaller in your hands.
Mark II and Mark V serials have a B prefix stamped at the fretboard end, and Tym Guitars puts the first Mark Vs at about B700. Ventures Mark V on the headstock means 1967 or earlier, and many have a date stamp in the neck pocket.
Like all 1960s Mosrites, the lacquer checks and the tiny frets wear, so many have been refretted. Plastic-button tuners are often swapped, and some guitars were refinished at the factory, so ask what's original.
Buying guide
With 3 listings, two of them the same guitar, the $5,650–8,625 band isn't a market read. The one to look at is wolfnsx's 1966 titled The Ventures Mark V with its original case at $2,945 delivered from the US, while the sunburst 1966 #5064 is listed by spp-international at $8,360 and japan_holic at $8,842 from Japan. Japanese Mosrite reproductions exist, so confirm a US Bakersfield guitar from the photos, looking for a B-prefix serial stamped at the fretboard end (the first Mark Vs are about B700), Ventures Mark V on the headstock only through 1967, flat pickup covers with no pole pieces and white plastic oval tuner buttons. Ask whether it's been refretted, since the tiny original frets wear, and whether the finish or any parts were redone.
$2,945.49est. delivered
The cheapest Mark V by about $5,400, a 1966 titled The Ventures with its original case, at $2,945 delivered from a US seller. Ask for the fretboard-end serial, the headstock and the pickups to confirm it's a Bakersfield Mark V.
Vintage 1966 Mosrite "The Ventures" Mark V Sunburst Electric Guitar W/ OHSC
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Used$2,945.49est. delivered
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1966 sunburst, titled The Ventures, with OHSC. In the US.
Seller: wolfnsx
98.8% positive
Used$8,360.00delivered
$8,360.00 · free shipping
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Same 1966 #5064 that japan_holic lists. Ask how #5064 fits a B-prefix serial.
Seller: spp-international
99.3% positive
Used$8,842.31est. delivered
$8,624.95 + $217.36 shipping
Buy It Now$8,624.95
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Same 1966 #5064 that spp-international lists. Ask how #5064 fits a B-prefix serial.
Seller: japan_holic
100% positive
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