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Moser Custom Shop Templar Series Guitars
In a time where it is easy to feel slighted by elitist guitar store employees,
or to wait weeks for customer service directly from the big guys, it
is a relief to run across a company that actually cares about their customers
and recognizes what we all know – if it weren’t for our devotion
to the instrument, they would be out of business.
Moser Custom Shop – helmed by experienced luthier Neal Moser
– places a premium on serving their customers. One way they do this,
of course, is through quality assurance; every guitar that leaves the
shop must pass the Neal Moser Test, and the standards are simple:
Neal accepts only perfection. In addition to this, however, the Moser
Custom Shop serves their customers by listening intently to their
needs, whether it is an individual ordering a custom axe, or repeated
requests from their customer base.
It is through the latter option that they have come to expand the
options on one of their most popular lines – the Templar series.
Templar guitars and basses are among the company’s most popular
choices because they feature the same handmade quality with a lower
price tag and less wait time than their fully-customizable guitars. Their
popularity is augmented by attractive hand-rubbed oil finishes that
let the walnut body’s natural beauty shine through. Templar guitars
also feature a 22 or 24 fret bolt-on laminated maple neck that, due to
meticulous hands-on construction, has sustain that rivals their neckthrough
models.
Despite the existing popularity of the series, customers wanted more
of the options that were available on the company’s neck-through
models and Moser obliged. Templar series guitars are now available
with more than ten new body shapes, most of which will be in bolton
styles for the first time, including Morpheus, Bastard V, Moser V,
Starblazer, Faststar, Siren, Genesis, Wraith, Scythe, Arachnid Ultra and
Phoenix 10/6 (pictured with ten strings). The bodies range from more
traditional to strikingly sharp, unique shapes. Also new to the Templar
series is the addition of two limited-availability body shapes: Vintage
(limited to ten each year) and the Moser 6/10 (limited to 100 each year).
As if the new body shapes weren’t enough to appease the requests,
Moser Custom Shop also added all of their headstock shapes to the
Templar series, along with a new option to request simple fretboard
inlays and alternate pickup choices. Some of the headstock choices
include the Reaper, Claw, and Batwing (which is available at an extra
charge due to its intricate design). Templar guitars start at $1200 and
basses at $1300.
With the exception of the expressly-named Import series, all Moser
Custom shop guitars are built completely in the USA in their shop,
from the shaping of the bodies and necks to the stringing of the guitar
to the Neal Moser Test before shipping out. Neal Moser brings more
than 40 years of building know-how to the Moser Custom Shop, which
results in quality and attention that can only be learned through experience.
Moser Custom Shop
mosercustomshop.com
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Comments, Rants and Raves
Chris at Buyamoser.com on 9/19/2007 9:17:00 AM
I will be displaying these at the New Jersey Show in December. Come see us at booth #1429!
Just inside the front door.
I personally own two Templars, you owe it to yourself to come check them out!
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