I'm an old dude (61), but as soon as I got out of the Marines, I bought a starburst Mosrite "Ventures Model" guitar. To this day, I believe that except for the stupid ultra-narrow "speed neck" that Semie Mosley put on those guitars, they were designed beautifully! They would never stay in tune, which is why everyone, including myself, sold theirs for Strats and Teles. I bought a '68 Tele, which I play today, and just ordered a Squier Telewannabe ($150) to play while I locate someone that can perform surgical magic on my tele neck, which needs fret work so bad, the
1st "e" actually slides off the edge of the neck, to the point where I almost have to "bend" notes to keep the "e" on pitch. In any event, I'll always miss owning a Mosrite, if for no other reason, they were cool looking! I love the look of Teles, because they are the opposite of Mosrites, in that they look like they're made from a couple pieces of plywood glued together. I was playing my Tele in a music store one day a couple hundred years ago, and a dude and his mom came in to rent an electric guitar for th' kid. After a few seconds of hearing me play, I heard her say to her son something about: "Playing like that, you'd think he'd own a good guitar. Her son said "Mom, that IS a good guitar!"