Wednesday 9 August 2017

Eastwood 1975 Morris the Cosy Mandolin shaped guitar

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I was drawn to the look of this Blueberry guitar when it was posted back in 2014, but I always thought that it was a bit too much, as a lot of the Blueberry is. A bit too ornate and flashy. The thought of a well proportioned mandolin shaped guitar has interested me since.

This Eastwood 1975 Morris the Cosy doesn't exactly fit the image I've had in mind, but it is certainly worth a gander. 

Modelled after a 1975 Morris Custom Mano Mania guitar best known as  one of the main guitars for Pete Cosy from Miles Davis' band, the Morris Cosy looks like a nice take on a semi-hollow 2 pickup design. It would be nice to see one in an non sunburst or even bare wood design to look like an old Gibson mandolin.

R.W. Haller


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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous12:33 pm

    The spelling is Cosey.

    Lots of vids on YouTube with Miles Davis and good wiki entry:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Cosey

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