![]() ![]() ![]() The smooth pickups are also indicative of a Celebrity-III. The Kluson "butter bean" tuners are indicative of a Celebrity-III. This one is kinda blurry, but I find it curious that the 7th fret is a different color. I'll have to go back through all of my photos to verify that. The natural finish celebrities I believe came later in the 1973-74 era. Most of them were Sunburst, followed by red, and occasionally green, blue, etc. I don't think I've seen a natural finish Celebrity-III of this era. That would explain the lack of Mosrite logo and the color. Without seeing this guitar in person and looking closely at the finish, my first thought is that it has been refinished. Secondly, the truss rod cover looks significantly bigger than you usually find on Mosrites and again, it reminds me of the TRC's you find on Gretsch's. These remind me a bit of the fret markers of my Gretsch G400. Later, someone decided to add Gretsch like markers. These tiny dots are the original fret markers. You can see the tiny little dot in the photo above. At some point someone decided to add additional fret markers. The first thing that grabs your eye are the fret markers. This guitar is definitely a Celebrity-III as indicated by the serial number being from the K series, K0508, as well as the single binding, smooth pick up covers, etc. I'll offer the following opinions and thoughts.
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