moseley made guitars in los angeles until 1959, when he moved to oildale, california, just north of bakersfield. in 1962, he moved his shop to panama lane where he designed and produced the first joe maphis model guitars, one model of which would eventually evolve into the "ventures model" guitar and bass (joe maphis would later get a model of his own, similar to a mosrite combo model but without the f-hole). at this time, mosrite made everything in-house, except for the tuners.