More Murph Sightings Just one day after we reported the #AlmostFamous story of Murph Guitars, one of the rarest 1960′s guitar shows up on eBay. Interestingly, the seller has misnamed the Squire II-T as the Squire 11-T. Same naming mistake that Michael Wright made in his article. Here’s the link: Vintage 60′s MURPH Read more…
Almost Famous – Here’s the story of Murph Guitars and how a WWII Navy pilot from Detroit moved to California in the 1960′s to design and make some pretty groovy electric guitars.
The guitar John Lennon played on Paperback Writer Guitar Player magazine (www.guitarplayer.com) is reporting that John Lennon’s Gretsch 6120 will be auctioned in November. This is the same guitar that was played by Lennon in April 1966 while recording The Beatles hit “Paperback Writer.” It is estimated that the guitar might fetch Read more…
Classic rock power chords, baby! Great “how to” video. Intro chords: F – G – G – F.
Here is the continuing story of Mike’s many Rickenbacker guitars, and one very special model built in 1967.
The Guitars – Chapter 6 The Guitars, is a 15-part series of videos found on Tom Petty’s website (www.tompetty.com) featuring Mike Campbell’s collection of guitars. Here is Chapter 6, the story of the Rickenbackers… (Sorry for the advertising. It’s not me; it’s built into video) The story continues. Read more…
The Univox Coily Hollowbody Electric – A True 1970’s Sleeper The Univox Coily is one example of a guitar that no one wanted in the 70’s, but would die for today. This thing just rocks! Back in the 70’s, Univox was known as the U.S. distributor of Marshall amps… and… that’s about Read more…
The Peavey Valverb is considered by some to be the best American made, non-Fender, all-tube reverb unit to be made. It was made in the 1990’s and no longer in production. Highly sought after on the used market. Here is one fine example: eBay Link: Peavey Valverb – all tube Read more…
How rare is this?! A 1960’s Murph bass guitar. King of the “made-in-a-garage-in-California” #BudgetBrand guitars. Designed and built by Patrick Murphy for a brief time in the mid 60’s. eBay Link: VINTAGE 1965 MURPH BASS GUITAR SUNBURST FOUR STRING RARE PATRICK MURPHY More info about Patrick Murphy and Murph guitars: Read more…
1965. The Beatles. Vox. What more can you say? This 1965 model Berkeley is the original all-valve (tube) powered version that Thomas Organ produced in Sepulveda, California n small numbers from late 1965 through mid 1966.