1965 Murph Squire II-T Electric Guitar

Overview: Murph guitars are known only to diehard gearheads, as far as I can tell. The company was only around for a few years in the '60s, but they have established a legacy with collectors pretty well! Their mix of design influences -- Ricki-like headstock and neck styling, Fender-like bolt-on construction and body feel, and Mosrite-like hardware sensibilities -- manage to fit well together and make an exciting, interesting piece of kit.

Interesting features: The neck is slim and fast, which reminds me a bit of experiences with '60s Hagstroms. The finish on the body is just about perfect -- a heavily weather-checked nitro metallic red job which has aged into a pretty glorious red-orange and almost burnt-orange here and there. Its whammy unit is heavy-duty and accurate. The wiring is a little odd in that one can only get neck, or bridge, but not both. The pickups are definitely microphonic which give the instrument a lively personality. Soundwise, it's somewhere in the surfy, Mosrite-like camp -- bright and clean and with good attack.

Repairs included: This got a level/dress of its frets, setup, cleaning, and restring from Sarah and it's now playing spot-on and ready to go!

• Weight: 6 lbs 9 oz
• Scale length: 24 3/4"
• Nut width: 1 9/16"
• Neck shape: slim/oval C
• Board radius: 10"
• Depth at first fret: 49/64"
• Depth at seventh fret: 25/32"
• Body width: 12 3/4"
• Body depth: 1 1/4"
• Body wood: unsure
• Bridge: Space Control-style
• Fretboard: rosewood
• Neck wood: maple
• Pickups: 2x Murph single coils
• Action height at 12th fret: 1/16” overall (fast, spot-on)
• String gauges: 46w-10
• Truss rod: adjustable
• Neck relief: straight
• Fret style: medium-low

Condition notes: It appears to be all-original. There's a ton of weather-checking through the body and also a ton of nicks and dings in the body, too. Strangely-enough, the scratching is less than the dings! 

It comes with: It has a good, hard case.

Consignor tag: MRPH