Comments on: Surf’s – uh, Murph’s Up! (Vintage 1965 Murphy Squire Electric Guitar)

By: Tim Murphy

Tim Murphy — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 14:05:10 +0000

Dan McGonigal

By: Tim Murphy

Tim Murphy — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 14:02:30 +0000

Dan are there any plans to continue updating the Murph website?

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By: Holly

Holly — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 23:55:34 +0000

Pat Murphy was my Great-Uncle and my Grandmother was one of the investors in his business. I actually have a perfect condition Squire in it’s original blue case. I love running across these articles. I mean he did this for such a short time and for people to still write about it…that is totally cool.

By: Dan McGonigal

Dan McGonigal — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 22:16:17 +0000

Thanks for the write-up on the mighty ( at least I think so ) Murph guitar. I originally put together the website way back in 2004 and followed up in 2005 with a visit to see Pat and his family in Los Angeles. Since Pat’s passing in late 2009 things have been fairly quiet at my end ….I’ve just let the site tick along for folk to “discover” – BUT I plan a freshen up later this year as some more parts, facts and product have turned up recently …. some more prototypes too.

Can I also mention I have some limited stock of spare parts if anyone has a Murph languishing with missing components. You can contact me through the link on the Murph website ….. I may have what you need, I may not …..but still worth an email ( which I WILL answer )

Cheers from Australia!!
Dan

By: Patrick Taylor

Patrick Taylor — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 04:56:08 +0000

Re-edit: I would so love to see an Eastwood re-issue of the Murph Squire! Especially the 12-string version, with its Ricky-ish ‘compact’ headstock. (Eko were also using the same style of headstock on several of their guitars at the time) Mr. Hall, of Rickenbacker has actually said on a couple of forums I’ve visited that, straight out, that it was NOT his company that was threatening Murph with litigation. The far more likely nasty culprit would be the newly-purchased-by-CBS Fender Musical Instruments Company, and their somewhat over-zealous legal team of that period, who, were busy targeting nearly any threat that they could find domestically. (while ignoring the obvious, and far more guilty imitators in Japan and the Eastern Block European factories, whom they couldn’t touch)

Such a shame, what happened to Murph! There is a brief appearance of a Murph Squire in the movie, ‘Bill And Ted’s Excellent Adventure.’ Anyways, seeing as my chances of finding (and actually being able to afford the asking price of) a Murph Squire 12-string are probably slim-to-none, how about considering an Eastwood ‘re-issue’ of this pretty little thing? I believe that Pat Murphy’s family can still be contacted, if you would like official approval.

By: Patrick Taylor

Patrick Taylor — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 04:48:57 +0000

I would so love to see an Eastwood re-issue of the Murph Squire! Especially the 12-string version, with its Ricky-ish ‘compact’ headstock. (Eko were also using the same style of headstock on several of their guitars at the time) Mr. Hall, of Rickenbacker has actually said on a couple of forums I’ve visited that, straight out, that it was NOT his company that was threatening Murph with litigation. The far more likely nasty culprit would be the newly-purchased-by-CBS Fender MusicalInstruments company, and their over-zealous legal team of that period, who were busy targeting any threat that they could find locally. (while ignoring the obvious, and far more guilty imitators in Japan and the Eastern Block European factories, whom they couldn’t touch)