teledaddy Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Hello, just purchased 2006 historic 59 RI Murphy aged, have not received yet, but top looks great in photos. Just wondering was 2006 a good year for this guitar or any bad mojo. I welcome the forums vast knowledge and expertise on this subject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sok66 Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Hello, just purchased 2006 historic 59 RI Murphy aged, have not received yet, but top looks great in photos. Just wondering was 2006 a good year for this guitar or any bad mojo. I welcome the forums vast knowledge and expertise on this subject. My '06 was purchased in early '07. Came from Private Reserve Guitars (MF) and was listed on their site as a "blem". Sold at a very favorable price, It was sold as a blem because it had been used as a photo guitar and couldn't be sold as "new". Looked great in their ad so I sprang for it. To get it to play acceptably it needed a new nut, the bridge post holes filled and re-drilled so the thing could be properly intonated (bridge was tilted towards the fingerboard) and new saddles cut for proper string spacing and alignment over the poles. Fortunately I could do most of this myself, but to say I was a bit perturbed is an understatement. I'm still amazed that a $5k guitar got out of the factory that way. It sounds and plays great now, but I still get ticked off about it. Here's a pic of it when it was on the MF/Private Reserve site. Here it is in my studio right after receipt from MF. Hard to believe this is the same guitar, but look closely at the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teledaddy Posted January 4, 2012 Author Share Posted January 4, 2012 My '06 was purchased in early '07. Came from Private Reserve Guitars (MF) and was listed on their site as a "blem". Sold at a very favorable price, It was sold as a blem because it had been used as a photo guitar and couldn't be sold as "new". Looked great in their ad so I sprang for it. To get it to play acceptably it needed a new nut, the bridge post holes filled and re-drilled so the thing could be properly intonated (bridge was tilted towards the fingerboard) and new saddles cut for proper string spacing and alignment over the poles. Fortunately I could do most of this myself, but to say I was a bit perturbed is an understatement. I'm still amazed that a $5k guitar got out of the factory that way. It sounds and plays great now, but I still get ticked off about it. Here's a pic of it when it was on the MF/Private Reserve site. Here it is in my studio right after receipt from MF. Hard to believe this is the same guitar, but look closely at the top. Thanks for the reply "sok66". My 59 ri came in and is excellent in spite of fed ex playing a little football with it. Had to replace bridge pick up ring. Plays, sounds and looks great. I will now be on a quest for another. 961237-5.jpg 961237-6.jpg 961237-7.jpg 961237-8.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teledaddy Posted January 6, 2012 Author Share Posted January 6, 2012 Hello forum, just wanted to post photos of my 2006 59 RI Murphy. As I said, when it came in Fed Ex had been a little rough, but was able to remedy. Plays and sounds great and I think looks similar to the photos sent by "sok66". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sok66 Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 Hello forum, just wanted to post photos of my 2006 59 RI Murphy. As I said, when it came in Fed Ex had been a little rough, but was able to remedy. Plays and sounds great and I think looks similar to the photos sent by "sok66". Beauty! I have an old musician buddy who has one he bought several years ago. Has never been played, took it out of the shipping box, photgraphed it extensively, put it all back and stored it away. I bust on him regularly, these things were made to be played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teledaddy Posted January 6, 2012 Author Share Posted January 6, 2012 Thats exactly right, the looks are just part of the deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psyco_logic Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Does not get better than this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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