Murph Guitars

Wanna hear a tragic tale? - well, in the decades after the collapse of the guitar business, Pat doggedly held onto the company paperwork - the sales invoices, the purchase orders, everything a researcher would die for when fleshing out history.

Still nothing lasts forever, and as fate would have it, less than a year before I made contact with the idea of recording the Murph Guitar story, it was all dumped! Yep, into landfill - as the family said to me, "who would have thought ANYBODY would be interested in that old junk?"

This is the first brochure done in late 1965 - note the early black pickguard, trussrod cover & gold MURPH logos - by early '66 they changed to black

The following is the ONLY colour brochure done -an 8 panel fold-out produced around mid 1966 before
( and for ) the Summer NAAM show. This showcases the full Squire range as well as the amplifiers
( but not the Gemini or Satellite semi-solids )

The final brochure ( actually a pricelist ) to be done reflected the changing fortunes of the company.
Gone was the razzle dazzle of the colour one, this was simply laid out but still shows the vast Murph lineup ....you want individual parts? - no problem... want a kit guitar, sure!
This list is also the only time we see the Gemini and Satellite in print

Another thing Murph did was to produce 3 postcards - yes, postcards! An unusual marketing idea but one that was certainly unique. The three were the Squire 6 string, 12 string & bass. They still occasionally turn up on Ebay & companies that specialise in vintage paper..... so keep your eyes peeled!

Finally, the ONLY advertisement the company took out in a music magazine ( possibly Guitar Player ) in May of 1966 before the ill fated NAAM show in Chicago.