NGD: Tom Murphy content

fretfinder

I was very extravagant at the weekend and splashed out on this 2014 beauty. It sounds as good as it looks. Special thanks are due to Mrs Fretfinder who tolerates my incessant gassing without question and on this occasion even took the readies out if her account so I could pay for it!

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mburekenge

Tasty!

skaguitar

Looks great.... I've always loved that he puts the little TM signature in the cracks in the nitro finish which a lot of people don't know about ..

fretfinder

skaguitar said:

Looks great.... I've always loved that he puts the little TM signature in the cracks in the nitro finish which a lot of people don't know about ..

Yep it's there alright, but shhh don't tell anyone!

CHRISB50

Very nice. I don't normally like as red a burst as that but it's very pretty.

Why the split in the top? Down towards the strap button. Is that an aging 'feature'?

fretfinder

CHRISB50 said:

Very nice. I don't normally like as red a burst as that but it's very pretty.

Why the split in the top? Down towards the strap button. Is that an aging 'feature'?

I don't normally like the washed cherry finish either but thought this one was quite nice. Yes the split top is an ageing feature and you can clearly see it's been done deliberately, a bit weird perhaps but hey ho.

It's too early to say if this one is a keeper but I will enjoy being the caretaker for a while and seeing how it goes. It will be gigged a week Saturday which I think is always a good test.

guitars4you

you've certainly got an eye for a nice guitar - I love TM Les Paul's - Got a nice 57 Gold Top myself - Hope you enjoy it for many years

Brize

Sweet - that's one of the nicest cherrybursts I've seen.

mburekenge

I always seem to prefer a more washed out or lemony burst too, but when cherry is done right, like here, it just looks fantastic.

MattP

Beautiful cherryburst there - I love the strong red!

Play it in good health.

andyoz

Don't like cherrybursts but that one shows that 99% of them aren't being done quite right I guess, just the right amount of graduation, not too deep a cheery, not too blingy a flame, etc, etc. lovely.

thebreeze

That is absolutely amazing!

Jez6345789

Sure it a great guitar but I still don't understand the relic idea even when done by Tom Murphy all the lacquer checking bits broken away round the inside of the binding splitting the top but then the pickup surrounds and some other bits look barely scuffed with a bit of wire wool.

most relics don't do it for me if that was an unmolested cheery Sunburst it would have me far more than the aged version. 

But out as they say each to their own and it's still a nice guitar

thebreeze

mburekenge said:

I always seem to prefer a more washed out or lemony burst too, but when cherry is done right, like here, it just looks fantastic.

Me too.  Is it the case that all washed out lemon bursts began life as cherry bursts which faded over the years?

fretfinder

guitars4you said:

you've certainly got an eye for a nice guitar - I love TM Les Paul's - Got a nice 57 Gold Top myself - Hope you enjoy it for many years

Thanks Mark, comments from the pros always appreciated.  

thebreeze said: is it the case that all washed out lemon bursts began life as cherry bursts which faded over the years?

Yes I believe so. 

Jez6345789 said: most relics don't do it for me if that was an unmolested cheery Sunburst it would have me far more than the aged version. 

The sunburst cheers me up anyway!  

ESBlonde

She's absolutely wonderful, definatly a keeper. The guitar looks nice too.

capo4th

Hope you kept the receipt looks like you have a small crack developing in the top near the binding.

fretfinder

capo4th said:

Hope you kept the receipt looks like you have a small crack developing in the top near the binding.

You just leave my small crack alone...