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Re: Murphy Lab LPs

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GrantB wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 10:22 am I did see one on the LP forum that looked amazing. Still, would rather have smelly guitars.
I find the smell of fresh nitro to be more appealing than 60 years of stale beer and cigarette smoke. :wink:
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sizzlingbadger wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 10:39 am I guess someone has to pay for the new Gibson Garage ;-)



When the borders open up I'll be heading to Nashville..........that'll be one of the stops for sure..........could be a ways away yet tho :(
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It's interesting to note that the price difference between the Ultra Light Aged and Ultra Heavy Aged Murphy Labs is US$3,500. That would seem to pay for an awful lot of man hours of ageing.
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Conway wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 11:10 am It's interesting to note that the price difference between the Ultra Light Aged and Ultra Heavy Aged Murphy Labs is US$3,500. That would seem to pay for an awful lot of man hours of ageing.



Excessive pricing on these gats.........but as discussed before......that's a marketing thing.......not for the faint hearted.
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Molly wrote: Wed May 12, 2021 5:30 pm
goldtop0 wrote: Wed May 12, 2021 5:22 pm
Molly wrote: Wed May 12, 2021 2:43 pm

Didn't know that. Probably not in Christchurch though. There never seems to be much more than bread and butter guitars there.


There's a chap here in Auckland who over the years has imported a ton of exotic Strats, LPs, Amps and other gooey brands of same from the USA(Trussarts etc) for his own pleasure/use. About 2 years ago he sold some his collection to the Akld Rockshop some of which is still on the walls.
I recall seeing some of that. All top-end gear.
Wasn’t there an Ace Freeley and R4 Oxblood amongst them?

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MrDINO wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 11:17 am
Molly wrote: Wed May 12, 2021 5:30 pm
goldtop0 wrote: Wed May 12, 2021 5:22 pm

There's a chap here in Auckland who over the years has imported a ton of exotic Strats, LPs, Amps and other gooey brands of same from the USA(Trussarts etc) for his own pleasure/use. About 2 years ago he sold some his collection to the Akld Rockshop some of which is still on the walls.
I recall seeing some of that. All top-end gear.
Wasn’t there an Ace Freeley and R4 Oxblood amongst them?
I played the Freeley and it didn't do anyway me. Don't recall the Oxblood. There was an R7 I think that was just lovely.
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MrDINO wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 11:17 am
Molly wrote: Wed May 12, 2021 5:30 pm
goldtop0 wrote: Wed May 12, 2021 5:22 pm

There's a chap here in Auckland who over the years has imported a ton of exotic Strats, LPs, Amps and other gooey brands of same from the USA(Trussarts etc) for his own pleasure/use. About 2 years ago he sold some his collection to the Akld Rockshop some of which is still on the walls.
I recall seeing some of that. All top-end gear.
Wasn’t there an Ace Freeley and R4 Oxblood amongst them?
Yup, both. Joe Perry, Skinner, Bloomfield too.

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Conway wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 11:10 am It's interesting to note that the price difference between the Ultra Light Aged and Ultra Heavy Aged Murphy Labs is US$3,500. That would seem to pay for an awful lot of man hours of ageing.
I dunno, I've done a lot of man hours of aging and nobody's paid me a cent.
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goldtop0 wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 11:10 am
sizzlingbadger wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 10:39 am I guess someone has to pay for the new Gibson Garage ;-)



When the borders open up I'll be heading to Nashville..........that'll be one of the stops for sure..........could be a ways away yet tho :(
Nashville is a four hour drive from where I am. Tennessee is doing it good right now. They've ignored the current world mindset and are prospering for it.If we sold our Christchurch dumphole and bought a place there twice as big with the leftover money, we'd be mortgage free and have a nice chunk of change. Yes, we're thinking about it!
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kdawg2a wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 11:57 am
goldtop0 wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 11:10 am
sizzlingbadger wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 10:39 am I guess someone has to pay for the new Gibson Garage ;-)



When the borders open up I'll be heading to Nashville..........that'll be one of the stops for sure..........could be a ways away yet tho :(
Nashville is a four hour drive from where I am. Tennessee is doing it good right now. They've ignored the current world mindset and are prospering for it.If we sold our Christchurch dumphole and bought a place there twice as big with the leftover money, we'd be mortgage free and have a nice chunk of change. Yes, we're thinking about it!
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Molly wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 11:59 am
kdawg2a wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 11:57 am
goldtop0 wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 11:10 am


When the borders open up I'll be heading to Nashville..........that'll be one of the stops for sure..........could be a ways away yet tho :(
Nashville is a four hour drive from where I am. Tennessee is doing it good right now. They've ignored the current world mindset and are prospering for it.If we sold our Christchurch dumphole and bought a place there twice as big with the leftover money, we'd be mortgage free and have a nice chunk of change. Yes, we're thinking about it!
Christ, really! Now so am I...
Yeah bro, it's unreal here. For what it's worth too, as far as our image of how good we have it in NZ, the gov here gives us $150 US a week for groceries (it was more under the T man, but what do you do?) and as it stands in our current situation, our health care is free.
We're very seriously thinking of making this permanent.
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kdawg2a wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 12:11 pm
Molly wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 11:59 am
kdawg2a wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 11:57 am

Nashville is a four hour drive from where I am. Tennessee is doing it good right now. They've ignored the current world mindset and are prospering for it.If we sold our Christchurch dumphole and bought a place there twice as big with the leftover money, we'd be mortgage free and have a nice chunk of change. Yes, we're thinking about it!
Christ, really! Now so am I...
Yeah bro, it's unreal here. For what it's worth too, as far as our image of how good we have it in NZ, the gov here gives us $150 US a week for groceries (it was more under the T man, but what do you do?) and as it stands in our current situation, our health care is free.
We're very seriously thinking of making this permanent.
$150 a week for groceries? Do you mean $20 a week for groceries and $130 for GAS?
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robthemac wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 12:14 pm
kdawg2a wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 12:11 pm
Molly wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 11:59 am

Christ, really! Now so am I...
Yeah bro, it's unreal here. For what it's worth too, as far as our image of how good we have it in NZ, the gov here gives us $150 US a week for groceries (it was more under the T man, but what do you do?) and as it stands in our current situation, our health care is free.
We're very seriously thinking of making this permanent.
$150 a week for groceries? Do you mean $20 a week for groceries and $130 for GAS?
Gas here is $3 US a gallon which works out to $1:13 a litre NZ. Everything is close by so, no, travel is very cheap. Unless you meant real GAS which I can't afford because I have no income!
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kdawg2a wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 12:21 pm
robthemac wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 12:14 pm
kdawg2a wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 12:11 pm

Yeah bro, it's unreal here. For what it's worth too, as far as our image of how good we have it in NZ, the gov here gives us $150 US a week for groceries (it was more under the T man, but what do you do?) and as it stands in our current situation, our health care is free.
We're very seriously thinking of making this permanent.
$150 a week for groceries? Do you mean $20 a week for groceries and $130 for GAS?
Gas here is $3 US a gallon which works out to $1:13 a litre NZ. Everything is close by so, no, travel is very cheap.
Haha I was talking about a different kind of GAS.
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robthemac wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 12:23 pm
kdawg2a wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 12:21 pm
robthemac wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 12:14 pm

$150 a week for groceries? Do you mean $20 a week for groceries and $130 for GAS?
Gas here is $3 US a gallon which works out to $1:13 a litre NZ. Everything is close by so, no, travel is very cheap.
Haha I was talking about a different kind of GAS.
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