Silverstone Prototype

Sears ordered only 25 Murph Guitars for it's Silvertone line of guitars due to it being the end of their budget for the year. They promised to make a large order the following year but unfortunately, Murphy Music Industries wouldn't survive another year.

Page V and the Baby Murph

1967 Murph Baby Satellite that was given to Mike Morrison by either Pat himself, or Pat's son, Mike back stage during a live TV broadcast of the show Boss City with Sam Riddle from the Teen-Age Fair at the Hollywood Palladium on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood.

The band PAGE V was a finalist in the Big Pepsi Boss Battle of the Bands. Each band performed (music was previously recorded) and the winner was announced on the air. Page V took 3rd place.

Before the show Pat or Mike approached Mike Morrison back stage and said, "If you play this on stage we will give you one." Mike Morrison said "sure!"

A couple weeks after the show Page V went to the Murphy Industries factory in San Fernando and Pat Murphy gave Mike Morrison this Baby Satellite.

It is still completely stock with the exception of the bridge being replaced with a more robust piece by Luthier John Taggart from Ren Ferguson's famous shop.

(In the 1967 photos there is Black Tape on the neck for position markers as there are none installed in the neck. Current Photos have tape removed.)

Mike Morrison from Page V

About Teen-Age Fair

In the spring of 1962 the first of 11 consecutive Teen-Age Fairs came to the Los Angeles.

The first Teenage fair was at POP (Pacific Ocean Park). It was held at April 13 - 23. It attracted 250,000 visitors.

The second annual Teen-Age Fair was held at Pickwick Recreation Center in Burbank April 5 - 14, 1963. One highlight of that fair that year was the public demonstration of a rocket belt with which a man could fly more than 100 feet.

In 1964 the Teen-Age Fair moved to the Hollywood Palladium.

The Teen Age Fair was a 10-day long event. It promised hundreds of activities of special interest to teen-agers, including: surfing clinics, hot rod displays, outdoor amusement rides, midway with all the carnival booths, dance contest, a car bash and cramming contest, yo-yo championship, Karate exhibition, skydiving and surfing films upstairs in the balcony. The big highlight of the fair was the annual Miss Teen U.S.A. pageant and the Battle of the Bands competition.

Left to right: Jim Giordano (lead guitar), Mike Morrison (lead singer, guitar, and harmonica), John Sheik (Vox Continental Organ), Mike Baird (drums and vocals), Warren Potts (bass)

This tribute website was made and is maintained by one of Pat Murphy's granddaughters. The original tribute website was created and maintained by Dan (in Australia). Thank you, Dan, for the work you put into creating the first website and for giving it to our family. We are very grateful for the work you did.

We continue to research, collect information, fix photos, and update this site. If you have information to add, please contact us through the contact page. Thank you to everyone that has contributed to preserving the history of Murph Guitars.

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