The reality TV show craze about hoarding and people’s life-sheltering obsession with stuff has overflowed into America’s consciousness the past year. While the people shown in these programs generally have a tragic or trigger event that sparks the desire to keep anything and everything—health and safety be damned—musicians usually don’t need such an incident. Since you read PG, you probably suffer from some form of G.A.S. It’s not a bad thing—just as long as you acknowledge it. Broken tubes, disassembled guitars, and scattered equipment is just part of our gearhead syndrome. But sometimes, having that extra piece of gear lying around foreshadows a future acquisition, and for Terence Murphy, it was an unknown guitar case.$0 $0
1966 Mosrite Mark XII
The revitalized Mosrite Mark XII model featured here has a two-tone sunburst finish on an alder body, boasting the “German carve” perfected by Mosrite founder Semie Moseley.
By Chris KiesSep 20, 2011
Chris Kies
Chris Kies has degrees in Journalism and History from the University of Iowa and has been with PG dating back to his days as an intern in 2007. He's now the multimedia manager maintaining the website and social media accounts, coordinating Rig Rundown shoots (also hosting and/or filming them) and occasionally writing an artist feature. Other than that, he enjoys non-guitar-related hobbies.