1966 CALIFONE MURPH 12 STRING ELECTRIC MOSRITE RARE

HERE IS A REALLY SUPER COOL CLEAN VINTAGE GUITAR FROM THE 1960'S. IT PLAYS GREAT, HAS NICE ACTION, THE PICKUPS WORK AND SOUND NICE. THIS IS ONE OF THE RAREST USA MADE GUITARS OUT THERE! CHECK OUT MURPHGUITARS.COM FOR MORE INFO ON THIS. IT IS STRUNG LIKE A RICKENBACKER. I DO HAVE THE ORIGINAL CASE AND I WILL PACK AND SHIP IT SECURELY. SHIPPING WITHIN THE LOWER 48 U.S.A. WILL BE 30 DOLLARS. THIS GUITAR IS BEING SOLD "AS IS" SIMPLY BECAUSE IT IS OLD. IF YOU USE THE "BUY IT NOW OPTION AT THE FULL PRICE I WILL INCLUDE FREE SHIPPING WITHIN THE LOWER 48 UNITED STATES ONLY. I AM WILLING TO SHIP WORLDWIDE. THE COST DEPENDS ON YOUR LOCATION. PLEASE LOOK AT ALL OF THE PHOTOS AND ASK ALL QUESTIONS BEFORE BIDDING. FEEL FREE TO REQUEST ANY MORE SPECIFIC PHOTOS IF NEEDED. THANKS FOR LOOKING! THESE OLD DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS CHANCE TO OWN A VERY CLEAN ALL ORIGINAL EXAMPLE OF A 12 STRING ELECTRIC MURPH GUITAR! IF YOU ARE INTO RARE CALIFORNIA MADE SURF STYLE GUITARS LIKE MOSRITE AND HALLMARK, THIS IS FOR YOU! HERE IS SOME MORE INFO ON THIS: The Califone Murph The Califone guitars were made for Rheem Califone ( the record player people ) in Los Angeles to complement their range of school PA equipment. In mid 1966 Murphy Music was approached by Califone ( also located in San Fernando ) to build a range of guitars & amps ( this is how the amp side of the business got started ) that they could market to schools to compliment the audio stuff they were providing to the education department - a potential BIG money spinner for MURPH! ....BUT, as seemed to happen a lot with them, the luck of the Irish WASN'T with Pat Murphy with this venture either - Califone had a change of heart and called off the deal after 25 or so prototypes were made. They were made up of 6 strings, basses & 12 string guitars. Most were basic Squires as shown below with a changed nameplate but they did do some with ‘slanted’ pickups and different Gumby-like headstocks.