This was a case of incredibly lucky timing. I learned Wildwood had 15 Brazilian R0s made over the past 2 years, so I knew it was a real long shot to find one, but I just so happened to write Steve asking about them the same day (same hour?) this became available (someone had it on layaway but had to let it go), so I jumped at the chance to snag it. Out of those 15 made, only 6 were painted and aged by Tom Murphy, so this is super rare, and one of only a handful in the world. Pretty cool huh? I guess it’s only really cool if you like R0s, but I’ve always wanted one. They’re calling the finish Murphy Sunburst, and it’s somewhere between vintage cherry and iced tea. Weighs 8.8 lbs. Dark cherry back like the True Historics. Not super flamed out but it’s gorgeous and 3D and just feels realistic to me.
It plays fantastic and sounds just as amazing. I’ve only had it for a matter of hours so can’t give a good tone review, but it’s beefy and crisp and gets pretty nasty when you want it to. Really phenomenal guitar. I knew it came with regular volume and tone knobs so I ordered a pair of relic’d reflector knobs ahead of time. To me, an R0 just doesn’t look like an R0 without them, but there are pics with and without. I’ll try to post more at some point.
P.S. Some of you might have noticed that I literally just got a new R9 Brazilian last week. I went on a bender, what can I say? I just couldn’t pass this one up. All I can say is I’m very happy with my collection right now.
It plays fantastic and sounds just as amazing. I’ve only had it for a matter of hours so can’t give a good tone review, but it’s beefy and crisp and gets pretty nasty when you want it to. Really phenomenal guitar. I knew it came with regular volume and tone knobs so I ordered a pair of relic’d reflector knobs ahead of time. To me, an R0 just doesn’t look like an R0 without them, but there are pics with and without. I’ll try to post more at some point.
P.S. Some of you might have noticed that I literally just got a new R9 Brazilian last week. I went on a bender, what can I say? I just couldn’t pass this one up. All I can say is I’m very happy with my collection right now.
