Vintage Guitar Scene: 1954 Gibson Les Paul Gold Top
1954 Gibson Les Paul Gold Top (Serial Number 4 0809) I first saw this guitar in Sydney in 1984 whilst touring with a band from Perth, Western Australia. It was the ‘cleanest’ vintage Gibson Les […]
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Review Scene: The Melbourne Guitar Show, Caulfield Racecourse, 3rd & 4th August 2019
Having attended a few previous Melbourne guitar shows at Caulfield Race Track I had something to compare this year’s event to. The first thing I noticed was, arriving on the hour, the fifteen minutes of […]
Vintage Guitar Scene: 1957 Danelectro U2 Green
These guitars were made in the U.S.A. as budget instruments. I would think quite a few were made back in the day, but not sure how many original examples would have survived until the present day. These original examples are very rare here in Australia. […]
Vintage Guitar Scene: 1962 Gibson ES-175D
I’d been quietly looking for one of these guitars for years and was very happy to find this one. It’s a great sounding and playing Gibson ES-175D which was made late 1961/early 1962. It has 2 excellent sounding PAF pickups and is from what is considered the holy grail period of 175s. […]
Vintage Guitar Scene: 1964 Fender Stratocaster Candy Apple Red
Back in the late 70s / early 80s I was becoming aware of vintage guitars and their sound. This was the time when second hand (vintage) guitars were starting to appreciate in value. […]
Music Scene: Not everyone is a songwriter
Not everyone is a songwriter, just like everyone is not a singer, instrumentalist, sportsman/woman or rocket scientist. […]
Review Scene: 2018 Melbourne Guitar Show, Caulfield Racecourse 4th & 5th August 2018
Upon walking into the Melbourne Guitar Show this year the first thing I noticed was a sign saying “first 15 minutes of each hour was quiet time”. What a fantastic idea, but it could have been longer. Well done to the organizers. […]
Vintage Guitar Scene: 1958 Gibson Les Paul Gold Top
Ok take a deep breath… This is about as good as it gets… This one guitar literally cost me – a 1957 Stratocaster, 1964 Stratocaster, 1956 Les Paul Custom, 1956 Les Paul Soecial TV, an L series Fender Jazzmaster, and a refin but otherwise all original 1962 strat. All these guitars were 100% original bar the ’62 refin strat. […]
Video Scene: Mrs Moto video featuring Paul Johnson
When I brought my band to California from Australia I had plans to record a film clip of Mrs Moto, from my 2013 album “Going to Kaleponi”, hopefully with Paul Johnson. I ran it past him and he agreed. […]
Vintage Guitar Scene: 1964 Gibson ES335 Red
1964 Gibson ES335 Red (Serial Number 70664)
I’ll start off by saying that this is one of the best sounding guitars ever. A big wrap I know, but it’s true. […]