Articles by Martin Cilia

About Martin Cilia

Martin is an Australian guitarist and vintage guitar collector. Apart from his solo work he is a member of The Atlantics, Dave Warner’s From the Suburbs, Mental As Anything and is currently the lead guitarist in The Radiators.

Review Scene: Kiss, Qudos Bank Arena, 27th August 2022 by Martin Cilia

August 29, 2022 Martin Cilia

On arriving at the venue you can’t help but notice the die hard, rusted on, fans of Kiss in various interpretations of Kiss characters. The atmosphere was electric in anticipation of the fun approaching.

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Vintage Guitar Scene: Gibson Chet Atkins CE nylon string 1982

August 19, 2022 Martin Cilia

Gibson Chet Atkins CE Guitar (Natural Color) Classical Acoustic Electric, made in 1982 s/n 82462555

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Vintage Guitar Scene: Fender Jazz Bass 1965

August 5, 2022 Martin Cilia

Fender Jazz basses from the 60’s are hard to come by here in Australia and I had been looking for one for sometime when I found this great sounding example.

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Vintage Guitar Scene: Fender Telecaster blond 1956

July 22, 2022 Martin Cilia

Telecasters from the fifties are the Holy Grails of Telecasters – especially black guards

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Vintage Guitar Scene: 1958 Gibson Les Paul Gold Top

July 8, 2022 Martin Cilia

Ok take a deep breath… This is about as good as it gets…

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Vintage Guitar Scene: 1966 Fender Super Reverb Amp

June 24, 2022 Martin Cilia

It’s featured on The Atlantics “Flight of the Surf Guitar” album and can be heard on the title track along with the white 1961 Fender Stratocaster.

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Vintage Guitar Scene: Mid 60s Burns Marvin

June 10, 2022 Martin Cilia

This guitar has an interesting story. It started out as a left handed model.

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Vintage Guitar Scene: 1962 Sunburst Fender Strat

May 27, 2022 Martin Cilia

This is a fabulous sounding Stratocaster, all original and with 3 way pickup selector switch still in place.

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Vintage Guitar Scene: 1958 Fender Stratocaster

May 13, 2022 Martin Cilia

1958 Fender Stratocaster (Serial Number 024609) This is the guitar I like to play at home, it has a great unplugged sound and I have written many songs on it. I got this guitar around […]

Vintage Guitar Scene: 1960 Gibson Super 400CES

April 29, 2022 Martin Cilia

1960 Gibson Super 400CES (serial number A35579) This guitar is simply stunning, it’s from the golden period of Gibson guitar building. The workmanship, design, materials are impeccable, it’s a work of art as well as […]