Star Scene
Performer Scene: Joe Matera
Australian singer/songwriter/instrumentalist and guitarist Joe Matera is a melodious troubadour, having amassed quite an impressive track record in his career.
Articles by Martin Cilia
Star Scene
Performer Scene: Juha, guitarist with The Beatmakers, Finland
How did you get into playing the guitar? It was the late 70s early 80s rockabilly and rock´n´roll revival that first got me interested in playing guitar. What was your first good guitar and […]
Vintage Guitar Scene
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 […]
Review Scene
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
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
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
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.
Review Scene
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
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
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.