oooooh, Taylor's left a Les paul and a Telecaster in a darkroom overnight and they bred a nice looking guitar.
Enjoy your new guitar Jcellini, and nice one to mekidsmom for helping out.
2 2011-09-13 04:50:50
Re: Who here is in Australia? Let's talk! (16 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Hey blokes, not been to the forums for a while, just found this thread.
I'm from the Riverland region of SA, play rythm section, like a true amatuer lol.
Guitars include (electrics) a Maton MS 500, Ashton AGS-381 (likes my Aussie made guitars), a Chinese made Stirling (Floydd Rose copy) (Acoustics) an Essex resonator, a lovely little German made Hofner I found nailed to a shearing shed wall (still with nail hole in the back), and another cheapy from China with an unpronouncable name, was so dreadfull it's now a lapsteel conversion.
After years playing as a guest with a lot of rock and blues bands in SA, I now mostly play country style stuff, Jim Reeves, Hank Williams the elder etc.
If you like country music in any of its forms, try making the effort to get to Barmera, on the banks of beautiful Lake Bonny, midyear for our almost 2 week annual country music festival. Anybody within about an hour travel time? I'm always up for a meetup and jam along.
Regards to all.
Chris.
3 2011-04-26 04:25:10
Re: Elecrtic newbie (14 replies, posted in Electric)
Hi guys, I'm a new member at Chordie, but not entirely new to the guitar.
Just to throw a little different light on this question, my personal choice is an Australian made guitar called Maton. ***link removed by moderator***
Maton are available in the US, each guitar is hand made to order, by the descendents of Bill May the company founder.
Some of the more prominent players of Maton guitars are Slash, George Harrison(he played an MS500), Tommy Emmanuel.
Over the last 40 years or so, I have owned a Les Paul, I've played Tele's and Strat's, I have a small collection that includes a rather old and well worn German Hofner acoustic, a really nice Essex Resonator, and my beloved Maton.
Keep on playing, no matter if you are a simple Rythm section player like myself, or a front of stage lead ace, it's all music and love.
Riverliver from Australia