Wallets SPECIALLY MADE for guitarists?

Believe it or not, there are wallets that are specially made for guitarists by Whipping Post Leather.

• 3 Credit Card Slots 
• Cash compartment
• Pocket for guitar pick
• Driver's license compartment
• 100% Full Grain Leather.

Price: $30. (I have no idea which currency though. However, it is usually in US$. In SGD? I'm afraid you may have to do the math yourself)

Personally, I won't buy this wallet. 

Reasons, I got more than 6 cards (EZ-link, Popular card, Borders, etc...). 3 card compartments is not-at-all enough and I'm used to the usual fold-able wallets like my current Converse. xD

Touching....

Here's the song which actually touches me so deeply, deep enough for me to actually tear.
If you can't understand the lyrics, perhaps the PV itself explains a lot.. I think it is like how Mr. Children was formed. I'm not sure if it is true or fictional.

Mr. Children - Kurumi

Swee Lee Promotion update (Amp Sale)

Apparently, Swee Lee is trying to clear off amplifiers of various brands.

There are quite a range of brands you can choose from actually. However, this offer is only limited to Katong Showroom. The 50% off discount might be an incentive for you to check them out.

Ultimate fingerstyle?

I wish I am in Germany right now. it would have been very awesome. Why? That's why Musikmesse is.

I am sure that the name 'John Renbourn' sounds very familiar to you. Yes, he is one of the world's most brilliant fingerstyle guitarist. 

Christ Martin unveiled the OMM John Renbourn at the Musikmesse. 

Comes with a Solid Italian Alpine Spruce and back and sides of Madagascar rosewood, which many claims to be the close substitute of the now-endangered Brazilian rosewood. It seems to cater all the needs of a fingerstyle guitarist in terms of action, a big and wide neck (1 3/4" at the nut) and a low-profile. I am not a good fingerstyle player but I would still like to give it a try. 

Martin also unveiled several Ukulele at Musikmesse as well. Take note that Martin's ukuleles were the best ukuleles in 1930s. Not a claim but it is a fact recorded in History.

2011 Fernandes

I have downloaded Fernandes 2011 Catalog since the day it was released. However, I'd failed to give it a thorough look, assuming there isn't any new stuffs that will fascinate me. Well, again I questioned myself, "What is the point of making a new catalog if there isn't anything new?"

Fernandes has introduced the V-hawks for 2011. Here's the picture.

V-Hawk Elite

V-Hawk Deluxe

V-Hawk X

Like any of the Elites, V-Hawk Elite features its renowned Sustainer (click on it to read about it's function). Same goes for its Deluxe: it is loaded with EMG active pickups like any others. X stands for the models equipped with high output passive pickups and comes with an alder body for most of the model. 

As for the shape of V-Hawk, it resembles ESP-Arrow. Of course, 'resembles' doesn't imply that they are 'identical'. The cutaway at the end of the guitar body is the evidence. 

Where to get? (Singapore)

I believe BGW-guitar is the only source of getting it. However, you might wish to try your luck at Yamaha. Afterall, Yamaha is supposedly the main distributor of Fernandes guitars. However, it seems to me that Fernandes is definitely NOT their area of focus.

Today is wonderful

Today is just wonderful.

Why?
1: I passed my NAPFA!!!!
When I was still in my first year in Junior College, you couldn't have imagine how lousy I am in term of fitness. I can't even run for 2 minutes continuously, do a single pull-up, finish a standing board jump of 200m. The only thing I can pass is sit and reach.
However, it seems that I have improve much over a year.
This is just the result of dreaming and persisting for that dream

Same goes for life. I've always wanted to take musician as my future career. But it is not what my parents want though. That is not going to stop me from trying to be one.
I always have this little song to give me encouragement whenever such thing comes to my mind. Here is the video. (It's in chinese though.)

 

Baked?

This is a baked potato. Water-watering, isn't?

Well, sadly, this is what Singapore's recent weather is turning us into; it is baking us up with high temperatures. In fact, managed to hit as high as 35 'C. To some, it may sound exaggerating. However, during my 7 years in Singapore, I won't doubt that this year is the hottest year. During hot days, everyone would wish for a cool breeze or an afternoon rain to cool us down. We get neither of them. and ironically, you get hot wind blowing to you and increased humidity instead. Any geography student would say that this is the result of global warming. 

This can be rather troublesome for my guitar-ing as well. Normally, I would sweat a lot. Now it's worse. This quickens the rate of rusting of my strings. Sweat will trickle on my guitar and I have to wipe them off all the time. The weather also spoils your mood to play guitar, too. 

Air-conditioning? Nah. Electrical bill is equally screwed up as well. 

2nd chance

I've used a set of Gallistrings for electric guitar, which didn't last long at all. In fact, I decided to just stick back to my favourite strings, GHS coated Boomer.


Let's give Gallistrings another try, shall we? xD

As you can see, Gallistrings is now on my acoustic. Apparently, from what I know, this band would be the cheapest coated acoustic strings. D'addario would have cost $15. Gallistrings costs $4 less. This makes a world of difference for those under a tight budget. =)
Gallistrings can be bought at SV guitars/Standard Value

Modtone UPDATE!

This is what I see on Modtone's facebook.

ModTone Effects

Up next……ModTone Digital Reverb!
More details coming soon.


Reverb huh? 
I am not sure how appealing will it be. Strymon's bluesky is one of the few reverb pedals which I actually like. Usually for reverb, I will give the role to the amp's in-built reverb instead. Since reverb is the last pedal in a pedalboard set-up, letting the amp handle it would be as good as placing a reverb pedal in the last place.


Alright! Time for me to return to my novel which I'd borrowed freshly from the school library.  

Lex Rotary?

Strymon's newest creation, Lex Rotary is finally available. They took quite a long period of time preparing of this. 

The sole strymon distributor in Singapore is Standard Value/SV guitars. However, it will take quite a while before Lex can reach Singapore.

How rotary works? I myself am not sure how to describe it. It is rather sophisticated.
>>Click here to read more on rotary<< It requires quite a persistence to finish reading it though