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by drkamal
Tue May 05, 2009 11:00 am
Forum: Gear Heads Corner
Topic: MIDI Files
Replies: 3
Views: 2516

MIDI Files

<t>Hi. A few months ago I was having drinks in a small bar and there was this one man show performing. He had a Taylor 312CE connected to an amplifier, a mic for the vocals, a laptop computer on a stand and some other small electronic gadgets. When he performed, he played the guitar and sang the son...
by drkamal
Tue May 05, 2009 10:30 am
Forum: Gear Heads Corner
Topic: Travel Guitars
Replies: 14
Views: 5898

Re:Travel Guitars

<t>Hi guys, been reading the conversation and decided to put in my few cents worth! Last year I bought a Composite Acoustic (CA) Cargo which is a 3/4 sized guitar and made totally out of carbon. I did'nt get it because I needed a travel guitar but whilst on holiday in Honolulu I visited Dan's Guitar...
by drkamal
Mon May 04, 2009 5:23 am
Forum: Gear Heads Corner
Topic: Taylor 110
Replies: 10
Views: 5248

Re:Taylor 110

<t>Guitars come in many shapes, sizes and sounds. Different people have different tastes and different guitars may appeal differently to different people. For 1000 bucks you can get quite a decent guitar and have quite a range of choices. Checkout as many makes as you can before making a final choic...
by drkamal
Mon May 04, 2009 12:04 am
Forum: Gear Heads Corner
Topic: Custom Guitar
Replies: 7
Views: 3958

Re:Custom Guitar

<t>Jeffry Yong is a senior luthier who is quite established. He is actually more well known in the US than he is here in Malaysia and I actually found him while flicking the advertisement pages at the end of AG mag. Didn't know there were luthiers here at home before then! He builds very beautiful g...
by drkamal
Fri May 01, 2009 11:05 am
Forum: Gear Heads Corner
Topic: Custom Guitar
Replies: 7
Views: 3958

Re:Custom Guitar

<t>Thanks for all the comments and advice guys. I have seen pictures of the McPherson guitars in AG magazine and their website and they look really stunning. Do the special designs; offset soundhole & cantilevered....etc, make a difference to the sound? You guys in the USA are lucky as you have ...
by drkamal
Mon Apr 13, 2009 10:18 am
Forum: Gear Heads Corner
Topic: Custom Guitar
Replies: 7
Views: 3958

Custom Guitar

<t>I am hoping to build my dream custom guitar that should look stunning and sound good. Would like the shape of a small Jumbo with cutaway. I hope to use an Engelmann Spruce top but am uncertain about either using Ziricote or Macassar Ebony for the back and sides. Anybody out there with experience ...
by drkamal
Mon Apr 13, 2009 10:02 am
Forum: Gear Heads Corner
Topic: My Guitar
Replies: 182
Views: 56325

Re:My Guitar

<t>My first guitar was an Eko ranger VI which I bought as a student more than 30 yrs ago.It is built like a tank and still sounds good after all these years. I recently sent it for repairs and I now leave it in the common room where my 18 yr old son and his friends often get together so that they ha...