1980 BOSS OD-1 - sweet and nice with the seminal silver thumb screw...
The elusive JRC 4558D chip which is inherent in all great OD pedals of the 70s and 80s... included in this one as well...
My great 1983 Ibanez TS-9 midrange booster. Fattens up single coil sounds to nice thick and throaty tones of often talked and admired vintage tube amplifiers. Every guitarist worth his salt should own one from this vintage.
With the elusive chip yet again :-)
Three cheers for the newly wedded man! Our buddy Chris Blur recently got hitched and we were there at the Federal Hotel KL to celebrate his big day. From left to right: Victor ' Bukit MF ' Tan, framus 'Thamby' himself, and the notorious yet fun, Rizal 'I'm an Indian Boy' Ross. The highlight of the event was of course the 'keng chao' sessions where each one of us pitted against the other in the traditional test of who'd be able to withstand / sustain the excessive alcohol consumption... Within minutes, red wines were discarded like failed commodities and replaced with the good ol' Hennessy brandy. Most felt the wine was tad dry... Soon, glasses clinged, with cokes as mixers, and the occassional Chinese tea pouring in to provide camouflage for unseasoned drinkers on our table.... Even though I faced respiratory problems with alcohol in my system, I downed at least 3 glasses of Hennessy Coke that night, and got away mostly with blushed skin only... how lucky... The rest were getting rowdier as the night rode on, some challenging their adversaries to drink and drink further... The finale was a cocktail test in which everyone's filled glasses were poured into an ice bucket. Agitated carefully, the drinks were then equally divided and everyone consumed them without much complain.. talk about being fair... ha ha. All in all, an enjoyable evening out.... Cheers!
With a beautiful friend after playing fussball...
Bristol, TN Speedway 2006...
EC's residence in Chelsea, London...
Self explanatory...
EC and Kim... (notice the Red Wing boot)
EC and friends...
Guitar auction #3???
A fairly recent charity function in London where he raised UKP 35,000/- by auctioning a signed Fender Stratocaster...
The famous signboard, revisited...
Seattle, Washington sound check somewhere in the 21st century...
Enjoying every moment it seems...
A Cream era portrait...
The guitar below, exposed with the legendary initials...
Sound check in New York City with a Firebird...
With Muddy Waters...
Three guitarists...
Bending backwards...
A done deal!
Carrying a koala bear - Down under tour 2007...
With a new bike...
Displaying boredom in a hotel room in Japan...
With a fan... ah... it ain't that bad ok...
With daughter Ruth Kelly...
A game of fussball with Hiroshi Fujiwara...
Having shark's fin soup in Shanghai 2007...
With U2's The Edge & Larry Mullen Jr....
with Steven Seagal...
Situated along North Bridge Road & Coleman Road
Swee Lee, Bras Basah Complex
A beat up 60s Jazzmaster at Guitar Connection
A rare blue teal colored Firebird guitar
Nice, nice, nice
According to the shop owner, a genuine one indeed...
I was searching through my old RAW files aka digital negatives today when I stumbled upon this photo taken by my wife in London early this year... It reminded me a lot on Clapton's concerts there, particularly during the 90s when he did many shows at the Royal Albert Hall (pictured above). What a great feeling to be able to re-visit this historic venue, most English rock stars have indeed performed at the Albert Hall at least once in their career... The good news is, it's only a 10 minute walk from our hotel in Kensington, the bad news is, our next trip there is only next year... Speaking bout that, I've just managed to get Eric's office address in Chelsea, so we're heading there next time around, hopefully we can bump into the legend himself! Wish me luck!
The past few days we spent in Lion City practically roaming the streets of North Bridge Road and its vicinities with our backpacks. This time around (yes, last trip was in January'07) we had a schedule to cover more spots than on our last travel here. Places visited this time were the usual Orchard Road regiment, Marina Bay (just the MRT station...), Boat & Clarke Quay, Peninsula/Excelsior Hotel, Funan IT Mall, Bugis Junction, Bras Basah Complex, Jurong Bird Park, and to a fun fair in Woodlands. Bought a couple of Mac accessories and lots of guitar accessories: strings, strap, and picks (they are really cheap here mates! compared to in Malaysia). The missus and I enjoyed the bird park excursion the most, lots of species and good environment as well. Topping it all was a visit to the Ben & Jerry ice cream stall at the exit of the park; yummy yummy!
Chomping out the chords to 'Tell The Truth' by the Dominos... and really enjoying it... Having a jam session tomorrow night at BBBs, this time with a set of blues tunes to roar... Keep you posted... Probably swinging the ES-335 in as well, still miss those set of humbuckers despite having the EC Strat around... The more I play the EC Strat, the more I feel my playing getting attached to it; I love it... it has that broken into feel that even my 335 cannot match... much like the feel of the older acoustics I have in my current possession... Hmmm, that's a thought! :-)) Good night!
In the sweet plush G&G tweed case...
Rear view... ah! spread them...
Rear side of headstock yields the serial no. (an '89!)...
The previous owner is a rhythm guitarist... evident by the wear on the fingerboard...
The customary signature on the headstock...
Single ply pickguard, vintage bridge and saddles, just like the good ol' days... Lace sensor pickups reminds you you're in the modern era... :-))
Nice bridge and saddles they are, keeps perfect intonation...
The ashtray cover is a brilliant idea by Fender!
Amazing pewter grey finish...
