Showing posts with label Fender Guitars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fender Guitars. Show all posts
Friday, August 21, 2026

Gift To Andy 60s Music Blog For Nearly 6M Views: CAROL KAYE: First Lady On Bass: By Author Henri Gann [California].

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Carol Kaye: First Lady On Bass. Read it out loud! Old friend Henri writes again, after many, many years, as he sends me this gift below abou...
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Friday, March 24, 2017

Jimi Hendrix Distorts: Horace Wee Replies Part 2

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Horace Wee is one of the foremost professional pop guitarists this side of the Pacific, having been with our local radio station (RTS) fo...
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Saturday, January 23, 2016

Before Fender 'Stratocaster' Was The 'Broadcaster': Post III

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1) Stories abound regarding the birth of the well-renowned Fender  solid guitar especially about its use by The Shadows and other 60...
Thursday, January 21, 2016

Guitarists Henry Chua And Horace Wee Pay Tribute: Post II

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The TMA logo on most of Mr Tan's shop offers. Pix by Gordon Pan from FB. He explains: " The guitar is a 1962 or 1963 Fender Jazz...
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Saturday, January 16, 2016

Godfather of Local Pops: Tan Peck Soo TMA Music: Post I

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MRS TAN PECK SOO passed away exactly 4 years after Mr Tan. A fine woman, she was 93. You may remember her as the elegantly dressed very fr...
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Friday, April 06, 2012

RIP: Jim Marshall Invented Affordable Amplifiers

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Based in Milton Keynes, England, Father of Loud has passed on at 88 years young. Jim Marshall invented an amplifer in the 60s cheaper than ...
Saturday, November 12, 2011

It's Not Another Elvis Posting. Martin D28 Guitar

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I have been asked many times if I play the guitar. Yes, I replied, but only using the 4 basic chords on C. Well, that's not too bad, som...
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Friday, October 28, 2011

Change This Blog To An Internet Shopping Centre?

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Maybe I should convert this blog into an internet shop like e-Bay or Amazon.com and start selling the products that I write about. Won'...
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

The Silver Strings Family At Orchid Country

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Andy Young and The Silver Strings (image). Audie (right) is with his original Fender bass from the 60s. Image: Veronica Young Collection.
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Sunday, August 23, 2009

JET HARRIS 'BESAME MUCHO' FENDER BASS!

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It's a Decca worth keeping, Jet Harris' Besame Mucho ! There are not many of these singles lying around. The flip side is Chills An...
Wednesday, June 17, 2009

The Shadows Versatility - Hawaiian Guitar Too

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He plays bass for this group and also the hawaiian guitar for another band. He enjoys what he is doing and spends much time jamming with hi...

The Shadows Versatility - Leads 60s Music

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Quiet, unassuming but friendly, George Chew only lets his fingers do the walking and talking when he leads the band with his versatility on...
Thursday, June 11, 2009

The Shadows + Fender Stratocaster = Apache

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Released in July, 1960, Apache by The Shadows is the melody that inspired so many guitarists in Singapore and the world. It also helped to ...
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Monday, March 16, 2009

FENDER Amplifiers 60s- Still Screaming Today!

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The experts call it the legendary Fender Reverb amplifier and combined with either the Fender guitars or even the Hofners, produced sounds s...
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Hofners were popular and relatively inexpensive when compared to the Fenders. They produce great sounds too. But amongst the band boys the ...
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FENDER/VOX SHADOWS COMBINATION WOWS

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Vox Amplifiers 60s Music Influence Singapore

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The SHADOWS, 60s guitar group from the U.K., had the greatest influence on many of the groups in Singapore. Apparently the VOX - AC-30 ampl...
Friday, January 23, 2009

Silver Strings Chinese New Year Kowloon Room

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Danny Boy (drums), Wilfred Chew (rhythm), Andy Young (vocals), Audie Ng (bass), David Chan (lead).  During the Chinese New Year 1964 sea...
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Thursday, January 01, 2009

Andy 60s Fiat 600 1964 Model Silver Strings Overload

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#This story was featured on 9th November 2014 during Brian Richmond's 90.5fm radio show, Sundays With Brian during the Reminiscing ...
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