Category: Play

Total count in (brackets)

1993 – Yamaha Acoustic (1)
1994 – Aria Pro Electric (2)
1997 – Musicman Silhouette Special (3)
1998 – Fender Tele Nylon String (4)
1998 – Sold Aria Pro Electric (3)
1998 – Fender Bass (Used) (4)
1999 March – Gibson ES-175 (5)
1999 May – Sold Fender Bass (4)
1999 May – Sold Yamaha Acoustic and bought it back straight away (3/4)
2001 – Takamine (5)
2002 – G&L Legacy 2000 (6)
2006 – Sold Takamine (5)
2006 – Another Takamine (6)
2007 – PRS Santana SE (7)
2009 Nov – Michael Kelly Hybrid Special (8)
2009 Nov – Sold PRS Santana SE (7)
2009 Dec – Sold Musicman (6)
2009 Dec – Sold Gibson ES-175 (5)
2011 Nov – Sold Fender Tele Nylon String (4)
2014 – Gave away Yamaha Acoustic (3)
2016 Mar – Fender Strat Partscaster (4)
2018 Aug – Sold Michael Kelly Hybrid Special (3)
2018 Nov – Sold G&L Tribute L2000 (2)

Flips:
2018 Oct – Nature Jazz Bass Copy
2018 Nov – Fender Bullet Strat

If weakness is a wound that no one wants to speak of
Then “cool” is just how far we have to fall
I am not immune, I only want to be loved
But I feel safe behind the firewall

Can I lose my need to impress?
If you want the truth I need to confess

I’m not alright, I’m broken inside
And all I go through, it leads me to You

-Sanctus Real

Oh oh, things are gonna change now for the better
Oh oh, things are gonna change

Hands, like secrets, are the hardest thing to keep from you
Lines and phrases, like knives, your words can cut me through
Dismantle me down (repair)
You dismantle me
You dismantle me

 

My friend Dawen has just recently released his debut ablum. Get it here!

Top 5 songs I wish I wrote:
1) David Crowder – Here Is Our King
2) Cold Play – Fix You
3) Any song off U2 – Josuha Tree
4) John Mayer – No Such Thing
5) Mainstay – Take Away

I’ve blogged about Dawen in the US and God Rock in Cebu, but haven’t about Preston and everything he’s doing at flat six. Here’s some of the flat six associated sites:

http://www.prestonlau.net
http://www.flatsixmusic.com
http://www.myspace.com/sherinsiew
http://www.myspace.com/djprestonlau

Ok, rather random, but after visiting Disneyland was reminded about his Whole New World video. This one is pretty good too:

He is jealous for me,
Loves like a hurricane, I am a tree,
Bending beneath the weight of his wind and mercy.
When all of a sudden,
I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory,
And I realise just how beautiful You are,
And how great Your affections are for me.

And oh, how He loves us so,
Oh how He loves us,
How He loves us all

He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves.

We are His portion and He is our prize,
Drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes,
If grace is an ocean, we’re all sinking.
So Heaven meets earth like an unforeseen kiss,
And my heart turns violently inside of my chest,
I don’t have time to maintain these regrets,
When I think about, the way…

When I was 18 I got a beautiful ES-175 Reissue jazz guitar, intending to use it at Jazz gigs. As it turns out its the one guitar I’ve never gigged with, oh I played a couple of weddings! Anyway as part of wanting to live on less so that others can simply live I’m going to sell it.

Money from the sale will go towards the Shatin Anglican Church Solar Lighting project in Duncalan, Philippines. Leave a comment on this post with your email if you’re interested.

1) As new condition with case
2) Pickups changed to the amazing sounding Bendetto B-6s
3) Original pickups included
4) Beautiful flame maple top
5) HK$15,000

Just helped Carlos set up his new website on my server, he did the design. You can check it out here:

http://www.godrockmusic.com