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Jai at 2 years, 9 weeks
Date: 05th August 2011
Bluetooth headphones
Date: 02nd June 2013
Jai at 16 weeks of age
Date: 25th September 2009
Zoo
Date: 24th October 2009
Christmas at home
Date: 25th December 2009
Jai at 50 weeks of age
Date: 21st May 2010
Bellydance at Kulcha, Fremantle, Western Australia
Date: 06th November 2004
Fremantle
Date: 11th May 2014
Javier Mortimer - day 20
Date: 07th July 2014
Photos from Nokia Camera, Quarter 1, 2006
Date: 31st March 2006
Erin Elizabeth proofs
Date: 15th July 2014
New Norcia, Western Australia
Date: 18th August 2002
Javier Mortimer - week 34
Date: 11th February 2015
Fremantle trip
Date: 27th April 2019
African Lovebird photos - Agapornis
Date: 10th February 2007
Kylie Whilliers 35th birthday party
Date: 24th April 2004
Eulogy for Cream, the Dwarf Lop Rabbit
Date: 18th July 2006
Javier Mortimer - day 9
Date: 26th June 2014
Dan Gaugin surfs at Trigg Beach
Date: 17th January 2004
Neil Hawkins park
Date: 24th February 2018
Super Search Results
« 21 » Septar Kit Build
2nd July 2012
Some photos of the Septar kit I put together, this allows a Roland GK3 pickup to split the strings of a guitar into individual signals.
- 24 pictures -
« 22 » Maton rework
8th May 2012
Cleaning and decorating the Maton guitar
- 11 pictures -
« 23 » Stratocaster rebuild
8th February 2012
Details of a rebuild I did for a Stratocaster rebuild. The original guitar was bought on eBay for $41, it took around 6 months to build and is intended for my son, Jai.
- 36 pictures -
« 24 » Jai at 2 years, 25 weeks
25th November 2011
Pics of Jai from during the week, including visiting South Perth, the Guitar Auction, visiting Uncle Porle and playing at home
- 335 pictures -
« 25 » Jai at 2 years, 4 months
7th October 2011
Some photos of Jai from during th week, including visiting Castledare, playing with Daddy's guitars, visiting Perth and the local shops.
- 449 pictures -
« 26 » Bruce Wei inlaid Art guitar special
6th October 2011
My family pitched in to buy me this beautiful inlaid guitar for my 40th birthday. Purchased from Bruce Wei in Taiwan.
- 12 pictures -
« 27 » Kharaj-pancham Sitar
6th October 2011
I purchased this Sitar from a music shop in Sydney, NSW, as they are hard to come by in Perth. This is an 18 string double gourd model, with 7 playable strings, and 11 sympathetic strings, making it a Kharaj-pancham sitar. The two bridges are made of deer horn, and the movable frets are a standard metal braced with string. The top (secondary) gourd is removable, and the hollow back provides a resonance for the player to hear the instrument - removing it via the screw makes the instrument project more towards the front, and would be ideal in an electrified situation. I bought a piezo pickup for this instrument, but it hasn't been fitted yet. The neck and facia is likely made from mahogany (tun wood), and it's decorated with bird inlays, as well as what appears to be the standard red, white and black markings around the instrument.
- 18 pictures -
« 28 » Riverhead Sound Research - Session Electric Guitar (Superstrat)
6th October 2011
The Session (aka known as "Sesh", "Suzie Session" and "Suzie Sesh") is a long standing recording guitar. I don't know a lot about the history of this guitar prior to my purchasing it from a pawn shop in the mid 80's, and in fact I can't find a lot out about the company - apart from they worked out of Japan in the "Headway" factory during the 70's and 80's - the build quality is surprisingly good for a relatively unknown brand, and it was worked for many years on stage and in the studio. 22 frets on rosewood with shark fin triangle inlays, two single coils and a humbucker, which was later replaced by a Seymour Duncan SH-4B. These guitars get mixed reviews (when you can find them!), ranging from "avoid" to "best purchase" - I think mine lands in the later area of that.
- 10 pictures -
« 29 » Roland G-707 Synth Guitar Controller
6th October 2011
This synth controller was purchased back in the early 80's, when Roland were still tuning their synth controlling gear. It was purchased from a hock shop for probably too much money, and was later matched to the synth portion (the Roland GR-700, not pictured here) from a private sale. These are the details from the Roland site:
- Model:Roland G-707
- Retail price: $1295.00
- Body: Ash
- Finish: Acrylic
- Neck: Maple
- Fingerboard: Rosewood
- Frets: 22
- Bridge: Roland tremolo
- Nut: Polycarbonate
- Tuning Machines: Gotoh, 6-in-line
- Pickups: Two Roland humbuckers
- Scale: 25 1/2"
- Truss Rod: Single, adjustable
- Neck Width: 1 5/8"
- Body Width: 9"
- Body Depth: 1 3/4"
- Overall Length: 39 1/2"
- Weight: 8 lbs 12 oz
- 10 pictures -
« 30 » Maton EBG808CL Performer Acoustic Guitar
4th October 2011
I purchased this guitar from the Maton factory in 2004, upgraded to gold tuners and (later) titanium gold bridge pins (Jellifish Hotrods). The soundboard is built from "A" Grade Solid Bunya, and the back and sides from Queensland Maple, finished in the "Satin" look. The fingerboard and bridge are Rosewood and it features a Fishman AP5 pickup system. This new guitar series continues the success of the BG808. It carries the original 808 shape with a slightly thinner body and soft cutaway. Its Bunya soundboard provides the volume and punch to more than compensate for a small body. Comfort and playability are the keys to this purpose built series.
- 10 pictures -
