Epiphone

Hamer Echotone – Electric Guitars in the Philippines {1}

Hamer Echotone Sunburst

I blame my younger brother for this one. As some of you may know, if you’ve read my blog long enough, that I sold my beloved Historic Les Paul when I moved to Davao. Along with that I sold my vintage ’58 Fender Harvard. I had determined that maybe this wasn’t the best environment for them, and of course I needed the money.

Before I sold those I had made a new plan, and that was to buy and play an acoustic. I purchased an Epiphone Masterbuilt AJ-500R that was made in China but a very nice guitar none the less. I had that shipped over and I’m glad I did. So what happened?
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Acoustic Nga Sista sa Pilipinas {1}

Epiphone Masterbilt AJ-500R

I did the best I could with the title, as I’m still working on my Bisaya. I think I know just enough to scramble it well, and make a fool of myself, but that’s OK. Most people usually get the idea, and laugh at my obvious mistakes.

I recently bought myself a new guitar, an Epiphone Masterbilt AJ-500R. I have been looking at, and trying out, this guitar for over 5 years probably. Every time I had myself convinced to buy it, I found more important uses for the funds. That wasn’t really any different this time, but I decided if that was going to continue to be the case then I would likely never get it.
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