1967 White Gibson SG Junior (Serial Number 000000) Around the start of the 2000s I walked into a ‘famous’ Sydney guitar shop and all the guys were crowded around this guitar, it had just come in. They were trying to determine if it was original because of the 000000 serial…
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Sunday 26th January 2014 Australia Day Cronulla Beach NSW (with Mental As Anything) Friday 21st February 2014 VAT 2 Bunbury Bunbury WA (with Mental As Anything) Friday 28th February Twilight concert series Taronga Zoo Sydney, NSW (with Mental As Anything) Saturday 1st March National Museum of Aust Canberra, ACT (with…
1958 Gibson Les Paul Gold Top (Serial Number 8 1113) Ok take a deep breath… This is about as good as it gets… This one guitar literally cost me – a 1957 Stratocaster, 1964 Stratocaster, 1956 Les Paul Custom, 1956 Les Paul Soecial TV, an L series Fender Jazzmaster, and…
1964 Gibson ES335 Red (Serial Number 70664) I’ll start off by saying that this is one of the best sounding guitars ever. A big wrap I know, but it’s true. I’d previously owned several Gibson 335s, all of which were good guitars but this one really shines above them. At…
1961 Fender Bass VI (Serial Number 70174) Original Sixties Fender Bass VI’s are not very common here in Australia. I found this one in a guitar shop on Coogee Bay Road (not far from where I was living) and the shop’s owner had just returned from the US with this…
1965 Burns Double Six (green burst) (Serial Number 11052) I bought this guitar around 1990 from the original owner. They had bought it new and played in a band for a few months then retired from music. This is another “under the bed” guitar. This was the first Burns Double…
1963 Gretsch Country Gentleman 6120 (serial number 71919) I was looking for one of these for a while and when this one came up I played it and liked its vibe. Also the binding was still in good shape, not like a lot of older Gretschs where it deteriorates. This…
1962 Gibson J-200N – Blonde (Serial Number 61298) I was always in awe of Gibson J200 guitars. I first saw and heard the one that was used on The Shadows version of Apache. That guitar was borrowed from Cliff Richard. Bruce Welch from The Shadows played the great sounding rhythm…
Petersham Bowling Club – Friday night Just a reminder that I’m putting on an Instrumental Surf Rock night at the Petersham Bowling Club on Friday night. Tickets are only $10 at the door. Playing times: Martin Cilia – 10.00pm The White Pointers – 9.00pm The Mighty Surftones – 8.00pm Friday…
I’ve been enjoying traveling around Australia playing guitar with legendary Australian band Mental As Anything. The last few weeks we’ve been in Queensland and Southern NSW. In June we have gigs around New South Wales and in July we’re back in WA and then SA. Check out my site for…
I’ve been enjoying traveling around Australia playing guitar with legendary Australian band Mental As Anything. The last two weeks we’ve been in Queensland. In June we have gigs around New South Wales and in July we’re back in WA. Check out my site for gig details. May 2014 is the…
Martin 00-17 acoustic 1935 (Serial Number 59005) For a few years back in the late 80s I had a regular Thursday night gig at The Parkerville Tavern near Perth, Western Australia. It was a very casual gig and we’d mainly play blues/rock songs or anything we wanted really. Often after…
1958 Fender Stratocaster (Serial Number 024609) This is the guitar I like to play at home, it has a great unplugged sound and I have written many songs on it. I got this guitar around the time of The Atlantics “Flight of the Surf Guitar” album but it didn’t get…
1972 Fender Stratocaster Black (Serial Number 355735) This is my “Richie Blackmore” influenced strat. It’s an all original early 1972 model in custom colour Black. Features include – 3 way pickup selector switch, staggered pole pickups, single string tree, maple fingerboard.
When I brought my band to California from Australia last year I had plans to record a film clip of Mrs Moto, from my 2013 album “Going to Kaleponi“, hopefully with Paul Johnson. I ran it past him and he agreed. Paul Johnson was one of the founding fathers of…
Watch a video of Martin playing live at KFJC radio in San Fransisco. This is Bombora like you’ve never heard it before!
1954 Gibson Les Paul Gold Top (Serial Number 4 0809) I first saw this guitar in Sydney in 1984 whilst touring with a band from Perth, Western Australia. It was the ‘cleanest’ vintage Gibson Les Paul I’d seen. It ended up being sold to an investor and disappeared for some…
When I brought my band to California from Australia last year I had plans to record a film clip of Mrs Moto, from my 2013 album “Going to Kaleponi“, hopefully with Paul Johnson. Paul was one of the founding fathers of surf guitar, writing the 1961 classic “Mr. Moto” for…
When I brought my band to California from Australia last year I had plans to record a film clip of Mrs Moto, from my 2013 album “Going to Kaleponi”, hopefully with Paul Johnson. I ran it past him and he agreed. We decided to film at Huntington Beach. It was…
Now Available: Show #100 Part 1 & Part 2 Part 1: Artist Showcase Martin Cilia – Going To Kaleponi Part 2: Various Artists #64 featuring Beach Boys, The Hondells, The Pyramids & much more… Download the MP3s using the links…