2015 News – Martin Cilia – Australia's Premier Surf Rock Guitarist

Fender Stratocaster 1966 Foam Green

January 1, 2016

1966 Fender Stratocaster Foam Green (s/n 186111) I bought this guitar in Perth, Western Australia in the mid 80s from someone who had just brought it into Australia from the USA. Not sure of the […]

2015 Gigs

December 31, 2015

All the gigs from 2015 [gigpress_shows scope=past year=2015 group_artists=no]

Guitars and Amps used on the Electric Christmas album – song by song

December 16, 2015

O Come All Ye Faithful Melody guitar: 1961 (white) Fender Stratocaster, Echolette, 1963 Fender Reverb Tank, 1962 Vox AC30. Microphones Neumann U-87 & Sennheiser 421. Overdrive Guitar: 1961 Fender Stratocaster, 1964 Vox AC30 – U-87. […]

Hank Marvin at the Basement

November 26, 2015

My Wednesday evening started off with a Mental As Anything gig at Customs House, Circular Quay in Sydney. We had a great view from the stage and the audience just had the band to look […]

Lazybones Lounge

September 28, 2015

This weekend the Mentals had a break, so I had a gig with my band at Lazybones Lounge in Marrickville. We were supported by the Mighty Surftones. They have a residency at Lazybones on the […]

Electric Christmas tabs and video

September 27, 2015

The latest album, Electric Christmas is now available for pre-sale through the site here with free shipping worldwide. Tabs for Oh Come All Ye Faithful and Jingle Bells have been added to the guitar tabs page. […]

Newsletter: September News & New Album

September 18, 2015

Electric Christmas I’ve been very busy travelling with Mental As Anything this year, but in between I’ve been working on my new album – Electric Christmas – an instrumental Christmas album. It’s all done and will be released […]

Charters Towers and Noosa

September 7, 2015

This weekend I had a couple of gigs with the Mentals in Queensland at Charters Towers, outside Townsville, and Noosa at the Sunshine Beach Surf Club. The Charters Towers gig was a festival called Towers Rocks. […]

The Gympie Music Muster

August 31, 2015

Had a great weekend at the Gympie Music Muster. Gympie is located approx. 160 kms north of Brisbane in Queensland. I played 2 gigs with Mental As Anything and also played a few ‘surf’ tunes […]

Fender Super Reverb Amp 1966

May 15, 2015

1966 Fender Super Reverb Amp – Blackface (Serial No. 18938) I bought this amp in Perth, Western Australia in the 80s and have had an on / off relationship with it. I’ve had much more […]

Gibson J-160e 1970 Sunburst

April 1, 2015

1970 Gibson J-160e, Sunburst (Serial No. 631022) The J-160e model is famously associated with The Beatles although this is a later model than they used it still sounds similar. When I bought this I was […]

Gibson ES125 3/4 1958 Sunburst

March 1, 2015

1958 Gibson ES125 3/4 (Factory order No. U1423.8) Around 1990 I was hired by a drummer/singer/songwriter to play guitar on some of his songs. These songs were in the early rock and roll / rockabilly […]

Fender Stratocaster 1962 Sunburst

February 1, 2015

Fender Stratocaster 1962 sunburst L series (Serial Number L23755) This is a fabulous sounding Stratocaster, all original and with 3 way pickup selector switch still in place. I played it at an Atlantics gig ‘once’. […]

Burns Marvin Mid 60s White

January 1, 2015

Burns Marvin mid 60s (Serial Number NA) This guitar has an interesting story. It started out as a left handed model. Some time in the 70s in Perth, Western Australia I saw an ad in […]