Folks, we had to take out the first upload of this song as old dad used a wrong sound track for the footage but now it's fixed. We were performing on a stage that didn't have guitar amps that night at all as we were playing through DI and the sound was coming out from the PA system and our IEMs. We wanted to make sure the sound quality would be good for your viewing pleasure, not to mention "El Bimbo" is not an easy song for Mina, and we didn't want hers, our bass player Twinkle's and drummer Long Tall Jennifer's effort to be wasted so here comes "El Bimbo" live, with the correct soundtrack that goes with the footage.

Mina is still on break and this footage is from a series of footages of a gig we did on April 1st at the Roadhouse. Boy, it was a blast! Other than the Tak Matsumoto Les Paul DC Mina was using, she used an Epiphone WildKat, which has Bigsby™ B70 Vibrato and P90 pickups that night as well for surf songs. Mina says the guitar plays well and the semi-hollow body makes it sound good when playing a certain types of songs together as it has got p90 pickups. But of course, what she found out was, yesterday, we stopped by the local guitar store (Tom Lee) and she was checking out NOT electric guitars but acoustic guitars for the first time. I saw the Taylor guitar Mateus Asato was using in some of his videos (I think it was the 714CE V-class) so immediately I tried to stand in front of it blocking Mina's view, hoping that she wouldn't spot it so she wouldn't try it. hahaha! Her eyes seemed to be set on an Ovation Standard Elite guitar. She was checking it out but I think the round back of the guitar body kept slipping off her thigh. Then she was trying out some "mini" looking Taylor and Martin guitars but she thought they were...a bit small. Hahaha! Evan from Tom Lee knew Mina wanted an E-Acoustic guitar so he helped plug in a few of them. Boy, it was fun and they sounded so good. I reached down my pocket and of course I knew I needed deep pockets. However, my pockets couldn't even conceal the length of my hand! Well, I don't think Mina would settle for anything not 41 inch. Suddenly, she started playing El Bimbo....Evan from the shop then handed her a Fender acoustic guitar with nylon strings, and said for a song like El Bimbo, nylon strings might go better. Boy, was he right or what!? It sounded awesome with nylon strings on, and it was the first time Mina tried playing a guitar with nylon strings. No, no agony, as we already have too many guitars. You can see from the Neo Soul "Yesterday" video that Mina got a very special and beautiful bespoke Tele with a tremolo, and in this video, you can see her gigging with the WildKat in a color called "antique natural". The Wildkat is small comparatively (comparing to our Casino), but it's heavy, as it weighs over 8 pounds. I thought our 100th anniversary Les Paul Customs was heavy but this WildKat feels even heavier. It aslo sounded quite different from our Casino, despite they are both semi-hollow guitars. One of our music friends who uses an ES-355 warned us the feedback from the pickups could be an issue when gigging live and we experienced it before the show. Luckily, our gig last week was all done through DI (no guitar nor bass amps) so I guess we were okay. So, Mina had a great time yesterday visiting the guitar shop, checking out different acoustic guitars for the first time and prior to that, we stopped by Matt's Guitar Shop to pickup our Schecter from Matthew the luthier, as the guitar needed a proper setup and some minor repairing. It plays so well now. Oh, forgot to mention. We met another guitar friend there, John, and he was showing us a very special custom-shop "Saito" Telecaster from Japan, which took the master 4 months to make. It was in silver and pearl white color, and the beautiful wood grain could be seen clearly. Boy, it was something special and we were happy for John. Congratulations, Uncle John!

Again, we are delighted we have new subscribers faster than expected and for those who have been enjoying the music we play, we thank you again for the continued support you have been giving us. So, please don't miss this special and really cool surf rock playlist Mina has prepared for you:

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