Kwerdas

If you are a guitar enthusiast you'd possibly be familiar with the old guitar debate: Which is better, Gibson or Fender? Personally, I don't really care which of the two I'd have as long as I could acquire one. Having a personal Gibson or Fender guitar will be more of a luxury for me more than a necessity. First thing, I'm not a professional musician and second thing, my monthly pay-check won't allow me to.

I'm currently working in Cebu which I guess is the guitar capital of the Philippines. This place will give any guitar player sufficient number of guitars to choose from. Last time there was a guitar fair and I've seen first hand how locals make hand-crafted guitars. It's really amazing. Well, if Gibson is known world wide for its acoustic guitar, I'm pretty sure a local brand here in Cebu is at par to its quality. Yep, patronize our very own. ^_^

since 1910 Ferangeli Guitars

unfinished guitar

Acoustic Guitars

personal favorite.

A local group also performed during the fair. They are called Kwerdas. Kwerdas is a local term for "strings" and obviously, the group is playing stringed instruments only like an acoustic guitar, bass, viola and a banduria. I like their medley of Ryan Cayabyab's compositions. But the crowd enjoyed their novelty performances a lot. If you're a Filipino, you'd definitely know the king of novelty here, Yoyoy Villame. He was "reincarnated" during the show. Check video below. Wait till you here the first note. ^_^