Greetings From China

[Ian Miller]

Hi All,

Well here I am again in Dalian, China, this time for an extended stay for up to 6 months.
Would beleive I actually forgot to bring my laptop in the last minute dash to the airport so luckily I am able to borrow one ocasionally.

Unfortunately I think owing to the restrictions here I am unable to access many sites such as You Tube, 4 Shared and even Charlie Hall's site! So am unable to watch or listen to members tunes etc.

This time I hope to visit the Daewon Musical Instrument Instrument factory here in Dalian who are makers of Rally Guitars as well as many other 'names' we all know.

In due course I will have to get a duplicate set of guitar kit here as I will in future be splitting my time between Uk and China.

I shall visit here as often as possible to try to keep up to date with what is happening.

Keep On Rockin

Best Wishes

Ian

[David Martin]

Good to hear from you Ian... it would be really interesting to hear of your progress and particularly the guitar factories in China...

[Ian Miller]

Hi All,

Well I've now returned from China having just spent the last five and a half months there.
Well one of my prime missions was to go to the Daewon musical instrument factory in Dalian. Unfortunately this did not happen as I contracted some sort of respiratory infection which laid me low for a considerable time. The other prime purpose was to find and buy an apartment which I'm happy to say was successful.
Needless to say I won't be returning to NE China for the winter period with their temperatures of -14 to -18!!
I'm happy to spend winter in the UK and summer in China. So No. 1 on the list for 2012 is to visit the Rally guitar factory.

Kind Regards

Ian

[Ian Miller]

Oh I forgot to tell you, Nearby our new home is a musical instrument shop which sells traditional Chinese instruments as well as modern western kit.
The first thing I noticed was a white Fender Strat and on inspection was an obvious fake, very good mind you but a fake!
I was really interested in buying an acoustic of some sort so i could keep my hand in. The guitar I was most interested in was a blue acoustic with a single cutaway, and after tuning it in the the shop with the help of a piano I found that the sound was quite good. The cost of the guitar was 950 yuan ie about £95 in round figures so said *.***.*** no way and left the shop, pursued up the road by the shop owners wife who said I could have for 50 yuan cash. i said no way and we we went home. After 2 weeks we returned to the shop and keeping it short I bought the guitar for £30!! Now I'm home I can't for the life of me remember the name but it aint bad, the thing that lets it down are the awful brass strings! Which will be changed next year!!!!

Ian

[abstamaria]

Ian, the Philippines is not too far from Dalian, so visit and play Shadows. We have beautiful beaches - Boracay, Palawan, Bohol ... It seems you are planning to live in China at least during the summers? Andy

[ecca]

All the best Ian, keep us up to date .
Ecca

[Ian Miller]

Thanks Ecca,

I probably won't be back in China until March next year as I have a couple of small medical problems to get sorted which will more than likely take time knowing what NHS waiting lists are like!! However, in the meantime I shall 'keep on rockin'.


Best Wishes

Ian