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Title: Kilala nyo ba si Mang Fredo?
Post by: ikingtan on February 13, 2006, 04:35:47 PM
meron ba dito na nakakakilala kay mang fredo? yung gumagawa ng gitara sa may manggahan, malapit sa fairview? i've already had some of my guitars repaired pero minor repairs lang naman. i had him repaint an old fernando guitar and it looks ok naman.
i'm planning on having a guitar customized by this guy. marami kasi siya gawa dun, mukhang ok naman ang gawa tsaka mura siya compared to the other luthiers i know..

pero i'm not so sure how it's gonna sound. gutso ko lang po malaman kung meron na ditong nagpagawa ng gitara sa kanya. any comments? salamat po. :)
Title: Kilala nyo ba si Mang Fredo?
Post by: sonnyrayvaughn on February 13, 2006, 08:48:27 PM
Sing Mang Fredo, sya yung hobbit sa lord of the rings di ba??


Ay mali, si Frodo pala yun...

korni ko talaga, sensya na tol.
Title: Kilala nyo ba si Mang Fredo?
Post by: ikingtan on February 14, 2006, 01:05:35 PM
hehe, ayos lang.. napangiti namn ako e.. :)

anyway, someone from the other site vouched for him and i guess i'm pushing through with the project. :P salamat!
Title: Kilala nyo ba si Mang Fredo?
Post by: champoi on February 18, 2006, 02:13:30 AM
comments lang bro, nakausap ko kasi dati nyang kasamahan, ok naman sana sya, kaso ang problema nya ay kung nalalasing sya. baka makompromiso ang gitara mo. at yun din ang nagyari sa acoustic ko. indi naayos ng maganda. kaya kung ako sayo, bantayan mo ng maigi, kulitin mo para gawin ny ng maayos talaga.  sana makatulong to.
Title: Kilala nyo ba si Mang Fredo?
Post by: banz69 on February 19, 2006, 06:11:56 PM
BRO! Ryan to. (unless may iba pang iking tan sa mundo)

pare kay jay  castro ka na lang paayos. check mo roadtone.tk. mura pa sumingil.
Title: Kilala nyo ba si Mang Fredo?
Post by: musguit on February 20, 2006, 12:38:49 AM
Kilala ko si Mang Fredo.  1994 ata, ginawan niya ako ng classical guitar.  Magaling.  That time, wala akong impression na umiinom siya. Sad.  Pero magaling siya, masinop at malinis gumawa.  While I was abroad somebody sold the guitar fredo made for me.  'Til today I am still hunting for my classical guitar-- kamagong (pinoy ebony) fingerboard, solid spruce top, at rosewood body.

ikingtan, papaano nga pala pumunta sa kanyang residence?  Oo, sa ilalalim ng manggahan.  What roads to take.  Just want to pay a visit an old friend.
Title: Re: Kilala nyo ba si Mang Fredo?
Post by: inah on November 28, 2008, 08:28:16 PM
sino po nakakakila ke mang fredo pede po enge nmn po nang contact nya and address o kun san man sya mkikikita hehe... needed badly TNX!!!!
Title: Re: Kilala nyo ba si Mang Fredo?
Post by: chito_eoi on November 28, 2008, 08:40:45 PM
^^^ Welcome to PhilMusic inah!!!  :wink:
Title: Re: Kilala nyo ba si Mang Fredo?
Post by: skunkyfunk on November 28, 2008, 09:26:03 PM
sino po nakakakila ke mang fredo pede po enge nmn po nang contact nya and address o kun san man sya mkikikita hehe... needed badly TNX!!!!

Text linggo is not allowed.

This is your first warning.

(Sumanib ang kaluluwa ni Poundcake sa akin...)   :-D
Title: Re: Kilala nyo ba si Mang Fredo?
Post by: haxo55 on November 28, 2008, 09:36:48 PM
sino po nakakakila ke mang fredo pede po enge nmn po nang contact nya and address o kun san man sya mkikikita hehe... needed badly TNX!!!!

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Title: Re: Kilala nyo ba si Mang Fredo?
Post by: paranoid on November 29, 2008, 05:07:40 AM
Who si Mang Fredo?

The search is on.
Title: Re: Kilala nyo ba si Mang Fredo?
Post by: lykenhowl on November 29, 2008, 05:20:47 AM
Where is Fredo?

(http://www.ece.umaine.edu/research/gk12/Five_Senses/waldo.jpg)
Title: Re: Kilala nyo ba si Mang Fredo?
Post by: siore on November 29, 2008, 12:14:48 PM
Forget fredo or waldo.  Why is there a naked clown on a pogo stick in a children's book?   :lol:
Title: Re: Kilala nyo ba si Mang Fredo?
Post by: aya_yuson on November 29, 2008, 08:47:29 PM
Gawa ni Mang Fredo yung gitarang naging main axe ko for six years. Mula 2002 hanggang 2008, yung ginawang gitara ni Mang Fredo yung main axe ko. Well, yun yung only axe ko mula 2002 hanggang 2008. Itong gitarang 'to 'yung ginamit ko sa 2nd album ng Wdouji na Zen & The Art of Dressmaking, yung Aya Yuson:Solo na album, yung album ni Skarlet na Powder Room Stories.

Maganda yung gitara na ginawa ni Mang Fredo para sa akin. Ang galing ng trabaho niya sa kahoy. Sa electronics lang, di masyado. Ok lang yung electronics niya pero di kasing gara ng diskarte niya sa kahoy. Kaya ko pinalitan yung pick-up na kinabit ni Mang Fredo. Kent Armstrong floating pick-up yung pinalit ko.

'Yon.

Sa akin, panalo si Mang Fredo. :-)
Title: Re: Kilala nyo ba si Mang Fredo?
Post by: darnel on November 30, 2008, 08:35:19 AM
Way back 2002, I too wanted to have a guitar made by Mang Fredo. It was supposed to be an archtop fashioned from an Epiphone Regent. I gave 2500 pesos to my guitar teacher for him to give to Fredo as a downpayment since sila talaga yung magkakilala. Sadly, di ko nakuha yung guitar na pinagawa ko.... According to my then teacher, nasunugan daw sina Mang Fredo and nawala na sa Litex ever since.... that mang Fredo is really shrouded in mystery hehe.... :evil:   

Title: Re: Kilala nyo ba si Mang Fredo?
Post by: lord4dark on December 02, 2008, 01:34:58 PM
if my memory serves me right, eto yung guitar shop sa litex na pinupuntahan ko nuong 1988 pa! may mga magagandang archtop dun na ready for painting that time. muhkang ok naman ang mga gawa kaya lang ingat ka sa mga paligid kasi nga sa litex yun. asan na kaya siya?
Title: Re: Kilala nyo ba si Mang Fredo?
Post by: wiccan8888 on December 02, 2008, 06:43:50 PM
if my memory serves me right, eto yung guitar shop sa litex na pinupuntahan ko nuong 1988 pa! may mga magagandang archtop dun na ready for painting that time. muhkang ok naman ang mga gawa kaya lang ingat ka sa mga paligid kasi nga sa litex yun. asan na kaya siya?


sheeezz 1988, ang tagal na ah.  malamang wala sa main road shop ni Mang Fredo kasi kung nasa tabi lang ng main road yun makikita ko naman siguro siya kahit minsan kasi madami akong friends along manggahan at mga karatig pook nito.  Sana may makapagpost ng address ni Mang Fredo. 
Title: Re: Kilala nyo ba si Mang Fredo?
Post by: akosimic on December 03, 2008, 01:33:00 AM
mang fredo is still in the litex area. near the main road. in some eskinita...
Title: Re: Kilala nyo ba si Mang Fredo?
Post by: lord4dark on December 03, 2008, 06:29:40 AM
dati shop niya a few walk away from the first overpass paglabas ng real fairview gate. "Cebu Masters" ata sign niya. pagbaba mo ng jeep, nasa tapat ka na mismo ng shop. pero madalas na sarado kesa bukas kaya huhulihin mo talaga. Accomodating naman ang mga tao dun ang nag kwentuhan pa kami. High school palang ako nun.
Title: Re: Kilala nyo ba si Mang Fredo?
Post by: aiven001 on December 04, 2008, 02:22:29 AM
mang fredo is still in the litex area. near the main road. in some eskinita...
just went there fer months ago,..best way?i ask some tricycle sa litex hen it was pin pointed to me!,..eskinita nga,..more like parang kay mang max din ang itsura ng place  :wink: ...nxt na pag punta ko post ako ng map!  :wink:
Title: Re: Kilala nyo ba si Mang Fredo?
Post by: chinopascual22 on April 27, 2011, 10:18:39 PM
bro may contact ba kyo ni mr fredo.?
Title: Re: Kilala nyo ba si Mang Fredo?
Post by: nieldan on April 27, 2011, 10:54:11 PM
bro may contact ba kyo ni mr fredo.?
isn't that an act of gravedigging?
Title: Re: Kilala nyo ba si Mang Fredo?
Post by: xaero on April 27, 2011, 11:08:12 PM
bro may contact ba kyo ni mr fredo.?

Try mo to: 09158755929

December 2010 ako last na napadaan dun and got that number.
Title: Re: Kilala nyo ba si Mang Fredo?
Post by: MaxMidletone on May 03, 2019, 04:04:30 PM
Mga bros,  last time ako nakapunta kay mang Fredo year 2007 pa.. Nagpa-custom made ako ng nylon acoustic gtar. Balak ko din sanang bumalik doon sa place nya kasi kailangan kong ipakabit itong piezo pickup ng gtar. Nasira ko kasi yung dating nakakabit.. Sana ay doon pa rin sya nakatira sa shop nya sa Litex
Title: Re: Kilala nyo ba si Mang Fredo?
Post by: Magnus on May 08, 2019, 06:27:34 PM
I know it was you Fredo...
Title: Re: Kilala nyo ba si Mang Fredo?
Post by: MaxMidletone on August 14, 2019, 05:30:01 AM
Eto yung nylon guitar ko na gawa ni Mang Fredo year 2007 -->

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