A Short Trip to Ipoh!

Blog Post #001 - A Short Trip To Ipoh

Travelling around to join busking events used to be our members’ monthly activities as we enjoy performing a lot. On 26.12.2021 our members: Jayden Chei , Mike Soo , Felix Quaik , Brian Gan , Soo Min and Leon Thum, our members made a special appearance by performing fingerstyle guitar in the event [Mali Mali Art Market] organized by Future Hub in Ipoh.

The team performed in the Penang Georgetown Festival and Butterworth Festival a few years ago, it is when they met each other and is inspired to have the idea of setting up an association for fellow acoustic guitar players in Malaysia.

Fingerstyle Guitar is quite a rare talent in Malaysia but we are able to gather a few of these talents to join us in our Malaysia Acoustic Guitar Guild.

A little bit of introduction on our members :

Leon Thum

Leon Thum is an international fingerstyle guitarist who has travelled and played in many guitar festivals throughout the Asian region. Leon release his own originals and published a few CD albums in the past few years, which include Mercury Rising- a compilation of a few fingerstyle guitarists in Malaysia, Avalon - his first CDs and upcoming album Acoustic Metal - is expected to be released in 2022.

Brian Gan

Brian Gan is a proud owner of the Timbertone Penang - a boutique shop for Guitars. He did repairs and servicing for guitars too. Brian often perform with his friend - Victor Ng & Felix Quaik as a trio in various places around Penang . Brian was one of the event organizer that bring Fingerstyle Guitar Artist such as Tommy Emmanuel , Sungha Jung , Trace Bundy and many more to Penang in the early time.

Felix Quaik

Felix Quaik is the director of Spectrum Music Alma located in Bukit Mertajam, he and Brian Gan and Victor Ng often appears as a trio to perform around Penang . He is also the only distributor of Naga Guitars in Malaysia. He is also the sound man behind of creating the album Mercury Rising and the Avalon. Felix is also a event organizer that brings Fingerstyle Guitar Artist to Malaysia


Mike Soo , Jayden Chei & Soo Min

Mike Soo, Jayden Chei and Soo Min are known as the three musketeers in the team. They manage the social media and the website of the Malaysian Acoustic Guitar Guild and are representative of young teenagers in the associations. Mike and Jayden often appear to perform a duet in performance while Soo Min is known for her percussive guitar techniques.

Malaysian Acoustic Guitar Guild was set up to gather fellow acoustic guitar players in Malaysia for the budding acoustic guitarist to promote the welfare of the said industry. We are always open to new members joining us.

To join the association, kindly contact us at our Facebook messenger : m.me/107187127469714 or email maggmembership@gmail.com

Enjoy this short VLOG we made. Hope to have a chance to meet more of you soon.