Who Is MÅS?
Yes, as you may have figured out, Mås is an abbreviation of my name Mikael Åsberg.
In my logo, a
seagull spreads its protective wings like a mantle over me.
I am a native
of Vänersborg from the late 60's, I live with my family in a villa close to
nature.
Basically, I'm a trained construction worker. As a hobby, I have always been
interested of carpentry and the fascination of wood crafts have more or less
always attracted me over the years.
My Music History
I started
playing guitar when I was 15 years old. After a summer job with lawn mowing,
painting and miscellaneous chores under municipal auspices, I bought an electric
plank from a mail order company. Then my musical career began at a fast pace, I
wanted to become a rock star. After a few years of bending and prying strings,
it was time to start playing with a band. The group I was part of was called
White Cat and we mostly played our own hard rock material. We lasted a few years
and rehearsed and had half a dozen gigs in different places. The biggest we were
was at a rock band competition in Borås where we came 2nd out of about 10 bands.
After the competition, we had the opportunity to record a single that was
released in as many as 200 copies. When we released the record, we started
pulling in different directions and the band split. I never found any
like-minded people to play with again and my self-confidence dropped to zero. My
poodle permanent hair became shorter and straighter, it later disappeared
completely without a trace at a later time. I wanted some new challenges so all
guitars with div. equipment was sold and I went to the forest with a camera over
my shoulder.
White Cat
before their first gig at a private party.
We're talking
about the mid 80's here !!
What Hapend Next
What happened
was that I was completely engrossed in nature photography for a decade. In the
summer of 2003, a workhorse asked for advice when he was going to buy a guitar,
because I had talked about my previous interest in gambling. When we went into a
music store, it said click in my brain, I wanted a gura. I bought a Fenderstrata,
because I had never owned one and a digital machine with sound. Now it is the
case that I also have some crazy ideas from time to time so I got the brilliant
idea - I will build my own. I started reading lice on the Internet and bought
book after book on the subject and here I am today. As I see it at the time of
writing (Nov-06), I am at the start of a big and fantastic work that I am
passionate about and will develop in the same spirit as anything else I have
done before.
Mikael Åsberg
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