Jeffrey Yong
Biography

Jeffrey Yong

Section Title: Biography
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Year	Conventions & Festivals	Place	Achievements

1993	Guitar Institute Malaysia (GIM)	Malaysia	Founder

1998	Guild of American Luthier's (GAL) Convention	Tacoma, Washington, USA	Introduction of Malaysian Blackwood internationally

2006	Guild of American Luthier's (GAL) Convention	Tacoma, Washington, USA	Introduction of Monkeypod wood (Samanea saman or Rain Tree) - OM Guitar won the Blind Listening Test - Best sounding guitar in terms of tonality, timbre and sustain

2011	Montreal Guitar Show	JJ Blackie & Seismic was featured by Premier Guitar Magazine

2012	Kirov Moscow International Guitar Making	Moscow, Russia	Classical Guitar Tioman III won first price

2012	Sound Messe Osaka	Osaka, Japan

2013	Malaysian International Guitar Festival (MIGFEST)	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2013	Healdsburg Guitar Festival	Featured on Guitar Player Editor

2013	Tokyo Handcrafted Guitar Show	Tokyo, Japan

2014	Malaysian International Guitar Festival (MIGFEST)	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2014	Guild of American Luthier's (GAL) Convention	Tacoma, Washington, USA

2015	Osaka Music Festival	Osaka, Japan

2016	Shanghai Music Festival	Shanghai, China

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Jeffrey Yong founded the Guitar Institute Malaysia (GIM) in 1993.

final_sentence: Jeffrey Yong founded the Guitar Institute Malaysia (GIM) in 1993.