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About Astronauts sound...??
Joined: Sep 26, 2007 Posts: 584 Spain - Bilbao 
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Posted on Mar 16 2008 02:11 PM
What amp?... Ithin that was a Bandmaster..and Jagg.. I think...and..i ask but i need a esay request...my technichal english is rubish!! thanks a lot friends.. I, can,t ... sleep thinking in this sound!!...in the sound of MOVIN Skateboarding - "Gnarly Surf" |
Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle 
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Posted on Mar 16 2008 02:21 PM
Dwell 9, Mix 3, Tone, 8 On the bandmaster Jaguar Treble rolled down halfway thin switch on. I have no idea. Nobody does, but you continue to ask anyways. |
Joined: Jun 17, 2006 Posts: 1010 Bay City, Michigan 
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Posted on Mar 16 2008 02:22 PM
I've said this before, it'd be better for you to figure it out on your own, it's not that hard to EQ your own amp. — |
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Joined: Jun 17, 2006 Posts: 1010 Bay City, Michigan
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Posted on Mar 16 2008 02:25 PM
i was going to say something like that... — |
Joined: Jul 23, 2007 Posts: 666 Oz
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Posted on Mar 16 2008 04:06 PM
That sounds pretty helpful even if it is just an educated guess, which I think is what he's after anyway. |
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Posted on Mar 16 2008 07:00 PM
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Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle
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Posted on Mar 16 2008 07:45 PM
They used Ernie Ball slinky strings as well. I think Zak would agree with that. |
Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 19292 Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Mar 16 2008 08:22 PM
Thank you Zak for the nice constructive response. —Site dude - S3 Agent #202 "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea |
Joined: Apr 24, 2006 Posts: 1618 Ithaca, NY
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Posted on Mar 16 2008 08:57 PM
Don't do it! I like the Longboards' sound even more. |
Joined: Mar 14, 2006 Posts: 2775 Atlanta, GA
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Posted on Mar 16 2008 09:09 PM
The Astronauts could not have used Ernie Ball strings as they were not available in '63. And they did at times use a Jaguar for lead guitar when either Denny or Bob played lead which they sometimes did. Rich used a Jazzmaster for a long time but when they played in Atlanta in 1965, he was playing a Mustang. After their first set in the parking lot at Columbia Mall in Decatur, two of my friends and I struck up a conversation with both Bob and Rich. Rich was using a standard set of strings (most likely Fender 150's) and had shifted the strings down one position and was using a banjo string for the high E. This was the first time I had ever seen anything like this so Rich was the one to introduce me to light gauge strings. Not long after this I bought my first set of "light gauge" strings which were Mosrite. I broke three of those strings the first night and never tried them again. On stage at that time, Rich was using a Super Reverb (with one bad speaker unpluged) and both Bob (who was on bass) and Denny were playing out of BF Dual Showman Amps. I don't remember them having any reverb tanks on stage and they did not play any surf or instrumentals, just blues and soul. I caught them that afternoon and later that same evening at Lenox Square shopping mall in the auditorium playing for a fashion show. ed —Traditional........speak softly and play through a big blonde amp. Did I mention that I still like big blonde amps? |
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Posted on Mar 16 2008 09:28 PM
Not to derail the thread, but the thing about the banjo string is interesting. The only other time I've heard of that was James Burton who reportedly used banjo strings (Suzy-Q) with Dale Hawkins. Apparently the musicians had a need for light guages before they became available? This Astronauts clip was posted here before, but here it is again . . . |
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Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle
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Posted on Mar 16 2008 09:32 PM
You are right Eddie, I was thinking of Elixir nano-web strings. |
Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 11053 Berkeley, CA
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Posted on Mar 16 2008 10:55 PM
you crack you up Danny Snyder Playing keys and guitar with Combo Tezeta Formerly a guitarist in The TomorrowMen and Meshugga Beach Party Latest surf project - Now That's What I Call SURF |
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Joined: Jul 23, 2007 Posts: 666 Oz
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Posted on Mar 17 2008 01:19 AM
Thanks for the Astronauts link Websurfer, that was cool. I wonder what movie that clip came out of?? |
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Joined: Jun 17, 2006 Posts: 1010 Bay City, Michigan
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Posted on Mar 17 2008 10:30 AM
Eddie Cochran did that for sure, and i can only guess that Chuck Berry did too. — |
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Posted on Mar 17 2008 01:57 PM
thanks.. friends Sure...!! thanks is enougth for me!!! I understund all the letters....Thanks again! —Skateboarding - "Gnarly Surf" |
Joined: Aug 23, 2006 Posts: 2123 The jungle 
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Posted on Mar 17 2008 05:13 PM
Good point! We are going to record soon, and this very thought was on my mind. — |
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