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Joined: Jan 31, 2009 Posts: 4 |
Posted on Aug 14 2011 07:31 AM
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Joined: Mar 15, 2011 Posts: 8528 Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up. 
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Posted on Aug 14 2011 10:21 AM
Nice. cratz2 wrote: — This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got. |
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Posted on Aug 14 2011 01:05 PM
http://www.reverbnation.com/thedeadranchhands http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZEW74mHjQk Last edited: Aug 14, 2011 13:05:43 |
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Joined: Jul 29, 2009 Posts: 97 central coast USA metro Chicago |
Posted on Aug 27 2011 12:55 AM
Coolcat, that is one delicious made from scratch. Good on you. No need for a twang bar? |
Joined: Sep 04, 2009 Posts: 1800 Temecula, CA
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Posted on Aug 27 2011 01:34 AM
DeadRanchHands wrote: VERY NICE! |
Joined: Feb 20, 2010 Posts: 727 Charlotte, NC
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Posted on Aug 28 2011 04:29 AM
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Posted on Aug 28 2011 03:15 PM
Thanks! I wanted something that looked different, but was still a credible surf machine. — |
Joined: Sep 03, 2011 Posts: 84 Murrieta, CA |
Posted on Sep 11 2011 12:12 PM
57 USA Strat reissue in Surf Green. Grew up in that era and always wanted a Strat. |
Joined: Sep 14, 2011 Posts: 10 Vancouver Island BC Canada |
Posted on Sep 14 2011 11:39 PM
This is my 1962/3 Fujigen.. I just got it up and running with some handwound Pyramid Strings... I run it through a Hendrix Experience pedal into a Peavey XR-700 powered mixer, that has a tweakable reverb that kicks a$$. I am getting a better sound now than ever, with this old MIJ relic, better than my Tele or my Strat... I have 20 guitars and this baby is my fave... I remember how guitars sounded thru the old crappy record players (mono too kids, none a this fancy STEREO stuffs!) we had back then... a far cry from what we are used to now.. so this is closest to what I remember hearing back in the day.. it is an odd combo, but it works for me... when I get my DAW back running (checksum errors) I will make a recording for ya all to hear...
"I come here to tell you that these beach bums is bums." Last edited: Sep 17, 2011 17:50:18 |
Joined: Jun 16, 2008 Posts: 592 The Alamo City, TX
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Posted on Sep 16 2011 01:01 AM
Currently play and really dig the Jazzmaster. Very intrigued with the Jaguar. But will probably end up settling down withimage a custom-color Stratocaster — |
Joined: Apr 28, 2011 Posts: 45 Auburn, WA |
Posted on Sep 18 2011 12:59 PM
Jazzmaster for a more round and powerful sound with my Stratocaster as back up... —Surf guitar on the rails... Last edited: Sep 19, 2011 16:50:51 |
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Joined: Apr 28, 2011 Posts: 45 Auburn, WA |
Posted on Sep 20 2011 02:38 PM
sorry pics will not post... —Surf guitar on the rails... Last edited: Sep 20, 2011 14:39:38 |
Joined: Sep 24, 2011 Posts: 1424 Wellington, NZ 
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Posted on Sep 24 2011 08:26 PM
'nother vote for strat. I have a '89 US sunburst with maple neck - my favourite surfin' axe —He who dies with the most tubes... wins |
Joined: Aug 22, 2010 Posts: 1018 Portland, Oregon with Insanitizers
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Posted on Oct 05 2011 05:33 PM
Here's my most customized surf guitar:
Four magnetic pickups selectable any 1 or 2 together with rotary 11-position switch I did all mods myself, even neck thinning and refinishing. Somehow, it all works as I had hoped. Planning and soldering connections on the 11-position switch was the most time consuming part. The rectangular pickup is the 3rd or 4th pickup I tried in the bridge position, this one has a chimey but not thin or piercing surfy tone. The pickguard has visible pick dust from my shredding picks against the nickelplated steel strings (gauges 50, 36, 26, 16, 11, 9). —Insanitizers! http://www.insanitizers.com Last edited: Oct 15, 2012 17:21:06 |
Joined: Nov 14, 2011 Posts: 79 San Diego |
Posted on Nov 15 2011 09:28 PM
New member here, but old enough to remember when it all started, I moved to SoCal in '62.
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Joined: Oct 05, 2011 Posts: 744 France
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Posted on Nov 22 2011 05:43 AM
Jag for me. I grew up listening to Dinosaur Jr, Sonic Youth, the Flaming Lips and more recently Mono, so I guess I'll never be able to think of the Jazzmaster as anything else than an indie rock guitar. Besides, I got a Jag a few days ago and this guitar's got surf coming out of every pore of the wood As for the Strat, well, it's got the right sound for surf, but I don't think I'll ever play one again. My first guitar back in the early 90s was a cheap brandless supermarket strat copy. It was a terrible guitar. Wouldn't keep in tune, could not be adjusted, almost impossible to play and on top of everything it sounded awful. It was such a bad experience that seeing a strat -- even a high end one -- still makes me wince. I guess I'm through with them... but I may eventually trick myself into getting a Jack & Danny JM-10, which is basically a Strat disguised as a Jag/Jazz. If it's anything like my J&D Tele then it's an awesome guitar for the price. I wish there had been such good cheap guitars around back when I started. —Old punks never die... They just become surf rockers. |
Joined: Mar 27, 2011 Posts: 18 Rochester, NY
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Posted on Nov 27 2011 02:38 PM
Playing rhythm, my '91 Tele has always had a nice, bright sound that works well for surf, but no trem. |
Joined: May 01, 2011 Posts: 578 San Diego
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Posted on Nov 27 2011 05:49 PM
holy heck! this is amazing! Squid wrote: — http://dinosaurghost.bandcamp.com/ |
Joined: Nov 08, 2006 Posts: 80 Vienna, Austria
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Posted on Nov 28 2011 12:36 PM
wild style! free improvisation! a guitar-pickup-selector's guitar! Last edited: Nov 28, 2011 12:36:24 |
Joined: Nov 28, 2011 Posts: 795 Prescott Valley, AZ
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Posted on Dec 19 2011 12:54 PM
I built a candy red "Jazzmaster" from Warmoth parts a few years ago, unfortunately, I'm about 2000 miles from my pix of it.. Used Seymour Duncan Hot Jazzmaster pickups. I'll post pix after Xmas/New Year's trip. |
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