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Dick Dale in Guitar Player Magazine August 2011
Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 19342 Des Moines, Iowa, USA 
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Posted on Jul 12 2011 09:08 PM
Dick Dale is featured in the August 2011 issue of Guitar Player magazine. They have a running series "Ten things you gotta do to play like ..." and this time they feature DD! —Site dude - S3 Agent #202 "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea |
Joined: Jun 11, 2006 Posts: 551 Liege (Belgium) 
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Posted on Jul 13 2011 09:10 AM
Can you (or someone else) scan the article and send it to me ? It's quite impossible to find Guitar Player in Belgium unless I suscribe for 1 year (and I don't need this Dick Dale article this bad) —Monkey Ju |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 10331 southern Michigan
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Posted on Jul 13 2011 10:08 AM
Read it last night. The article is not completely accurate** (nothing connected to DD ever is!), but it's good. And it actually shows you how to play parts of many of his songs, also explaining some theory behind it. I give it a thumbs up! A bonus: Jet Harris is pictured in the ad on the back of the magazine! (I think for Hofner?) ** A couple of inaccuracies off the top of my head: Let's Go Trippin' is NOT reverb-drenched - in fact, the guitar was recorded completely dry; the way the "Dick Dale Kit" for the speakers is described makes it sound like it's simply a regular JBL D130F, as upgraded from a D130 - I'm not sure if this is what DD said, or if they misreported him; finally, this isn't the magazine's fault, but rather DD's - he says he's had all of the same gear since about '57 - given that his gear is a rosewood-board Strat, reverb units and Dual Showman amps, the more likely date is '60-'61. Alright, it's a nitpick, but given how much was changing at Fender during those years, why not be accurate about it... Ivan Last edited: Jul 13, 2011 10:09:48 |
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Posted on Jul 13 2011 12:28 PM
The "Guitar World Magazine" August 2011 issue features "100 Greatest Classic Rock Guitar Songs". DD checks in at #50 with "Miserlou"-ahead of "Rumble" (62) and "Walk, Don't Run" (92), but behind "Beat It" (22 ????????????). |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25686 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Jul 13 2011 11:58 PM
lets not start this again, Jeff(bigtikidude) |
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Posted on Jul 15 2011 07:55 AM
Gave it a read yesterday- nothing spectacular (I just couldn't read the techie explanations of his technique), but I'm glad him and the scene are getting some attention. Anyone know what "the beauty" looks like? Is it a dupe of "the beast"? One of the new acoustics or something? First time I heard it mentioned I think. — |
Joined: Mar 06, 2006 Posts: 1907 Wear gloves - I'm in the Rockies
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Posted on Jul 15 2011 08:19 AM
This is "Beauty" - it's the custom shop built copy of "Beast" -
"You can't tell where you're going if you don't know where you've been" |
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Posted on Jul 15 2011 11:48 AM
Ah, thanks Chris. — |
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Posted on Jul 16 2011 01:29 PM
I think there's a scanner at work I can use, Clepak. I'll let you know early next week. |
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Posted on Jul 19 2011 09:24 PM
got a copy of the magazine yesterday. very interesting. very nice technical explanation of what most of us have been doing for years!! couldn't read a bit of it--too much tech, not enough rage!!! glad to see Dick got more recognition!! he should have more-IMHO!! good for surf guitarists in general i think. we would enjoy more attention i think! —Enjoying the surf,sun and sand!! |
Joined: Aug 04, 2011 Posts: 4 Margaritaville State of Mind |
Posted on Aug 04 2011 12:52 PM
About time Dick Dale gets back in Guitar Player Magazine! The Beast is the only Stratocaster I ever drooled over. Love that tone! |
Joined: Mar 29, 2010 Posts: 324 Spain 
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Posted on Sep 23 2011 02:23 PM
I have just found by chance the guitar player magazine article. I post the link here for everybody. http://www.guitarplayer.com/article/10-things-you-gotta-do-to-play-like-dick-dale/5543 —https://lospipelines.es/ |
Joined: Mar 07, 2010 Posts: 2273 North Carolina
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Posted on Sep 23 2011 05:32 PM
Thanks for that narciso. I recall looking for it there when the thread started and noticing what seemed to be most issues from a month or two prior made it online. I forgot to go back and look for this one. Thanks again! —Fady El Mirage @ ReverbNation |
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Posted on Nov 21 2011 12:35 PM
Hello everyone, gary |
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Joined: Mar 06, 2006 Posts: 1907 Wear gloves - I'm in the Rockies
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Posted on Nov 21 2011 06:20 PM
His original guitar - pictured below - is still at the museum. I think its a right handed Magnatone that has been converted to Lefty. More info here
"You can't tell where you're going if you don't know where you've been" Last edited: Nov 21, 2011 18:22:17 |
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Posted on Nov 21 2011 09:59 PM
Stolen Surf-Rock Icon Is Returned to Museum http://articles.latimes.com/1989-03-03/entertainment/ca-406_1_safe-return —If it ain't broke, fix it until it is. |
Joined: Jul 29, 2009 Posts: 2605 Boss Angeles, CA
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Posted on Nov 21 2011 10:39 PM
DD used that Magnatone guitar in the Marilyn Monroe film "Lets make Love" (1960). Here he is doing his Elvis Rockabilly thing in the film...
BOSS FINK "R.P.M." available now from DOUBLE CROWN RECORDS! Last edited: Nov 21, 2011 22:40:02 |
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