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The Telecaster ~ Surf Guitar?
Joined: Aug 31, 2009 Posts: 352 The Ranch, CO |
Posted on Oct 26 2011 08:50 PM
Last year I took a class called "intro to Country string bending" where we learned all that fancy stuff to make make your guitar sound as close to a slide steel as you can and the guy teaching the class had one of those "B bender Tele's like that sparkle one. "Maybe there aren't any surf bands; there's only surf music?" Tuck |
Joined: May 19, 2009 Posts: 1263 Austin, Tejas 
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Posted on Oct 27 2011 08:11 AM
Matt22 wrote:
Yes! I still play that same combination of guitars in the Nematoads, though the PRS has become the dominant guitar. I was playing Telecasters long before I got into surf. It's a great, versatile guitar. Sometimes in the studio, I'll use the PRS for lead and Tele for rhythm. That mix works well for me. —Ted James |
Joined: Feb 15, 2007 Posts: 2826 Fredericksburg, Virginia 
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Posted on Oct 27 2011 09:11 AM
deepeddy wrote:
That's all that matters, IMO. Matt "tha Kat" Lentz |
Joined: Mar 06, 2006 Posts: 1892 Wear gloves - I'm in the Rockies
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Posted on Oct 27 2011 09:17 AM
BeachBumScott wrote:
Where did you take that class? "You can't tell where you're going if you don't know where you've been" |
Joined: Dec 12, 2006 Posts: 2682 Ventura, CA
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Posted on Oct 27 2011 11:15 AM
drumuitar wrote:
SURF DADDY!!! Where is he now? |
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Joined: Aug 31, 2009 Posts: 352 The Ranch, CO |
Posted on Oct 27 2011 11:59 AM
The class was at Swallowhill music school down toward Hampden and Broadway "Maybe there aren't any surf bands; there's only surf music?" Tuck |
Joined: Jun 12, 2008 Posts: 3331 Huntington Beach, CA
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Posted on Oct 27 2011 02:56 PM
JakeDobner wrote:
Radio Free Bakersfield--60 Minutes of TWANG, CRUNCH, OOMPH. |
Joined: Jun 29, 2011 Posts: 186 Halden, Norway
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Posted on Nov 06 2011 02:52 AM
If anyone has a Telecaster and wants to put an Bigsby on it, check out the Vibramate system. Works great:) http://www.vibramate.com/index.php —Nils "If it hadn’t been for Link Wray and 'Rumble,' I would have never picked up a guitar." - Pete Townshend, The Who The Twang-O-Matics - Facebook Last edited: Nov 06, 2011 02:53:43 |
Joined: Jun 05, 2010 Posts: 620 at south of 
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Posted on Nov 16 2011 06:29 AM
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Joined: Jul 28, 2008 Posts: 413
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Posted on Dec 08 2011 01:14 PM
Perhaps this Telecaster would have some appeal to surf musicians? http://www.aimoo.com/UserSettings/image/Old%20Tele%20man_Head.jpg The guitar and photo belong to Old Tele Man, who used to post on the FDP but is now elsewhere on the internet. http://profile.aimoo.com/Old%20Tele%20man —If it ain't broke, fix it until it is. |
Joined: Oct 05, 2011 Posts: 744 France
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Posted on Dec 09 2011 04:31 AM
That's interesting. I wonder how well the Jazz/Jag trem does with that kind of bridge? —Old punks never die... They just become surf rockers. |
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Joined: Feb 15, 2007 Posts: 2826 Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Posted on Dec 10 2011 09:06 PM
If a Tele is good enough for the king of the surf guitar's band, then I guess that ends this discussion! —Matt "tha Kat" Lentz |
Joined: Feb 09, 2010 Posts: 413 Goleta, CA
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Posted on Dec 10 2011 09:23 PM
Nice! One of the many things I love about this site...no matter what the topic at hand, our motivated and resourceful members invariably come up with some excellent, entertaining and often obscure but still bitchin' stuff. In this case, the Pat on the Back has to go to Matt..great find! —You're not drunk if you can put your socks on while standing. |
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Joined: Feb 09, 2010 Posts: 413 Goleta, CA
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Posted on Dec 11 2011 06:14 PM
Well, this one comes pretty damn close! http://ventura.craigslist.org/msg/2748052194.html —You're not drunk if you can put your socks on while standing. |
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Joined: Feb 15, 2007 Posts: 2826 Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Posted on Dec 11 2011 06:47 PM
Now THAT is TASTY! —Matt "tha Kat" Lentz |
Joined: Aug 29, 2011 Posts: 173 Massachusetts
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Posted on Dec 11 2011 08:16 PM
yeah, the painted headstock just makes it that much worse.. |
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Joined: Feb 15, 2007 Posts: 2826 Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Posted on Dec 11 2011 10:55 PM
jonny_flatbottle wrote:
You know well enough that the Mustang is a hell of a guitar! I think that's another under-rated guitar, yet because of that they're still affordable! —Matt "tha Kat" Lentz |
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Joined: Aug 29, 2011 Posts: 173 Massachusetts
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Posted on Dec 12 2011 10:17 PM
I remember driving 2 hours to the east coast music mall when I was a teen to buy a jagstang. |
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Joined: Oct 05, 2011 Posts: 744 France
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Posted on Dec 13 2011 03:15 AM
jonny_flatbottle wrote:
Oh no, no! I've had my share of bitter fighting with the ex but I'm glad it never came to that. Nothing got broken in the process, except maybe my idealism and my ego. —Old punks never die... They just become surf rockers. |
Joined: Jul 13, 2008 Posts: 779
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Posted on Dec 13 2011 08:57 AM
This rig really delivers deep twang for me...I have added a white tolex/wheat grill reverb unit to it. |
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