SurfBandBill
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San Francisco
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Posted on Apr 15 2006 07:49 PM
Uhhh... where to start...
The "standard" set up is as follows:
Guitar: Black "Excellent" Mosrite
'66 Fender Tank
'67 Dual Showman w/ 2x15 cab (1 - D130, 1 D140F)
Danelectro Pedals - the cheapo mini tuner, Daddy-O overdrive, Cool Cat Chorus, and DanEcho delay
And a VerbaFuzz, for when I need to get extra nasty.
I use generally Roto yellows (the 10s), but also will use Gibson BriteWires when availability alots... but I always keep roundwounds on the Mosrite
And I use the glow-in-the-dark EB3 Alien head glow in the dark picks.
In the wings I also keep....
'64 Twin Reverb
Re-issue brown reverb tank
MIA Sherwood Green Jazzmaster
CIJ Sunbust Jag (w/Duncan Vintage replacement PUps)
Custom-built "Bronco Bill" 1967 Fender Bronco
Dano Hodad (no whammy)
Magnatone Typhoon
Dano Baritone Guitar
Sakai (a kooky Japanese Mosrite copy with four pickups)
And when I play bass I play a '74 P bass with D'Addario Chromes through an Acoustic 150b 2x15 bass amp.
~B~:rock:
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D22
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Posted on Apr 20 2006 12:11 PM
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kick_the_reverb
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 1335
Escondido, CA
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Posted on Apr 20 2006 01:11 PM
Cool looking amp
Ran
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D22
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Posted on Apr 20 2006 01:20 PM
....sorry about the blow-up pic. It's better now..
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Anonymous
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Posted on Apr 20 2006 05:01 PM
is that photoshoped or you actually risked putting them on the jetty lol
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drpluto
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 124
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Posted on Apr 20 2006 06:04 PM
RobbieReverb
For surf I use:
Guitars: Sunburst Eric Johnson Signature Strat,
Reverend Spy (3 lipstick single coils) with Bigsby.
Amps: '63 Blackface Fender Deluxe,
Reverend Hellhound 40/60 Head through Reverend
4x10 Cabinet,
Fender 75 w/ 15" speaker.
Misc: Fender Reissue '63 Reverb Tank,
Reverend Drivetrain II,
Keeley Compressor,
Keeley modified Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer,
1970's MXR Flanger.
I'm obviously not a real hard core trad-surf guy.
Bob S.
I've never even heard of these Reverend guitars. They look pretty cool. How do they play?
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dp
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
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mojave desert, california
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Posted on Apr 20 2006 07:53 PM
image
yes, that's photoshopped...my rig is not really out body surfing at the Wedge 
-dp
ps: back in '83 my super-cool artist girlfriend painted the Bassman speaker grille...It's so cool, I just don't have the heart to ever change it. plus, there's all the "Pete Townshend" holes and the f-ed up tolex from my econo-punk period...
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Anonymous
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Posted on Apr 20 2006 08:28 PM
pluto how does the keeley ibanzes tubescreemer treat you?
And who ever has the Revered guitars fill us in on their sound and playability.
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RobbieReverb
Joined: Feb 28, 2006
Posts: 2338
San Jose, Ca.
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Posted on Apr 21 2006 12:47 AM
I'm a wild man about Reverend products. Their guitars are
set-up as well as any guitar you'll ever buy. The necks are
sweet, the pickups are awesome, and they are among the
lightest guitars in weight you'll find. They sustain like a super-
resonent solid-body, but because they are hollow inside, have
a hollow-body tone beyond the Danelecto thing. They're made
out of non traditional materials (plastic and a composite of
wood and phenollic resin). They are quite loud unpluugged.
Joe Naylor has come up with some great designs. I own a
"Spy" w/ 3 Kent Armstrong lipstick pickups and Bigsby, and
a "Rocco" with 2 humbuckers and coil tapping. The "Rocco" is
very versatile. The single coil tones are very good (unusual
for coil-tapped humbuckers, in my experience), and the
humbuckers sound great. I use the Rocco more for the blues
and hard rock thing. If it had a whammy on it, the coil-tapped
HB's could pass for surf. Reverend has also intoduced some
wood import models that are very reasonably priced. I haven't
tried any of them yet, but I would be surprised if they
weren't great instruments.
Reverend's amps (now discontinued) were in my opinion the
best "bang for the buck" product on themarket. Their
Drivetrain II overdrives are like Tube Screamers on steroids.
The Drivetrains have more low end than Tube Screamers and
less of that "mid range hump". They also have a broader range
of gain, offering a really nice clean-boost, and they will go into
a higher gain setting than a Tube Screamer. My Keeley modded
Tube Screamer is much better than a stock one, but has more
of that mid range hump than the Reverend Drivetrains. If I had
to choose one, it would be the Drivetrain II, but i wouldn't want
to have to make that choice. . Robert Keeley's mods and his own
pedals are absolutely phenominal. You will never deal with a
nicer, more professional person or company than Keeley.
I hope this answers some of your questions. Their websites can
tell you what you wanna know much better than I can. Harmony
Central is a useful tool as well, although there are a lotta
knuckleheads there that haven't a clue.
Bob S.
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kick_the_reverb
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
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Escondido, CA
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Posted on Apr 21 2006 08:08 AM
Ferenc also has a Reverend in his arsenal. I remember I asked him about it (before I got my JM, I was looking for a cheap way to get a better guitar than what I had), and he said that he liked it, and it was good bang for the buck, but not exactly trad surf tone.
We should all ask Ferenc if he can post pics of his guitars on a different thread (part of his collection is a "cheap guitar" section, that's quite interesting...)
Ran
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WR
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netherlands
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Posted on Apr 21 2006 02:17 PM
this is not all but the main live rig, and I happened to like this picture... the kit belongs to our drummer, duh.
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D22
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Posted on Apr 21 2006 03:25 PM
stigger108
is that photoshoped or you actually risked putting them on the jetty lol
...it's sitting on the tide pool rocks @ Laguna. It was tricky with the splashing around in there but everything worked out great. Thanks!
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D22
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Posted on Apr 21 2006 03:38 PM
...from the other side-you can see the Laguna coastline. I understand the unreal first photo -looks like it rolled out of a Fender catalog.
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PolloGuitar
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 5090
San Francisco
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Posted on Apr 21 2006 06:02 PM
kick_the_reverb
Ferenc also has a Reverend in his arsenal. I remember I asked him about it (before I got my JM, I was looking for a cheap way to get a better guitar than what I had), and he said that he liked it, and it was good bang for the buck, but not exactly trad surf tone.
I don't know what to say about the Reverend that hasn't already been said. It is a very well made guitar, put together in a shop where people care about their work. When I first saw the Spy in Guitar Player, I called them up and damn if Joe Naylor didn't pick up the phone and answer all my questions and give me the history. He was a big fan of the clapboard Silvertone guitars, but they were really spotty in quality, so he decided to use the concepts of those guitars, except to keep the quality really high. So, you get a semi hollow guitar and the body is made out of phenolyn(?) or some other Monsanto miracle product. The neck is shaped like a 65 Strat and it has a Strat style vibrato. I took out all the tone controls and put in a switch so I could get the neck and bridge to work together for a JM surf tone. But Ran is correct, there is no substitute for a Jazz or a Jag for trad surf, that's jsut the way it is. Anyway, I bought my Spy in '98, and haven't really checked out any Reverend products since then, but I have talked with RobbieReverb about his guitar and it sounds like they have kept the quality control up
kick_the_reverb
We should all ask Ferenc if he can post pics of his guitars on a different thread (part of his collection is a "cheap guitar" section, that's quite interesting...)
Thanks Ran, but you know I don't need much prodding....
The 3 on the left were less than $50 ('63 Silvertone Hollowbody, Silvertone solidbody and Teisco Del Rey) The one in the middle ('64 Jazzmaster) was a bit more... The 3 on the right (Yamaha SGV "Blue Jean", Reverend Spy, and the bastard ESP Strat copy), are the guitars I use the most were all around $300. The cheapos are more limited in their usefullness, because their tone is pretty specific. But I also think the Jazz is limited as well, while perfect for surf, I find it to thin for other styles of music. All the guitars have made appearances on recordings and on stage.
Fender Amps from (left to right) Bandmaster, Vibroverb, Bassman with a blackface Tank on top.
ferenc
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IvanP
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
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southern Michigan
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Posted on Apr 21 2006 07:28 PM
Here's my main rig, a week ago playing in Indy (I'm on the left):
1997 '62 Reissue Strat (Shoreline Gold) w/ shell guard & Seymour Duncan APS II pickups
mid-'90s RI Fender Reverb Unit (blonde) - fully modded, NOS tubes
1964 Fender Showman
1968 Fender Showman cab (1x15" JBL D130F) - re-covered
Korg Dynamic Echo pedal
(I've never had so many compliments on my tone as I did last Friday - that Showman sounds absolutely INCREDIBLE!)
Some other stuff (Ferenc has the coolest photo - I gotta do that with my gear one day!):
'89 '62 reissue Strat
'89 Strat Plus - modded to '62 reissue specs
'95 Fender Jazzmaster Limited Edition (MIJ) w/ Seymour Duncans
'96 Fender Dual Professional w/ Weber California 12 Alnicos (copies of JBL D120Fs)
'00 Vox AC30 w/ Celestion Blues
'95 Fender Blues Deluxe w/ Weber California 12 Ceramic
mid-'90s RI Fender Reverb Unit (brown) - fully modded, NOS tubes
and a few other toys...
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dp
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
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mojave desert, california
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Posted on Apr 21 2006 10:02 PM
man,everyone's rig/ guitar photos look awesome...
you gotta love those tilt back cabs!
-dp
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RobbieReverb
Joined: Feb 28, 2006
Posts: 2338
San Jose, Ca.
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Posted on Apr 21 2006 11:43 PM
Ferenc, thanks for posting the photo of your cool collection.
I've had the great pleasure of hearing the Spy, the Jag, the
Red Strat and the Yamaha, and they all sound great. Did you
ever get the tuning machine on the Spy fixed? I haven't heard
ya play that one in a while. It's time to unleash that beast
again!!!
Bob S.
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BillAqua
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 1054
Chicago IL.
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Posted on Apr 22 2006 09:24 AM
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Here's my stuff...nice and simple.
1 '65 Bandmaster
1 '64 Tank
2 AV Jaguars
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PolloGuitar
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Posts: 5090
San Francisco
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Posted on Apr 22 2006 09:50 AM
BillAqua
Here's my stuff...nice and simple.
1 '65 Bandmaster
1 '64 Tank
2 AV Jaguars
That is a sweet set up Bill! You hear a lot about Showmans for surf, but I prefer Bandmasters and Bassmans. Ever think about getting a matching Black Tolex suit?
IvanP
Some other stuff (Ferenc has the coolest photo - I gotta do that with my gear one day!)
Ivan, just take 20 minutes to drag all your stuff out and snap a pic. I'd love to see a photo. I really like all these gear shots, this is a major improvement over the old Yahoogroups format.
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Anonymous
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Posted on Apr 22 2006 10:00 AM
great pics everyone, those jags are sweet!
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