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Joined: Jul 31, 2012 Posts: 4052 Nashville, TN. 
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Posted on Jun 27 2014 07:34 PM
elsentenza, great Mosrite shot! Favorite Surf Guitar? Today it's this: http://www.facebook.com/CrazyAcesMusic |
Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle
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Posted on Jun 27 2014 07:55 PM
CrazyAces wrote:
Take it back! Blasphemer. In all seriousness, it doesn't have my favorite crutch... how am I supposed to play that thing? |
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Joined: Jul 31, 2012 Posts: 4052 Nashville, TN.
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Posted on Jun 27 2014 08:53 PM
JakeDobner wrote:
Oh, I'm shopping for you Jake? Cool, I'll keep looking, LOL My favorite crutch as well. I just did two days of rehearsal for a non-surf gig. Played a Tele, which I love but man oh man was I lost! Ha Ha —http://www.facebook.com/CrazyAcesMusic |
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Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle
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Posted on Jun 27 2014 09:05 PM
I always reach for a vibrato arm... My friends usually notice and laugh. Yes, you are always shopping for me. That guitar is super rad though, and believe it or not I do own guitars without a vibrato! |
Joined: May 05, 2012 Posts: 351 Virginia Beach 
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Posted on Jun 27 2014 10:31 PM
I have to have a vibrato. For ME it's the only way To voice 'surf guitar' I think any guitar can surf as long as it's got a whammy.. It's funny I bought a Tele off of CL to be whammy independent and ended up putting a Bigsby on it within two weeks.My favorite is a Jag. Actually the one I had listed here for sale forever. I'm glad no one bought it Cool guitar Jeff! And Jake keep grabbing for the phantom arm! |
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Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle
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Posted on Jun 27 2014 10:43 PM
Yeah, for me it is about the voicing as well. When you are playing lead for surf guitar, you don't have a lot of tricks at your disposal when you are 'soloing' like a lot of 'rock' guitar. You are really focused on melody and dynamics and the vibrato is just a real treat to add some needed expression. |
Joined: Jun 21, 2012 Posts: 78 Garda Lake 
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Posted on Jun 28 2014 04:05 AM
Bill_Ashton wrote:
Well i had the same feeling, when i was a kid in late anyway i think that with mosrites there's no in between, or you love em, adore them, worship em! or you definitely hate them! —elSentenza Watang! Mandarine Surfers Last edited: Jun 28, 2014 04:06:00 |
Joined: Aug 22, 2010 Posts: 1018 Portland, Oregon with Insanitizers
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Posted on Jun 30 2014 07:39 PM
This guitar really can surf. I snapped photo 6/28/2014 at the Recycled Art Fair, downtown Vancouver, Washington.
Insanitizers! http://www.insanitizers.com Last edited: Jun 30, 2014 19:42:06 |
Joined: Feb 26, 2014 Posts: 68 Los Angeles, CA
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Posted on Jul 01 2014 08:07 PM
i really like my les paul with p90's but i might redo with humbuckers might sound very cool ....... also a strat with dick dale wiring ........ |
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Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle
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Posted on Jul 01 2014 08:22 PM
I love a good PAF style humbucker. Do they sound great if you just plug them straight into your surf rig? Not really, but fiddle with the treble/mid/bass and then they become awesome. Turns out they are voiced differently! |
Joined: Sep 21, 2013 Posts: 5 South Central Wisconsin |
Posted on Aug 02 2014 06:56 PM
For now it's what I can afford, my Danelectro U-2. Aqua (Surf Green) of course. Still saving my pennies for an American Standard Lipstick Strat (Surf Modified). Some may question the creds of the Strat as a surf guitar. But those Seymour Duncan lipstick pickups make it the real deal and sound amazing. If I can't wait that long it will be the Squier version. |
Joined: Jul 29, 2014 Posts: 52 Cincinnati |
Posted on Aug 03 2014 07:05 AM
Absence makes the heart grow fonder... or Fender in this case. One of my favorite surf guitars was this Jag I owned back in the early 80's. I got it for next to nothing due to the refin. I don't know who did it, or what ever happened to it after I traded it away. I got it from a shop near Detroit called Rock City. Don't think it's there anymore. I think they had an all-original silver Jag w/matching headstock for like $500. Man, that was a lot of $$. This one probably cost $200. |
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Joined: May 05, 2012 Posts: 351 Virginia Beach
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Posted on Aug 03 2014 05:25 PM
Almost always a Jag , but yesterday I spent some aggressive quality time with my old Strat and my 63 Bandy with vol @ 6 .. There is just something about that light weight and term .. I like them all, depending on mood. |
Joined: Sep 14, 2011 Posts: 20 Gibsonville, NC
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Posted on Aug 10 2014 06:08 PM
I like playing surf on several of my guitars.
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Joined: Jul 31, 2012 Posts: 4052 Nashville, TN.
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Posted on Aug 10 2014 06:49 PM
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Joined: Jul 31, 2012 Posts: 4052 Nashville, TN.
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Posted on Aug 10 2014 07:10 PM
I haven't used this for much other than recording the last few years but I've been having a lot of fun with my Teisco EP-200 lately and think it needs to come out to some gigs Cheers, http://www.facebook.com/CrazyAcesMusic |
Joined: Sep 16, 2007 Posts: 548 Utah |
Posted on Aug 10 2014 09:10 PM
Cool axe Jeff! —Either you surf, or you fight. |
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Joined: Jul 31, 2012 Posts: 4052 Nashville, TN.
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Posted on Aug 10 2014 09:44 PM
imafunkyman wrote:
Thanks. http://www.facebook.com/CrazyAcesMusic |
Joined: Feb 27, 2012 Posts: 316 Mesa, AZ.
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Posted on Aug 11 2014 01:30 AM
I dig the Vespa badge on the pickguard Jeff. Nice touch! Brings back memories of my scooter riding days. —Otto & The Ottomans |
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Joined: Jul 31, 2012 Posts: 4052 Nashville, TN.
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Posted on Aug 11 2014 09:30 AM
Bob, http://www.facebook.com/CrazyAcesMusic |
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