I write in praise of Surf Guitar 101, and by extension, surf musicians everywhere.

I belong to some other interest groups I won't mention. During just the past several months, what as a parent I view as tantrums have exploded on many of them. Any statement someone disagrees with is immediately met with vituperative invective. Battle lines get drawn, opposing sides are joined, and the war of insults commences. There's not much actual discussion - just barrages of ridicule bombs.

My participation here is sadly minimal of late. I completely underestimated the time I would need to live the life I led before the move. It remains a work in progress.

But this just happened. I can share it here, knowing it will be appreciated for what it is, and that I won't get flamed for being too far off-topic. It has to do with instrumental music, after all.

So three cheers for Surf Guitar 101, for Brian who created it and keeps it running, everyone who helps him, and all our members. You are all why it's my favorite place on the Internet.

This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got.

I love the music but like others I come here because it's fun. And a bit of nostalgia as well because I do remember 1963 and buying Wipe Out as my first 45 rpm single.

cool story noel

www.surfintheeye.com

Noel,
I've heard many wonderful stories about your talented father through our conversations but this article and tribute helped even more to illuminate his career and your perspective.
Thank you for sharing this.

Cheers,
Jeff

http://www.facebook.com/CrazyAcesMusic
http://www.youtube.com/user/crazyacesrock
http://www.reverbnation.com/crazyacesmusic

This is a really wonderful forum. I joined a month or so ago after lurking for a while. It's the only forum I've ever been a member of. The focus is so specific and nerdy that no one comes here for anything other than to indulge that preoccupation. Anyone seeking less civil forms of anonymous web interaction can always wade back into the toxic cesspool that is Facebook.

I recall stumbling on this forum while looking for users of Quilter amps. My main surf music preoccupation, aside from my own guitar tone, was anticipating the new release from the Mermen (one of my all time favorite bands period, regardless of genera), already an active forum topic when I discovered Surfguitar101. Time spent exploring the forum resulted in rekindling my broader interest in surf guitar music. I was aware of other surf bands in a general kind of way but had no idea really great bands like The Madeira and The Tomorrowmen for example even existed.

That's my story. Thanks for widening my surf listening taste and for providing a great little space on the web.

PS My apologies to the guy in Colorado patiently seeking band mates. He may not have appreciated my weird earnest/absurd humor.

The Vicissitones
Diesel Marine
The Rasputones

this place is so much friendlier than FB

www.surfintheeye.com

SG101 inspires me. There were little signs throughout my decades of playing that a mainstream pop approach to guitar was not scratching the itch and that I was missing out on something. Surf music has become such a major part of my guitar playing, creativity, and I feel that I am back on track with setting and achieving musical goals.
I was born in '70 so all my growing up and formative years in guitar were during the off-years for surf/instro. It's only been in the past 5-6 years that this world opened up to me.
Without this community, though, this would not have happened in remotely the same way...or maybe at all.

Lorne
The Surf Shakers: https://www.facebook.com/TheSurfShakers
Vancouver BC Canada

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That is a nice story Noel

And that Brian, who runs this place, he's not a bad bloke is he !

Freshwater Surfin'

The Murray Basin
Australia

Thanks for all the comments, everyone! Welcome to sg101 ElectricLimnology. Glad you're here. And Samurai, I don't mind at all. I welcome more such comments if anyone wants to.

This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got.

Bump!

Yes and yes, this site is truly a gem, thank you Brian and all the rest of the community. It’s a dream. There are plenty of guitar forums and gear forums but this site has everything I’ll ever need. Pretty much everything I care about musically involves the surf tone.

The diy people here really know their stuff and are so delightfully free with their knowledge. (I forsee a Surfy Bear in my distant future!)

I found this haven searching for which Jaguar to get. This was only after discovering that that guitar is The Guitar to provide the tone I’d been searching for. (Phantom Surfers and Trashwomen!) I am a pretty lazy person and it’s taken over 20 years to get a surf band together, but putting out vinyl of my version of surf is basically the only thing on my bucket list.

The only other forum I belong to is one I joined in 2008 that’s all about production sound recording, which is what I do for work. That place has giants in the field (the dude who mixed Terminator posts there for example), as well as younguns who’ve just discovered the field. SG101 is like that place, most people use there real names, and giants in the field provide wizened feedback to surf newbies.

This kind of site is in the .01% of Best of the Internet, easily.

Carrying the torch for surf along with you all, thanks!

Dan Izen

Daniel Deathtide