That's a beauty!

Deal with reality, or reality will deal with you.

I think any electric guitar will sound good with surf being it was the Fender Tank Reverb Unit and Showman Amp that made the classic surf sound possible. That being said I like The Fender Jaguar the most ( but their all different.) I have like 6 (Fender USA, Fender Japan, Squire-Indonesia etc) and each one has it own sound. if your your trying to get that Surf Teens tinny lead sound, get a Jaguar all three switchs up and Tone and volume wide open (That' s the sound it makes. Tank has all three knobs at 12 o o'clock

Hard to say what the best guitar would be being so many were used; Like Pipeline was recorded playing a $100 Danelectro Guitar ...so it is more the amp and reverb unit that really makes the difference.

Strings the same thing - If you want Dick Dale tone thick strings will work better, but if you want the tinny sound lighten up a bit on string size. Flat round strings are a waste of time for surf, You need the wire rounds to get the right sound on slides on the A string.

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I'm determined to get one of these again:

Had 2 (white and greenburst)in the past.
Great pickups and trem.

http://soundcloud.com/graham-pike

This one.

Waikiki Makaki surf-rock band from Ukraine

https://linktr.ee/waikikimakaki

Lost Diver

https://lostdiver.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/vitaly-yakushin

Bill_Ashton wrote:

In response to the posting that was previously there, back in the mid-Sixties we wanted Mustangs so bad you could taste 'em...but only those with rich parents actually got them for beginner-guitars, the rest of us loping along with our Kawaii or Teisco-based pieces. Sonic Blue or that slightly off-white were the best!

I deleted my post after doing some searching and finding some threads regarding Mustangs and surf music. But my premise was: Where's the love for Mustangs? I have a Squier Bullet Mustang and like it but would really like to get a 'real' Fender Mustang like one of these:

Bill_Ashton wrote:

Sonic Blue! Oh! Very nice indeed
Yes! And light relic nitro paint)

Waikiki Makaki surf-rock band from Ukraine

https://linktr.ee/waikikimakaki

Lost Diver

https://lostdiver.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/vitaly-yakushin

Sorry, should have been more specific...because our amplification was two tweed Champs and a little solid-state Bradford, we rented to Epiphone Zephyr amps from the local big music store...only ever seen one (online), thats why I know they were Zephyrs, two channel, twin 10" speakers and wonderful tube reverb! Imagine now, giving three 8th-grade guitar players powerful amps with not only tremolo, but tube REVERB! I'd love to find one of these amps today, know they are not thought highly of collector-wise, but there had to be more produced than the two we rented

Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most...

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Jeez man, I'm not THAT old! Clearly they reused the model name. Grey tolex, slanted almost flat front panel, small round knobs with red pointer...similar to brown Gibsons of same time period, guessing early or mid sixties...but thanks for thinking of me. Now, back to Mustang envy.

Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most...

Bill_Ashton wrote:

Sorry, should have been more specific...because our amplification was two tweed Champs and a little solid-state Bradford, we rented to Epiphone Zephyr amps from the local big music store...only ever seen one (online), thats why I know they were Zephyrs, two channel, twin 10" speakers and wonderful tube reverb! Imagine now, giving three 8th-grade guitar players powerful amps with not only tremolo, but tube REVERB! I'd love to find one of these amps today, know they are not thought highly of collector-wise, but there had to be more produced than the two we rented

Man I love reading stories with cool specifics like yours. Thanks a lot!

Daniel Deathtide

****out of respect for all... whatever works for you is fine. Stick with that..

for me.. the jag is THE surfguitar ever!

there's no comparison anywhere near the attack that a jag gives you
the quick picking near the bridge is (to me) super comfy. It has the right amount of resistance/stiffness. I play on the original bridge

for my playing the strat has one big flaw..the volumecontrol is way too close to the high E and I always keep rolling the volume while playing.
Nevertheless I love the strat very much. Have one with chevalier pickups, and the middle pickup is really really great!

but like already said, the attack on a Jag is huge! Even the high E has fullbodied attack and never lacks tone

Jag 4 life!!
JM 4 fun!!

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