My surf music is influenced by everything around, people I meet, nature, travels, movies and books, diving, cars and races, sports, animals and surely thoughts, fears and hopes. I’ve never seen the ocean and don’t know now if I ever see, but who knows!

Waikiki Makaki surf-rock band from Ukraine

https://linktr.ee/waikikimakaki

Lost Diver

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

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synchro wrote:

synchro wrote:

Toneschaser wrote:

synchro wrote:

Toneschaser wrote:

It's a sound thing for me more than anything. And if in the mood, I will most definitely use a Marshall!

Keep saving your money and, someday, you’ll be able to afford a big amp. Holy smokes! That thing is a monster. Tell us more; please.

Haha! Being in the guitar fixing biz, this old stuff kind of falls in my lap, often for far under market value. I also tend to barter guitar work for gear I couldn't otherwise afford, I'm not the best business man!!
The head is a '67 50-watter, it's actually a bass amp so it's got an especially warm tone. The 8x10 cab is from around '69-'70, original drivers though re-coned my Tom Colvin in Fort Wayne. Matt Clouston out of Athens, OH built the reverb, his take on the 6k6 version of the 6G15. The Jazzmaster is a Seuf OH-10, made in Kansas City.

I'm inspired by sound.

Than 8x10 is unbelievable! I’m sure it sounds awesome with that 50 watt head. Couple that with a 6G15 and I can’t imagine that it wouldn’t have great highs with all of those 10s and that huge closed back cabinet must add some real heft to the sound.

I don’t have a lot of firsthand experience with Marshalls, but I’ve heard clean Marshalls on a couple of occasions and they sounded pretty good to me. Gerry McGee used a Marshall with The Ventures (for gigs in Japan) and got a pretty great sound. The 20 watt Marshall 2061 is a great sounding amp with a broad sweet spot, just short of breakup. This is probably the Marshall I have the most experience with and I would be more than pleased to play Surf on one.

Overall, your rig looks like an ideal rig.

The artist formerly known as: Synchro

When Surf Guitar is outlawed only outlaws will play Surf Guitar.

synchro wrote:

synchro wrote:

synchro wrote:

Toneschaser wrote:

synchro wrote:

Toneschaser wrote:

It's a sound thing for me more than anything. And if in the mood, I will most definitely use a Marshall!

Keep saving your money and, someday, you’ll be able to afford a big amp. Holy smokes! That thing is a monster. Tell us more; please.

Haha! Being in the guitar fixing biz, this old stuff kind of falls in my lap, often for far under market value. I also tend to barter guitar work for gear I couldn't otherwise afford, I'm not the best business man!!
The head is a '67 50-watter, it's actually a bass amp so it's got an especially warm tone. The 8x10 cab is from around '69-'70, original drivers though re-coned my Tom Colvin in Fort Wayne. Matt Clouston out of Athens, OH built the reverb, his take on the 6k6 version of the 6G15. The Jazzmaster is a Seuf OH-10, made in Kansas City.

I'm inspired by sound.

Than 8x10 is unbelievable! I’m sure it sounds awesome with that 50 watt head. Couple that with a 6G15 and I can’t imagine that it wouldn’t have great highs with all of those 10s and that huge closed back cabinet must add some real heft to the sound.

I don’t have a lot of firsthand experience with Marshalls, but I’ve heard clean Marshalls on a couple of occasions and they sounded pretty good to me. Gerry McGee used a Marshall with The Ventures (for gigs in Japan) and got a pretty great sound. The 20 watt Marshall 2061 is a great sounding amp with a broad sweet spot, just short of breakup. This is probably the Marshall I have the most experience with and I would be more than pleased to play Surf on one.

Overall, your rig looks like an ideal rig.

Thank you! Big, round, and drenched in reverb! While I do like making records and playing for people, my prime motivation for playing music is to hear the live sounds. Luckily, I still get to do that from time to time!

websurfer wrote:

sig, coming from a listener appreciation point of view I have wondered if being fortunate to live by the Pacific ocean as I do enhances my surf music experience.

My beach is in Oregon in the Pacific Northwest of the USA. While we do have many beautiful sunny days, it is mostly of the colder, windswept variety, and the water is cold for swimming. That said, it has its own rugged beauty and the vistas are quite breathtaking.

I say this because my favorite surf band, Satan's Pilgrims are an Oregon band and I'm sure they have written many songs inspired by the beaches here.

The really interesting thing is, I can feel the Oregon Coast in their music! When I am out among the dunes or driving along 101 on a drizzly day with their music on, it is like a soundtrack to my surroundings. This is what "artists" can do, and I'm very impressed by it.

I can relate to this but on the opposite side of the country here in New Jersey.

Really I feel like one of the things that has been lost as the genre has evolved is the imagery of the ocean/beach. Early artists like Dick Dale, The Challengers, and The Surfaris did that, whether it was through the music or the album art, or both. Many of the modern bands didn't do that, but a few like The Eliminators, The Surfites, and The Volcanos did. The image of surfing in the 60s is one of the things I look for in surf music, and so many modern bands don't go for it.

Jake

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