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Playing Dick Dale's "The Wedge"
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 10331 southern Michigan 
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Posted on Feb 13 2018 08:37 PM
Jake, FAN-tastic! Thank you so VERY MUCH! I really appreciate that, you're too kind! Ivan |
Joined: Dec 11, 2013 Posts: 2533 Akron, Ohio
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Posted on Feb 14 2018 06:23 AM
Ivan, in your original post you made reference to something that I noticed and figured out in a lot of DD's playing is that on his trem side runs that he hits through the E string which gives that unmatched ringing. I was listening to DD while cleaning the garage a month ago and that's when it first dawned on my and why he sounds so incredible unique and it can't be duplicated easily. I tried! Us standard players have to upstroke from the bottom with a lot of power whereas for him it all came naturally to down stroke and power through the run. This runs throughout his catalog when he's doing runs and I wonder if it was just sloppy playing and he realized how incredible it sounded and just went with it. —The Kahuna Kings https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Kahuna-Kings/459752090818447 |
Joined: Dec 12, 2006 Posts: 2683 Ventura, CA
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Posted on Feb 20 2018 05:16 PM
Totally wrong! Here's how it's done proper: |
Joined: Jul 30, 2016 Posts: 883
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Posted on Mar 04 2018 04:02 AM
Earl Palmer's drumming is what makes that song, in my opinion. The Capitol version is THE version. None other approaches it in pace and energy. Earl may have been just a simple session drummer (that's irony) but he seemed to understand surf music better than many who were more intimately involved in it. I've never heard a version of The Wedge that didn't make me just want to listen to the Capitol version. Last edited: Mar 05, 2018 13:09:52 |
Joined: May 14, 2007 Posts: 1753
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Posted on Mar 04 2018 11:41 PM
This may be a matter of liking what I heard first, but I actually prefer the version of this entitled "A Run For Life" with horn section and more prominent backing vocals. I have it on an old Rhino surf comp. |
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Posted on May 30 2018 10:47 AM
Anyone ever try to play this song as a slow tune? |
Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 1683 Georgia
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Posted on May 30 2018 09:29 PM
gc24 wrote:
Not that I've ever heard. —The Mystery Men? |
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Joined: Dec 12, 2007 Posts: 318
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Posted on May 30 2018 09:36 PM
The Detonators play a slow version. Quite good I must say. |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25549 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on May 30 2018 11:27 PM
I think maybe the Duotones also??? —Jeff(bigtikidude) |
Joined: Aug 29, 2009 Posts: 1556 Israel 
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Posted on May 31 2018 03:08 AM
bigtikidude wrote:
Nope. They're pretty much ripping it! (at least on the record) ~172bpm. Dick's: ~185bpm. Last edited: May 31, 2018 03:30:25 |
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Posted on May 31 2018 06:17 PM
Where can I find the Detenators version at? |
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25549 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on May 31 2018 07:09 PM
Maybe YouTube —Jeff(bigtikidude) |
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Posted on May 31 2018 08:28 PM
Nah, tried that. |
Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 11052 Berkeley, CA
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Posted on May 31 2018 08:42 PM
Cocktail Preachers did a slow version as well it's quite good. Can't find a link anywhere though. Send me an email if you want and I'll send you the soundfile . —Danny Snyder Playing keys and guitar with Combo Tezeta Formerly a guitarist in The TomorrowMen and Meshugga Beach Party Latest surf project - Now That's What I Call SURF |
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Joined: Dec 12, 2007 Posts: 318
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Posted on Jun 01 2018 01:43 PM
Detonators had a CD, might have just been self recorded and not released. I will see if I can find it and if there's label info. |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 1070 Ventura County, Calif.
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Posted on Jan 19 2024 06:55 PM
gc24 wrote:
Hey Bruther. It's on Phil Dirt's Cd that we did on Curl Rider. Cheers. —Be careful following the masses. Sometimes the "M" is silent........................... Last edited: Jan 24, 2024 15:37:22 |
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Joined: Dec 12, 2006 Posts: 2683 Ventura, CA
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Posted on Jan 20 2024 10:47 AM
Unsteady Freddie shot our version of the Wedge at Suzie's in Hermosa Beach 12 years ago. I think it was our best live video. |
Joined: Sep 07, 2006 Posts: 1489 Redlands, CA
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Posted on Jan 23 2024 09:19 PM
IvanP wrote:
Nicely done! |
Joined: Feb 02, 2008 Posts: 4446 Not One-Sawn, but Two-Sawn . . . AZ.
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Posted on Jan 23 2024 10:45 PM
Beautiful work, Ivan. I was born Tremolo Impaired. With significant rehabilitation from the charity TIC (Tremolo Impaired Chumps), I’ve been able to play tremolos in short bursts, but if I tried to play a song with that much sustained tremolo I’d probably injure myself. The artist formerly known as: Synchro When Surf Guitar is outlawed only outlaws will play Surf Guitar. |
Joined: Apr 13, 2018 Posts: 1374 New Orleans
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Posted on Jan 24 2024 03:42 PM
Wow. Amazing single take man. How much do you practice guitar on average per week? That is one tough number! —Daniel Deathtide |
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