That reminds me. I recently switched from flats to roundwounds. And I went from .12s to .11s. I'm liking the switch.

JoshHeartless

diceophonic
Nothing will do but offset Fenders and a backline of piggyback amps this is a big thing for me when I see live surf bands or see pics on the band sites, cd liner notes and see if they use Jags and Jazz yeah sure other guitars like Mosrites, Mustangs, Teles, Strats are fine and dandy but the original soul, sound and twang of surf is the Jazzmaster & Jaguar yeah I guess you can call me a purist (or "traditionalist") but... this doesn't mean I won't dig a band just becuase they don't use Jaguars or Jazzmasters if the music moves me I'm hooked, you have a new fan it's all good

you say traditionalist and purist, but your string gauge says differently!!

HAHAHAHA

just messin' with ya man. your tone is spectacular regardless, so whatever yer doin' keep it up!

Hehehehe I know I know you're messin but man since day uno I have only used roundwounds 46s to 9s for all the genres I have messed with in past years to present and if I didn't tell ya everyone would assume that I was using heavy guage flatwounds but that goes to show that technique and style play a big part not the strings, amp or even the guitar that all comes last with a sweet a$$ result and tone put all together IMO, I'll let the music speak for it self that's the proof right there

-Kyle

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LHR
Kyle: I agree in principle regarding the Jaguar/Jazzmaster nexus. But there has been a ton of great surf music done with a Stratocaster. Don't really like playing them myself; I am a card-carrying Stratophobe. But I am always really surprised when I find that a really killer song or guitar part was done on a Strat. I almost don't want to believe it. This has happened a lot.

You so right bro songs like these strat surfin' hits
Misirlou
Pipeline
Wipeout
Penetration
Walk Don't Run (but the lead I think was on a Jazzmaster?)
I guess the list goes on.................

HHmmm so what Jaguar Jazzmaster surfin' hits are there

-Kyle

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JakeDobner
That reminds me. I recently switched from flats to roundwounds. And I went from .12s to .11s. I'm liking the switch.

Cool beaners Jake welcome to the roundwound club
and BTW congrats on finishing school so what field or job are you taking up?

Thanks Kyle! For the past two years I've worked as student help for some of the copy centers on campus. I'm good and enthusiastic about what I do. So when I graduated they offered me a job to stay on and manage a new copy center they are building. On top of that they are making me in charge of digital files for the department. I'm going from student help and vaulting above all but one person in the department. Pretty sweet It is a state job and the benefits rule. Plus, it is going to give me a chance to live down near the university with my friends, which I couldn't afford as a student.

JakeDobner

diceophonic

JakeDobner
That reminds me. I recently switched from flats to roundwounds. And I went from .12s to .11s. I'm liking the switch.

Cool beaners Jake welcome to the roundwound club
and BTW congrats on finishing school so what field or job are you taking up?

Thanks Kyle! For the past two years I've worked as student help for some of the copy centers on campus. I'm good and enthusiastic about what I do. So when I graduated they offered me a job to stay on and manage a new copy center they are building. On top of that they are making me in charge of digital files for the department. I'm going from student help and vaulting above all but one person in the department. Pretty sweet It is a state job and the benefits rule. Plus, it is going to give me a chance to live down near the university with my friends, which I couldn't afford as a student.

That's a sweet deal Jake

-Kyle

Beyond The Surf YouTube channel
Beyond The Surf Instagram
The Verbtones @ Instagram
The Verbtones @ Facebook
The Verbtones @ bandcamp

I'm gonna throw some flats on my tele and my archtop soon, I think!

Mr. Mogwai

I tried flats for awhile, but I couldn't get used to them. I use 10's now, too, and they feel a lot better.

The Charvel Surfcaster is pretty cool. These were made in the early '90s and came in both 6 and 12 string versions. Steve, our other guitarist has a nice trans. orange 12 string that sounds incredible. I describe it as a weird rickenbacker/dano/fender offset mash-up.
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I came. I saw. I left.

The old Silvertone amp-in-case guitars sound fantastic with a good set up. They have nice short, stubby necks that are very fast and that lovely Dano twang. They can still be picked up for cheap. Also vintage Harmonys like the Bobcat are also decent sleeper guitars.

I came. I saw. I left.

Oh no you can't!....unless you consider $500-600 Dollars a fair price....

.......make the Mos' of it,
.....choose the 'rite stuff!
.........owner of 9 Mosrites
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1963 "The Ventures" Model s/n# 0038
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