rkaiser
Joined: Mar 30, 2010
Posts: 15
Montana
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Posted on Mar 30 2010 11:40 PM
I'm finally getting around to learning the guitar and love surf/spy tunes. This, of course brought me to the Penetrators recently (sorry to hear the what the band has gone through in the last year or so). Locked & Loaded is one of my favorite albums. I'd love to learn the songs but can't seem to find any tabs any where. I'm no where good enough to play by ear or figure tabs out for myself yet.
Also, anyone know if there are plans to release Kings of the High Speed Weekend on iTunes or where it can be found on CD?
Thanks for any help, hope to be a active member once my poor finger tips stop hurting and get some decent callous built up 
— surf guitar noob
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Staredge
Joined: Sep 27, 2008
Posts: 1149
Damascus, Maryland
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Posted on Mar 31 2010 06:23 AM
Great album. I recommend you get the DVD 'Declassified' as well. Fantastic.
Haven't found any tabs, but then again I try to stay away from them. I recommend the Tascam guitar trainer.
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This is the one I have. There is a newer model, as well as one that uses mp3s. It slows the songs down without changing pitch, and you can loop sections to work them out. Got mine off of eBay for $50. I've worked out the first part of "Another Time, Another Place", although I haven't been back to it in a while.
Haven't quite figured out how to figure out the rhythm line of songs yet.
If you get in touch with Sticks, I think he may have some copies of High Speed Weekend. (need to pick one of those up myself) I believe the band website has a couple of mp3s from that album you can download.
— Will
"You're done, once you're a surfer you're done. You're in. It's like the mob or something. You're not getting out." - Kelly Slater
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hlieboff59
Joined: Jun 27, 2008
Posts: 576
Marlboro, New Jersey
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Posted on Mar 31 2010 07:59 AM
Hey staredge, does this guitar trainer have an external speaker or do you have to hook it up to computer or external speakers. Looks nice.
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Brian
Joined: Feb 25, 2006
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Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Mar 31 2010 08:15 AM
You can also use free software like Audacity to slown down and loop songs while keeping the pitch.
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synchro
Joined: Feb 02, 2008
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Not One-Sawn, but Two-Sawn . . . AZ.
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Posted on Mar 31 2010 10:09 AM
Staredge
Haven't found any tabs, but then again I try to stay away from them.
Mark Twain said that "there are three kinds of mendacity, lies, damned lies and statistics". Had he lived in the age of Internet tablature I'm sure that would have figured prominently on his list.
Even humble Windows Media Player allows you to slow down tracks.
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When Surf Guitar is outlawed only outlaws will play Surf Guitar.
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Staredge
Joined: Sep 27, 2008
Posts: 1149
Damascus, Maryland
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Posted on Mar 31 2010 10:24 AM
hlieboff59
Hey staredge, does this guitar trainer have an external speaker or do you have to hook it up to computer or external speakers. Looks nice.
I use headphones. Guitar plugs into the unit itself. (it has an effects package, although I don't really use any of them) You could run a line out into an amp CD input though, if you wanted.
I know Media Player and Audacity allow you to slow stuff down as well. Media player only drops it one speed...the nice thing about the Tascam is I can take it all the way down to half speed, then bump the speed up as I get better with it.
As for tab.....I'm not totally anti-tab, I just find it easier for me to learn it by ear. I use tab for chord progressions and figuring out things like double stops. YMMV. 
— Will
"You're done, once you're a surfer you're done. You're in. It's like the mob or something. You're not getting out." - Kelly Slater
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rkaiser
Joined: Mar 30, 2010
Posts: 15
Montana
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Posted on Mar 31 2010 05:18 PM
Thanks for the heads-up on the Tascam guitar trainer. I have a lesson this Friday so maybe I'll talk to my instructor about it.
— surf guitar noob
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planish
Joined: Jan 09, 2008
Posts: 473
Sackville, New Brunswick
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Posted on Apr 03 2010 09:39 PM
Brian
You can also use free software like Audacity to slown down and loop songs while keeping the pitch.
Yup. I like that you can very precisely select a passage and have it loop such that the tempo is preserved as it jumps from back to front, so you don't stumble picking up the rhythm again.
The MacOS QuickTime Player has a speed control and looping playback option too, but it's harder to make precise selections.
— I'm not a complete idiot. Some parts are missing.
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rkaiser
Joined: Mar 30, 2010
Posts: 15
Montana
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Posted on Apr 05 2010 10:11 AM
My instructor and I spent a little time tabbing out Another Time, Another Place so I could get a start with it. I did find a good price on a Tascam trainer so hope to get started with it soon. Been trying to learn The Venture's song Hurricane and I think the Tascam will help a lot.
— surf guitar noob
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Staredge
Joined: Sep 27, 2008
Posts: 1149
Damascus, Maryland
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Posted on Apr 05 2010 02:44 PM
Keep up on eBay. It took me a while, but I got mine finally for about $50.
— Will
"You're done, once you're a surfer you're done. You're in. It's like the mob or something. You're not getting out." - Kelly Slater
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Brian
Joined: Feb 25, 2006
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Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Apr 05 2010 03:56 PM
Again, Audacity is free. Even if you have an old computer it should work fine for this purpose. You can "see" the song graphically as a waveform, then use your mouse to select the section to loop (you can get very, very precise with this), and then slow it down to any arbitrary speed. It really helped me out.
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