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Posted on Jan 20 2013 09:42 PM
Been playing surf riffs for 50 years. Specialize in Carl Wilson on strat w. overdubs. Have a hundred "videos" on youtube with tons of hits. Many Beach Boy covers (instrumental only). Some sappy stiff like "Monkey's Uncle" & "Be True to Your School". Would you guys consider this surf music? See www.youtube.com/user/webster1251 Last edited: Jan 20, 2013 22:17:48 |
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Posted on Jan 20 2013 10:10 PM
I am curious as to why you say "the holy grail of Fender guitar players is Chuck Berry's Johnny B. Goode". I've never seen Berry holding a Fender guitar. |
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Posted on Jan 21 2013 08:06 AM
Jake: Thanks for taking time to see site. I get a kick out of the short Carl Wilson riffs like in "Be True to Your School", etc.. You are right on. Berry was a Gibson man in his prime. I mentioned the "Strat" in my video only because of the notoriously better sound vs. the Gibson on such songs. More "surfy". Truth is, as much as Berry was the first and possibly best innovator for bridge riffs, his (as recorded) Gibson's lacked the depth of a well reverbed Fender. He later admitted this to some associates and has been known to play a Strat on a number of tours, though he remains partial to his signature big-body Gibsons. |
Joined: Mar 15, 2011 Posts: 8528 Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up. 
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Posted on Jan 21 2013 08:13 AM
Not to start the whole, "Were the Beach Boys ever a surf band?" question again, but it sure sounds like David Marks adapated Berry's style to the Beach Boys early hits. And that style has endured. Well, I got to the party late but I wanted to listen to some of Rich's music. Welsome to SG101 and that's some nice guitar playing! —This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got. Last edited: Feb 04, 2013 08:06:37 |
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Posted on Jan 21 2013 08:36 AM
Noel & Jake: Thanks. I know lots of guys say they "knew" the guitar famous. I won't do that but I did learn a lot of playing back in the 60's from a few. My "I Can Hear Music" youtube upload is the only one in which I put a few old pics. First is me, on beach, minus the extra poundage I now carry. The next several are of me with Mike Love and Al Jardine after a show. Not "friends" but got to tune Carl's guitars for this show. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joFV_szHnO4&list=UU87npDO2V9a_9BGk_xaTGGw |
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Joined: Mar 15, 2011 Posts: 8528 Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.
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Posted on Jan 21 2013 08:56 AM
Rich wrote:
There has got to be more to tell about being back-stage with Carl,Al & Mike. We want to know! This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got. |
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Posted on Jan 21 2013 09:19 AM
Noel: truth is, Brian was asleep, so I was asking Mike about Jan Berry's final car accident which had occurred a few months earlier. Don't remember much else. I did, however, get to watch Carl warm up with improvised riffs. I recently employed one of them as the last nine bars of my Help Me Rhonda cover. Youtube search webster1251 and Help Me Rhonda. Song is a little stiff but I opened it up at the very end. |
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Joined: Mar 15, 2011 Posts: 8528 Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.
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Posted on Jan 21 2013 09:25 AM
Rich wrote:
When the West-Coast awakens, they're gonna love this. —This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got. |
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Posted on Feb 03 2013 09:16 PM
Noel: I just put up a few Beach Boys overdubs on a new "cover" site called "coverium.com". They are already beating the competition on this new, interesting site. |
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Joined: Mar 15, 2011 Posts: 8528 Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.
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Posted on Feb 04 2013 08:09 AM
Rich wrote:
Congratulations. I can only play like David Marks in my dreams, but sadly they don't record too well. Well done! —This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got. |
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Posted on Feb 04 2013 01:29 PM
Since "Coverium.com" wanted some old Beach Boy stuff, I just recorded "Surfin' Safari" (instrumental). I really only did it to demo the lead riff, which one of the other contributor groups got very wrong. |
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