JObeast
Joined: Jul 24, 2012
Posts: 2762
Finknabad, Squinkistan
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Posted on Mar 28 2013 04:03 PM
I'm a fair player with pro, vintage gear, can read charts and keep a tight beat and understand harmony. Playing with a good drummer- we could use another guitar and/or bass player to complete the band. Looking for someone with some drive to work out slightly challenging music – "spaghetti western" (Ennio Morricone wrote DA BOOK) as well as classic surf, Barry, Bacharach, Rota – and hone it to concert level. Capisce?
Contact me (John) at nyarlathostep@gmail.com
We practice in Silverlake and I also have access to a hall in Fairfax.
— Squink Out!
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Jetpack
Joined: May 28, 2008
Posts: 333
Los Angeles
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Posted on Mar 28 2013 04:29 PM
What do you mean, "approved"? That you have the accepted brand of gear for this style by so many so-called purists?
Sigh.
<<  Throws Fenders in attic- buys a Dean knock-off flying V >>
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https://www.facebook.com/JetpackTheBand
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JObeast
Joined: Jul 24, 2012
Posts: 2762
Finknabad, Squinkistan
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Posted on Mar 28 2013 09:04 PM
— Squink Out!
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PrestonRice
Joined: Oct 05, 2012
Posts: 1725
Austin, Texas
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Posted on Mar 28 2013 09:09 PM
JObeast wrote:
Oh geez, Jetpack. Gimme a break. I just want to play.
Old Fender gear does sound pretty good, no?
This it does.
— IMO.
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JObeast
Joined: Jul 24, 2012
Posts: 2762
Finknabad, Squinkistan
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Posted on Mar 28 2013 09:15 PM
I lack a proper tank still. Using Gibson Reverb III. I need about $2000 for the exactly right gear – any donors out there?
— Squink Out!
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DannySnyder
Joined: Mar 02, 2006
Posts: 11069
Berkeley, CA
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Posted on Mar 28 2013 09:16 PM
Good luck to you JObeast, I for one would love to hear some instro "honed to concert level" - seriously.
— Danny Snyder
"With great reverb comes great responsibility" - Uncle Leo
I am now playing trumpet with Prince Buster tribute band 'Balzac'
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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JObeast
Joined: Jul 24, 2012
Posts: 2762
Finknabad, Squinkistan
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Posted on Mar 28 2013 09:21 PM
Well there are lots of interesting spots along the curve to perfection. I just think it's good to have a goal. I will never sound exactly like the Astronauts or Davie Allen or the Ghastly Ones... but the surf ideal of playing as best one can, hitting all the 16th notes together – that's honing! It's inspiring, that level of craft and intensity. Quite the opposite of 'rockist' sloppiness.
— Squink Out!
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JakeDobner
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 12159
Seattle
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Posted on Mar 28 2013 09:35 PM
Best of luck! I'm an instrumental junkie myself, there are so many great aspects of instrumental music still left to be explored.
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JObeast
Joined: Jul 24, 2012
Posts: 2762
Finknabad, Squinkistan
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Posted on Mar 28 2013 09:51 PM
But anyone in LA interested?
— Squink Out!
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DannySnyder
Joined: Mar 02, 2006
Posts: 11069
Berkeley, CA
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Posted on Mar 28 2013 10:17 PM
JObeast wrote:
Well there are lots of interesting spots along the curve to perfection. I just think it's good to have a goal. I will never sound exactly like the Astronauts or Davie Allen or the Ghastly Ones... but the surf ideal of playing as best one can, hitting all the 16th notes together – that's honing! It's inspiring, that level of craft and intensity. Quite the opposite of 'rockist' sloppiness.
I'm with you, I try to play as accurately as I'm able to. It's a type of aesthetic I appreciate, especially when it's applied to melody and arrangement.
— Danny Snyder
"With great reverb comes great responsibility" - Uncle Leo
I am now playing trumpet with Prince Buster tribute band 'Balzac'
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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insectsurfer
Joined: Mar 22, 2006
Posts: 363
Los Angeles
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Posted on Mar 29 2013 03:28 AM
damn, i'm already in 3 bands!
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Jetpack
Joined: May 28, 2008
Posts: 333
Los Angeles
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Posted on Mar 29 2013 11:51 AM
I was actually just spoofing on our recent "Fender Fetish" topic and not serious- hence, the emoticon and prediction that I throw my Fenders aside. Sorry that didn't read that way on the screen.
< Pulls Jazzmaster, two Jaguars, three Strats, Jazz bass, and Mustang back out of attic >
— www.jetpackband.com
https://www.facebook.com/JetpackTheBand
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JObeast
Joined: Jul 24, 2012
Posts: 2762
Finknabad, Squinkistan
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Posted on Mar 29 2013 10:47 PM
I walked right into that one! D'oh! I just hate the prices of new gear.
Anyhow, I am not against playing surf music on typical gear at all! I'd like to hook up with some others of like mind!
— Squink Out!
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casey
Joined: May 18, 2006
Posts: 521
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Posted on Mar 30 2013 04:39 AM
Sounds like a great concept for a band. We've managed to work up one Bachrach tune so far, "Do You Know The Way To San Jose". If I was based in LA I'd definitely be interested.
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tahitijack
Joined: Nov 03, 2006
Posts: 693
San Clemente, CA
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Posted on Mar 30 2013 02:00 PM
You might try adding what area of LA you live or work in.
— Happy Sunsets!
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josheboy
Joined: Mar 13, 2009
Posts: 2367
Twin Cities, MN
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Posted on Apr 01 2013 11:11 AM
This actually sounds like a really cool project. I would totally be interested except that I just honestly don't feel that my guitar playing level is "band ready" yet. Especially lately, I've been slacking on my practice (BAD JOSH!). Also, I don't have the gear either. I am set for guitars, but I only have a Fender champ practice amp. Not really gig worthy. And my tank needs some work before its gig ready as well (dwell knob doesnt work. basically its either full dwell or no reverb at all).
Anyways, I wish you the best of luck! And make sure you post details of any gigs you end up doing. I'd be very interested in hearing this sound 
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JObeast
Joined: Jul 24, 2012
Posts: 2762
Finknabad, Squinkistan
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Posted on Apr 02 2013 12:05 AM
Josh, Jack, Casey, et.al.: thanks for your interest. If in a mood to work on some tunes, give a call or write.
I live between Glendale and South Pasadena, the NE corner of LA. Playing almost weekly with a drummer of like interest, downstairs at his Silverlake home – very nice set up in a faintly tiki-themed den We jammed twice with a keyboardist but he's not inclined to the work we've set out for ourselves which is admittedly a bit challenging. At this point Mike and I will just focus on a short set we can take to a marginal, arty venue like PehrSpace in Echo Park and see if we can attract some attention from other players. We're open to all comers. Write me if you want to hook up to jam. I won't bite!
— Squink Out!
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bigtikidude
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 25674
Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Apr 03 2013 01:07 AM
sounds interesting to me to,
but I'm in OC, way to far...
:-/
— Jeff(bigtikidude)
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mygigahurts
Joined: Aug 13, 2010
Posts: 17
Norwalk
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Posted on Apr 04 2013 01:36 PM
Sounds interesting, any other examples of the type of sound you're looking to make?
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JObeast
Joined: Jul 24, 2012
Posts: 2762
Finknabad, Squinkistan
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Posted on Apr 04 2013 06:41 PM
James, et.al.,
Set list we are focusing on now:
"Exodus Theme" (Ernest Gold) "Faster, Pussycat" (Boss Tweeds) "The Sicilian Clan"(Ennio Morricone) "Midnight Cowboy"(John Barry, a la Jeff Beck Group) "Clockwork Orange/Queen Mary's Funeral Processional" (G.F. Handel/W.Carlos a la Astronauts) Also horking on Morricone tunes from Sergio Leone movies – "Fistful of Dollars", "Man with a Harmonica", "Once upon a Time in the West". I have a couple fresh originals just composed, one a slow minor almost jazz thing with a gypsy/slavic feel and another frenetic (also minor) confrontation of John Carpenter with Maestro Morricone.
I also have worked on a Dick Dale-ish rendition of Maurice Jarre's "Lawrence of Arabia". I guess you could say we're a cinematic guitar outfit with an exotic edge.
— Squink Out!
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