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Joined: Apr 11, 2009 Posts: 201 |
Mosrite Ventures MI, Jazzmaster, Mosrite Ventures MI, Jazzmaster,Mosrite Ventures MI, Jazzmaster.................. —www.myspace.com/thethunderheads |
Joined: Sep 04, 2009 Posts: 1800 Temecula, CA |
My Reverend Slingshot! Kent Armstrong P-90's, Mann Vibrato (NEVER goes out of tune) and locking Sperzels. A Jazzmaster on steroids. Next would be a G & L S-500 or Commanche. I love Strats, but they CAN be improved. |
Joined: May 08, 2008 Posts: 253 Motor City Surfer |
My Favorite .... my Ibanez Jet King 4 w/Kent Armstrong P-90's (as seen in my avatar). To me.... the best surf-tone I've ever heard. Also use : Strats, Jazzmaster, and sometimes a Fender Duo Sonic just for kicks. — |
Joined: May 19, 2009 Posts: 1263 Austin, Tejas |
I never liked Jaguars. Scale length is too short, and the knobs are stuck in a very annoying place. Never liked the knob placement on Strats, either. Jazzmasters are better laid out, though when it comes down to it, the Telecaster is my favorite Fender for any kind of music. I have a '69 Thinline Reissue that I've owned since '91. —Ted James |
Joined: Sep 04, 2009 Posts: 1800 Temecula, CA |
I saw Marty Stuart at a Fender-sponsored show in Nashville in 1999. He and his band were presented Blue Sparkle (ala Buck Owens). He recalled getting his first Fender as a kid in Philadelphia Mississippi. He said, "There were racks of Stratocasters and Telecasters-all of which is wish I had today. What did I get? A JAGUAR! Sorry Fender, but they sucked then and they still suck toay". Obvoiusly, he never saw Dave Wronski! |
Joined: May 19, 2009 Posts: 1263 Austin, Tejas |
Seems like many people I know with Jags have to do major surgery on them to make them playable. Of course, they really love 'em once they're done. It's all a matter of taste. —Ted James |
Joined: Sep 04, 2009 Posts: 1800 Temecula, CA |
I loved the slogan for the buzz stop: |
Joined: Sep 19, 2008 Posts: 206 Canada, eh? |
Anyone know what's special about the Jazz Marty's holding ? |
Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle |
It's a 1960 from the looks of it. Nothing too special about it except Marty played it, or so that is probably his reasoning for it being special. |
Joined: Sep 04, 2009 Posts: 1800 Temecula, CA |
I thought it might be the JM that Wayne Moss played the intro to "Pretty Woman" on, but I'm pretty sure that one was Oly White or blonde. The picture I saw of it was old & in black & white. I know the one Hendrix played was Sunburst. |
Joined: Sep 23, 2009 Posts: 22 |
ok, my turn. now mind you. i haven't played all the guitars mentioned just teles, strats and i owned a mosrite for a time. so i'm in no position to compare them all to each other. in fact, i'm not even going to try. i'm just telling you what i like. there was nothing in the world to me that sounded so sweet as....well, just about any guitar through my old ampeg gemini II amp. it could not go as loud as i wanted but it had a reverb unit in it that i've never heard since. and the tremolo could make me lose track of time and space when i used it. i played a cheap 60's jap jag copy first. eventually i came into the possession of a 89' mosrite in a pedal steel guitar trade. it was one of the percs of the trade but i knew what it was cause i was a big ventures fan. all i can say is that when i played that mosrite, time stopped. the sound was there and truly awsome but for me it was how it played. it just suited ME. period. i think if you can find the guitar that somehow flips all those switches inside your brain, then you are truly blessed. if i had been able to find anyone to play surf music with me many years ago i might not have gone on to follow a different direction(country and the pedal steel guitar). obviously i still love surf and listen often. lately i started thinking about that mosrite. it's a long story but due to circumstances beyond my control, the mosrite was basically stolen from me. i was heartbroken. last week i just bought a vintage 65' mosrite and am awaiting arrival. i can't afford it and will have to sell some of my bluegrass instruments to pay for it(and then some). but i was never the same after losing that guitar. that's how much it meant to me. on another note, as a steel player, there is a similar debate amongst steelers when it comes to "the tone". the majority(it seems) believe that the emmons guitars built through the late seventies/early 80's are the holy grail of tone. but a whole 'nother camp thinking it's the shobuds. while some folks are on the fence. one of the interesting parts of the debate is that one of the makers(who is a famous and killer player himself) set up a soundproof room in his factory to have different musicians set up steel and amp combinations to see if players could tell the difference in "tone" from one steel to the next. in blind tests, he proved that no one could pick out one from another consistently. i think the point is that only the person playing the instrument can hear those subtle things that turn him/her on to "that tone". i would wager that something similar would happen if you did the same thing with all these surf guitars mentioned. i know that some of the more opinionated folks might disagree, but that's why maurice set up that room. to prove them wrong. of course, the debate still rages, as it does here, so there ya' go. one last thing is that there is sort of a running joke in the steel world that black steels sound better. some people actually believe this. does anyone here think that a certain color sounds better than others? |
Joined: Sep 04, 2009 Posts: 1800 Temecula, CA |
Connie Mack |
Joined: Sep 23, 2009 Posts: 22 |
wow. you got to play with buddy. that's quite the honor whether you realize it or not. and yes i have heard of joe wright. i have checked out his steel page a few times. lately i've tried working out some surf tunes on the steel. i've got bead on mr. moto and it's starting to sound pretty cool. you know there's definitely a connection between the surf sound and that country thing that was going on in the early 60's. i decided to start trying to get that tele sound out of the steel in the lower register. my lowest string on my steel is a 70 so you can guess how that whole twangy thing is possible there. the tuning is not quite suited for playing surf but possible. if i get it down better maybe i'll post a mp3. i'll be posting pics of my guitars in that thread eventually and i'll include my steels too. after all, they are guitars..... |
Joined: Sep 04, 2009 Posts: 1800 Temecula, CA |
I know/knew it was an honor. The following year I saw him and Albert Lee with The Everly Bros. in Oceanside and both were given an opportunity to show their stuff. |
Joined: Jun 12, 2008 Posts: 3331 Huntington Beach, CA |
Gary Brandin, the pedal steel behind the Vanduras, can also be heard with the Blue Hawaiians, the Tikiyaki Orchestra, Patty Booker, the Western Continentals, Kevin Banford & on the Spongebob show. There's probably a dozen more, but that's all I personally know. Great player & really nice guy. —Radio Free Bakersfield--60 Minutes of TWANG, CRUNCH, OOMPH. |
Joined: Sep 23, 2009 Posts: 22 |
hey thanks for the tip about the "vanduras". nice stuff. at least what's on their my space page. very shadows meets enio marriacone. i have a soundtrack in my brain that sounds just like them sometimes. i've still got an edgier idea in mind for the steel. more like....well, like a growling surf guitar meets bill kirchen..... |
Joined: Sep 04, 2009 Posts: 1800 Temecula, CA |
Thanks Whorehay. I first saw Gary with The Blue Hawaiins. |
Joined: Sep 15, 2008 Posts: 110 Melbourne, Australia |
Although I'm a big JM fan, I always used to prefer a Strat for Surf Instrumental stuff - until I found this kooky thing!...
It's a Teisco TG-64 from around early '65. Fairly cheap Jap job, but it really does it for me for Surf Music. Probably not the easiest thing to play (think of a baseball bat neck with about a thirty six foot radius!!), but the pickups are killer & it has one of the most stable vibrato arms I've ever encountered. I've played a couple of other TG-64s that were pretty rattly; I think I just lucked out with this one. |
Joined: Dec 22, 2007 Posts: 216 Schenectady |
My favorite Surf guitar is the one I have now my G&L Asat Clasic Lou D |
Joined: Sep 04, 2009 Posts: 1800 Temecula, CA |
If you like the ASAT, try a Commanche or S-500 with vibrato bar. Both have a mini toggle that allows you to get the Bridge/Neck pickup combination plus all the standard Strat tones. The pickups are like your ASAT's. I've had several and liked them all. |