synchro
Joined: Feb 02, 2008
Posts: 4436
Not One-Sawn, but Two-Sawn . . . AZ.
|
Posted on May 19 2022 12:10 AM
danielktdoranie wrote:
Sonic_Blue wrote:
We have a late contender!
How do you like your vibrato? I used to have a Bigsby with Vibramate on mine but it never returned to pitch (tried everything and even had a couple of luthiers try to make it return to pitch). So I took it off. Also finding strings long enough was a PITA.
Mine is upgraded with Collar Firebird pickups, Bourns potentiometers, and I took off the banjo tuners and put on Steinnberger machine heads (it stays in tune perfectly now!).
I had never imagined using a Firebird as a Surf guitar, but upon reflection, I’d wager that it would sound great.
— The artist formerly known as: Synchro
When Surf Guitar is outlawed only outlaws will play Surf Guitar.
|
Klas
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 2293
Stockholm, Sweden
|
Posted on May 28 2022 03:51 AM
We still favor our Jaguars over any other guitar when playing surf music...
— T H E ✠ S U R F I T E S
Last edited: May 28, 2022 03:59:03
|
chewmeista
Joined: Jun 22, 2022
Posts: 2
|
Posted on Jun 27 2022 08:59 PM
Is it common to have fret buzz from Squier Jags right out of the box? I keep hearing that the Jag is designed to use heavier strings and once you put heavier strings on it it will fix the issue. Is that correct
|
BB_Bunny
Joined: Sep 13, 2020
Posts: 182
New York
|
Posted on Jun 27 2022 10:45 PM
chewmeista wrote:
Is it common to have fret buzz from Squier Jags right out of the box? I keep hearing that the Jag is designed to use heavier strings and once you put heavier strings on it it will fix the issue. Is that correct
It didn’t fix everything on mine, but it does help. The higher tension of flat wounds in general will do wonders. I also ended up having to shim the neck and flip the screws on the trem plate.
— Premiere Single Out Now! - Keep On Running
Psychic Chime - Instagram
Psychic Chime - Twitter
Professional Website (film-scoring)
|
GrimSlim
Joined: Jul 15, 2022
Posts: 19
Okanagan Valley, British Columbia Canada
|
Posted on Jul 15 2022 01:50 PM
I haven’t found anything that tops the heft and sting of my ‘66 Mosrite Mark I, it cuts through reverb like a hot knife through butter. I stupidly traded it off and went through a dozen guitars trying to find that sound again. Luckily I was able to buy it back, lesson learned!
I bought it all taken apart in pieces for $500CAD about 8 years ago, someone had sanded the paint off the back. I managed to piece it back together with some help from a local guitar tech and had the back painted black at an auto shop.
I can’t imagine playing or recording with anything else at this point.
— Tidal Baby
https://linktr.ee/deadwest
https://deadwestrecords.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/tidal.baby/
https://www.facebook.com/TidalBaby/
Last edited: Jul 15, 2022 13:51:13
|
GGJaguar
Joined: Jul 29, 2006
Posts: 1
|
Posted on Jul 28 2022 04:07 PM
I just realized that I've been a member here for 16 years happily reading about surf music and surf guitars and I have never posted anything. That's a long time to lurk! So, for my first post, here are some of my favorite surf guitars.
MIJ Blue Foral Jazzmaster
Vintera 60s Jaguar
TVL Jazzmaster
Custom Shop 65 Jaguar
Custom Shop 59 Jazzmaster
1962 Jazzmaster (the real deal)
AVRI 62 Jaguar
ASAT Semi-Hollow
Doheny (what's the plural of Doheny?)
T-500
S-200 T-Bird
X-175 Special
S-100 Polara
|
Bill_Ashton
Joined: Nov 15, 2008
Posts: 124
Massachusetts
|
Posted on Jul 28 2022 05:03 PM
You are HERE too! Well, glad to see you got some G & L's...and more importantly...some GUILD'S into the mix
OK, for all concerned and interested, tell us how those G & L "Jazzmaster-like" guitars hold up under Surf-scrutiny. And, do the Guild's really make the cut? Cannot help but notice no Surfmaster, LOL_
Best wishes man,
Bill A.
— Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most...
|
synchro
Joined: Feb 02, 2008
Posts: 4436
Not One-Sawn, but Two-Sawn . . . AZ.
|
Posted on Jul 28 2022 05:12 PM
I’m wondering how that T-500 sounds. I have a T-400 with mini humbuckers, and it’s pretty versatile.
— The artist formerly known as: Synchro
When Surf Guitar is outlawed only outlaws will play Surf Guitar.
|
twangster99
Joined: Jul 15, 2022
Posts: 36
|
Posted on Jul 28 2022 11:14 PM
Just my trusty Scrpity
|
synchro
Joined: Feb 02, 2008
Posts: 4436
Not One-Sawn, but Two-Sawn . . . AZ.
|
Posted on Jul 28 2022 11:38 PM
twangster99 wrote:
Just my trusty Scrpity
I’ve played a fair a,oint of Surf on a Dynasonic Jet, and loved the sounds it created.
— The artist formerly known as: Synchro
When Surf Guitar is outlawed only outlaws will play Surf Guitar.
|
TheOutpost
Joined: May 26, 2020
Posts: 253
Highlands Ranch
|
Posted on Jul 29 2022 08:14 PM
Love me a Doheny. And anything G&L.
Definitely a little more Strat like but I love that about them.
GGJaguar wrote:
I just realized that I've been a member here for 16 years happily reading about surf music and surf guitars and I have never posted anything. That's a long time to lurk! So, for my first post, here are some of my favorite surf guitars.
MIJ Blue Foral Jazzmaster
Vintera 60s Jaguar
TVL Jazzmaster
Custom Shop 65 Jaguar
Custom Shop 59 Jazzmaster
1962 Jazzmaster (the real deal)
AVRI 62 Jaguar
ASAT Semi-Hollow
Doheny (what's the plural of Doheny?)
T-500
S-200 T-Bird
X-175 Special
S-100 Polara
— Social Media
https://www.facebook.com/TheOutpost/
https://www.instagram.com/theoutpostmusic/
Music
https://theoutpostmusic.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/theoutpostmusic/
Merch
https://the-outpost-7.creator-spring.com/
|
al_tornado
Joined: May 19, 2020
Posts: 8
Blagoveschensk
|
Posted on Aug 03 2022 01:19 AM
My main axe. Czhechoslovakian Jolana Tornado, 1963.
|
Samurai
Joined: Mar 14, 2006
Posts: 2234
Kiev, Ukraine
|
Posted on Aug 07 2022 11:38 AM
I now got three of them and all are great for different surf stuff. I think it covers most of the surf territory from classic clean to fuzzy westerm or rocky/punky surf stuff. Strat single coils, P90’s and Filtertrons, alder, maple and mahogany, three types of tremolo, two types of scale, bolt in and set up necks and you are mostly done for any surf sound.
— Waikiki Makaki surf-rock band from Ukraine
https://linktr.ee/waikikimakaki
Lost Diver
https://lostdiver.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/vitaly-yakushin
|
synchro
Joined: Feb 02, 2008
Posts: 4436
Not One-Sawn, but Two-Sawn . . . AZ.
|
Posted on Aug 07 2022 12:46 PM
Samurai wrote:
I now got three of them and all are great for different surf stuff. I think it covers most of the surf territory from classic clean to fuzzy westerm or rocky/punky surf stuff. Strat single coils, P90’s and Filtertrons, alder, maple and mahogany, three types of tremolo, two types of scale, bolt in and set up necks and you are mostly done for any surf sound.
That's a good assortment.
— The artist formerly known as: Synchro
When Surf Guitar is outlawed only outlaws will play Surf Guitar.
|
Samurai
Joined: Mar 14, 2006
Posts: 2234
Kiev, Ukraine
|
Posted on Aug 07 2022 02:22 PM
synchro wrote:
Samurai wrote:
I now got three of them and all are great for different surf stuff. I think it covers most of the surf territory from classic clean to fuzzy westerm or rocky/punky surf stuff. Strat single coils, P90’s and Filtertrons, alder, maple and mahogany, three types of tremolo, two types of scale, bolt in and set up necks and you are mostly done for any surf sound.
That's a good assortment.
Yep! And this time it was conscious choice under the circumstances, cause I now cannot afford more guitars, so was estimating what variety I really need for recording and live shows. Surely one strat also would be enough, but it’s too sad being with only one guitar(.
— Waikiki Makaki surf-rock band from Ukraine
https://linktr.ee/waikikimakaki
Lost Diver
https://lostdiver.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/vitaly-yakushin
|
synchro
Joined: Feb 02, 2008
Posts: 4436
Not One-Sawn, but Two-Sawn . . . AZ.
|
Posted on Aug 07 2022 02:57 PM
Samurai wrote:
synchro wrote:
Samurai wrote:
I now got three of them and all are great for different surf stuff. I think it covers most of the surf territory from classic clean to fuzzy westerm or rocky/punky surf stuff. Strat single coils, P90’s and Filtertrons, alder, maple and mahogany, three types of tremolo, two types of scale, bolt in and set up necks and you are mostly done for any surf sound.
That's a good assortment.
Yep! And this time it was conscious choice under the circumstances, cause I now cannot afford more guitars, so was estimating what variety I really need for recording and live shows. Surely one strat also would be enough, but it’s too sad being with only one guitar(.
Have you ever had a Strat where the Neck and Bridge pickups can be used together? I would think that would be a great Surf sound.
— The artist formerly known as: Synchro
When Surf Guitar is outlawed only outlaws will play Surf Guitar.
|
Samurai
Joined: Mar 14, 2006
Posts: 2234
Kiev, Ukraine
|
Posted on Aug 07 2022 04:07 PM
synchro wrote:
Samurai wrote:
synchro wrote:
Samurai wrote:
I now got three of them and all are great for different surf stuff. I think it covers most of the surf territory from classic clean to fuzzy westerm or rocky/punky surf stuff. Strat single coils, P90’s and Filtertrons, alder, maple and mahogany, three types of tremolo, two types of scale, bolt in and set up necks and you are mostly done for any surf sound.
That's a good assortment.
Yep! And this time it was conscious choice under the circumstances, cause I now cannot afford more guitars, so was estimating what variety I really need for recording and live shows. Surely one strat also would be enough, but it’s too sad being with only one guitar(.
Have you ever had a Strat where the Neck and Bridge pickups can be used together? I would think that would be a great Surf sound.
yep, mostly on all of them) and this one is american pro II with push-push that switches on neck by default)
— Waikiki Makaki surf-rock band from Ukraine
https://linktr.ee/waikikimakaki
Lost Diver
https://lostdiver.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/vitaly-yakushin
|
synchro
Joined: Feb 02, 2008
Posts: 4436
Not One-Sawn, but Two-Sawn . . . AZ.
|
Posted on Aug 07 2022 04:39 PM
Samurai wrote:
yep, mostly on all of them) and this one is american pro II with push-push that switches on neck by default)
IMO, that is the best solution for a Strat.
— The artist formerly known as: Synchro
When Surf Guitar is outlawed only outlaws will play Surf Guitar.
|
tubeswell
Joined: Sep 24, 2011
Posts: 1424
Wellington, NZ
|
Posted on Aug 07 2022 10:51 PM
Rosewood slab love
62 AVRI JM (2006) and Jag (2002)
2020 CS JB Signature Strat (Artist Series)
2012 Weta Delta (Custom kiwimade with Paduak stringers, 3 x P90s, Bigsby)
— He who dies with the most tubes... wins
Surf Daddies
Last edited: Aug 07, 2022 23:06:21
|
Samurai
Joined: Mar 14, 2006
Posts: 2234
Kiev, Ukraine
|
Posted on Aug 08 2022 02:30 AM
synchro wrote:
Samurai wrote:
yep, mostly on all of them) and this one is american pro II with push-push that switches on neck by default)
IMO, that is the best solution for a Strat.
I’ve had blender pot and s1 switch on other strats but this push-push is the best, especially in live situation.
— Waikiki Makaki surf-rock band from Ukraine
https://linktr.ee/waikikimakaki
Lost Diver
https://lostdiver.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/vitaly-yakushin
|