SurfMania
Joined: May 17, 2019
Posts: 54
Monterey Park
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Posted on May 17 2019 04:44 PM
Hellow, I'm SurfMania. I am 52 and been playing since age 14 and loved surf music just as long. K-Earth 101 here in LA used to play 1050s and 60s and I got hooked listening to The Ventures on that station and then it all continued from there. Not sure if I love surf or rockabilly better. Love Doo Wop, some rock music like classic rock. Love the New Wave and New Romantic I grew up with.
Got a new 2002 AV62 Fender Jazzmaster in Olympic White because The Astronauts played these and also because Robert Smith of The Cure had one. Have a 1966 Mosrite Mark V in Red, a circa 1970 Mosrie Avenger, and today bought a used Mosrite online at Guitar Center, San Jose. It was listed as Mosrite of Classics but the photo shows otherwise. I had a Mosrite of Classics and those have no writing on the trem and also the pickups aren't Mosrite but P90s.
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SixStringSurfer
Joined: Sep 23, 2014
Posts: 1404
Memphis, TN
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Posted on May 17 2019 04:56 PM
Welcome to the forum, we look forward to getting to know you!
— MooreLoud.com - A tribute to Dick Dale. New Singles "Finish Line" and "Paradiso" on Bandcamp and website.
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SurfMania
Joined: May 17, 2019
Posts: 54
Monterey Park
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Posted on May 17 2019 05:02 PM
SixStringSurfer wrote:
Welcome to the forum, we look forward to getting to know you!
Thank you very much SixStringSurfer.
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LHR
Joined: Aug 23, 2006
Posts: 2123
The jungle
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Posted on May 17 2019 05:12 PM
You mean like modal chants through a reverb unit or something?
Welcome!
SurfMania wrote:
... used to play 1050s and 60s ...
— SSIV
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SurfMania
Joined: May 17, 2019
Posts: 54
Monterey Park
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Posted on May 17 2019 06:33 PM
LHR wrote:
You mean like modal chants through a reverb unit or something?
Welcome!
SurfMania wrote:
... used to play 1050s and 60s ...
Thanks for the welcome, LHR!
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DeathTide
Joined: Apr 13, 2018
Posts: 1378
New Orleans
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Posted on May 17 2019 06:52 PM
Yes welcome! I'm just a few years younger than you and I also just discovered this awesome forum / resource.
I'm curious - would you know how thick your strings are on that '66 Mosrite? I was debating jumping into them but I can't go below 12s.
— Daniel Deathtide
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SurfMania
Joined: May 17, 2019
Posts: 54
Monterey Park
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Posted on May 17 2019 08:27 PM
DeathTide wrote:
Yes welcome! I'm just a few years younger than you and I also just discovered this awesome forum / resource.
I'm curious - would you know how thick your strings are on that '66 Mosrite? I was debating jumping into them but I can't go below 12s.
I don’t know because I have had this guitar for a year and a half and not changed them yet. But from feel they feel like .10s but I may be wrong. Tomorrow I will get my caliper and measure it. Not at home now. What Mosrite do you have? On my Jazzmaster I have Pyramid flats in .12.
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SurfMania
Joined: May 17, 2019
Posts: 54
Monterey Park
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Posted on May 18 2019 08:44 AM
SurfMania wrote:
LHR wrote:
You mean like modal chants through a reverb unit or something?
Welcome!
SurfMania wrote:
... used to play 1050s and 60s ...
Thanks for the welcome, LHR!
LHR, LOL! Now I get what you meant by chanting thru reverb. Didn't notice I put 1050s and 60s rather than 1950s. LOL I must be of biblical age!
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DeathTide
Joined: Apr 13, 2018
Posts: 1378
New Orleans
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Posted on May 18 2019 09:32 AM
SurfMania wrote:
DeathTide wrote:
Yes welcome! I'm just a few years younger than you and I also just discovered this awesome forum / resource.
I'm curious - would you know how thick your strings are on that '66 Mosrite? I was debating jumping into them but I can't go below 12s.
I don’t know because I have had this guitar for a year and a half and not changed them yet. But from feel they feel like .10s but I may be wrong. Tomorrow I will get my caliper and measure it. Not at home now. What Mosrite do you have? On my Jazzmaster I have Pyramid flats in .12.
Well I don’t have a Mosrite but I love how they sound. I was considering taking the plunge and asked here, and was told that 11s are generally too fat. Which is too thin for me, so instead I’ve saved my money. After hearing the Ventures more recently, there is a “twang” that to me, sounds like 10s or thinner.
If they could handle em, I’d bet 12s or 13s would sound just monstrous.
— Daniel Deathtide
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SurfMania
Joined: May 17, 2019
Posts: 54
Monterey Park
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Posted on May 18 2019 10:33 AM
Yes I just verified it. My strings are .10s. My Mark V is a small guitar so not sure if it could handle .12. A Mark V might.
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Noel
Joined: Mar 15, 2011
Posts: 8528
Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.
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Posted on May 18 2019 10:35 AM
Welcome aboard, SurfMania! Very glad you're here.
— This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got.
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SurfMania
Joined: May 17, 2019
Posts: 54
Monterey Park
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Posted on May 18 2019 05:35 PM
Noel wrote:
Welcome aboard, SurfMania! Very glad you're here.
Thanks buddy.
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montereyjack66
Joined: Jul 23, 2014
Posts: 637
LA -ish
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Posted on May 19 2019 03:31 PM
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SurfMania
Joined: May 17, 2019
Posts: 54
Monterey Park
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Posted on May 23 2019 12:07 AM
montereyjack, thank you very much pal!
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CreepBeat
Joined: Feb 25, 2016
Posts: 242
Seattle, WA
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Posted on May 23 2019 08:52 PM
Always good to have new surfaholics on board. Welcome!
— Skins for The Delstroyers
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