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Twinreverb Joined: Dec 22, 2007 Posts: 215 Schenectady	Posted on May 20 2022 06:07 AM I sold everything and started over again I have two new Amps and three new guitars, My Amps are the Tone King Sky King and a Louis Electric Gattone. My guitars are two Fender's Ultra Telecasters and a Ultra Stratocaster. — Lou D Top
Twinreverb Joined: Dec 22, 2007 Posts: 215 Schenectady	Posted on May 20 2022 06:17 AM Here is the Louis Electric — Lou D Top
grayn Joined: Apr 07, 2012 Posts: 114 East Lancashire	Posted on May 20 2022 01:18 PM Lovely gear you have there. Just wondering why you started anew, with 2 identical Teles, other than colour? — http://soundcloud.com/graham-pike Top
Twinreverb Joined: Dec 22, 2007 Posts: 215 Schenectady	Posted on May 21 2022 01:08 PM grayn the Mocha Burst body is Alder and the Plasma Red Burst body is Ash. Two Tele's yet different body wood. My Stratocaster is also Alder. I've tried other guitars and my main guitar is the Plasma Red Burst. I have been looking at Hallmark guitars. I love Surf music Beach Boys, Jan and Dean so I want my sound to be close to there sound. Would a Hallmark get that type of sound. — Lou D Top
Twinreverb Joined: Dec 22, 2007 Posts: 215 Schenectady	Posted on May 21 2022 01:12 PM I also forget to post my pedal board — Lou D Top
Twinreverb Joined: Dec 22, 2007 Posts: 215 Schenectady	Posted on May 21 2022 07:42 PM Thinking of adding this Hallmark guitar — Lou D Top
SandBug Joined: Feb 22, 2016 Posts: 371 California	Posted on May 21 2022 09:48 PM Twinreverb, you mentioned you'd like to get a sound close to the Beach Boys, the guitars you have should be just fine. If anything you should consider adding a Jaguar. They used Stratocasters too, really any Fender single coil guitar in the middle position should be able to achieve their sound. Check out old pics in the studio, and even their current touring line ups, I've seen Jaguars, Jazzmasters, and Stratocasters. You may also appreciate this cover band that does a pretty damn close job at recreating some iconic Beach Boys sounds, despite their name, it's not always Fender, but of course they use a Jaguar for the solo... Last edited: May 21, 2022 21:52:39 Top
Twinreverb Joined: Dec 22, 2007 Posts: 215 Schenectady	Posted on May 23 2022 02:44 PM SandBug I never thought about a Jaguar or Jazzmaster yet checking out the Jazzmaster on YouTube I like the neck compound radius the Jazzmaaster has. Should that neck be just like the one on my Telecaster's then I might go with that one. As for the Hallmark I would want to play that first. I don't know if the Jaguar has the same neck as mt Telecaster's or Stratocaster. — Lou D Top
22SeaDo Joined: Oct 30, 2018 Posts: 77 Mojave Valley, AZ.	Posted on May 23 2022 03:02 PM You can see me in that video at 2:25 with headphones, holding a beer and doing nothing. — "It takes away no light from one candle to light another" Kwai Chang Caine 1874... Top
cosmonaut Joined: Apr 02, 2019 Posts: 325	Posted on May 23 2022 03:21 PM Twinreverb wrote: SandBug I never thought about a Jaguar or Jazzmaster yet checking out the Jazzmaster on YouTube I like the neck compound radius the Jazzmaaster has. Should that neck be just like the one on my Telecaster's then I might go with that one. As for the Hallmark I would want to play that first. I don't know if the Jaguar has the same neck as mt Telecaster's or Stratocaster. the american ultra jazzmaster with compound radius neck has noiseless pickups that may or may not be different enough to normal jazzmaster pickups to your ears. Last edited: May 23, 2022 15:22:18 Top
Toneschaser Joined: Jun 14, 2012 Posts: 461 Ohio!	Posted on May 23 2022 03:26 PM Rad!! The Sky King is a dreamy amp! I have its predecessor, the Meteor II. I'd love to have a Sky King, but one thing that attracted me more towards the Meteor was it has a build-in 3 knob reverb. Surf machine! Top
Surfadelphia Joined: Sep 04, 2017 Posts: 361	Posted on May 23 2022 03:47 PM Great bunch of gear you have. One thing to keep in mind re the Fender Jaguar is the short 24" scale; personally I love the short scale because I have small hands but for others it can be the opposite. Hallmarks are very cool guitars (very well made) and definitely will do surf (the vibratos are excellent) but with those big, higher output single coils are also great rock, blues and rockabilly guitars. Hallmarks are also as cool looking as they come and the road less taken. Top
Twinreverb Joined: Dec 22, 2007 Posts: 215 Schenectady	Posted on Jun 05 2022 05:09 AM Surfadelphia where I live there isn't many bands playing Surf music. I have large hands and the Fender Ultra necks feel and play great. I would like to try a Hallmark Custom 60 and I have never played a Fender Jaguar. I do someone who has an early 70's Mosrite guitar made in Japan for sale Ventures Model VMG-700. I'll post a picture later. — Lou D Top
Twinreverb Joined: Dec 22, 2007 Posts: 215 Schenectady	Posted on Jun 05 2022 05:12 AM Here is the picture of the Mosrite VMG-700 — Lou D Top
HallmarkSweptWinger Joined: Jul 27, 2006 Posts: 1271 Berlinesia, Germanifornia	Posted on Jun 05 2022 12:44 PM what can I say...? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyIYWAllFfc — Twang cheers! Ralf Kilauea www.kilaueas.de https://kilaueas.bandcamp.com/album/touch-my-alien Top
synchro Joined: Feb 02, 2008 Posts: 3129 Not One-Sawn, but Two-Sawn . . . AZ.	Posted on Jun 05 2022 04:39 PM HallmarkSweptWinger wrote: what can I say...? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyIYWAllFfc Sounds like a Jaguar. — The artist formerly known as: Synchro When Surf Guitar is outlawed only outlaws will play Surf Guitar. Top
HallmarkSweptWinger Joined: Jul 27, 2006 Posts: 1271 Berlinesia, Germanifornia	Posted on Jun 06 2022 03:47 AM Exactly. It sounds like a Jaguar. The good quality is back. synchro wrote: HallmarkSweptWinger wrote: what can I say...? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyIYWAllFfc Sounds like a Jaguar. — Twang cheers! Ralf Kilauea www.kilaueas.de https://kilaueas.bandcamp.com/album/touch-my-alien Top
LaFleur Joined: May 20, 2009 Posts: 525 Leipzig	Posted on Jun 06 2022 06:30 AM HallmarkSweptWinger wrote: Exactly. It sounds like a Jaguar. The good quality is back. synchro wrote: HallmarkSweptWinger wrote: what can I say...? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyIYWAllFfc Sounds like a Jaguar. Hey Ralf, funny, I just bought the same one and it is really resonant. The Tremolo sucks a lot, but this is some easy replacment. Very good bridge (like Staytrem), not quite sure about the pickups, sometimes it sounds a bit hollow, but just a bit. Can recommend this one! — http://www.reverbnation.com/bangmustang http://www.facebook.com/bangmustang https://soundcloud.com/bang-mustang Top
Twinreverb Joined: Dec 22, 2007 Posts: 215 Schenectady	Posted on Jun 29 2022 02:20 PM LaFleur I've read a lot about the Fender Dual Showman being a good Amp for Surf Music and I was wondering would the Tone King Galaxy sound wise do the same? As you see from my other post I have the Tone King Sky King. I'm still out on that Amp not really sure if a 1x12 is better then a 2x12. — Lou D Top
Twinreverb Joined: Dec 22, 2007 Posts: 215 Schenectady	Posted on Jun 29 2022 02:32 PM Here is the Tone King Galaxy — Lou D Top

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