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What a great night, and a great time!!!

--fd

Cool pic.....Great kik drum logo......Forgive me i'm from Kauai but is that the Brookdale Lodge in Santa Cruz mountains near Felton and Boulder Creek? I used to play baseball with the Ben Lomand Yankees when i was a kid. Drummer has a cool tee too!

Ron-Rhoades

The Surf Coasters are a great band.

I could write a page about this photo, but I'll try to summarize what it means to me. This was part of an awesome California vacation for my wife and myself. The night this was shot I met up with my "old" surfin' buddies Tsunami Tom and Trode. And then I met Ferenc, Bigtikidude, Stretch, and Baja Marty. Saw The Sub-Mersians, Pollo Del Mar, and was blown away by The Surf Coasters. The next day, travelled with Tom & Trode to Sacramento, met Ran and Dale, Mel, and Andy from the Hypnotic IV. Then got to see PDM, The Surf Coasters again (!!), and The Hypnotic IV. Wow!! I'm still smiling.

Yes, this was shot at the funky Brookdale Lodge in Brookdale, north of Santa Cruz in the winding mountains.

Man Im still bummed to think that they are broke up now.

But it was great to see them the 2 times they came to America.

Brian you forgot to mention following us throught the Redwood Forest on the way to San Jose from Brookdale

Sounds like a great time.

Surf Coasters - we'll miss em! And thanks to Ferenc for his hand in bringing them to us.

I really dig the "Samurai" on their Yamaha guitars. I think it makes for a cool looking guitar.

The closet thing that is imported to the US that i can find is a 150.00 guitar/amp set.

They are missed terribly.

October '08 people.

I so want a red SGV300 - can't find one anywhere. I'd like to see the Surf Coasters play, they're a great band. Not much chance of a UK tour methinks...

I've seen some YouTube clips of these guys and they were pretty damn good, really knew their stuff, shame to hear they aren't still together, although by Danny's message he knows something?

Spud, they're coming to the US west coast for a reunion tour... So stoked!!

That's a nice Bass. And cool pic!

Since this pic was posted last time in June of 2008, the 'Coasters came back for another US tour. Could there be another one????

One of the best shows I've ever been to! I'm so glad that I made the trip to see the Surf Coasters! By the way, after seeing them, I came home and bought a green SGV300. For some reason, I didn't sound like Shigeo Naka. http://www.surfguitar101.com/images/potd/smilies/sigh.gif Seriously, you can't see it, but Shigeo's SGV300 has gold hardware.

That would be because he plays a SGV-700, not a SGV-300. The 700 doesn't seem to have been offered outside of Japan, it has an angled-back headstock like the SGV-800.

http://beatpops55.fc2web.com/020512sgv-repo01.html

Yeah! He played the SGV-700 on this tour. In Japan they got a few different models of the SG and SGV models. Those damn hard to find so callesd domestic market models... I think about traveling to Japan for guitar holidays Or better touring and find some nice SGV`s?

these guys were sooo awesome!!!

Yeah they have a huge ultra huge sound for a trio. I bet live was just plain kick @zz

These guys are inspirational

I missed the boat. Shit!!

Very strange coincidence??? The Travel Channel's Ghost Adventures aired the brand-new episode investigating the now-closed Brookdale Lodge the very same day this POTD appeared again!

Indeed, weird coincidence this would pop up today. Shigeo is visiting with his new bride for their honeymoon. So much has happened and changed in the last 8 years!!!

Cross yer fingers people.

Jeff, are they actually considering a US tour and/or doing an album? Spill what you know!

Please do! What a great band.

Last time I read the Surf Coasters website some words caught my interest "New album" and "International".

I was very stoked to have them at last years SG101 convention.
Thanks to Ferenc for making it happen.

Love surf trios especially if they got balls

11 years ago...

Was so delighted they made it to Livorno; simply awesome.

We need a Yamaha SGx?x educational vid from Ralf.
SGV-700's seem to be available from JP for about the money of a used AVRI something. Never handled one but they are phenomenally cool looking.

Pic posted 12 years ago, Still rocks hard!