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--- In , "Brian Neal" <bgneal@g...>
wrote:
>
> > --- Gavin Ehringer <gavinehringer@e...> wrote:
> > > Jazzmasters were usually the rhythm guitar of
> > > choice in the original surf lineups
> > > and are tonally more mellow and quite distinct from the
> > > Jags.
>
> I dunno if I buy that. I remember we had a discussion about this a
> long time ago. I agree that Jags and JM's sound distinctly
different,
> but I don't know about Jazzmasters being more of a rhythm guitar.
I'd
> have to go flip through the Bob Dalley book again. There is
certainly
> nothing mellow about Frankie Blandino's (Fathoms) or Phantom Frank's
> (Treble Spankers) tones (prominent Jazzmaster users). I think it's
> debatable about what you saw more, Jags or Jazzmasters, in the 60's,
> but I think the scales are tipped toward the Jazzmaster for the 90's
> bands. But I'm probably wrong about that, if anything it's probably
> 50/50. A lot of bands had them both in varying roles. It might be
kind
> of fun (for a while) to make a list of all the bands and who played
> what.
Also, Chris Barfield (The Huntington Cads, The Finks), Dalibor &
Dinko (The Bambi Molesters), Mikko (Laika & The Cosmonauts), Eddie of
the El Caminos, Davie Allan, all Jazzmaster using lead guitarists.
There are probably more.
I believe that Rich Fifield of the Astronauts was their lead
guitarist (the info on this is kinda hard to get, so I could be
wrong), and he's shown with a Jazzmaster in all the photos I know
of. So, I think there's a good case to be made that in fact the
Astronauts lead guitar sound is the sound of the Jazzmaster. And I
think for many people those guys define the tone of surf guitar.
> Ivan, did you ever play your Jazzmaster live in The Space Cossacks?
> Any plans for The Madeira?
I went out and bought my Jazzmaster after playing the Cossacks did a
show with the Fathoms in late '96. I was just blown away by
Frankie's sound. I used that Jazzmaster to record probably about a
third of the songs by the Space Cossacks (including Solaris Stomp).
I also always played it live once I got it, alternating between a
Strat and a Jazzmaster. For the Madeira, though, I'm going for the
pure Strat sound. For me it's really about DD and the Atlantics
(with a bit of Hank Marvin), and my ideal is to combine those guitar
tones into my own. I do love to play my Jazzmaster still, and it
might find its way onto the album, we'll see...
Ivan
