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By the way if anybody has a strat for free I will take it. I want to
do Shigeo Naka/Dave Wronski mod and put a Jaguar/Jazzmaster trem on one.
--- In , "Jacob Dobner"
<jacobdobner@y...> wrote:
>
> When Dave Wronski uses the strat is sounds good as does Pollo Del
> Mar's use of strats. And it is Naka not Naki.
>
> Personally I hate playing strats. I can't get the sound I want out of
> them. Some people can do it.
>
> --- In , "ipongrac" <ipongrac@g...> wrote:
> >
> > --- In , "-=Dan Ware=-"
> > <reverbtank@h...> wrote:
> >
> > Dano, an awesome review of an apparently fantastic event! Thanks so
> > much for the detail description, I also greatly appreciate it.
> >
> > But...
> >
> > > *Please don't flame me for my opinions of the Strat. IMHO there are
> > only a
> > > couple of people who can pull off strat surf and have it sound
> > good. Ivan of
> > > The Madeira and/or The Space Cossacks is one. Why cheat a blues
> > band out of
> > > a guitar? Play a Jag, JM or Mosrite.
> >
> > I'm of course honored by your compliment, but as a Strat afficianado,
> > I feel I must rise to the defense of that most perfect of all
> > instruments! Here's a list of other guys that I think we would all
> > agree got a pretty good Strat surf tone:
> >
> > First Wave:
> > Dick Dale
> > Jim Messina
> > Brian Carman & Bob Spickard (The Chantays)
> > Paul Johnson & Eddie Bertrand (the Belairs)
> > Al Nichol (The Crossfires)
> > Skip Mercier & Willy Glover (The Pyramids)
> > Jim Fuller (The Surfaris)
> > Jim Skiathitis & Theo Penglis (The Atlantics)
> >
> > Modern:
> > John Blair
> > Gregg Hunt (The Bomboras)
> > Rip Thrillby (he started using the Jag more in the last year or two,
> > but for a long time before that an MIM Strat was his baby)
> > Eddie Angel
> > Miles Corbin (The Aqua Velvets)
> > Michael Sellers (Langhorns)
> > Shigeo Naki (of course not all the time, but more than occasionally)
> > Rick Mills (The Volcanos) - before the Jazzmaster
> >
> > I'm sure there are more, those are the only ones I can think of off
> > the top of my head. So, I'd say there are quite a few examples of a
> > good Strat surf tone...
> >
> > Just had to point this out. Thanks.
> > Ivan
