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<supertwangreverb@y...> wrote:
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> IMO I think Eddie Bertrand's best stuff was recorded on the Cougar,
How can you tell the difference between a Strat and a Jag on his
stuff? I don't think I can.
> and I could piece together an arguement towards Gregg Hunt's early
> Finks stuff.
I was just listening to the Finks this weekend, and then I popped in
Savage Island by the Bomboras, which I hadn't listented to in quite a
while. I'm a huge fan of the later Bomboras stuff, but I forgot how
good Savage Island is, too. It appears that you prefer the Finks
stuff. I find it hard to understand how you could say that Gregg's
Finks playing is better than in the Bomboras but it's OK, we can all
have our own opinions. For what it's worth, though I enjoy the
Finks, to me they always sound as though they just were just trying
to copy rather than create. They're lacking in character, whereas
both the Bomboras and the Huntington Cads had character in oodles.
You KNEW it was these bands when you heard them and I can't say that
about the Finks. But I suspect that we'll just have to agree to
disagree...
> But I don't really give a shit to argue about what guitar is better.
Gosh, Bill, I sense a bit of hostility. What's up?
> I do agree with Dano tho. So many non-surf bands use Strats that
> I'd rather see surf bands playing something other than a
> Stratocaster. God forbid you be a little different.
Umm, when did I ever recommend that any bands stop using
Jags/Jazzmasters? Nope, did no such thing. In fact, it seems to me
that those two guitars are much more common among today's surf bands
than the Strat. That's the only thing that I'm trying to resist -
the idea that one can't play good sounding surf music on a Strat.
> But, doesn't
> it all come down to what's most comfortable to you?
It ABSOLUTELY does!
> In my case the Strat isn't as comfortable as the Jaguar.
No problemo.
Listen, I think you misunderstood what I meant. I LOVE seeing surf
bands with Jazzmasters and Jaguars! Love both guitars (well, the Jag
never felt right to me, but I don't hold that against the guitar),
and love their tones (in the right hands - Randy Holden, Eddie
Bertrand, it's a long, long list). Having the offsets in the band
definitely does signal that you're a Surf Band. But I also sense an
effort from some people to somehow smear the Strat as a valid surf
guitar. I just want to make sure that the Strat keeps its rightful
position among the three, that's all.
Let Fender rule.
Ivan
