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I'm with Ivan, the Strat is the "most perfect of all instruments". Around here
we also like Rob Woolsey's playing on the strat. R-Dub has attempted the
Jazzmaster but he always comes back to the strat.
The funniest thing is that I have a large handful of Mosrites but it was news to
me when Brian Neil recently mentioned that Mosrites have Gibson length necks. I
always ASSumed they were strat length 'cause the height of the cases are the
same. I think the shorter Mosrite scale has something to do with the fact that
they don't get the Strat snap. The strings will be slinkier on that shorter
scale. This is not to dis' the unique tone of the Mosrite which I do love.
-Marty
----- Original Message -----
From: ipongrac
To:
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 5:28 PM
Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: Viva California!!
--- 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
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