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Hi JC...see below:
> What I'm after is some advice on that classic surf sound, I've got a
> Strat going through an Orange AD30 head and a home-made cab with 2
> 12" Celestions. I'm not big on effects and would rather just pick up
> a reverb pedal rather that some sort of multi-effects thing (and I
> hate digital stuff).
Reverb unit!!
>
> Also could anyone give me the names of some of those classic surf
> chords that sound cracking with the whammy going. Even though I can
> pick up a solo in minutes I've always had a duff ear for chords.
Uh, lets see...Em, Am, Dm, you get the picture... :)
>
> The stuff I've been listening to is The Astronauts, Ventures, Los
> Straightjackets, Avantis, Laika & The Cosmonauts, Man...Or Astro-
> man?, The Weisstronauts, Chantays, The Penetrators and Shadowy Men on
> a Shadowy Planet. Any other suggestions for some good stuff?
Old school: Dick Dale (duh!), The Lively Ones, The (Original) Surfaris,
Eddie & The Showmen
New school: Jon & The Nightriders, Slacktone, The Volcanos, The
Treblemakers, The Fathoms, The Halibuts, The Woodies, The Nebulas, The Space
Cossacks....
I'm leaving a bunch out...all the above are favorites of mine.
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