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JC:
I agree with old cobalt: a spring reverb would help you
achieve that "bitchen' surf" sound...
good luck,
DP
--- cobalt <> wrote:
>
>
> JC wrote:
>
> > 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).
>
> My advice - hit ebay and hunt yourself up a spring reverb
> unit. Pedals
> just can't match the sound of these good old analog
> boxes. Real springs
> make all the difference.
>
> I myself am using a Premier 90 reverb tank, manufactured
> sometime around
> 1963. Paid about $200 for it on ebay. Sounds great, and
> it's given me no
> trouble at all. Can't reccomend these units highly
> enough, and they pop
> up on ebay all the time.
>
> You should also think about using a guitar with
> single-coil pickups,
> rather than humbuckers. Something as cheap as a squier
> strat can be
> quite effective for surf, especially if you swap the
> middle and neck
> pickups around. (this allows you to play through both
> the bridge and
> neck pickups at the same time, providing that "tuned
> mellow" sound)
>
> cheers...
>
> -c*
>
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