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Re: [SurfGuitar101] Re: (GASP) Non-Fender Guitars for Surf

Mike Guerrero (guitarfinkout) - 13 Nov 2001 08:33:29

At 02:19 PM 11/13/2001 +0000, you wrote:
>I believe that block markers on fenders weren't introduced on
>jazzmaster/jags until well after the cbs takeover - more like '66 or '67.
>genre ... so you saw those planks EVERYWHERE in pop music. I bought
>me a custom "Beach Boyz" Oly white Jag (yes, "custom" ordered from
>Fender - white headstock, large block pearl fretboard inlays, red
>tortoise pickguard - took a whole month for it to arrive at Jimmy's
>Music in NYC, in the Summer of '63 or '64, too long ago to remember
>exactly). Why a Jag? 'Cause it looked SO DAMN cool. I shudda got
>the sunburst Strat, but what did I know at 17? At least I wuz smart
>enuf to get a Deluxe with a separate Fender Reverb Tank.
>
> > Are there any non Fender surf guitar players of note? First wave or
> > otherwise? Of course the Ventures flirted with Mosrites.
>
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