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ok i get the picture.i have a fender cyclone 2 (mustang body,three
jagwar pickups,strat trem,and short scale)i'll give it a try.thinking
about it i do have a fulldrive 2. i use it with just a touch of drive
and a clean amp it does fatten my sound up alot.we play about 25%
surf and the rest rock instro so i do alot of bending.the problem
with going to big strings (besides my tendons)is doing a new nut. all
the modern guitars come with 9's . just a thought back in the day
when surf ruled couldn't you only get big strings?
miller
--- In , "supertwangreverb"
<supertwangreverb@y...> wrote:
>
> > Dear Supertwang,
> > I swapped strings to get lighter sets as well. That became
> especially
> > important as the 60's moved along and blusier styles took hold.
> >
> > Like I said in another post, my palm muting skill (which I
learned
> thru
> > many years of messing about with pedal steel guitar) has served
me
> well
> > in achieving very fast double picking speeds on lighter strings.
> This
> > was necessary to do both surf technique and bending on the same
> guitar.
> > I also use knuckle blocking for keeping strings under control at
> those
> > speeds.
>
> That's pretty good that you can do that Les. I agree, alot of tone
> does come from your hands, but still I cannot imagine some surf
songs
> sounding the same on lighter strings. For example Dick
Dale's "Night
> Rider" that just sounds right being double picked on heavy strings
> being forced through a reverb tank. Also alot of Eddie Bertrand
> stuff. For example his solos on "Scratch" would sound different
with
> lighter strings. As much as you can say that tone comes from ones
> hands there is something to be said for using heavy strings and
> hitting them hard, exspecially in the surf genre. I've always
> thought that the guitarists who I enjoy that use lighter strings
have
> a weaker sound than those I listen to who use heavier strings. I
> love James Burton and his playing was ahead of its time, however,
his
> tone wasn't really all that great. But that's just an opinion I
> guess.
>
> Bill Aqua
