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A traditional surf sound ? How much of that has too come from the
fingers.WE have got an origonal sixties guy here in GR. that plays
like no one I've ever seen.He learned in the sixties and uses hi
origonal gear.I love to watch him play. Miller
--- In , "red_thundr" <red_thundr@y...>
wrote:
>
> I've always been curious what a "traditional" surf sound must have
> been like back in the day. 99% of the surf recordings from that era
> were regrettably primitive and lo-fi by today's standards. Though
the
> Ventures had the bucks to get probably the highest quality
recordings,
> they weren't surf purists, and only gave a tip of the hat to the
real
> surf tone.
>
> What I do like about using a real Fender outboard reverb is the
> 'spank'/'splash' effect it gives; I have yet to hear a digital
reverb
> recreate that, "Holy Grail" or whatnot. My brand spankin' new
> Cyber-Twin SE has the most dead-on emulation of the various Fender
> reverbs, from Princeton and Twin and even the Brown Tolex '63, but
> none of them have the backsplash sproing that you get with a real
> outboard tank. What is nice is the sheer versatility and
> adjustability, and, well, consistency. I sure hope that my '63 RI
> tank will eventually give me the timbre I'm wanting for surf!
>
> --- In , "supertwangreverb"
> <supertwangreverb@y...> wrote:
> >
> > > Much thanks to all who responded.
> > >
> > > I'm still curious what kind of gear everybody's running, i.e.
> > guitars,
> > > pickups, trems, amps, tubes, reverb units, & other outboard
> > FX/mods!
> >
> >
> > I'm using a CIJ Jag that I've upgraded with a mute, AV pickups,
and
> > CTS pots. My amp of choice right now is a '65 Bandmaster, and my
> > tank is a '64. No outboard FX here, we are going for a more trad
> > sound. For strings I use nickel Pyramid flats 13s or Gibson
> > stainless flats.
> >
> > Here it is -
