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but if we talk about traditional surf... we sure have a
disagreement...see, i have many surf releases showing and prooving
on the covers or in the booklet that 60' surf wasn't only fender
surf- and that was my point. but if you like fender first wave surf -
----than of course you need probably complete feneder gear (which
you have !) . . . although am sure that even you couldn't
tell the difference between different sounds sometime ... what
better proof do you need than seeing stratocasters copied by
thousands of brands... and they all have that stratty sound (or at
least the ones you pay a few more bucks) !!
Yes, not all the surf bands of the '60s used Fender guitars, however
a majority of them did! If they didn't they were probably using
something with single coil pickups. Harry Sackrider of the
Sentinals had a Gibson 335, Bob Vaught of the Renegaids had a
Gretsch 6120 with filtertons. But, most of the bigger bands with
recordings out had Fenders. Let me quote Michael Lloyd, lead
guitarist of the New Dimensions, on his new Jaguar circa 1962, "A
Fender - a White Jaguar. The perfect instrument. The King of the
Surf Guitars!" The New Dimensions other guitarist was intimidated
by Michael's guitar so much that he decided to leave the band. I
think during '62-63 the Jaguar was what most of these kids desired.
It was after all Fender's top of the line guitar! It was newer than
the Jazzmaster, a guitar that was used less than the Stratocaster.
I think one of the reasons we see so many Stratocasters in this
period, is because they were cheaper. My father told me when his
dad bought him a Strat in '62 the Jaguar and Jazzmaster we're just a
little too pricey. But then again Mr. King of the Surf Guitar, Dick
Dale played a Strat. But I think he got it prior to the Jaguar's
release, and his Strat was custom made anyway.
Sorry you didn't like the Jaguar, maybe you had it set up wrong.
Funny you should mention the drums, I thought your's were buried to
deeply in the mix, and your bass was to high. If we had a 2nd
guitar it would be alot easier to mix things.
Bill
