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Hi all,
Just signed up.
I've been playing guitar since I was 14 back in '66.
I went through an electric phase in high school,
but then went acoustic, both steel and nylon string,
until about 5 years ago, I heard B.B. King doing an ALL
laundry detergent commercial (You won't lose them blues...
A-L-L- All!) and fell in love with it, got a cheap pawnshop stratoid,
and started working and noodling on my pentatonic scales again.
<BUT> occasionally I play whatever I remember of "Pipeline",
and the really lame band I was in in high school did "Wipeout" too,
and that was the tune that taught me the 12- bar blues pattern.
Recently, I stopped at a music store in a nearby town.
The owner-operator is really into '60s stuff, and
was playing a recording of him and a friend doing "Walk Don't Run"...
and it just grabbed me... made me want to learn to play it, never did
as a kid.
Also,
I sing and entertain in two convalescent hospitals and an assisted living
home.
In two of them I use mostly my nylon string to accompany hymns.
But in one, the activities director wants me to do more secular stuff.
I know a fair number of folk songs and campfire songs,
but those are getting old...
I brought my Strats and a Blues JamTrax CD in,
and played along with a couple of cuts...
they liked it....
but how many of those could I do in a row?
I need something to break it up with.
And then I realized that guitar instrumentals,
whether "surf" or otherwise, are some of the most
recognizable tunes from the 60's.
So, here I am-
I downloaded a bunch of MIDI files from a site run by a guy named
Don Johnson, I believe. I'm going through them... I really like Bulldog.
As you might guess, I really like the ones that have a slight bluesy
element
to them.
What do you think the "core" surf repertoire is-
beyond Wipeout, Pipeline, and Walk, Don't Run?
I really want stuff that is recognizable by the non-musicians I'm playing
for.
Also, is there a surf equivalent of JamTrax? A lot of them absolutely
need
at least another guitar, and preferably drums and bass- it's an ensemble
style, after all.
Thanks,
Michael
mike ;wheels was one of the biggest guitar intro,s of the time .also if you
check out goran tangring ,he has tabs & backing tracks for many shadows
songs.very good stuff .you might find this more suitable than surf although
still guitar instro. john
Michael S Springer <> wrote:
Hi all,
Just signed up.
I've been playing guitar since I was 14 back in '66.
I went through an electric phase in high school,
but then went acoustic, both steel and nylon string,
until about 5 years ago, I heard B.B. King doing an ALL
laundry detergent commercial (You won't lose them blues...
A-L-L- All!) and fell in love with it, got a cheap pawnshop stratoid,
and started working and noodling on my pentatonic scales again.
<BUT> occasionally I play whatever I remember of "Pipeline",
and the really lame band I was in in high school did "Wipeout" too,
and that was the tune that taught me the 12- bar blues pattern.
Recently, I stopped at a music store in a nearby town.
The owner-operator is really into '60s stuff, and
was playing a recording of him and a friend doing "Walk Don't Run"...
and it just grabbed me... made me want to learn to play it, never did
as a kid.
Also,
I sing and entertain in two convalescent hospitals and an assisted living
home.
In two of them I use mostly my nylon string to accompany hymns.
But in one, the activities director wants me to do more secular stuff.
I know a fair number of folk songs and campfire songs,
but those are getting old...
I brought my Strats and a Blues JamTrax CD in,
and played along with a couple of cuts...
they liked it....
but how many of those could I do in a row?
I need something to break it up with.
And then I realized that guitar instrumentals,
whether "surf" or otherwise, are some of the most
recognizable tunes from the 60's.
So, here I am-
I downloaded a bunch of MIDI files from a site run by a guy named
Don Johnson, I believe. I'm going through them... I really like Bulldog.
As you might guess, I really like the ones that have a slight bluesy
element
to them.
What do you think the "core" surf repertoire is-
beyond Wipeout, Pipeline, and Walk, Don't Run?
I really want stuff that is recognizable by the non-musicians I'm playing
for.
Also, is there a surf equivalent of JamTrax? A lot of them absolutely
need
at least another guitar, and preferably drums and bass- it's an ensemble
style, after all.
Thanks,
Michael
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Richard, I would avoid the older Korean Squier.
Aside from the Japanese Squiers,
other old Squiers to look for are Made in Mexico Squiers...
these have necks that are identical to MIM Strat necks,
except they have cheap tuners mounted on them.
I can't remember what the nuts are like though.
The pickups are different, and are not as high output as
the MIM Strat pickups, but they're not bad sounding.
I think the bodies are identical to the MIM Strat bodies.
One possible approach to upgrading a stratoclone:
save the whole stock wiring harness intact.
Build a whole new wiring harness with good wire,
good CTS pots, a Fender or AllParts 5-way, and quality pickups
of your choice.
If you decide to migrate to another strat-style guitar,
reinstall the stock electronics to sell it, and migrate your
good stuff to the new guitar.
(This is even easier if the pickguard is a Standard Strat pickguard.)
One of the reasons I like the stainless steel screw upgrade,
is it is such a minuscule investment that I wouldn't regret it
if I sold the guitar.
Two big problems on cheap guitars:
most other upgrades are easy to do yourself,
but upgrading the nut and tuners require special skills
and may require special tools, so you have to figure
in the cost to have someone else do it if you can't.
And those will stay, or should stay with the guitar if you sell it:
installing sealed tuners requires reaming out the holes
in the peghead, and the stock tuners won't fit anymore!
Michael
I can't help you with your questions, but I want to commend you on
playing nursing/assisted living homes. My husband is a nurse and those
activities are some of the best things the residents get to do.
-K
On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 14:38:04 -0800 Michael S Springer
<> writes:
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Just signed up.
>
> I've been playing guitar since I was 14 back in '66.
> I went through an electric phase in high school,
> but then went acoustic, both steel and nylon string,
> until about 5 years ago, I heard B.B. King doing an ALL
> laundry detergent commercial (You won't lose them blues...
> A-L-L- All!) and fell in love with it, got a cheap pawnshop
> stratoid,
> and started working and noodling on my pentatonic scales again.
>
> <BUT> occasionally I play whatever I remember of "Pipeline",
> and the really lame band I was in in high school did "Wipeout" too,
> and that was the tune that taught me the 12- bar blues pattern.
>
> Recently, I stopped at a music store in a nearby town.
> The owner-operator is really into '60s stuff, and
> was playing a recording of him and a friend doing "Walk Don't
> Run"...
> and it just grabbed me... made me want to learn to play it, never
> did
> as a kid.
>
> Also,
> I sing and entertain in two convalescent hospitals and an assisted
> living
> home.
> In two of them I use mostly my nylon string to accompany hymns.
>
> But in one, the activities director wants me to do more secular
> stuff.
> I know a fair number of folk songs and campfire songs,
> but those are getting old...
> I brought my Strats and a Blues JamTrax CD in,
> and played along with a couple of cuts...
> they liked it....
> but how many of those could I do in a row?
> I need something to break it up with.
>
> And then I realized that guitar instrumentals,
> whether "surf" or otherwise, are some of the most
> recognizable tunes from the 60's.
>
> So, here I am-
>
> I downloaded a bunch of MIDI files from a site run by a guy named
> Don Johnson, I believe. I'm going through them... I really like
> Bulldog.
> As you might guess, I really like the ones that have a slight
> bluesy
> element
> to them.
>
> What do you think the "core" surf repertoire is-
> beyond Wipeout, Pipeline, and Walk, Don't Run?
>
> I really want stuff that is recognizable by the non-musicians I'm
> playing
> for.
> Also, is there a surf equivalent of JamTrax? A lot of them
> absolutely
> need
> at least another guitar, and preferably drums and bass- it's an
> ensemble
> style, after all.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Michael
Hi Michael:
I can't believe the lack of answers you've received, so here goes:
In 1999 when my band Longboard Ranch had just formed, the four of us decided on
a core list of Surf and Instro tunes, that would be recognizable to most pop
music fans, and a few slightly less obvious tunes, that we happened to
particularly like. The following is a pretty fair rendering of our early
repertoire, and you might find it a good starting point for you too. This is
pretty much the set list we played for several thousand milling people, at the
Glendale Cruise Night on July 27, 1999.
Best of luck and results in your musical endeavors!
Bruce D.
THE LIST:
Walk, Don't Run; Yellow Jacket; Bumble Bee Twist; Journey To The Stars; Hawaii
Five-O; Diamond Head -(THE VENTURES); Pipeline -(THE CHANTAYS); Penetration -
(THE PYRAMIDS); Out Of Limits - (THE MARKETTS); Wipe Out - (THE SURFARIS);
Latinia - (THE SENTINELS); Surf Rider; High Tide/Tranquilizer - (THE
LIVELY ONES); Mr. Moto - (THE BEL AIRS); Our Favorite Martian - (BOBBY FULLER
FOUR); Misirlou; The Wedge - (DICK DALE); Sleep Walk - (SANTO AND JOHNNY);
Chruch Key - (DAVE MYERS AND THE SURFTONES); Bustin' Surfboards - (THE
TORNADOES); Apache - (JORGEN INGMANN); The Savage - (THE SHADOWS); Ghost
Riders in The Sky - (THE RAMRODS); Torquay - (THE FIREBALLS); Baja - (THE
ASTRONAUTS).
> I need something to break it up with.
>
> And then I realized that guitar instrumentals,
> whether "surf" or otherwise, are some of the most
> recognizable tunes from the 60's.
>
> So, here I am-
>
> I downloaded a bunch of MIDI files from a site run by a guy named
> Don Johnson, I believe. I'm going through them... I really like
> Bulldog.
>
> What do you think the "core" surf repertoire is-
> beyond Wipeout, Pipeline, and Walk, Don't Run?
>
> I really want stuff that is recognizable by the non-musicians I'm
> playing
> for.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Michael
.
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