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-Hey Richard,
I too am a bass player. But I must say that I have an addiction for
the Reverb sound of Surf Guitar. I read the stuff on hear so 1 day
if I have some extra dough to get rid of I know what to get and how
to set it up. I have a Kramer Striker Bass(mid 80's)yeah yeah I know
Metal bass. No it's all wood, Heavy as hell, and Resonates forever.
Basically looks like a Fender P-bass but with a slightly different
headstock(round part at the end kinda staight on 1 side. Has a
single coil at the Bridge and a split in the neck spot. I like the
2 mixed all the way up. But for different song I might go bright with
the bridge or deep with the Neck. But the mix is perfect and full
sounding. Not sure on Wood for the Body, But It's painted Black. And
it has a soid Maple Neck.I think I like a solid Maple neck for a
little bit of edge to the sound, Where it seems like Rosewood
absorbs some of the brightness.
Also have a Kramer Guitar that's similar but with a Horrible
pointed head. Humbucker in the Bridge and sigle coil in the Neck(no
mid). It's also Black strat shape, with a Maple neck. I want to sell
both of them and the Mid 70's GBX (Canadian Amp) and Buy a Fender P-
Bass. But am torn on Original old school, or the New American
Percision plus. It has a double single coil type humbucker in the
bridge, and a split Humbucker in the neck. Besides a beefy Truss rod
there are also 2 Graphit reinforcement bars in the Neck. And The
Option for a 5 string(drool slobber slurp). I know it's a bit much
extra shit for trad. But I like progressive stuff to.The only down
side is it's only active electronics. I've seen other basses with
active electronics that have a on/off for the active section. How
hard would it be to put 1 on this bass.
I would also love to get a Fender Bass VI. And to compliment it and
the 5 string bass. Get a Dual Showman, and Make a cabnite with 2 10'
speakers and a 15" JBL. Are there 10" JBLs for guitar/bass??
That's just alittle of what I have and where I want to go. If I only
had the dough.
Jeff(bigtikidude)
-- In SurfGuitar101@y..., Richard <errant_jedi@y...> wrote:
>
> Since I've still got a little bit of newbie afterbirth
> clinging to me, I think I can throw a few suggestions
> at you. I started a little less than a year ago and
> had no formal training whatsoever. I still don't. I
> learned to play everything I know how to play from
> tab. I got a Ventures tab book, numerous tabs from
> the internet and a there's a pretty cool set of "How
> To Play Surf Guitar" DVD's that I leared how to play
> Miserlou and Penetration from. Formal training would
> probably help you though, as the majority of people I
> know that play do have at least some. If you talk to
> me in terms of string-fret, I can follow you, but if
> you start talking about major 3rds and perfect 5ths
> I'll just kind of stare vacantly at you, and might
> drool on your shoes. Every once in a while folks will
> lapse into music-speak and I'm lost, so I'm planning
> on possibly taking some lessons or buying a book to
> try to facilitate the learning process. But to start
> with, just pick something up and start trying to play
> it.
> As far as gear goes, one of those Squier starter paks
> might not be bad idea depending on what you want to
> spend. There are a whole lot of options for lower
> cost gear, so the amount you're willing to sink is a
> major determining factor in what you want to start
> looking at. Mexican made Fenders are very nice, and
> I've seen a couple of pretty cheap Yamaha models with
> single coils that looked pretty surfish. (Doesn't
> Link Wray play a Yamaha?) My personal choice was a
> Vista series Squier Jagmaster, a line which was
> discontinued but still pretty commonly availabe on
> eBay, and I paid about $300 and love it. I play that
> through a Fender Frontman Reverb practice amp most of
> the time. Most guys here have got more money in their
> guitars and amps, I don't because I'm primarily a bass
> player. (How many other bass players besides Phil are
> there on here?) Just look around, and keep posting
> questions to this list because this is probably the
> single best resource you'll find. Lots of cool guys
> in cool bands here.
>
> ~R
>
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