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Hey...Happy Holidays everyone!
Today I walked into a small music store about an hour from
where I live. The last time I was there they had a pretty poor
selection of stuff (the usual Peavy/Crate run of the mill junk).
Today they had:
1967 Showman Head (Black Face)
70's ? Bandmaster Head
1965 Fender Reverb Unit
70's ? Fender Musicmaster Guitar
60's ? Bassman Head (Black Face)
A little Fender Bronco amp (Silver Face) all tube
Some kind of Gibson Amp, late 50's if you can believe the
salesman. It looked like it had the original tubes in it too.
I didn't walk out with anything but was sure stunned. It was
particularly hard to resist the Showman head. It was slightly beat
up but I was born in 1967 too :)
I might have to go back there sometime.....if only they had a
matching cabinet.
You don't see this kind of stuff everyday in Iowa :)
They also had this crazy looking brand new Peavy head/cabinet
apparently designed by a Zappa (which one they didn't say). The
controls looked like speedometers and stuff from a vintage car.
Other controls were a switch w/2 positions (loose/tight), a bank
of slider switches that were not numbered or otherwise labeled,
but went from "less" to "more", and other humorous dials and
gauges. Nothing was labeled in any kind of standard amp
fashion.
I hope everyone has a surfy New Year.
BN
Happy Holidays to everyone!
My wife got me a genuine Southern Surf Syndicate (S3) sweatshirt! It rocks!
Anybody else catch that Esteban guy on one of those home shopping channels,
trying to sell cheap-o flamenco guitars, and playing Maleguena? It
was....interesting...
Looking forward to a new year in Surf...
BN
Hey everyone,
I got a like new red sparkle flake Yamaha SGV 800.
Still trying to decide if I like it or not...
Hope everyone had a good holiday.
Richard
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Santa brought me Robert Dalley's "Surfin' Guitars" - whoo hoo! What a cool book
- I'll be filled with enough surf-factoids to drive my wife nuts for months!
Best wishes and Happy Holidays to all!
-Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Neal
To:
Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2003 6:02 PM
Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Happy Holidays
Happy Holidays to everyone!
My wife got me a genuine Southern Surf Syndicate (S3) sweatshirt! It rocks!
Anybody else catch that Esteban guy on one of those home shopping channels,
trying to sell cheap-o flamenco guitars, and playing Maleguena? It
was....interesting...
Looking forward to a new year in Surf...
BN
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Dick, where did that book come from? I heard about
that one and another book on the Fender Forum but
wasn't able to lay my hands on them. I'd very much
like to get it.
Richard
--- Dick Messick <> wrote:
> Santa brought me Robert Dalley's "Surfin' Guitars" -
> whoo hoo! What a cool book - I'll be filled with
> enough surf-factoids to drive my wife nuts for
> months!
>
> Best wishes and Happy Holidays to all!
>
> -Dick
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I got mine from Amazon several years ago. Its a cool book... but the author
isn't really a writer, however his enthusiasm makes up for the writing
style. Lots of great pictures too.
> Dick, where did that book come from? I heard about
> that one and another book on the Fender Forum but
> wasn't able to lay my hands on them. I'd very much
> like to get it.
>
> Richard
>
> --- Dick Messick <> wrote:
> > Santa brought me Robert Dalley's "Surfin' Guitars" -
> > whoo hoo! What a cool book - I'll be filled with
> > enough surf-factoids to drive my wife nuts for
> > months!
> >
> > Best wishes and Happy Holidays to all!
> >
> > -Dick
Richard:
Like Brian, I got mine from Amazon. It took about 4 - 6 weeks for delivery, as
it is considered a "special order" item. Although it's not inexpensive ($55),
it's a gold-mine of information and well worth waiting for, IMO. I'm guessing
the other title you are referring to is John Blair's "Illustrated Discography of
Surf Music 1961 - 1965". I don't have that one, but it comes highly recommended
. . .
-Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Neal
To:
Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 11:46 AM
Subject: RE: [SurfGuitar101] Happy Holidays
I got mine from Amazon several years ago. Its a cool book... but the author
isn't really a writer, however his enthusiasm makes up for the writing
style. Lots of great pictures too.
> Dick, where did that book come from? I heard about
> that one and another book on the Fender Forum but
> wasn't able to lay my hands on them. I'd very much
> like to get it.
>
> Richard
>
> --- Dick Messick <> wrote:
> > Santa brought me Robert Dalley's "Surfin' Guitars" -
> > whoo hoo! What a cool book - I'll be filled with
> > enough surf-factoids to drive my wife nuts for
> > months!
> >
> > Best wishes and Happy Holidays to all!
> >
> > -Dick
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Powell's Books has a copy of "Surfin' Guitars" used for $75
None of John Blair's "Illustrated Discography of Surf Music" though... Both
great books - got mine for Christmas's past. Now if I only had time to
practice my guitar with all of that motivation! But I am working on my
Revell '48 Ford woodie model, sometimes while listening to Mr. Dirt :)
Happy New Year,
Rick
Just listened to my recently acquired copy of "The
Velvet Touch of...Los Straitjackets".
Wow!
Has anybody tabbed "My Heart Will Go On (Love theme
from Titanic)", or know where to find it? For anyone that
hasn't heard it yet, the arrangement is parallel to the
Ventures' "Telstar", and is brilliantly performed.
Viva Los Straitjackets!
Feliz Navidad, y'all.
and Happy Holidays!
Bill
