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Hi Gang! Katcher here, our group The Surge! had the great honor of
performing for this year's Surf Expo 2006, at the Orlando Florida Convention
Center on Friday night January 13......It was a great experience and a great
crowd, we were really lucky to be able to perform for so many real surfers and
board sports enthusiasts. We will be posting some pix as soon as I am able to
get the software loaded for my new camera and figure it all out. We were also
really lucky that fellow 101er, momsurfing, (Carol Busbey) made the treck to
Orlando to from Cape Hatteras NC to join in on the fun. Carol is a great
person and a real hoot to hang out with. She personally escorted this surf
dummy around the show explaining the finer points of the sport and its related
hardware......She was also willing to spend some time taking pictures....We owe
her big!!!!!! Thanks Carol!!!
The Surge!
Now on Saturday, we had the day to kill and went looking for cool, local
guitar shops.....after the usual big box stores, we stumbled on The Guitar
Den.....guys, this place has the biggest inventory of old cool suff that I
have ever seen......now you all know, Eddie here is no spring chicken and I
HAVE been in some neat stores......but the Guitar Den takes the cake........I
haven't seen that much cool stuff since the late 60's Tons of Fender, Kustom
Vox (the real Voxes) Silvertones and the list goes on and on........While
standing near the front counter I overheard a guy talking about Jazzmasters and
I introduced myself, only to find out that he was Louis of The Novarays!!!! if
all this wasn't cool enough, The Novarays were playing a show nearby on
Saturday night, so we headed off after dinner to Holly and Dolly's bar (real
name, no kidding) for some great surf and instro.....
Boy, they were on fire!!!! Louis is a former guitarist for party band
deluxe, The Woggles and you can just feel his excitement and VERY entergetic
presentation.....All the Novarays are great players and they sounded really
big.....Both guitarists played vintage Deluxe Reverbs with Louis on an AVRI
Jazzmaster and the rhythm guitarist playing a Master Built Custom Strat. They
had a great complimentary sound that blended well with the bass player's Fender
Precision Bass. The drummer was kicking butt and the whole band had a very
powerfull sound......The set was a great mix of cool covers and neat originals
that ran for over an hour. They even did a completely reworked cover of an
Electric Light Orchestra number. The Novarays are a real asset to the surf
music scene. Great band, great evening, cool little bar (owned by a pair of
twin, former Weeki Watchi Springs mermaids). I invited the guys to get
involved with SurfGuitar101. If you can catch one of their
shows, DO IT! Eddie Katcher
Ferenc Dobronyi <> wrote: While we are talking about
effects, or fuzzes anyway,
I have a question about delays. My second Danelectro
delay went down right before a show last Friday, and I
will not be buying another, despite the fact that is
is a great sounding unit. I can't stand the fact that
the jacks are wired to the circuit board instead of
the unit shell. This has been the point of failure for
both units now. Stupid engineering-- the unit has a
heavy duty shell, but why did they bother?
The feature I am really looking for is the high end
roll of that gives a delay the analog sound, so I am
wondering what other people are using. No I don't want
to carry my echoplex around, just too fragile. Ivan,
weren't you using an Akai Headrush for a while?
Thanks,
ferenc
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Great news, Eddie!
How was your crowd reaction at the convention? I like to find
out/confirm that modern surfers dig the reverb twang...whether they know
what it is or not ;-)
I think sports enthusiasts in general are a good market for the Surf
audiences. Energy, excitement, action!
BW Dave
>-----Original Message-----
>From:
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>On Behalf Of John McCorvey
>Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 3:30 PM
>To:
>Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Quickie Surf Show report: The Novarays,
Orlando
>Sat 1/14
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>Hi Gang! Katcher here, our group The Surge! had the great honor of
>performing for this year's Surf Expo 2006, at the Orlando Florida
>Convention Center on Friday night January 13......It was a great
>experience and a great crowd, we were really lucky to be able to
perform
>for so many real surfers and board sports enthusiasts. We will be
posting
>some pix as soon as I am able to get the software loaded for my new
camera
>and figure it all out. We were also really lucky that fellow 101er,
>momsurfing, (Carol Busbey) made the treck to Orlando to from Cape
>Hatteras NC to join in on the fun. Carol is a great person and a real
>hoot to hang out with. She personally escorted this surf dummy around
the
>show explaining the finer points of the sport and its related
>hardware......She was also willing to spend some time taking
>pictures....We owe her big!!!!!! Thanks Carol!!!
> The Surge!
>
> Now on Saturday, we had the day to kill and went looking for cool,
>local guitar shops.....after the usual big box stores, we stumbled on
The
>Guitar Den.....guys, this place has the biggest inventory of old cool
>suff that I have ever seen......now you all know, Eddie here is no
spring
>chicken and I HAVE been in some neat stores......but the Guitar Den
takes
>the cake........I haven't seen that much cool stuff since the late
60's
>Tons of Fender, Kustom Vox (the real Voxes) Silvertones and the list
goes
>on and on........While standing near the front counter I overheard a
guy
>talking about Jazzmasters and I introduced myself, only to find out
that
>he was Louis of The Novarays!!!! if all this wasn't cool enough, The
>Novarays were playing a show nearby on Saturday night, so we headed
off
>after dinner to Holly and Dolly's bar (real name, no kidding) for some
>great surf and instro.....
>
> Boy, they were on fire!!!! Louis is a former guitarist for party
band
>deluxe, The Woggles and you can just feel his excitement and VERY
>entergetic presentation.....All the Novarays are great players and they
>sounded really big.....Both guitarists played vintage Deluxe Reverbs
with
>Louis on an AVRI Jazzmaster and the rhythm guitarist playing a Master
>Built Custom Strat. They had a great complimentary sound that blended
>well with the bass player's Fender Precision Bass. The drummer was
>kicking butt and the whole band had a very powerfull sound......The
set
>was a great mix of cool covers and neat originals that ran for over an
>hour. They even did a completely reworked cover of an Electric Light
>Orchestra number. The Novarays are a real asset to the surf music
scene.
>Great band, great evening, cool little bar (owned by a pair of twin,
>former Weeki Watchi Springs mermaids). I invited the guys to get
involved
>with SurfGuitar101. If you can catch one of their
> shows, DO IT! Eddie Katcher
>
>Ferenc Dobronyi <> wrote: While we are
talking
>about effects, or fuzzes anyway,
> I have a question about delays. My second Danelectro
> delay went down right before a show last Friday, and I
> will not be buying another, despite the fact that is
> is a great sounding unit. I can't stand the fact that
> the jacks are wired to the circuit board instead of
> the unit shell. This has been the point of failure for
> both units now. Stupid engineering-- the unit has a
> heavy duty shell, but why did they bother?
> The feature I am really looking for is the high end
> roll of that gives a delay the analog sound, so I am
> wondering what other people are using. No I don't want
> to carry my echoplex around, just too fragile. Ivan,
> weren't you using an Akai Headrush for a while?
> Thanks,
> ferenc
>
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Hey there Katcher!
I just signed up to the SG101 and read your entry,
GOSH! Thanks for the support! WE kinda thought we were a bit on the
sloppy side last night, but HEY, that's Rawk N Roll for ya!
It was great fun having The Surge in the crowd, it's a good feeling
when at least a FEW people know what the hell your suppose too be
doing!
Can't wait to see the photos!
We may start playing Holly & Dolly's more, the twins seem to really
like us!(It's GREAT when mermaids like a surf band!)
Lewis
--- In , John McCorvey
<eddiekatcher@y...> wrote:
>
> Hi Gang! Katcher here, our group The Surge! had the great honor
of performing for this year's Surf Expo 2006, at the Orlando Florida
Convention Center on Friday night January 13......It was a great
experience and a great crowd, we were really lucky to be able to
perform for so many real surfers and board sports enthusiasts. We
will be posting some pix as soon as I am able to get the software
loaded for my new camera and figure it all out. We were also really
lucky that fellow 101er, momsurfing, (Carol Busbey) made the treck
to Orlando to from Cape Hatteras NC to join in on the fun. Carol is
a great person and a real hoot to hang out with. She personally
escorted this surf dummy around the show explaining the finer points
of the sport and its related hardware......She was also willing to
spend some time taking pictures....We owe her big!!!!!! Thanks
Carol!!!
> The Surge!
>
> Now on Saturday, we had the day to kill and went looking for
cool, local guitar shops.....after the usual big box stores, we
stumbled on The Guitar Den.....guys, this place has the biggest
inventory of old cool suff that I have ever seen......now you all
know, Eddie here is no spring chicken and I HAVE been in some neat
stores......but the Guitar Den takes the cake........I haven't seen
that much cool stuff since the late 60's Tons of Fender, Kustom Vox
(the real Voxes) Silvertones and the list goes on and
on........While standing near the front counter I overheard a guy
talking about Jazzmasters and I introduced myself, only to find out
that he was Louis of The Novarays!!!! if all this wasn't cool
enough, The Novarays were playing a show nearby on Saturday night,
so we headed off after dinner to Holly and Dolly's bar (real name,
no kidding) for some great surf and instro.....
>
> Boy, they were on fire!!!! Louis is a former guitarist for
party band deluxe, The Woggles and you can just feel his excitement
and VERY entergetic presentation.....All the Novarays are great
players and they sounded really big.....Both guitarists played
vintage Deluxe Reverbs with Louis on an AVRI Jazzmaster and the
rhythm guitarist playing a Master Built Custom Strat. They had a
great complimentary sound that blended well with the bass player's
Fender Precision Bass. The drummer was kicking butt and the whole
band had a very powerfull sound......The set was a great mix of cool
covers and neat originals that ran for over an hour. They even did
a completely reworked cover of an Electric Light Orchestra number.
The Novarays are a real asset to the surf music scene. Great band,
great evening, cool little bar (owned by a pair of twin, former
Weeki Watchi Springs mermaids). I invited the guys to get involved
with SurfGuitar101. If you can catch one of their
> shows, DO IT! Eddie Katcher
>
> Ferenc Dobronyi <ferencnd@y...> wrote: While we are
talking about effects, or fuzzes anyway,
> I have a question about delays. My second Danelectro
> delay went down right before a show last Friday, and I
> will not be buying another, despite the fact that is
> is a great sounding unit. I can't stand the fact that
> the jacks are wired to the circuit board instead of
> the unit shell. This has been the point of failure for
> both units now. Stupid engineering-- the unit has a
> heavy duty shell, but why did they bother?
> The feature I am really looking for is the high end
> roll of that gives a delay the analog sound, so I am
> wondering what other people are using. No I don't want
> to carry my echoplex around, just too fragile. Ivan,
> weren't you using an Akai Headrush for a while?
> Thanks,
> ferenc
>
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An original '55 Strat just sold on Ebay for 76,300.
-Marty
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Glad you guys got to catch The NovaRays... They are a great bunch of
guys. Lewis and I played together for a while before he moved to
Orlando... Not only was he in The Woggles (He plays bass on
the "Return to Blood Beach" 3 song 7" which finally made it's US
debut on the "Soul Sizzling 7" Meltdown" cd last year), but he was
one of the founding members of The Intoxicators!... was a member of
Stingray International (which opened for Dick Dale in Tallahassee,
FL)... had a song (as a solo performer) on the Japanese release
Takuroku Surf Party (which also features solo recordings from Yuzo
Kayama, Sammy from the Royal Fingers, Jun from Mama Guitar, and many
more)... and performed on Spinout Records compilation "Rock Don't
Run: Volume One" as a member of The Surf Kings (from Laguna Beach
(AKA Panama City), Florida...)
The Intoxicators! are trying to work a show in with the Nova Rays on
March 31st in Orlando... I'll keep you posted.
Cheers!
Brian Crum
The Intoxicators!
www.theintoxicators.com
