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Hi everybody,I'm really new to surf music and I have a few
questions.My band is a hybrid,playing punk and now really getting
into surf guitar stuff.I have twenty guitars in my collection,but
nothing that really gets that real surf sound,the closest I can get
is with my Strats. I'm using a 1966 Fender Bandmaster amp,with a 70's
Univox U3R Proverb reverb unit.I also use a Marshall 8100 head,with
the matching 4x12 cab. I can't afford a Jazzmaster or a Jaguar,so
that's out. I have an Ibanez Talman TC420,gold sparkle finish,w/strat
type trem.It really looks kinda like a Jaguar/Jazzmaster in shape.I
want to change the pick-ups to give it more of a surf sound,it has
two humbuckers that really distort and get muddy.Good for grunge,but
not surf music.I don't want to alter it in any way other than
changing pickups.Which pickups should I use to get that sound? Also I
love 60's Teisco Del Reys,I am restoring an ET-210,I am looking for a
trem arm for it and trem cover,if anyone has any clues as to where I
can find them,just let me know,Thanx!!!
"Big Dick Black " wrote:
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> I
> want to change the pick-ups to give it more of a surf sound,it has
> two humbuckers that really distort and get muddy.Good for grunge,but
> not surf music.I don't want to alter it in any way other than
> changing pickups.Which pickups should I use to get that sound?
The two most important things are:
1) single coil pickups: these give you a twangier sound than humbuckers.
There are a number of single-coil pickup types you can select from, but
you could probably get away with just a set of stock Fender strat
pickups, available from most any music store. No need for fancy overwinding.
2) Position of the pickups: As someone mentioned before, the "surf"
sound is captured by using both a neck, and a bridge pickup at the same
time. You should therefore position your pickups accordingly. On a
strat, this is easily done by switching the top and middle pickups, so
"position 2" which used to be "middle+brdge" now becomes "neck+bridge"...
Hope this helps.
-c*
