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I finally got to give surfing a quick try while in the Huntington
Beach area last month on business. I paddled my 51 year old Oklahoman
butt out into the waves until my arms finally gave out. I did manage
to get up on one knee a few times and the guy who took me out said I
did pretty good for never having done it before. Mostly, I swallowed
saltwater.. My goal was to try and try I did. Next topic, Surfer hair.
I've been listening to a lot of vintage garage sound lately. In The
Sonics song "The Hustler", they say "He's got the surfer hair". OK,
what was the surfer hair? Was it like the young Dick Dale's hairdo,
slicked back or what? Last topic, I got one of the recent Jazzmaster
reissues sold on the web. I love the guitar but hate the bridge. I am
thinking of buying a Mustang bridge from Stew-Mac and swap it out.
The configuration is supposed to be the same. Anyone done that?
Thanks,
Roy
Assuming the song is from the 60s, I would say it is about a particular
hairstyle. If the song was more current, that could be a different
story. I'm from Huntington. When I was a teenager, "surfer hair" was
messed up hair that was dried with salt water in it. You could rub your
hands through "surfer hair" and sand would come out.
I can't say anything about the guitar. I only played bass in a garage
band in the 80s.
On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 05:21:00 -0000 "ROYSWORLD99" <>
writes:
I finally got to give surfing a quick try while in the Huntington
Beach area last month on business. I paddled my 51 year old Oklahoman
butt out into the waves until my arms finally gave out. I did manage
to get up on one knee a few times and the guy who took me out said I
did pretty good for never having done it before. Mostly, I swallowed
saltwater.. My goal was to try and try I did. Next topic, Surfer hair.
I've been listening to a lot of vintage garage sound lately. In The
Sonics song "The Hustler", they say "He's got the surfer hair". OK,
what was the surfer hair? Was it like the young Dick Dale's hairdo,
slicked back or what? Last topic, I got one of the recent Jazzmaster
reissues sold on the web. I love the guitar but hate the bridge. I am
thinking of buying a Mustang bridge from Stew-Mac and swap it out.
The configuration is supposed to be the same. Anyone done that?
Thanks,
Roy
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Surfer Hair, you mean you have hair at 51? Oh man.
-Marty
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From: ROYSWORLD99
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Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Surfing, Surfer's Hair, Jazzmaster
I finally got to give surfing a quick try while in the Huntington
Beach area last month on business. I paddled my 51 year old Oklahoman
butt out into the waves until my arms finally gave out. I did manage
to get up on one knee a few times and the guy who took me out said I
did pretty good for never having done it before. Mostly, I swallowed
saltwater.. My goal was to try and try I did. Next topic, Surfer hair.
I've been listening to a lot of vintage garage sound lately. In The
Sonics song "The Hustler", they say "He's got the surfer hair". OK,
what was the surfer hair? Was it like the young Dick Dale's hairdo,
slicked back or what? Last topic, I got one of the recent Jazzmaster
reissues sold on the web. I love the guitar but hate the bridge. I am
thinking of buying a Mustang bridge from Stew-Mac and swap it out.
The configuration is supposed to be the same. Anyone done that?
Thanks,
Roy
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Well.. I've got more hair than Deke Dickerson..
--- In , "Marty Tippens"
<mctippens@e...> wrote:
> Surfer Hair, you mean you have hair at 51? Oh man.
> -Marty
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: ROYSWORLD99
> To:
> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 10:21 PM
> Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Surfing, Surfer's Hair, Jazzmaster
>
>
> I finally got to give surfing a quick try while in the Huntington
> Beach area last month on business. I paddled my 51 year old
Oklahoman
> butt out into the waves until my arms finally gave out. I did
manage
> to get up on one knee a few times and the guy who took me out
said I
> did pretty good for never having done it before. Mostly, I
swallowed
> saltwater.. My goal was to try and try I did. Next topic, Surfer
hair.
> I've been listening to a lot of vintage garage sound lately. In
The
> Sonics song "The Hustler", they say "He's got the surfer hair".
OK,
> what was the surfer hair? Was it like the young Dick Dale's
hairdo,
> slicked back or what? Last topic, I got one of the recent
Jazzmaster
> reissues sold on the web. I love the guitar but hate the bridge.
I am
> thinking of buying a Mustang bridge from Stew-Mac and swap it
out.
> The configuration is supposed to be the same. Anyone done that?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Roy
>
>
>
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I like Deke Dickerson. I just saw him at the Hootenanny. It was a great
show.
On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 06:18:45 -0000 "ROYSWORLD99" <>
writes:
Well.. I've got more hair than Deke Dickerson..
--- In , "Marty Tippens"
<mctippens@e...> wrote:
> Surfer Hair, you mean you have hair at 51? Oh man.
> -Marty
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: ROYSWORLD99
> To:
> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 10:21 PM
> Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Surfing, Surfer's Hair, Jazzmaster
>
>
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When I surfed all the time (age 17-19), the tips of my hair turned
blonde in the sun and salt. I kept it short so it would dry, and
combed it with my fingers. The surfer look pretty much remains,
fairly short, hardly combed, and sun bleached.
I saw a kid in Surfer with a really cool 'do: he flipped his bangs
back into a wave shape (held in place with mousse), then
colored it blue. Then, he stuck a small surfer action figure in the
pit of the tube! I always thought this would be fun for the stage,
but alas, I no longer have enough hair. Maybe a toupee?
As for the Stew-Mac bridge: the saddles are the problem with the
Jazz and Jag, not the bridge. You can swap out the saddles or
just file a groove in the originals and get the same result as with
a Mustang bridge. However, I find the Buzz Stop ($39.95 from
Guitar Parts Resource), a roller bridge attached to the JM/Jag
tremelo plate, does the trick and eliminates both the buzz and
the string
jumping.
Gavin
Bobby Brady had Surfer's hair...
good luck
dp
--- ROYSWORLD99 <> wrote:
> I finally got to give surfing a quick try while in the
> Huntington
> Beach area last month on business. I paddled my 51 year
> old Oklahoman
> butt out into the waves until my arms finally gave out. I
> did manage
> to get up on one knee a few times and the guy who took me
> out said I
> did pretty good for never having done it before. Mostly,
> I swallowed
> saltwater.. My goal was to try and try I did. Next topic,
> Surfer hair.
> I've been listening to a lot of vintage garage sound
> lately. In The
> Sonics song "The Hustler", they say "He's got the surfer
> hair". OK,
> what was the surfer hair? Was it like the young Dick
> Dale's hairdo,
> slicked back or what? Last topic, I got one of the recent
> Jazzmaster
> reissues sold on the web. I love the guitar but hate the
> bridge. I am
> thinking of buying a Mustang bridge from Stew-Mac and
> swap it out.
> The configuration is supposed to be the same. Anyone done
> that?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Roy
>
>
>
>
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I really like Deke also. Saw him with Los Straitjackets at the Galaxy
Theater and here in OKC at the 66 Bowl.
Roy
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