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| 2776.1 | String envy ?? | SUBSYS::GODIN | My other preamp is a Tri-Axis. | Tue Jul 27 1993 06:25 | 6 | 
|  |     What's his amp rig look like nowadays ? Does he record with a similar
    setup to what he uses live ?
    
    (.014 ??? Are you sure this guy isn't a frustrated bass player ? ;-)
                                                                    
    Paul
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| 2776.2 |  | GANTRY::ALLBERY | Jim | Tue Jul 27 1993 07:10 | 8 | 
|  |     RE: Dick Dale and "input on the Strat design"
    
    I doubt it, unless it was with minor design changes.  If memory serves
    me correctly, the strat was designed in '52 or '53 -- which seems terribly
    early for Dick Dale to have been an influence.  
    
    						Jim
    
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| 2776.3 |  | TECRUS::ROST | Graduate of More Science H.S. | Tue Jul 27 1993 07:37 | 1 | 
|  |     The new album is on the Hightone label, by the way. 
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| 2776.4 |  | LEDS::BURATI | Video Chicken One | Tue Jul 27 1993 09:47 | 20 | 
|  |     RE: current gear
    He didn't say.
>    RE: Dick Dale and "input on the Strat design"
    
>    I doubt it, unless it was with minor design changes.  If memory serves
>    me correctly, the strat was designed in '52 or '53 -- which seems terribly
>    early for Dick Dale to have been an influence.  
    Well '53, '54 with additional changes in body contour through '57. He
    mentioned body thickness.  Anyway, that's what he said.
    RE: Hightone
    Thanks, Brian. I couldn't remember the name.
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| 2776.5 | Ride The Wild Surf | TECRUS::ROST | Keef Riffhard | Thu Sep 30 1993 08:59 | 7 | 
|  |     Nice interview with Dick in today's Boston Globe.  He's doing two shows
    at Johnny D's in Somerville, MA next Thursday (10/7).  
    
    Sez he got his inspiration for surf music from his relatives who played
    the oud and from drummer Gene Krupa's jungle beats.
    
    							Kahuna
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| 2776.6 | I remember -=B{}{}M=I remember -=B{}{}M=I remember B{}{}M | FREEBE::REAUME | my 2 vices - GTS and coasters | Mon Feb 27 1995 14:16 | 10 | 
|  |     
       I picked up Dick Dale's newest CD , "Unknown Territory" today during
    lunch. I'll give it a listen and report on it soon. I've been looking
    for something different, and even though I listen to everything from
    Dream Theater to Beatles to Stone Temple Pilots, this could be really
    DIFFERENT!.
    
       BTW - this CD is also on the hightone label and is copyright 1994.
    
    							-John R-
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| 2776.7 | Crank up that reverb and wait for the waves! | VARESE::SACHA::IDC_BSTR | Oh no! NOT Milan Kundera again! | Tue Feb 28 1995 05:42 | 24 | 
|  |     The last band I played in was a 60s R n'R/surf band. The other
    guitarist was absolutely berserk about Dick Dale (he'd had the
    opportunity of meeting him while in the States a few years ago and had
    even spent a few days at his house!). 
    
    His setup was a total copy of Dick Dale's, i.e. Fender Reissue Strat
    (Dick Dale Signature) played through a Twin Reverb (with the reverb
    setting constantly at 10!) and those monster strings (014s!). So when
    we did all those classic surf instrumentals (Wipeout, Pipeline, Banzai
    Washout, California Sun, Surf Beat, Hawaii-Five-0), he had that 
    twangy, high reverb sound down perfectly. Trouble was, he used
    *exactly* the same setup (and playing style!) for the R n'R
    numbers...and I'm afraid it just didn't sound right for "Something
    Else" by Eddie Cochran or "Hippy Hippy Shake" ;-)
    
    As regards the surf instrumental genre in general (Dick Dale & the
    Deltones, the Astronauts, the Trashmen, the Surfaris, the Chantels,
    etc.), I think it requires enormous discipline (rather than any great
    knowledge of chords/scales) on the part of the guitarist. It's a bit
    like  the Hank Marvin/Duane Eddy thing; you really have to pick cleanly
    if you're playing these single string melody lines. Any errors you make
    stick out a mile!
    
    Dom
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