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Popular Surf Guitars

What guitars do popular surf rock bands play? Several come to mind – Fender Stratocasters, Jazzmasters and Jaguars, Mosrites, and Danelectros.  Not only do they usually have a certain sound, but they also have a certain look.  You don’t see a lot of Flying Vs in surf bands. Let’s take a quick and unprofessional look [...]

August 23, 2009 by
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Surf Guitar Playing Video from the Eliminators

John Benton from the Lively Ones, the Surfaris and the Eliminators plays a few different style songs in the video here. Plenty of up close shots on the fretboard so you see what he’s doing. He’s playing (according to the description) a Fender 57 American reissue Stratocaster – in surf green, an original Fender 1964 [...]

April 30, 2009 by
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