There's a pedal called the "Loomer" by Keeley Electronics. It's a fuzz-reverb stompbox, but it hass this reverse reverb with an adjustable pitch bend mod, where the reverse reverb starts low and bends up into the note, which sounds pretty similar to that dip you were doing with the vibe bar.
Great tips.....I built a Fender 6G15 stand-alone reverb unit...sounds great. Used a 6K6 instead of the 6V6...use it with my 5F2A build....both sound great together !
Great stuff, and pretty basic too. More than enough for an intro lesson. Thank's for that classic riff at the end. That'll be a fun one to practice w/out the onset of frustration and depression of trying to achieve new heights on the guitar.
Great tips on the Surf Guitar sound, David Thank you! Also love your guitar. (I have a Squier CVJM.) I especially liked the Beach Boys lick at the end. (Although as a beginner I had the dickens of a time figuring out the tabs- thank goodness for super slo-mo.)
I just bought a Mustang type guitar that has the switches like the jaguar or jazz master guitars, and the same type of tremelo. This video helped! I bought the guitar to help with achieving that surf sound, and it works real well for that. This tutorial helped add more to what I was already getting and it sounds great! Thank you for the tips!!
Thanks for sharing this great stuff. I’ve been playing surf guitar over 40 years. I currently use Squier Mustang guitar with Fender Deluxe Reverb amp. The internal spring reverb does a great job but lacks a good “drip” sound. However, the audience can’t tell the difference! Rock on! 😎🎼🎸🎶🌊🏄🏼
Totally. Just like when i make a mistake on stage. And in my mind it is catastrophic. The audience never knew the difference. Best to laugh it off in the moment and keep rockin!
@@datsunlambchops4624 man, I just talked with a local guitarist after his set the other day. He put on a good show and everyone was happy, but he was hung up about his amps humming. Guess he normally plays a LP with humbuckers, but he was on a single coil stratocaster that day, and he said all he could hear was the buzz from the amp. Nobody in the audience heard it, I didn't hear it. Maybe it was there, maybe it wasn't. But on-stage "catastrophes" for us, usually don't even get noticed by the audience... Who are the reason we are there.
Sometimes you can talk about playing a surf tune or 2??? LoL! Sounds about like me trying to get folk to play Ramones- Punk Rock here in Mississippi. Love Surf Rock too and I plan to get a Jazzaster soon as possible to go with my Fender Twin, Tremelo, Boss Reverb 60 something, Delay- Slapbback. Love your Jazzmaster
I have one. Put a bone nut , Lollar blade master in the neck , Duncan antiquity 1 in the bridge , custom shop wiring and switches and it’s so heavenly !!!
Oddly enough, surf rock had pretty much died out by the 70s. Most of the classic surf tunes were pre-Beatles. Quinton Tarantino helped bring it back in movies like Pulp Fiction.
Hey, outstanding! I traded in my Strat and two modeling Amps was ready to quit, then my Guitar dealer asked me to try the Mini Jazzmaster for my sore old hands. Well, it was cute and seemed easier so I took it on loan, but he is getting a Classic Vibe in soon i want to try it. I keep my Boutique Amp and two pedals just in case. I then came across you series of videos. WOW!,, That is what i want to do play that Jab like the old days. Gotta get me that Oceans 11, it is so awesome. I need to finish this video and write down the gear you used. Really like the look of that special Guitar but it may be out of my budget. Thank You so much, D
Dennis Murphey Glad this inspired you! The JM Jazzmaster is in the same price range as the CV. Both are good - check out my comparison video. There are so many good reverb pedals out there too. Oceans 11 just happens to have a lot of options and flexibility compared to other “spring” reverb pedals.
Thanks for an interesting video. I'm a seniorplayer, just starting up playing that wonderful surfsound I remember from my childhood. Nice to see what gear you're using, and thanks for the information about the surf "drip" - I didn't knew you only can make the real "drip" with the spring reverb and not the hall/plate. I'm into buying me a reverb pedal, so that was real good info. Cheers from Denmark, Mogens.
Glad you found the video helpful. There is way to get a drip sound using hall or plate - you just need to add a little delay. It almost sounds like the real deal. That said, there are quiet a few pedals out there that imitate spring reverb, beside the Oceans 11 (which I use all the time).
Oh, the spring reverb must have been what The Ventures used in Diamond Head, I think? As well as a few other of their tunes. Always wondered what sort of effect that was, thanks for the info. I bought my first electric guitar recently. A Yamaha Pacifica strat copy, specifically to have a whammy bar and play surf rock. (A Jazzmaster or Mustang was out of my price range). I find substituting certain notes with quick hammer-ons and pull-offs can enhance the surfiness of the sound and sound much more exciting. That's my tip.
Congrats on the new guitar. Yes, I'm certain The Ventures used spring reverb tank on Diamond Head. Both hammer ons and pull offs are important techniques to know!
@@anotherheadlessdemo Certainly is Awesome Surf playing ! I'll just have to watch the video in slo-mo until I get the fingering. Presently, for Surf, use a G&L Comanche thru a SolidGoldFX SurfRider3 Reverb, TC Electronics Flashback X4 Delay & Looper, Boss CS-3 Compression-Sustainer into a Fender SuperChamp X2 Amp. Tried the set up using a 1992 Peavey EVH 5150 Amp Stack...buy the little Fender X2 was more friendly.
@@anotherheadlessdemo you actually just helped me write out a quick demo with just this video and I had no idea about the spring reverb and that really helped refine my tone!
Oddly enough, I don't do that particularly well. This biggest problem I have is keeping each stroke consistent. Probably need to work on that! The best thing to do is start slow, and get each stroke consistent, then work on playing it faster. Make sense?
To do this it is easiest to mute with your left hand instead of palm muting with your right. Left hand muting is more common practice in bass playing but to do this, fret the note with your index and allow your other fingers to gently rest on the string. This mutes the note and frees up your right hand to focus on tremolo picking. For the octave slide effect you can just start on the 12th fret and slide down to open. You can also fret and strum through both the E and B strings for a chord slide.
Awesome. Love the J Mascis Jazzmaster, would have loved to get it but I got a classic vibe Jaguar instead for my first guitar. Had to be aware of the money :( but if I ever get rich this is the guitar I'm getting
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Not only is it a surf rock tutorial, but it’s also a spaghetti western tutorial.
Yes! Absolutely.
Godammit Arthur don’t tell em the secrets! Ya up and gone spoiled it fer e’ryone!!
@@sweetsoul3145 Here's my take on spaghetti western music. :)
ua-cam.com/video/agHHCmtykO0/v-deo.html
@@anotherheadlessdemo thank you so much! I commented this a while ago but never saw this reply. Hope all is well.
@@arthurmorgan319 stick to the plan
I like how you instruct us in a very down-to-earth way how things are done. Very practical, very straight-to-the-point.
Thank you!
i trust old man that giving surf rock techniques
I'm not THAT old. LOL.
"How Do You Do Fellow Kids?"
Hey that's rude
David Niles I think the beard just makes you seem wise lol
@@domraffainifilminspiration1831 I've been called a wise guy before, so I guess it's working . :)
I love how he describes the sound and how to get the sounds. It’s very helpful
Got this in my recommendations, got interested because I’m a music nerd, stayed for the nice man.
Thank you. :)
Nightmare on Beach Street
Ha! Perfect!
Freddy Kruger is he was a nice guitar man
Yes, but as soon as he puts the guitar down, watch out. :)
Must be Mr Kruger from Kruger industrial smoothing then. :)
love surf rock man. raw sound of the guitar, reverb, and whammy. I use my American Strat and Schecter Diamond Banshee-6
7:32 yes, I always wanted to know how this done!!
Such a chill vibe. I'd love to have a teacher like you.
Thank you!
that spring reverb has a NICE DRIP!! amazing
It's very realistic!
@anotherheadlessdemo i have the boss rv6 and also uafx dream pedal and this has way more drip!
I think I saw this great review on 60 Cycle Hum and decided to buy one.
That's the best surf technique explanation I've seen. Everything I watch or read seems to state the obvious. Thanks!
Thanks much. Glad it was helpful!
Im crazy about surf. Such a gorgeous sound
i have that same jazz master! i love those guitars!!!
Might be the best Squier for the money!
decades ago i was in a band that did a ' day tripper ' cover
as an instrumental surf tune - always went over well.
Do you have a recording? That would be fun to hear.
Ok I'm off to buy all the gear listed. When I get back I'll practice guitar- PROMISE
LOL.
I do not have a whammy, it has occurred to me !
This is the most wholesome lesson I’ve ever had
Thank you!
the chord from better call saul xD
4:30
That's called an A major and is one of the most common chords lmao.
@@mastersyncho9802 also the first chord he plays
I have a Strat with a whammy bar. Not quite a Jazz-master, but close. Love the tips, albeit 4 years later!
Strats are great and have sounds you're not going to get out of a Jazzmaster.
Great video! I love surf guitar, and I'll use your tips. Thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
There's a pedal called the "Loomer" by Keeley Electronics. It's a fuzz-reverb stompbox, but it hass this reverse reverb with an adjustable pitch bend mod, where the reverse reverb starts low and bends up into the note, which sounds pretty similar to that dip you were doing with the vibe bar.
That last Beach Boys lick really smacks of Gimme Shrlter. Well done!
I always liked that lick. :)
Thanks for the tips David I love surf music
You are welcome!
That JM has some wonderful tones with the whammy bar
Yup. It's a keeper.
you're awesome ! you remind of my best friend and band mate's dope dad who plays in a bunch of blue grass bands. keep rockin old man we love u
Thanks! I will play until I can't. :)
Great tips.....I built a Fender 6G15 stand-alone reverb unit...sounds great. Used a 6K6 instead of the 6V6...use it with my 5F2A build....both sound great together !
Thanks for the tips! I am getting into Beach Fossils and this sounds very similar to their sound. THANK YOU
Glad it was helpful!
This was an excellent and informative introduction to surf rock! Well done sir!
Thanks!
You kept coming really close to playing Walk Don't Run and I was in constant tension haha Thanks for the tips!
I keep telling myself I need to record that one. I've got a Mustang that might be prefect for it.:)
your gear is surprisingly really versatile ima have to copy your setup for my small room
You have a very stylish sweater
Thank you!
I love surf and you are showing it very clearly and good. Thanks😘
Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for the tips! I love the Surf sound.
Great stuff, and pretty basic too. More than enough for an intro lesson. Thank's for that classic riff at the end. That'll be a fun one to practice w/out the onset of frustration and depression of trying to achieve new heights on the guitar.
That tone is amazing
Thanks!
Great tips on the Surf Guitar sound, David Thank you! Also love your guitar. (I have a Squier CVJM.) I especially liked the Beach Boys lick at the end. (Although as a beginner I had the dickens of a time figuring out the tabs- thank goodness for super slo-mo.)
Thak you! Oddly enough, I have never learned tabs. Maybe I should? :)
Excellent playing and instruction
Thank you - glad you enjoyed it!
Beautiful reverb in the intro! Beautiful enough so it made me subscribe!✌👍🎸
Thanks Justin!
I just bought a Mustang type guitar that has the switches like the jaguar or jazz master guitars, and the same type of tremelo. This video helped! I bought the guitar to help with achieving that surf sound, and it works real well for that. This tutorial helped add more to what I was already getting and it sounds great! Thank you for the tips!!
Thanks much - glad it helped!
What type of guitar did you buy? Harley Benton?
Amazing jazz master
Excellent instruction and playing. Enjoying your content. God bless.
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for sharing this great stuff. I’ve been playing surf guitar over 40 years. I currently use Squier Mustang guitar with Fender Deluxe Reverb amp. The internal spring reverb does a great job but lacks a good “drip” sound. However, the audience can’t tell the difference! Rock on! 😎🎼🎸🎶🌊🏄🏼
Totally. Just like when i make a mistake on stage. And in my mind it is catastrophic. The audience never knew the difference. Best to laugh it off in the moment and keep rockin!
@@datsunlambchops4624 man, I just talked with a local guitarist after his set the other day. He put on a good show and everyone was happy, but he was hung up about his amps humming. Guess he normally plays a LP with humbuckers, but he was on a single coil stratocaster that day, and he said all he could hear was the buzz from the amp.
Nobody in the audience heard it, I didn't hear it. Maybe it was there, maybe it wasn't. But on-stage "catastrophes" for us, usually don't even get noticed by the audience... Who are the reason we are there.
Sometimes you can talk about playing a surf tune or 2??? LoL! Sounds about like me trying to get folk to play Ramones- Punk Rock here in Mississippi. Love Surf Rock too and I plan to get a Jazzaster soon as possible to go with my Fender Twin, Tremelo, Boss Reverb 60 something, Delay- Slapbback. Love your Jazzmaster
Thanks. I do have a how-to-play video:
ua-cam.com/video/MJAyFz1TPGI/v-deo.html
I have the Ocean 11 as well and love it!!!
I was trying a Squire out just like yours today. What a coincidence!
It'a the best Squire I've ever owned or played!
Cool stuff David. LOVE me some instrumental surf music. Tom Stanton is my hero.
Thanks! It's fun stuff to play!
The fact that you roasted yourself in text makes me trust your lesson that much more.
That J Mascis Squire Jazzmaster is amazing!!
One of my fave guitars
I have one. Put a bone nut , Lollar blade master in the neck , Duncan antiquity 1 in the bridge , custom shop wiring and switches and it’s so heavenly !!!
I wasn't born in the 70's, but I love surf rock.
Oddly enough, surf rock had pretty much died out by the 70s. Most of the classic surf tunes were pre-Beatles. Quinton Tarantino helped bring it back in movies like Pulp Fiction.
@@anotherheadlessdemo good to know.
Surf Rock was the music of the early 60s, my girl!
you should try and check out the band Hot Flash Heat Wave. love their stuff especially the Soaked album. very beachy/surfy
That surf sound started in California in 1962.
Beautiful guitar!
Excellent video.
Thanks!
I bought a Mascis Jazzmaster partly because of your videos ; i already had the Oceans 11 but my guitars weren't quite there . Nice work 🙂
Thanks much. I hope you are enjoying your J Mascis!
Hell yes 🥰
Thank you David. Inspired me to try this!
Hey David - Glad to hear it!
great lesson
Thank you!
such a great guy
I’m thinking about getting this jazzmaster for my sludge metal band lol, great video :)
Hey, outstanding! I traded in my Strat and two modeling Amps was ready to quit, then my Guitar dealer asked me to try the Mini Jazzmaster for my sore old hands. Well, it was cute and seemed easier so I took it on loan, but he is getting a Classic Vibe in soon i want to try it. I keep my Boutique Amp and two pedals just in case. I then came across you series of videos. WOW!,, That is what i want to do play that Jab like the old days. Gotta get me that Oceans 11, it is so awesome. I need to finish this video and write down the gear you used. Really like the look of that special Guitar but it may be out of my budget. Thank You so much, D
Dennis Murphey Glad this inspired you! The JM Jazzmaster is in the same price range as the CV. Both are good - check out my comparison video. There are so many good reverb pedals out there too. Oceans 11 just happens to have a lot of options and flexibility compared to other “spring” reverb pedals.
Thanks for an interesting video. I'm a seniorplayer, just starting up playing that
wonderful surfsound I remember from my childhood. Nice to see what gear
you're using, and thanks for the information about the surf "drip" - I didn't knew
you only can make the real "drip" with the spring reverb and not the hall/plate.
I'm into buying me a reverb pedal, so that was real good info. Cheers from
Denmark, Mogens.
Glad you found the video helpful. There is way to get a drip sound using hall or plate - you just need to add a little delay. It almost sounds like the real deal. That said, there are quiet a few pedals out there that imitate spring reverb, beside the Oceans 11 (which I use all the time).
Oh, the spring reverb must have been what The Ventures used in Diamond Head, I think? As well as a few other of their tunes. Always wondered what sort of effect that was, thanks for the info.
I bought my first electric guitar recently. A Yamaha Pacifica strat copy, specifically to have a whammy bar and play surf rock. (A Jazzmaster or Mustang was out of my price range).
I find substituting certain notes with quick hammer-ons and pull-offs can enhance the surfiness of the sound and sound much more exciting. That's my tip.
Congrats on the new guitar. Yes, I'm certain The Ventures used spring reverb tank on Diamond Head. Both hammer ons and pull offs are important techniques to know!
thanks David
"Is that cheating?"
No. It's not. You can't "cheat" in art.
Good answer. :)
I'm sure some elitist would disagree. People just love to argue and criticize. But I agree, all this is open to YOUR interpretation. Good on ya!
Thanks for the lesson man it was really helpful.
You're welcome!
Well done
Thank you!
Awesome video and super helpful Great Sound
Love this video, thank you!
the last tip was rad!
Thanks! I'll have to go back and see what that was. :)
helped a lot thanks! great jazzmaster too!
Glad it helped!
you really like that goldpickard i like the orginal MIJ FENDER SUNBURST/TORTOISESHELL PICKGUARD THE SAME TYPE THAT Bob Bogle the Ventures
I like the gold pick guard as well. Some players swap that out. Not me!
dude this is so amazing. thank you for this video :) i got really inspired to learn Surf Rock and this is really going to be... instrumental! :D
Thanks. Glad you liked the video!
This video is really helpful(and the guy is cool)
Well explained. Good job!
Thanks!
Thank you! This is great. I wanna get into surf guitar 😃
Thanks! Playing surf music is certainly fun!
Neat !! I subscribed. Want to see more of this with TAB if possible. Thanks !!
I have no idea how to write tabs! LOL I've always learned by ear.
@@anotherheadlessdemo Certainly is Awesome Surf playing ! I'll just have to watch the video in slo-mo until I get the fingering. Presently, for Surf, use a G&L Comanche thru a SolidGoldFX SurfRider3 Reverb, TC Electronics Flashback X4 Delay & Looper, Boss CS-3 Compression-Sustainer into a Fender SuperChamp X2 Amp. Tried the set up using a 1992 Peavey EVH 5150 Amp Stack...buy the little Fender X2 was more friendly.
Thank you!
love your vids! Keep on making more!
I really want to thank you for this video this is amazing
You're so welcome!
@@anotherheadlessdemo you actually just helped me write out a quick demo with just this video and I had no idea about the spring reverb and that really helped refine my tone!
Glad to hear this helped!
Im in love your guitar
Me too. :)
I play a Grestch hollow body for surf sounds great with a ocean’s 11 and a fender vaporizer amplifier
That must sound magnificent. I'd love one of those Vaporizers!
@@anotherheadlessdemo mine is in orange but thy have that beautiful surf green amp sounds great
I play in a band that mostly does atomic style punk but we do a lot of surfy riffs, heavily soaked in reverb and delay.
I'm afraid i'm addicted to reverb and delay. :)
any links??
ska/punk reggae ‼️🤙🤙
Nice very clean
Hi David, I was hoping to get a tip on how to do a proper tremolo picked muted long slid so often heard with this style.
Oddly enough, I don't do that particularly well. This biggest problem I have is keeping each stroke consistent. Probably need to work on that! The best thing to do is start slow, and get each stroke consistent, then work on playing it faster. Make sense?
To do this it is easiest to mute with your left hand instead of palm muting with your right.
Left hand muting is more common practice in bass playing but to do this, fret the note with your index and allow your other fingers to gently rest on the string. This mutes the note and frees up your right hand to focus on tremolo picking. For the octave slide effect you can just start on the 12th fret and slide down to open. You can also fret and strum through both the E and B strings for a chord slide.
I respect you and surf rock music
Thank you!
@@anotherheadlessdemo no problem
So good!
Glad you enjoyed it!
This kid is a good player...;-). Sounds great. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Thanks for listening!
Thank you sir absolute brilliant vid gonna plug my inbanez in an start working
Glad it helped!
Dick dale played so incredibly hard he rocked till the day he died I try to replicate it but I'm not good enough yet lol one of a kind
Strat or tele or jazzmaster......
Something with a twangy bright bridge pickup..... oceans 11 is a great one...
This is a great video
Thank you!
Thanks for these great tips! love your guitar x
kissesarestitches You’re welcome. Glad you liked it!
hey thanks man very helpful
Awesome thanks!
You are welcome. :)
Very nice!
Thank you! Cheers!
This is brilliant.
Thanks!
Very informative !
Glad it was helpful!
Those are great tips, thank you!
You're welcome!
Good tips, Thanks !! I subscribed
Thanks for the sub!
Awesome. Love the J Mascis Jazzmaster, would have loved to get it but I got a classic vibe Jaguar instead for my first guitar. Had to be aware of the money :( but if I ever get rich this is the guitar I'm getting
The CV Jaguar is nice too, and perfect for surf.
@@anotherheadlessdemo exactly. That's what I love about it, still able to surf around.
The Freddy Krueger style Jumper looks cool. I've never seen this other guitar you showed for a moment. A Strat also does it for Surf, as Dick Dale.
So this is what you're doing when you're not stalking teenagers in their dreams
LOL
Now that’s a comment👌🏼
Hello, back to Dick Dale tremolo picking, he was of Lebanese decent and that kind of music uses the same picking technique.
This king is dripping hard
Love the Freddie Krueger sweater...
LOL ... I never realized I had a Freddy Krueger sweater until I posted that video. :)