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Mahalo to a master: R.I.P Dick Dale


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One of my personal idols, Dick Dale has died. Hope his section of heaven has some great waves.

http://californiarocker.com/2019/03/17/rip-dick-dale-king-of-the-surf-guitar-passes-away-at-82/

 

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Sorry to see this. He was a true showman and stalwart, hanging around after his shows to autograph albums - even bootlegs!

 

As Jimi said, "You'll never hear Surf Music again . . ."

 

Rest In Peace, sir.

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Arguably, Dick Dale introduced shredding to rock & roll audience.

 

He started my decades long love affair with instrumental surf music, despite being landlocked 99% of my life. What can you say: First among equals? Often imitated but never duplicated? All that and more.

 

Through his tunes, he sold more than music, he sold a vision. Not many musicians can say they did that.

 

 

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Thanks, Danny A.

 

I hate it when an artist gets pegged for one thing (unless that's really all they were good at).

Then ppl roboticaly cite that as though that's an homage or an appreciation.

I'm not yer major DD fan but I know there 's more to that cat than surf gtr.

In his later years, for example, he became a fervent ecologist.

 

This song, while easily pegged as a surf hit, is actually a case of cross-cultural artistic vision.

10- pts to who can explain what I mean.

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This tribute, from an unlikely source, is just for fun

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This one, from Dale to some frgotten people, is not

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Still with me ?

Here's some info from the man himself.

If ya think "King O Surf Gtr" wraps it up, prepare to be surprised.

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Important advice to young musicians

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Encore / a musician weaves some threads

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THIS JUST IN !

 

Apparently Dale, besides appearing in several teen flicks in the 1960s & cartoon & game VOs later, actually had a small part as an Elvis impersonator in the Marilyn Monroe film LET'S MAKE LOVE (1960).

From the NYTimes obit:

 

After the family moved to Southern California in around 1955, Mr. Dales father quit his job at an aerospace and defense company to manage his sons career. Mr. Monsour booked him in talent shows and movies, including a cameo as an Elvis Presley impersonator in the Marilyn Monroe movie Lets Make Love.

 

Following links in that article I found...

Let's Make Love (1960) / Full Cast & Crew

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054022/fullcredits

 

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I've seen that Monroe flick many times. Had NO IDEA that guy was Dale! :o

Really doesn't do much, but still kinda interesting.

WAIT for it.......

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Slightly OT, but does anyone else recall an Amp that had a built-in "Surf" effect? I know a friend had one back in '68/69, and I thought it was a Fender, but trying to search, I keep getting shunted to "How to get that Surf Guitar Sound" links.

 

From what I recall, it wasn't like a built-in Phaser, in that it didn't change the sound of the Guitar, it was just a soft, "whoosh-ing" White Noise effect, that was either On or Off: I don't even think it had a Rate knob?

 

It had to have been something Dick Dale inspired, and given his relationship with Fender, I'm sure it was a Fender Amp.

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Same deal here, WP.

Maybe you can contact the person & ask them ?

 

Been nearly 50 years, brother . . .

 

I've been scrolling through data on various Fender Amp models, with no luck so far.

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Slightly OT, but does anyone else recall an Amp that had a built-in "Surf" effect? I know a friend had one back in '68/69, and I thought it was a Fender, but trying to search, I keep getting shunted to "How to get that Surf Guitar Sound" links.

 

From what I recall, it wasn't like a built-in Phaser, in that it didn't change the sound of the Guitar, it was just a soft, "whoosh-ing" White Noise effect, that was either On or Off: I don't even think it had a Rate knob?

 

It had to have been something Dick Dale inspired, and given his relationship with Fender, I'm sure it was a Fender Amp.

 

Now, not to second-guess you, but is it possible that it was a pedal... ? Here are a couple of examples (their ilk first came out in the '60s)- and at the very least, these illustrate the fact that these specific "effects" were available and being marketed towards electric-guitarists...

 

________ Exciter Fuzz Wah Siren Surf Hurricane effect pedal JAPAN early 70s

 

 

________ Shin-Ei Wah Volume Surf Hurricane 1970's

 

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Slightly OT, but does anyone else recall an Amp that had a built-in "Surf" effect? I know a friend had one back in '68/69, and I thought it was a Fender, but trying to search, I keep getting shunted to "How to get that Surf Guitar Sound" links.

 

From what I recall, it wasn't like a built-in Phaser, in that it didn't change the sound of the Guitar, it was just a soft, "whoosh-ing" White Noise effect, that was either On or Off: I don't even think it had a Rate knob?

 

It had to have been something Dick Dale inspired, and given his relationship with Fender, I'm sure it was a Fender Amp.

 

well, which d'ya think's gonna be faster---recalling yer friend's name or looking at a googleplex of amp options :D

 

Even today, some stuff still hasnt been put on the Internet...at least, not anywhere easy to find. It may simply be so niche that only a few people have ever publicly discussed them in the Information Age,

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There is a YTube page featuring "LET'S MAKE LOVE" but since it's a $4 fee to watch the film, I held back from posting it here...although it's there if ya want to see it.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=let%27s+make+love

 

:laugh:

You guys crack me up! TCM( Turner Classic Movies) channel just showed it a few weeks ago, and will likely show it again in the near future. It gets shown there about two or three times a year. And since TCM is part of my cable package, there's no extra fee to watch anything on that channel. ;) I used to have it on an old VHS cassette, but it didn't hold up. Might have my daughter find it and "burn" it for me.

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@Caevan - This is from back before my memory cells got hacked, so to speak, so I'm sure about it being an effect on an Amp; none of us had any pedals at the time, not even a Wah. I also recall that this was one of very few of our friends whose parents would buy a real Strat and Fender Amp.

 

@d - It's not like I cannot remember my buddy's name, it's more about the likelihood of finding any of those folks from back then, or their memory being any better than mine.

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"Surf sound"?

 

Think about it...DID they use a special amp, with a special setting for it? :freak:

 

I thought it was just a certain level of reverb, and a WHOLE LOTTA treble!

 

I didn't think amps were that advanced back in the early to mid '60's. ;)

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"Surf sound"?

 

Think about it...DID they use a special amp, with a special setting for it? :freak:

 

I thought it was just a certain level of reverb, and a WHOLE LOTTA treble!

 

I didn't think amps were that advanced back in the early to mid '60's. ;)

Whitefang

 

Well, yeah...

 

Slightly OT, but does anyone else recall an Amp that had a built-in "Surf" effect? I know a friend had one back in '68/69...

 

From what I recall, it wasn't like a built-in Phaser, in that it didn't change the sound of the Guitar, it was just a soft, "whoosh-ing" White Noise effect, that was either On or Off: I don't even think it had a Rate knob?

 

Now, not to second-guess you, but is it possible that it was a pedal... ? Here are a couple of examples (their ilk first came out in the '60s)- and at the very least, these illustrate the fact that these specific "effects" were available and being marketed towards electric-guitarists...

 

________ Exciter Fuzz Wah Siren Surf Hurricane effect pedal JAPAN early 70s

 

 

________ Shin-Ei Wah Volume Surf Hurricane 1970's

 

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@ Winston, back in the early surf days circa '63 Leo came out with a tube reverb unit that looked like a piggy back. It would sit on top of an amp that did not have reverb like a Bassman with 15's. Lots of clean volume was needed and a lot of headroom. The Fender tube amp is the bottom line for getting "surf sound". The 1st Fender Deluxe amps did not have reverb so my buddy (lead guitar in our Ventures band 66-69 that played a lot of surf) bought one of those reverb units and wah-lah instant surf sound.

 

 

In 64 Fender came out with the Deluxe Reverb, in 65 the Twin Reverb and in 68 the Vibrolux. These amps became the standard for combo amps and players that wanted to get that surf sound. One of the things these amps have in common is the Tremolo effect which is also used in surf tunes. The amps had a speed and intensity knob for adjusting the amount wanted. Some tunes used tremolo a lot on intros and then kicked it off, some tunes used it all the way through along with some syrupy reverb. The amps came with a dual foot switch so you could kick them on or off. Later in life Boss and other makers made some nice sounding reverb pedals. I would run one in front of my Twin as I liked some light reverb on all the time and then kick in the reverb pedal with more for surf tunes along with my Delay pedal.

 

 

Anyway, that's the only surf effect(s) I remember on Fender amps...newer modeling amps and effect multi pedals like my Fender Floor can get a lot of surf sound with delay, tremolo, reverb, etc. and patches set up for cruising in and out of those sounds for different tunes. Hope this brings back a few memories and good luck on your search! Have fun dude! :cool:

 

ps. Here's the surf sound you are looking for...it's the 3rd Rock From the Sun Theme song:

 

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:cool:

 

 

Take care, Larryz
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