This lady is the insecure blonde bimbo who spins untruths more than her husband. For instance, Dale did not BUY a Strat at Coast Music in Costa Mesa until 1961, so how could he have any hand in developing the Strat which was first introduced around 1954, seven years before Dale bought his? The Champs (Tequila) received the first prototype Showman (brown Tolex covering) long before Dale bought a blonde Showman at Coast Music , so again, how could he have helped develop it? Dale knew nothing about electronics, so again, how could he develop an electronic instrument? Stop manufacturing malarkey.
Dick is one of, if not the first, electric shredders .. I saw him play back around 2001, and afterwards, the fans got a chance to speak with him - needless to say, I talked his ear off and he was inspiring and super friendly - he even gave me his email address .. About a month later, I saw that it was his birthday and I emailed him a HAPPY BIRTHDAY .. Not expecting him to write back, he emailed me thanking me and telling me he remembered our chat .. A absolute legend, thanks Fil, another great vid and great great guitarist
I had a similar experience with Dick. I saw him in 2001 at the Laughlin River Run Motorcycle Rally. What a show he put on and he and us loved it. When I got home I went to his website and emailed him, and lo and behold he replied. We talked about horses. We emailed back and forth several times. What a cool human being. The energy he had on stage was incredible.
That's great stuff Crow .. I just looked at Dick's website, and he just finished the first leg of his 2018 tour - which he will resume in December .. He's 81 and still going strong
You're playing things I missed, like the 50s & early 60s. Born in 1955, I wasn't really aware of music genres until 9?, 10 or 11. After school a couple of us got together w our Moms & had a blast, learning the Twist, & all those fun dances of early ROCK. Dad was working
Me too, LaHabra. used to drive down 39 to Huntington. saw Dick one day on our way up to Sunset Beach in '63' His white van was on the beach ,and he was just getting out to go in the water with a really nice Hobie
@@jonjofarrell4495 never in my life would I have imagined to see a stranger on the internet from la habra. I tell people I live in Whittier cause no one knows la habra. Insane!
Dick Dale was of Lebanese descent, so those middle-eastern flavors in the scales he played were part of his heritage and upbringing I'm sure, but to incorporate them in 1960's post Rockabilly American culture is quite fascinating. He's also responsible for getting Leo Fender to produce the first ever 100 watt amp. Reverb,volume, and overdrive begins with Dick Dale, this man is a true pioneer, thanks for posting these retro gems Fil. Peace.
Great comment - would only point out that Link Wray was shredding the cones on his amp speakers by at latest 1958, most famously in "Rumble": ruclips.net/video/BuAD_sQUgpw/видео.html
RIP Dick Dale. Fil, thank you so much for posting this video. I was planning to go see him play. He was still scheduling and playing gigs at the age of 81. This just goes to show you that, if you want to see one of your favorite artists play live, it doesn't matter if they are 18 or 81, they could be gone tomorrow and the time to see them is now.
@@wingsofpegasus He was touring to stay alive. Literally, he had to make over US $3000 each month for medical supplies because the insurance in the US doesn't pay for it and then still needs to pay for insurance on top of that. :-(
Yes Fil, you do cover a lot of genres, a lot of players from the past. And you do it well. That's why we think you're channel is so great. I never realized Dick played his Strat upside down and backwards until I saw this.
When Leo Fender gave a Fender Strat to Dick Dale, Leo started laughing as he was amazed at how a left handed guitar player, played a right-handed guitar w/o changing the string orientation....AMAZING ! Dick Dale also had Leo listen to him at a nightclub one evening as he kept on blowing out speakers...Leo was taken a-back at the "LOUDNESS" of the music...Dick probably had the vice-grips on the volume knob @ 12 ! After this, Leo designed a larger output transformer to take the "load" of Dick's playing ;-))From an old surfer here, Dick Dale is my guitar hero of the '60s.
@@tomk1tl I don't know how they do it either. I went to hear a local guy I was told played left handed. Heard a CD and it was really good. Thought I might cop a few licks. See if a lefty was like looking in a mirror, making it easier. He is an upside down lefty too. Couldn't figure out jack. Didn't Dale have one of the first 100 watt amps made for him because nothing was loud enough?
@ursafan40 - Yes I believe Dick had one of the first 100w amps. He was having issues with blowing out the speakers and output transformers. Leo and one of the Fender engineers went to one of his "gigs" and almost got blown out the door with how loud the music was. He then re-designed the amplifier section and gave it a "heftier output transformer"...probably the speakers were also updated too !
Dick Dale and Stevie Ray Vaughan did a version of the song “Pipeline”, Vaughan’s superb guitar playing coupled with Dale’s trademark sound was impressive.
Stevie Ray is another guitarist that really had respect for the ones that influenced him. But Fil is really bringing that respect to another level with this channel.
I used to play with a guy that just flipped right handed guitars over and played them left handed upside down. I remember getting so distracted at practice watching him play chords and leads upside down. Crazy. Humans are amazing creatures.
He was a black belt in Kenpo Karate-his teacher was the legendary Ed Parker Sr. who discovered Bruce Lee and unveiled him at the 1967 Long Beach Karate Tournament
Dick Dale and my dad we’re good friends growing up. He was a couple years younger than my dad but Algona, Iowa had a very small school in the 1930s. We almost always watched Lawrence Welk where he spent much of his career.
I knew Dick Dale. His last performance was at The Rhythm Collision Weekend in Riverside. At his age, he gave it his all, and did an amazing job. The creator of Surf Music and Surf Guitar !
Thank You for reviewing this guy. I saw him live in a small club in 2001 or 2002. That sound makes you want to start driving or get on a plane to L.A.! So cool!
I've read, where a few times, in the sixties, he performed gigs at seaside clubs, after having just come from surfing, and performed while still wet and covered with sand. He really is The King Of The Surf Guitar.
@frankenzion0001. "A few times"? Try every weekend! Do some research and you'll learn more about this. Look up "The Wedge" , and also "The Rendezvous Ballroom".
Yes! someone mentioned the Beatles in a post below being more appealing to young teens but DD was actually popular a couple of years and up to the year be the Beatles arrived. His peak was during the surf/car music craze but he has been forever remembered and revered in SoCal.
Thank you for doing this during his time here on earth!!! R.I.P DICK DALE!! THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING! YOU DID IT ALL HONESTLY OLD SCHOOL!! 4- 6L6's, TONE RING WITH JBL AND A STRATOCASTER. A LEGEND IN HIS OWN TIME. ALWAYS HAPPY TO SHARE KNOWLEDGE AND TELL STORIES TILL THE END. REVERB WOULD MOST LIKLEY NOT BE USED THE WAY WAY IT IS TODAY IF IT WASNT FOR HIM!! HE WAS THE HENDRIX OF THE FENDER REVERB UNIT!! GOD BLESS YOU DICK!! MAY YOU BE IN HEAVEN WITH LEO FENDER PERFECTING GODS ELECTRIC HARPS WITH REVERB AND SURFING THE CLOUDS!!!
Dick Dale and Ringo Starr would have made an interesting combination in a band. They were both lefties who played their instruments in a right handed orientation. Ringo can be a hard drummer to figure out if you are trying to learn his technique strictly by ear because he always led with his left hand even though his drums were set up in a right handed orientation which is counterintuitive to how most drummers play. Left handed drummers will have their drums set up in a left handed orientation, so it throws them off, while right handed drummers will tend to to lead with their right hand so they get thrown off as well.
As a percussionist, Ringo wouldn't of been able to keep up with Dicks Surf sound and tempo. In addition, I know personally that Dick despised the Beatles for obvious reasons.
I used to play in a band with a left-handed drummer who played drums set up for a right-hander, except he was right handed from the waist down!. In other words, he used his right foot for the bass drum and left foot for the hi-hat, but played snare with his right hand and cymbals with his left. Everything was all wrong--but he made it work and he was great...one of the best drummers I ever played with, with great ears and great feel. He's now sadly passed on. Miss you, Rick!!
This is a fun style of music and guitar playing he was an influential player for sure. I am actually getting into this style of playing as a diversion its super fun and challenging
I'm not a musician, but I love music. Your videos are amazingly informative, well researched, and insightful. As a 60-plus-year old, I appreciate the respect you give to everyone, particularly those from way "back in the day." Keep up the great work!
Dale is also noted for playing his percussive, heavy bending style, using what most guitarists consider very heavy gauge strings (16p, 18p, 20p. 38w, 48w, 58w[17] guitar string manufacturers do not make string sets for standard tuned electric guitars heavier than 13 to 56). "When I met Leo Fender and he was creating Fender Equipment he wanted me to also pioneer it, proof it, and help take all the bugs out of it. Everything that came out of Leo Fender's head, I was his test pilot as well as helped create it and pioneer Dick Dale said, Leo Fender Would say about Dick Dale "When it can withstand the barrage of punishment from Dick Dale, then it is fit for the human consumption." So I blew up over 50 amplifiers. And that's why they call me the Father of Heavy Metal. Because I use 60-gauge strings and I make people's ears bleed."[6]
I really find it hard to believe he did much string bending on the gauges you mention. Id think he'd use that sort of setup for the heavy staccato stuff, so he could attack the strings hard without them jumping around to much and getting unstable. doing what he does or 9s or 10s would be impossible and he'd get no sustain. I believe he did some bending in the later stuff but id nearly bet they were lighter gauges. ive only ever seen this classic stuff where he is shredding the scales down from high on one string, skipping at the nut to a lower string. occasionally using slides and pull-offs make it that much more fluent. classic stuff for the time tho!
I dig this technical stuff...thanks for the info...maybe a Wings of Pegasus Dick Dale Part 2 describing his heavy strings and change of techniques with age and experience? This shows up close guitar work.... ruclips.net/video/76fGo5I-rXM/видео.html
A friends uncle was stationed in California in the 60's. He told me about watching him play on the beach in person. He was a massive fan. The uncle was in the same unit as steve miller. When he would play kc he would send a limo to pick her uncle up and bring him backstage. I remember him on beach movies and thinking the soundtrack was off because the deep notes were when he picked from the bottom.
I was looking forward to seeing you react to Dick Dale. I love the surf guitar sound. I am most amazed at how he plays with the guitar strung upside down. That means that he is playing every scale and chord literally backwards from everybody else. In a way, it seems like it might be more intuitive to put the low strings on the bottom and the high ones on the top. I guess that if you handed me an unstrung guitar, and a set of strings, and I'd never seen how other people do it, I might do it that way too. Talk about doing things your own way, wow!
Great clip--I knew Dick had been on Ed Sullivan, but had never seen the clip. Dick's performance was bits of several songs, most notably "Miserlou," but there was a bit of "The Wedge" in there too. The Wedge is a famous surfing spot in Newport Beach. I saw Dick play several times in the 1990s and 2000s, and he never disappointed. One time he was late to a gig because their equipment van broke down, so we were all in the lobby while they did their sound check. There was no question that it was Dick Dale playing!
Thanks Fil. Dick Dale the King of the Surf Beat. I grew up in California. Lived in Santa Cruz...or Surf City as it was known as, the birthplace of American Surfing. And where the wet suit was invented. I know Dicks style well. Heck, I still have my long board (very old school) hanging in my garage. You can bet I have at least a hundred Surf lps.
Kurtisle I'm going to leave a reply above but you and I are pretty close in the age as well as Southern California departments! San Clemente High! We even had a surf team😎
Sorry Kurtisle, I grew up in California as well and lived in Huntington Beach between 1963 and 1993. Huntington Beach, not Santa Cruz was the real Surf City.
@@gregmardon6973 I think we maybe the same age ( I am 66 years old) I grew up in Huntington Beach during the 60s through the early 90s. Huntington Beach High School, where I went to for two years and Edison High School where I graduated from in 1971, and our hated rival Fountain Valley HS all had surfing teams.
Hello Fil, Yet ANOTHER good profile of a true surf legend, Dick Dale! I was fortunate to see Dick play several times in a fairly small club, where I could sit right up in front and watch his guitar playing genius. Dick could REALLY lay into that gold Strat and wail away...LOUD! After one of his gigs, I got a chance to chat with him and asked, what was the MOST important thing for a guitarist to learn? He didn’t hesitate in replying, (while tapping me on the shoulder), “Learn Rhythm...Learn Rhythm...”
I’m a huge Gary Hoey fan, he really took surf rock up a notch, and now his blues albums are fantastic. I didn’t know Dale used the arabic/Egyptian scale. So that was really groundbreaking. I learned something new. Check out Endless Summer 2 soundtrack.
He played it left hand & he was no poser like the Beach Boys-he lived it--a true surfer. He kept blowing amps @ shows & Leo Fender designed an amp for him that wouldn't! His band was tight-drums, piano riffs-truly an original sound all 'round--thanks for mentioning that he kept the strings flipped...I hear his picking & note progression in a lot of later metal, & the bass notes really influenced punk rockers..if Jimi Hendrix is a fan of yours-say no more! Great review as always!!
Thank you for recognizing this genius!!! Harmony Park Ballroom, Anaheim-memories! My brother and I wore the album with Miserlou and Let's Go Trippin' out! DD had said that his heritage was middle eastern and thus the different scales he used. Thank you Fil!!
When I was 12, 1963, I went to Pioneer Park in San Bernardino, California to see and hear Dick Dale play. Yeah...I got to see him play more then once at that venue at the height of surf music. It was a special time indicative to that time and place in Southern California.
SBHS band the Showmen from 62-63 era that performed at Pioneer Park (Municipal Auditorium) with Dale will again be belting out tunes, again with Dick, at Rhythm Collision in Riverside at the Marriott Hotel on January 5, 2018, 3400 Market Street.
I saw Dick Dale at Viva Las Vegas in 2013 on the main stage outdoors. I expected him to come out with a big band to back him up (multiple guitars, keyboard, percussion, singers, etc.) like many of the so-called nostalgia acts. Wrong. It was just Dick, a bass player, and a drummer. He played with such command and power, it was impossible not to be moved. Dick was 76 years old at that time and had survived multiple bouts with cancer. Seeing that performance was a real musical highlight in my life. Thanks for posting this video, Fil.
In addition to the Greek folk tune misirlou Dick also quotes from the Cuban tune Malaguena. The high power Fender amp with Leo supposedly invented for him was the Showman they didn't have built-in Reverb but used a separate Reverb tank which looks like an amp head
I believe his family were Lebanese immigrants so he was raised on those sounds and the style of linear development and extended improvisation based on a theme or scale. It is extraordinary when one artist does this, but when a whole orchestra can collaborate and co-ordinate with a master singer to make a performance that is unique to the occasion it is just amazing. Listening to Middle Eastern music can make you lose track of time. Here is a relatively short performance (some are two hours long!) from the great Egyptian singer, Umm Kulthum, with a full Egyptian orchestra: ruclips.net/video/XPGHpBOt5sE/видео.html
The Master of Miserlou. He lived on the Balboa Pennnsula for years, played locally and was seen about town and on his boat regularly. I was saddened to learn of his passing a few years back. RIP-
I never saw Mister Dale though we lived near the same beach in 63. The Ventures based their entire style on Dick's way. I saw the Ventures at the Starwood (a tiny performance bar/dance floor/stage in West Hollywood and they played Miserlou (Dale) and they played their own and they "tore the roof off the sucka". I couldn't afford a surfboard so I learned to body surf in 63. Hermosa Beach. Redondo. Venice (Morrison). Manhatten beach. Mister Dale got it right.
I spent many days as a teenager in the 60's body surfing at the wedge in Newport Beach. Occasionally we would hear of Dale blasting from his garage-studio and see him at venues in the area. I remember he kept exotic jungle cats at his compound.
So glad you made it to Dick Dale. People have no idea just how wild this kind of guitar playing sounded in 1963. Believe it or not, this guy is 81 now and still out touring and playing. He's the best of them all.
Mr dale was fine indeed. I’m just remembering watching Ed Sullivan on Sunday nights as a young dude. If one made it on mr Sullivan’s really big shew , that individual was pretty much in the big time. Good, clean entertainment in those days
You got a sub just for this video. He's one of my fave guitarists of all time & I only found out a few weeks ago, he died last year 😭😭😭 He was playing til the end, he got a bit slower of course, but he still got out there & played. Much love & respect. R.I.P ❤
*EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SPRING REVERB* Dick Dale is playing through a Fender stand alone reverb unit. In fact this one ( great video!)>> *Vintage 1963 Fender Reverb Unit Demo - Pipeline - The Chantays* Also thank clock maker/manufacturer and the ubiquitous Hammond Tone Wheel Organ ( aka The B3 organ) inventor, *Laurens Hammond* for his invention of SPRING REVERB. There were 3 versions- *_fluid column reverberation unit_* ( often called "oil filled spring reverb") , *_Necklace 3 spring reverb_* , and finally what would become the standard due to it's compact size and overall good sound, the *_Small Tank Spring Reverb_* . These were all used on organs before guitar use, but the small tank reverb was a "no brainer" for guitar when it arrived in the 1950's. Small tank spring reverbs ( later just called 'tank spring reverb') ended up ( and still end up, brand new) in Fender ( and other brands...even British :-) guitar and PA amps and mixing boards, as well as stand alone units. For the history of spring reverb look at the very first version here - google search> *Ken Griffin's Special Effects* page. Pictures and descriptions of the fluid column reverberation unit. Also look up 3-SPRING 'NECKLACE REVERB' ( the only reverb that used 3 drooping 'necklace' springs of 3 different lengths to represent room LENGTH, HEIGHT, and WIDTH. The necklace reverb is in my opinion the most desirable sound of the three types of spring reverb. Although great for permanently placed installations, it is impractical for portable use. Those three dangling springs tend to get tangled up when jostled around too much. Sadly the necklace driving amps are being modded for guitar amp use. Please save the HAMMOND AO-35 and AO-44 reverb driving amplifiers for their intended purpose. You can always just slave ANY small to large guitar amp into these reverb amps, as they operated off of the speaker of the organ. In other words, *the HAMMOND AO-35 and AO-44 reverb driving amplifiers* *_input_* *is the + & - of ANY speaker in operation.* As an organist and guitar player I own and play all three types. Although the first version, the fluid column reverberation unit is a very long boomy, somewhat cavernous reverb without much definition, it was in fact the forerunner of the designs that followed. However, even the Hammond Organ Co. couldn't overlook advantage of the Necklace and small tank types. There is a service bulletin online that someone posted from the early 1950's that read ( regarding in this case, a Hammond HR40 Tone Cabinet [ what organists call self amplified speaker cabinets] ) . " Remove the fluid column reverb unit, wrap it in newspaper, and dispose of it". It goes on to show a small 1 transistor circuit the field tech needed to build and wire up to the tank reverb to match the input level necessary to match the existing amplifier on the HR40 tone cab. I own a Hammond HR40 tone cabinet and if you want to hear this beast watch my video where I am playing a WURLITZER 4410 ELECTROSTATIC REED ORGAN , LESLIE V-21 HORN ( that should get you there). The HR40 has 9 8" bass speakers all combined running at 2 ohms, and has 2-12" "REVERB SPEAKERS" in the top of the cab pointing straight up. There are 8- 6V6 power tubes on this 2 channel amp. And thank goodness that chassis weight 50 pounds or guitar amp builders would be all over it! Do look at the very interesting *Ken Griffin's Special Effects* web page. Then maybe listen to Ken's music. Ken Griffin was friends with Les Paul, and like Les he mastered the art of tape echo, over dubs, and T-O-N-E!
Grew up on surf music since a child of the sixties.yes DICK DALE is the king of surf guitar.still listen to this genre daily.as being a true native of CALI.its a way of life & culture here !!!! 👍
Is pretty amazing inventing a sound. Incredible they still use his tracks beach movies commercials during summer. Some things definitely stand the test of time.
Now this is pretty interesting - Dick Dale, the King of the Surf Guitar. Got to meet him once after his concert on Santa Monica pier in and or around 2009. Just love it.
Hi Phil is there an email or social media manner in which to contact you directly. I very much enjoy your technical commentary and have a few vid suggestions and some questions etc? I live in CA, but am from the UK originally and am an amateur Guitar and vocalist (enthusiast). Best Regards Rolfe
I saw him play just this year(April 2018) He is still awesome. The loudest show I have been to. My hearing protection did little to no good. His string gauge is 16-60!
Dick is an absolute legend! He’s guitar playing is so unique and his left hand was like a metronome!! Really love his playing a killer guitarist!! Another brilliant vid Fil !!!😀😀👍👍👍
This was a rock solid innovator to showcase on the channel, Southern California beach music baby! I grew up in San Clemente and we had a sailboat Dana Point Harbor and I started surfing in 1974, this guy was all over the place and there were a few others too but me and my buddies we really got into the Beach Boys sound. He definitely influenced the Beach Boys and many others as the surf beat was massive in the 60s and 70s and even 80s. I went to San Clemente High School and believe it or not inlanders our schools along the beach had surf teams, you at junior varsity and varsity jackets😎😎😎😎Good X all the way around and memories that will last till the end, power surfing area covered from Ventura all the way down just north of Ensenada Baja Mexico. In those days you could safely do Baja and actually drive out onto the sand if you wanted too and spend the night and in the morning get up and start paddling out, better than a cup of coffee. Sorry for going on so long but really a sound that became known worldwide, people all over the planet would listen to these sounds and think of the beach and surfing🌊🌊🌊🌊😎
@Cole Parker Great memories for you to share with me and I am 60, I'm trying to remember if we had surf meets against you guys? I know our team just like any of our other sports rode the bus up and down the coast going to meets, you're just a couple of years ahead of me but our time was really a wonderful time for rock and roll music as well as surfing! I think about it a lot and as I get older I do miss it, I'm glad through RUclips that I can have all my old music and of course I still watch old surfing movies and videos!! The Beach Boys really did become our sound, as far as the surf beat goes♡
@Jenn Hill You are correct that we wear wetsuits, the technology has really blown up and allowed more comfortable wetsuits as the suits material has become thinner and more flexible, it soake's up the ocean water and then your body heats it to your temperature. When you wipe out or do a duck dive you can take on some new cold water but it will heat up faster, in the old days all we had were the black ones and they were pretty thick! But like everything else technology just blows my mind!
He still tours and 80 years old now. Saw him in 2016, 17 and 18. Loud (like really loud) fast, funny and did I say loud? Plays his guitar upside down and backwards. If anyone has a chance to see him go. You will get blown away.
Ah, Dick Dale. He came on the scene in my high school days! Funny, back then we thought he was just cool. Now, I can appreciate his playing as an adult. Thanks, Fil. Actually, I am old enough to have experienced the beginnings of everything.
As is (embarassingly) often the case, I didn't actually know who Dick Dale was until I read today about his death. But I've always loved the sound of surf music. And it also never occurred to me today that one of the reasons for that is that it obviously draws on Middle Eastern music, which I also love (I can be a bit slow sometimes!). Apparently Mr. Dale's father was Lebanese. Really brilliant innovation there, making for a sound that's intoxicating! Very cool to be able to die knowing that you left something like that for those of us here to continue to enjoy. Love your videos, and your respect for every musician you discuss, in so many different genres.
Fil, well done man, been watching for a while now, hoping you will get to my boy, but here i just want to say congrats on 27k and counting, keep them coming and do you brother. Much love from the west coast of america
That was awesome for the time and place. FWIW I have been listening to surf music compilations this past week and I was laughing at the mixes. Holy crap, they are all over the map. some have certain instruments mixed crappy but they end up sounding "correct" for the vibe of the song. But that energy, the surfing, the cars, the beach babes, what an era of American pop culture, unlike anything else ever. The vibe comes from imagining this was the radio, especially when hearing the more obscure surf bands on the compilations here on youtube. A good surf comp cheers up ANY dreary day.
Im dyslexic and when I first had guitar some lessons I struggled to see what the tutor was showing me and gave up, as to me, it just looked wrong and I couldnt pick it up, only when I watch a lefty do I see what they are doing, like watching myself in a mirror I guess. I tie my shoe laces back to front for the same reason. Then I watch Dick Dale, Albert King and other players who are lefty but play a lefty strung righty and it just blows my mind hahaha
Not only created the genre. It was Dick and Leo Fender who together came up with Reverb and the whammy bar, which later was improved upon by Bigsby, and Floyd Rose. That makes him a major contributor. And he kept getting better. When you listen to The Ventures all the way to Chris Isaak, and the Beach Boys.
Eric, where did you get that piece of misinformation, from Dale or his bimbo blonde wife? If Dale had a hand in developing the Strat, then why did he not have one until 1961, when he bought his at Coast Music, seven years after Bill Carson and Freddy Tavares assisted Leo Fender in developing the Strat?
Dick Dale's stuff from the 80's and 90's is amazing. Faster, more complex. The man used to grind his guitar picks down like he used a grinder on them. He gave up surfing in the 80's or 90's and moved to the desert. His leg got scratched by something while surfing and it got a terrible infection and almost lost it. ( he stated it was medical waste but who knows)
It's fun to watch your videos. It's clear that you truly enjoy talent, as you watch you always seem to have a smile on your face. Maybe you could do one on Chuck Berry or Dave Davies some time.
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my husband Dick Dale is creator and pioneer of his own genre of music sound and Fender equipment!
I got the privilege to meet dale and Lana @ morongo casino. Dale and I waited for our ladies to use the restroom @ morongo casino. Cool dude.
This lady is the insecure blonde bimbo who spins untruths more than her husband.
For instance, Dale did not BUY a Strat at Coast Music in Costa Mesa until 1961, so how could he have any hand in developing the Strat
which was first introduced around 1954, seven years before Dale bought his?
The Champs (Tequila) received the first prototype Showman (brown Tolex covering) long before Dale bought a blonde Showman at Coast Music , so again, how could he have helped develop it?
Dale knew nothing about electronics, so again, how could he develop an electronic instrument?
Stop manufacturing malarkey.
This is a long shot but do you remember his friend Michael Ortega? If so I am his grand kid.
& He Is Also The Father Of Heavy Metal
Uhm ... no@@RandomManIncorperated
Dick is one of, if not the first, electric shredders .. I saw him play back around 2001, and afterwards, the fans got a chance to speak with him - needless to say, I talked his ear off and he was inspiring and super friendly - he even gave me his email address .. About a month later, I saw that it was his birthday and I emailed him a HAPPY BIRTHDAY .. Not expecting him to write back, he emailed me thanking me and telling me he remembered our chat .. A absolute legend, thanks Fil, another great vid and great great guitarist
Cool! No problem!
That’s a great story.
I had a similar experience with Dick. I saw him in 2001 at the Laughlin River Run Motorcycle Rally. What a show he put on and he and us loved it. When I got home I went to his website and emailed him, and lo and behold he replied. We talked about horses. We emailed back and forth several times. What a cool human being. The energy he had on stage was incredible.
That's great stuff Crow .. I just looked at Dick's website, and he just finished the first leg of his 2018 tour - which he will resume in December .. He's 81 and still going strong
He survived "C", and I am happy he is back on the road. He told me he enjoyed emailing while on the tour.
I love the way you respect the pioneers. Keep up the good work.
No problem!
100%, that's why I follow, too. Fil teaches us about the greats!
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Link Wray next :-)
You're playing things I missed, like the 50s & early 60s. Born in 1955, I wasn't really aware of music genres until 9?, 10 or 11. After school a couple of us got together w our Moms & had a blast, learning the Twist, & all those fun dances of early ROCK.
Dad was working
Aww, growing up in Huntington Beach, California in the sixties … this makes me so nostalgic. I still love the surf music
Me too, LaHabra. used to drive down 39 to Huntington.
saw Dick one day on our way up to Sunset Beach in '63' His white van was
on the beach ,and he was just getting out to go in the water with
a really nice Hobie
@@jonjofarrell4495 That's awesome … nice to meet an old neighbor who shares the same memories
@@jonjofarrell4495 never in my life would I have imagined to see a stranger on the internet from la habra. I tell people I live in Whittier cause no one knows la habra. Insane!
Dick Dale was of Lebanese descent, so those middle-eastern flavors in the scales he played were part of his heritage and upbringing I'm sure, but to incorporate them in 1960's post Rockabilly American culture is quite fascinating. He's also responsible for getting Leo Fender to produce the first ever 100 watt amp. Reverb,volume, and overdrive begins with Dick Dale, this man is a true pioneer, thanks for posting these retro gems Fil. Peace.
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Great comment - would only point out that Link Wray was shredding the cones on his amp speakers by at latest 1958, most famously in "Rumble": ruclips.net/video/BuAD_sQUgpw/видео.html
I wonder, who inspired whom?: Ennio Morricone, ' The Good The Bad and The Ugly', film score.
He said that his technique was based on mandolin playing.
His father was Lebanese, his mother was Polish.
Dick Dale played an old Egyptian folk song and it invented surf music. Dick Dale was a rock god.
RIP Dick Dale. Fil, thank you so much for posting this video. I was planning to go see him play. He was still scheduling and playing gigs at the age of 81. This just goes to show you that, if you want to see one of your favorite artists play live, it doesn't matter if they are 18 or 81, they could be gone tomorrow and the time to see them is now.
Amen. Very sad news.
@@wingsofpegasus He was touring to stay alive. Literally, he had to make over US $3000 each month for medical supplies because the insurance in the US doesn't pay for it and then still needs to pay for insurance on top of that. :-(
Takes me back to my teen years. He was the man back in the day. Cruising the strip in my 56 Chevy. AM radio blasting!
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Yes Fil, you do cover a lot of genres, a lot of players from the past.
And you do it well.
That's why we think you're channel is so great.
I never realized Dick played his Strat upside down and backwards until I saw this.
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When Leo Fender gave a Fender Strat to Dick Dale, Leo started laughing as he was amazed at how a left handed guitar player, played a right-handed guitar w/o changing the string orientation....AMAZING ! Dick Dale also had Leo listen to him at a nightclub one evening as he kept on blowing out speakers...Leo was taken a-back at the "LOUDNESS" of the music...Dick probably had the vice-grips on the volume knob @ 12 ! After this, Leo designed a larger output transformer to take the "load" of Dick's playing ;-))From an old surfer here, Dick Dale is my guitar hero of the '60s.
@@tomk1tl I don't know how they do it either. I went to hear a local guy I was told played left handed. Heard a CD and it was really good. Thought I might cop a few licks. See if a lefty was like looking in a mirror, making it easier. He is an upside down lefty too. Couldn't figure out jack. Didn't Dale have one of the first 100 watt amps made for him because nothing was loud enough?
@ursafan40 - Yes I believe Dick had one of the first 100w amps. He was having issues with blowing out the speakers and output transformers. Leo and one of the Fender engineers went to one of his "gigs" and almost got blown out the door with how loud the music was. He then re-designed the amplifier section and gave it a "heftier output transformer"...probably the speakers were also updated too !
@@tomk1tl I am trying to imagine Leo with his fingers in his ear listening to Dale tell him "It ain't loud enough yet" :)
Dick Dale and Stevie Ray Vaughan did a version of the song “Pipeline”, Vaughan’s superb guitar playing coupled with Dale’s trademark sound was impressive.
Stevie Ray is another guitarist that really had respect for the ones that influenced him. But Fil is really bringing that respect to another level with this channel.
I used to play with a guy that just flipped right handed guitars over and played them left handed upside down. I remember getting so distracted at practice watching him play chords and leads upside down. Crazy. Humans are amazing creatures.
Without Mr. Dale, Quentin Tarantino soundtracks for some of his movies wouldn't have been as cool nor as iconic as they are now.
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I had no idea who came up with the surf sound. Thanks for doing this video!
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Dick Dale is truly one of the greatest guitarist ever. He got me into playing the guitar when I was young. We will surely miss him. RIP Dick Dale.
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He’ loves that harmonic minor scale aye.ive got to admit it sounds great
He was a black belt in Kenpo Karate-his teacher was the legendary Ed Parker Sr. who discovered Bruce Lee and unveiled him at the 1967 Long Beach Karate Tournament
I forget he played he played the guitar upside down. Amazing!
I was lucky enough to check seeing Dick Dale live off my bucket list a few years ago. He still plays that gold guitar and he's still fantastic...
I love the excellent commentary. Well spoken. No uhs.... Hmmms... Awkward pauses .. Very rare for someone to speak so.eloquent and smoothly..
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Dick Dale and my dad we’re good friends growing up. He was a couple years younger than my dad but Algona, Iowa had a very small school in the 1930s. We almost always watched Lawrence Welk where he spent much of his career.
I knew Dick Dale. His last performance was at The Rhythm Collision Weekend in Riverside. At his age, he gave it his all, and did an amazing job. The creator of Surf Music and Surf Guitar !
Was lucky enough to see DD play live. One word: Fun!
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I love his "electric oud" style.
Man just more great guitarist. Thanks Fil
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And he just got crazier and better as he got older. Great video!
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Thank You for reviewing this guy. I saw him live in a small club in 2001 or 2002. That sound makes you want to start driving or get on a plane to L.A.! So cool!
I've read, where a few times, in the sixties, he performed gigs at seaside clubs, after having just come from surfing, and performed while still wet and covered with sand. He really is The King Of The Surf Guitar.
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@frankenzion0001. "A few times"? Try every weekend! Do some research and you'll learn more about this. Look up "The Wedge" , and also "The Rendezvous Ballroom".
I imagine this to a teenager in ‘63 was like me and Eddie Van Halen in ‘78 . Mind blowing 😂.
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Actually, as a young teenager I was more into the Beatles. The surf music was what old teenagers listened to.
Yes! someone mentioned the Beatles in a post below being more appealing to young teens but DD was actually popular a couple of years and up to the year be the Beatles arrived. His peak was during the surf/car music craze but he has been forever remembered and revered in SoCal.
Thank you for doing this during his time here on earth!!! R.I.P DICK DALE!! THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING! YOU DID IT ALL HONESTLY OLD SCHOOL!! 4- 6L6's, TONE RING WITH JBL AND A STRATOCASTER. A LEGEND IN HIS OWN TIME. ALWAYS HAPPY TO SHARE KNOWLEDGE AND TELL STORIES TILL THE END. REVERB WOULD MOST LIKLEY NOT BE USED THE WAY WAY IT IS TODAY IF IT WASNT FOR HIM!! HE WAS THE HENDRIX OF THE FENDER REVERB UNIT!! GOD BLESS YOU DICK!! MAY YOU BE IN HEAVEN WITH LEO FENDER PERFECTING GODS ELECTRIC HARPS WITH REVERB AND SURFING THE CLOUDS!!!
Amen. Very sad news.
Dick Dale and Ringo Starr would have made an interesting combination in a band. They were both lefties who played their instruments in a right handed orientation. Ringo can be a hard drummer to figure out if you are trying to learn his technique strictly by ear because he always led with his left hand even though his drums were set up in a right handed orientation which is counterintuitive to how most drummers play. Left handed drummers will have their drums set up in a left handed orientation, so it throws them off, while right handed drummers will tend to to lead with their right hand so they get thrown off as well.
As a percussionist, Ringo wouldn't of been able to keep up with Dicks Surf sound and tempo. In addition, I know personally that Dick despised the Beatles for obvious reasons.
I used to play in a band with a left-handed drummer who played drums set up for a right-hander, except he was right handed from the waist down!. In other words, he used his right foot for the bass drum and left foot for the hi-hat, but played snare with his right hand and cymbals with his left. Everything was all wrong--but he made it work and he was great...one of the best drummers I ever played with, with great ears and great feel. He's now sadly passed on. Miss you, Rick!!
Great vid as usual. Your research into the history and not just the playing makes your vids truly stand out.
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This is a fun style of music and guitar playing he was an influential player for sure. I am actually getting into this style of playing as a diversion its super fun and challenging
Definitely one of the most important guitarists to hit the surf (and entire musical) scene.
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Thx for this video! I was lucky enough to see Sick Dale a number of times in small venues. He was awesome and also a really friendly guy.
I'm not a musician, but I love music. Your videos are amazingly informative, well researched, and insightful. As a 60-plus-year old, I appreciate the respect you give to everyone, particularly those from way "back in the day." Keep up the great work!
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Saw him at NAMM 2010. Great 2nd Generation Lebanese American. Albert King also played upside down without changing strings. Another great rundown
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Dale is also noted for playing his percussive, heavy bending style, using what most guitarists consider very heavy gauge strings (16p, 18p, 20p. 38w, 48w, 58w[17] guitar string manufacturers do not make string sets for standard tuned electric guitars heavier than 13 to 56).
"When I met Leo Fender and he was creating Fender Equipment he wanted me to also pioneer it, proof it, and help take all the bugs out of it. Everything that came out of Leo Fender's head, I was his test pilot as well as helped create it and pioneer Dick Dale said, Leo Fender Would say about Dick Dale "When it can withstand the barrage of punishment from Dick Dale, then it is fit for the human consumption." So I blew up over 50 amplifiers. And that's why they call me the Father of Heavy Metal. Because I use 60-gauge strings and I make people's ears bleed."[6]
I really find it hard to believe he did much string bending on the gauges you mention.
Id think he'd use that sort of setup for the heavy staccato stuff, so he could attack the strings hard without them jumping around to much and getting unstable.
doing what he does or 9s or 10s would be impossible and he'd get no sustain.
I believe he did some bending in the later stuff but id nearly bet they were lighter gauges.
ive only ever seen this classic stuff where he is shredding the scales down from high on one string, skipping at the nut to a lower string. occasionally using slides and pull-offs make it that much more fluent.
classic stuff for the time tho!
That's very heavy!
I dig this technical stuff...thanks for the info...maybe a Wings of Pegasus Dick Dale Part 2 describing his heavy strings and change of techniques with age and experience?
This shows up close guitar work....
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A friends uncle was stationed in California in the 60's. He told me about watching him play on the beach in person. He was a massive fan. The uncle was in the same unit as steve miller. When he would play kc he would send a limo to pick her uncle up and bring him backstage.
I remember him on beach movies and thinking the soundtrack was off because the deep notes were when he picked from the bottom.
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Love this! My late husband introduced me to him in the eighties So cool!
Thank you Fil! Giving credit to ppl where credit is due! Excellent Fil....
I was looking forward to seeing you react to Dick Dale. I love the surf guitar sound. I am most amazed at how he plays with the guitar strung upside down. That means that he is playing every scale and chord literally backwards from everybody else. In a way, it seems like it might be more intuitive to put the low strings on the bottom and the high ones on the top. I guess that if you handed me an unstrung guitar, and a set of strings, and I'd never seen how other people do it, I might do it that way too. Talk about doing things your own way, wow!
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Great clip--I knew Dick had been on Ed Sullivan, but had never seen the clip. Dick's performance was bits of several songs, most notably "Miserlou," but there was a bit of "The Wedge" in there too. The Wedge is a famous surfing spot in Newport Beach. I saw Dick play several times in the 1990s and 2000s, and he never disappointed. One time he was late to a gig because their equipment van broke down, so we were all in the lobby while they did their sound check. There was no question that it was Dick Dale playing!
Thanks Fil. Dick Dale the King of the Surf Beat. I grew up in California. Lived in Santa Cruz...or Surf City as it was known as, the birthplace of American Surfing. And where the wet suit was invented. I know Dicks style well. Heck, I still have my long board (very old school) hanging in my garage. You can bet I have at least a hundred Surf lps.
Kurtisle I'm going to leave a reply above but you and I are pretty close in the age as well as Southern California departments! San Clemente High! We even had a surf team😎
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Sorry Kurtisle, I grew up in California as well and lived in Huntington Beach between 1963 and 1993. Huntington Beach, not Santa Cruz was the real Surf City.
@@gregmardon6973 I think we maybe the same age ( I am 66 years old) I grew up in Huntington Beach during the 60s through the early 90s. Huntington Beach High School, where I went to for two years and Edison High School where I graduated from in 1971, and our hated rival Fountain Valley HS all had surfing teams.
Wow! I thought I’d seen most of the old greats through the years...but, not his one. What a talent!
Hello Fil, Yet ANOTHER good profile of a true surf legend, Dick Dale! I was fortunate to see Dick play several times in a fairly small club, where I could sit right up in front and watch his guitar playing genius. Dick could REALLY lay into that gold Strat and wail away...LOUD! After one of his gigs, I got a chance to chat with him and asked, what was the MOST important thing for a guitarist to learn? He didn’t hesitate in replying, (while tapping me on the shoulder), “Learn Rhythm...Learn Rhythm...”
I’m a huge Gary Hoey fan, he really took surf rock up a notch, and now his blues albums are fantastic. I didn’t know Dale used the arabic/Egyptian scale. So that was really groundbreaking. I learned something new. Check out Endless Summer 2 soundtrack.
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He played it left hand & he was no poser like the Beach Boys-he lived it--a true surfer. He kept blowing amps @ shows & Leo Fender designed an amp for him that wouldn't! His band was tight-drums, piano riffs-truly an original sound all 'round--thanks for mentioning that he kept the strings flipped...I hear his picking & note progression in a lot of later metal, & the bass notes really influenced punk rockers..if Jimi Hendrix is a fan of yours-say no more! Great review as always!!
one of my favorites. he was truly one of the best.
Dick Dale is still ALIVE, WOW , He is the King of Surfer Rock ..... Long live Dick Dale
Thank you for recognizing this genius!!! Harmony Park Ballroom, Anaheim-memories! My brother and I wore the album with Miserlou and Let's Go Trippin' out! DD had said that his heritage was middle eastern and thus the different scales he used. Thank you Fil!!
I'm glad to see Dale get some recognition. Nokie Edwards of the Ventures would also be a good choice. An epic guitar player.
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Nice, Fil.
Nokie Edwards (The Ventures) is another surf guitarist to look at.
Yep. Got to see Link one time.
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When I was 12, 1963, I went to Pioneer Park in San Bernardino, California to see and hear Dick Dale play. Yeah...I got to see him play more then once at that venue at the height of surf music. It was a special time indicative to that time and place in Southern California.
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SBHS band the Showmen from 62-63 era that performed at Pioneer Park (Municipal Auditorium) with Dale will again be belting out tunes, again with Dick, at Rhythm Collision in Riverside at the Marriott Hotel on January 5, 2018, 3400 Market Street.
I saw Dick Dale at Viva Las Vegas in 2013 on the main stage outdoors. I expected him to come out with a big band to back him up (multiple guitars, keyboard, percussion, singers, etc.) like many of the so-called nostalgia acts. Wrong. It was just Dick, a bass player, and a drummer. He played with such command and power, it was impossible not to be moved. Dick was 76 years old at that time and had survived multiple bouts with cancer. Seeing that performance was a real musical highlight in my life. Thanks for posting this video, Fil.
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Lots of love Dick Dale. Thanx Fil great anylils
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OMG-Miserlou! Shades of Junior High folk dance class! What a classic. I bet he studied some flamenco as well.
And he did all that with just a guitar and a amp no stop boxes for DD thanks for the posting of this really cool guitarist
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In addition to the Greek folk tune misirlou Dick also quotes from the Cuban tune Malaguena. The high power Fender amp with Leo supposedly invented for him was the Showman they didn't have built-in Reverb but used a separate Reverb tank which looks like an amp head
Love it! Easily the most eclectic guitar channel on YT!
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COULD LISTEN TO HIM ALL DAY
A REMARKABLE GUITARIST. ONE OF THE GREATS.
Another good show, man, I’m learning so much. Cheers!
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Great sound!!!!You know it’s him🤟🏻he listened to Arab music when was young, you can hear it in those scales..He’s 81 and still touring🤯
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I think his background is Lebonese.
I believe his family were Lebanese immigrants so he was raised on those sounds and the style of linear development and extended improvisation based on a theme or scale. It is extraordinary when one artist does this, but when a whole orchestra can collaborate and co-ordinate with a master singer to make a performance that is unique to the occasion it is just amazing.
Listening to Middle Eastern music can make you lose track of time. Here is a relatively short performance (some are two hours long!) from the great Egyptian singer, Umm Kulthum, with a full Egyptian orchestra:
ruclips.net/video/XPGHpBOt5sE/видео.html
Ubu987 Farid plays the Oud beautifully... very deep music!
@Ubu987 subtitles! thanks!
Your videos are fun and informative. Keep up the great work!
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The Master of Miserlou. He lived on the Balboa Pennnsula for years, played locally and was seen about town and on his boat regularly. I was saddened to learn of his passing a few years back. RIP-
I never saw Mister Dale though we lived near the same beach in 63. The Ventures based their entire style on Dick's way. I saw the Ventures at the Starwood (a tiny performance bar/dance floor/stage in West Hollywood and they played Miserlou (Dale) and they played their own and they "tore the roof off the sucka". I couldn't afford a surfboard so I learned to body surf in 63. Hermosa Beach. Redondo. Venice (Morrison). Manhatten beach. Mister Dale got it right.
I spent many days as a teenager in the 60's body surfing at the wedge in Newport Beach. Occasionally we would hear of Dale blasting from his garage-studio and see him at venues in the area. I remember he kept exotic jungle cats at his compound.
Another great analysis; I used to call it Egyptian surf music. Dale was my introduction to surf and he'll always be my go to😎
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So glad you made it to Dick Dale. People have no idea just how wild this kind of guitar playing sounded in 1963.
Believe it or not, this guy is 81 now and still out touring and playing. He's the best of them all.
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Dick Dale actually plays so fast the strings discolor from the heat. Him working with the guitar mfg. is just amazing.
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Mr dale was fine indeed. I’m just remembering watching Ed Sullivan on Sunday nights as a young dude. If one made it on mr Sullivan’s really big shew , that individual was pretty much in the big time. Good, clean entertainment in those days
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You got a sub just for this video.
He's one of my fave guitarists of all time & I only found out a few weeks ago, he died last year 😭😭😭
He was playing til the end, he got a bit slower of course, but he still got out there & played. Much love & respect.
R.I.P ❤
You did it fil...cranked out the vlog...u r such a hard worker...
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*EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SPRING REVERB*
Dick Dale is playing through a Fender stand alone reverb unit. In fact this one ( great video!)>> *Vintage 1963 Fender Reverb Unit Demo - Pipeline - The Chantays*
Also thank clock maker/manufacturer and the ubiquitous Hammond Tone Wheel Organ ( aka The B3 organ) inventor, *Laurens Hammond* for his invention of SPRING REVERB. There were 3 versions- *_fluid column reverberation unit_* ( often called "oil filled spring reverb") , *_Necklace 3 spring reverb_* , and finally what would become the standard due to it's compact size and overall good sound, the *_Small Tank Spring Reverb_* . These were all used on organs before guitar use, but the small tank reverb was a "no brainer" for guitar when it arrived in the 1950's.
Small tank spring reverbs ( later just called 'tank spring reverb') ended up ( and still end up, brand new) in Fender ( and other brands...even British :-) guitar and PA amps and mixing boards, as well as stand alone units.
For the history of spring reverb look at the very first version here - google search> *Ken Griffin's Special Effects* page. Pictures and descriptions of the fluid column reverberation unit. Also look up 3-SPRING 'NECKLACE REVERB' ( the only reverb that used 3 drooping 'necklace' springs of 3 different lengths to represent room LENGTH, HEIGHT, and WIDTH. The necklace reverb is in my opinion the most desirable sound of the three types of spring reverb. Although great for permanently placed installations, it is impractical for portable use. Those three dangling springs tend to get tangled up when jostled around too much.
Sadly the necklace driving amps are being modded for guitar amp use. Please save the HAMMOND AO-35 and AO-44 reverb driving amplifiers for their intended purpose. You can always just slave ANY small to large guitar amp into these reverb amps, as they operated off of the speaker of the organ. In other words, *the HAMMOND AO-35 and AO-44 reverb driving amplifiers* *_input_* *is the + & - of ANY speaker in operation.*
As an organist and guitar player I own and play all three types. Although the first version, the fluid column reverberation unit is a very long boomy, somewhat cavernous reverb without much definition, it was in fact the forerunner of the designs that followed. However, even the Hammond Organ Co. couldn't overlook advantage of the Necklace and small tank types. There is a service bulletin online that someone posted from the early 1950's that read ( regarding in this case, a Hammond HR40 Tone Cabinet [ what organists call self amplified speaker cabinets] ) .
" Remove the fluid column reverb unit, wrap it in newspaper, and dispose of it".
It goes on to show a small 1 transistor circuit the field tech needed to build and wire up to the tank reverb to match the input level necessary to match the existing amplifier on the HR40 tone cab.
I own a Hammond HR40 tone cabinet and if you want to hear this beast watch my video where I am playing a WURLITZER 4410 ELECTROSTATIC REED ORGAN , LESLIE V-21 HORN ( that should get you there). The HR40 has 9 8" bass speakers all combined running at 2 ohms, and has 2-12" "REVERB SPEAKERS" in the top of the cab pointing straight up. There are 8- 6V6 power tubes on this 2 channel amp. And thank goodness that chassis weight 50 pounds or guitar amp builders would be all over it!
Do look at the very interesting *Ken Griffin's Special Effects* web page. Then maybe listen to Ken's music. Ken Griffin was friends with Les Paul, and like Les he mastered the art of tape echo, over dubs, and T-O-N-E!
The King of the surf guitar, he really deserves this title
I'll play those scales, I have a lot of work to do but my playing will be more interesting! Thank you, Dick Dale was a true original innovator!
Grew up on surf music since a child of the sixties.yes DICK DALE is the king of surf guitar.still listen to this genre daily.as being a true native of CALI.its a way of life & culture here !!!! 👍
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Is pretty amazing inventing a sound. Incredible they still use his tracks beach movies commercials during summer. Some things definitely stand the test of time.
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Fun to see the old pioneers.
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Now this is pretty interesting - Dick Dale, the King of the Surf Guitar. Got to meet him once after his concert on Santa Monica pier in and or around 2009. Just love it.
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Hi Phil is there an email or social media manner in which to contact you directly. I very much enjoy your technical commentary and have a few vid suggestions and some questions etc? I live in CA, but am from the UK originally and am an amateur Guitar and vocalist (enthusiast). Best Regards Rolfe
Had to watch and listen to this again. The sound just resonates so much with me. So damn cool. That sound. Addictive
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I saw him play just this year(April 2018) He is still awesome. The loudest show I have been to. My hearing protection did little to no good. His string gauge is 16-60!
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Dick is an absolute legend! He’s guitar playing is so unique and his left hand was like a metronome!! Really love his playing a killer guitarist!! Another brilliant vid Fil !!!😀😀👍👍👍
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This was a rock solid innovator to showcase on the channel, Southern California beach music baby! I grew up in San Clemente and we had a sailboat Dana Point Harbor and I started surfing in 1974, this guy was all over the place and there were a few others too but me and my buddies we really got into the Beach Boys sound. He definitely influenced the Beach Boys and many others as the surf beat was massive in the 60s and 70s and even 80s. I went to San Clemente High School and believe it or not inlanders our schools along the beach had surf teams, you at junior varsity and varsity jackets😎😎😎😎Good X all the way around and memories that will last till the end, power surfing area covered from Ventura all the way down just north of Ensenada Baja Mexico. In those days you could safely do Baja and actually drive out onto the sand if you wanted too and spend the night and in the morning get up and start paddling out, better than a cup of coffee. Sorry for going on so long but really a sound that became known worldwide, people all over the planet would listen to these sounds and think of the beach and surfing🌊🌊🌊🌊😎
Cool! England isn't so good for surfing! 😂
@@wingsofpegasus I think England might be a bit chilly for surfing, but many today wear wet suits.
@Cole Parker Great memories for you to share with me and I am 60, I'm trying to remember if we had surf meets against you guys? I know our team just like any of our other sports rode the bus up and down the coast going to meets, you're just a couple of years ahead of me but our time was really a wonderful time for rock and roll music as well as surfing! I think about it a lot and as I get older I do miss it, I'm glad through RUclips that I can have all my old music and of course I still watch old surfing movies and videos!! The Beach Boys really did become our sound, as far as the surf beat goes♡
@Jenn Hill You are correct that we wear wetsuits, the technology has really blown up and allowed more comfortable wetsuits as the suits material has become thinner and more flexible, it soake's up the ocean water and then your body heats it to your temperature. When you wipe out or do a duck dive you can take on some new cold water but it will heat up faster, in the old days all we had were the black ones and they were pretty thick! But like everything else technology just blows my mind!
This is a great guitarist. Thanks for another great analysis video. Cheers Fil!
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He still tours and 80 years old now. Saw him in 2016, 17 and 18. Loud (like really loud) fast, funny and did I say loud? Plays his guitar upside down and backwards. If anyone has a chance to see him go. You will get blown away.
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Ah, Dick Dale. He came on the scene in my high school days! Funny, back then we thought he was just cool. Now, I can appreciate his playing as an adult. Thanks, Fil. Actually, I am old enough to have experienced the beginnings of everything.
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He was the sound of a great genre and awesome time period. I remember when he played with SRV in the 80s movie Back To The Beach. Pipeline!
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As is (embarassingly) often the case, I didn't actually know who Dick Dale was until I read today about his death. But I've always loved the sound of surf music. And it also never occurred to me today that one of the reasons for that is that it obviously draws on Middle Eastern music, which I also love (I can be a bit slow sometimes!). Apparently Mr. Dale's father was Lebanese. Really brilliant innovation there, making for a sound that's intoxicating! Very cool to be able to die knowing that you left something like that for those of us here to continue to enjoy.
Love your videos, and your respect for every musician you discuss, in so many different genres.
Yes it's very sad that he's left us, his music will remain ☺
Fil, well done man, been watching for a while now, hoping you will get to my boy, but here i just want to say congrats on 27k and counting, keep them coming and do you brother. Much love from the west coast of america
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Come on YT wanting to hear some Dick Dale and to learn some things about him You have never failed to deliver Fil. Great job!
That was awesome for the time and place. FWIW I have been listening to surf music compilations this past week and I was laughing at the mixes. Holy crap, they are all over the map. some have certain instruments mixed crappy but they end up sounding "correct" for the vibe of the song. But that energy, the surfing, the cars, the beach babes, what an era of American pop culture, unlike anything else ever. The vibe comes from imagining this was the radio, especially when hearing the more obscure surf bands on the compilations here on youtube. A good surf comp cheers up ANY dreary day.
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Dick Dale, you are one of the great ones.
Im dyslexic and when I first had guitar some lessons I struggled to see what the tutor was showing me and gave up, as to me, it just looked wrong and I couldnt pick it up, only when I watch a lefty do I see what they are doing, like watching myself in a mirror I guess. I tie my shoe laces back to front for the same reason. Then I watch Dick Dale, Albert King and other players who are lefty but play a lefty strung righty and it just blows my mind hahaha
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Dick Dale used to play all the time at Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach California where I lived in the 80's
Not only created the genre.
It was Dick and Leo Fender who together came up with Reverb and the whammy bar, which later was improved upon by Bigsby, and Floyd Rose. That makes him a major contributor. And he kept getting better. When you listen to The Ventures all the way to Chris Isaak, and the Beach Boys.
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Eric, where did you get that piece of misinformation, from Dale or his bimbo blonde wife?
If Dale had a hand in developing the Strat, then why did he not have one until 1961, when he bought his at Coast Music, seven years after Bill Carson and Freddy Tavares assisted Leo Fender in developing the Strat?
I saw Dick Dale open up for the Surf Punks at the Santa Monica Civic back in the early 80s!! Fun show
Dick Dale's stuff from the 80's and 90's is amazing. Faster, more complex.
The man used to grind his guitar picks down like he used a grinder on them.
He gave up surfing in the 80's or 90's and moved to the desert. His leg got scratched by something while surfing and it got a terrible infection and almost lost it. ( he stated it was medical waste but who knows)
It's fun to watch your videos. It's clear that you truly enjoy talent, as you watch you always seem to have a smile on your face. Maybe you could do one on Chuck Berry or Dave Davies some time.
One of the greatest riffs of all time.
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