He plays a Yamaha SGV 300. This is a reissue of the Yamaha SG5 from the sixties. I play two of these reissues (a red and a vintage yellow) and got an old one from `67 in sunburst. The reissues are cheap and damned good for surf sound or others! You don`t have to play them with too thin strings! Reverbed cheers & Twang greetings from Germany! Ralf Kilauea
Dick "The King of Surf Rock" Dale, actually went to Japan to see these guys and pronounce Shigeo Naka(this guy) the new "Prince of Surf Rock". These guys are awesome.
wow, I love how both he and Dick can place notes with their hand over the fret board, instead of under...I'm a bass player so I dont need to do that so much :-p
Are you sure? If so it can't be very serious. I'm a practicing doctor and I didn't see any obvious signs of illness - in fact I thought he was functioning quite well. Perhaps you're privy to some sort of inside information?
The guitar is a Yamaha SGV 700, the more expensive version of the SGV 300, as it has gold hardware (I saw on a photo somewhere else).
The SGV 700 was issued alone for the Japanese home market.
TCmastr 1 year ago
hes fucking good
boredjoey 4 years ago
In my opinion the Surf Coasters are the first surf band that lives up to the genre's name!
TobaccoFlavour 5 years ago
Holy hell! That guy sounds like Dick Dale,
but plays like Steve Vai!!! AWESOME!!!
mournblade1066 5 years ago
steve vai cant play and also hes gay
SmackTh1s 2 years ago
Sweet! Dick would be proud!
Kingjj1976 5 years ago
Has anyone ever seen Michael Angelo Batio? I wonder if this is where he picked up the over/under playing style
harpo2343 5 years ago
He plays a Yamaha SGV 300. This is a reissue of the Yamaha SG5 from the sixties. I play two of these reissues (a red and a vintage yellow) and got an old one from `67 in sunburst. The reissues are cheap and damned good for surf sound or others! You don`t have to play them with too thin strings! Reverbed cheers & Twang greetings from Germany! Ralf Kilauea
HallmarkSweptWinger 5 years ago
Didn't these guys do that surf song that's at the beginning of Samurai Legend Musashi?
Man, they're awesome.
SavageGreywolf 5 years ago
That was awesome!
Jman88 5 years ago
this dude's my new god
forbannet 5 years ago
Awsomeness! Damn that's some nice picking and neck work, but I must know WHAT IS THAT GUITAR? Is it a parker or something?
MarkArandjus 5 years ago
I believe he plays a Yamaha
daddyogrande 5 years ago
@MarkArandjus its yamaha sg-2a
2Lobster2 1 year ago
Dick "The King of Surf Rock" Dale, actually went to Japan to see these guys and pronounce Shigeo Naka(this guy) the new "Prince of Surf Rock". These guys are awesome.
JohnHomerMurphy 5 years ago
OMG this guy is god!!!#
Juancarlosb1991 5 years ago
great,,great,,+
pelloanal5 5 years ago
what a great guitarrist
ovnianopolus 5 years ago
wow, I love how both he and Dick can place notes with their hand over the fret board, instead of under...I'm a bass player so I dont need to do that so much :-p
rockstothebass91 5 years ago
Are you sure? If so it can't be very serious. I'm a practicing doctor and I didn't see any obvious signs of illness - in fact I thought he was functioning quite well. Perhaps you're privy to some sort of inside information?
ChipPollo 5 years ago
that dude is sick!!
cbano 5 years ago
ok...ok, you fucking win, that guy kicks ass. but dont forget dick dale is like 70 and he still plays that well ;)
got any music by this band?
RikiRude 5 years ago
Wow!! They are no joke! Wish I could play like that.
xthirtyonex 6 years ago