Godfather of surf guitar has died
Godfather of surf guitar has died
Glad I was able to see him perform, I was honestly surprised to see he was still alive when I got tickets to a show 10 years ago.
Dick Dale's unique sound was in part due that he, like Hendrix (both lefties), started off playing with right-handed guitars, upside-down. Only Hendrix re-strung his guitar correctly. Dale simply played the guitar upside down. Even when he could afford to buy a left-handed guitar, he re-strung the guitar up-side down, the way he was used to it.