The way I understand the difference between vibrato and tremolo effects on an amp, is that tremolo is volume modulation, whereas vibrato is pitch modulation?

I think the old Vox AC 30 amps had both effects, which could be used separately or together.

Older Fender amps always had tremolo, regardless of what the word labelling the knobs said.

The Roland JC amps had chorus and vibrato, and the old Magnatone amps had vibrato, I think they might have been the first with that effect built in.

True Walt...he was usually included in the show, but  that year, he was not happy because Bruce refused to allow him a sound check!

I think it may have been Tommy Tedesco who played lead on Hawaii-50

Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac had a number one with Albatross in 1969...

Hey Walt!

The audio of Ginchy by Bert is on You Tube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtctpGkleLA

Rich,

yes, the Vic Flick book is very good and interesting.

Walt,

Yes, goodness knows how the boys found that Bert Weedon tune, but then again, they and other US folk also found Bombora which was the number 1 chart hit here in Australia in 1963 for our own Aussie group The Atlantics!

Sad to see another legendary British (actually Scottish) rock and session player Joe Moretti just passed away..

Among many other recordings, Joe played the lead guitar on the original and much covered song Shakin' all Over by Johnny Kidd and the Pirates in 1960 - the great lead parts were played on a British Grimshaw guitar by the way...

Sorry to correct you Walt, but Bert often played this on TV in Britain when he released it in about 1961/2.....I remember watching it before I migrated to Australia in 1963.

Bert Weedon was Britain's original guitar hero, well before Hank Marvin, he was a top session player in Britain in the '50's, and he used to also appear on TV in a kid's show, showing how to play (a different chord every week!)

His first recordings were in the mid '50's and he had a chart hit with his version of Arthur Smith's 'Guitar Boogie shuffle' in 1959, about a year before the Shadows.  Duane Eddy met Bert in 1960 when he toured Britain.  Bert recorded a version of Apache about the same time as the Shads also, but their recording made number 1 and launched their career, about the same time as the Ventures with WDR in 1960.

Bert's main fame was froming his Tutor book 'Play in a Day' which sold millions of copies! All the well known British guitarists and many others learnt the basics from Bert's book.  Bert had a Hofner electric archtop, then a Guild Starfire, then later Yamaha, Fender and Parker guitars, usually with British Selmer amps, and latterly MArshall amps (he is a good old friend of Jim Marshall..)

Dear old Bert is still around although he is about 91 years old and probably doesn't play much nowadays.

I have a compilation of his material and whilst some of it is a little cheesy in the Lawrence Welk manner, a lot of his stuff is very good guitar instro - his fabulous tune Ghost Train is on You Tube- audio only.  There is a short clip of his live cabaret act also- but it's a little bit corny!

HI Walt!

Hello from Australia!

About time I joined your site--the UK Shadows site is fine, but a lot of folks over there on that site are anti- Ventures!

As I've said before I love the music of the Shadows, the Ventures, Australia's own Atlantics, and most other guitar instrumental  groups/bands and solo guitarists.

I look forward to participating here- thanks for setting up the site!

Cheers


p.s  Although I like most of the Ventures material, I'm a big fan of Nokie and the mid period 'Mosrite' era...