Editing Surf music (section)

===Form===
[[File:ComeWail009.jpg|thumb|upright|1963 performance flyer, promoting surf musicians]]
Surf music emerged in the late 1950s as [[Instrumental rock|instrumental]] [[rock and roll]] music,<ref name="AllMusicSurf"/> almost always in straight 4/4 (common) time, with a medium to fast tempo. The sound was dominated by [[electric guitars]], which were particularly characterized by the extensive use of the "wet" [[spring reverb]] that was incorporated into [[Fender amplifiers]] from 1963, and was meant to emulate the sound of waves.{{sfn|Bogdanov|Woodstra|Erlewine|2002|pp=1313–1314}} The outboard separate [[Fender Reverb Unit]] that was developed by Fender in 1961 (as opposed to reverb that was incorporated as a built-in amp feature) was the actual first "wet" surf reverb tone.  This unit is the reverb effect heard on Dick Dale records, and others such as "[[Pipeline (instrumental)|Pipeline]]" by the [[Chantays]] and "Point Panic" by [[the Surfaris]].   It has more of a wet "drippy"<ref>{{Cite web|title=Secrets of the Surf Guitar Sound|url=https://reverb.com/uk/news/secrets-of-the-surf-guitar-sound|access-date=2021-08-23|website=reverb.com|date=18 January 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=How to get the surf guitar drip sound|url=https://menga.net/surf-guitar-drip-tone|access-date=2021-08-23|website=menga.net}}</ref> tone than the "built-in" amp reverb, due to different circuitry.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}

Guitarists also made use of the [[Tremolo arm|vibrato arm]] on their guitars to bend the pitch of notes downward, electronic tremolo effects and rapid (alternating) [[tremolo picking]].<ref>A. J. Millard, ''The Electric Guitar'' (JHU Press, 2004), p. 129.</ref> Guitar models favored included those made by [[Fender Musical Instruments Corporation|Fender]] (particularly the [[Fender Jazzmaster|Jazzmaster]], [[Fender Jaguar|Jaguar]] and [[Fender Stratocaster|Stratocaster]]), [[Mosrite]], [[Teisco]], or [[Danelectro]], usually with [[single coil]] pickups (which had high treble in contrast to double-coil [[humbucker|humbucking]] pickups).<ref>T. Wheeler, ''The Stratocaster chronicles: Fender : celebrating 50 years of the Fender Strat'' (Hal Leonard, 2004), p. 117.</ref> Surf music was one of the first genres to universally adopt the electric bass, particularly the Fender [[Precision Bass]]. Classic surf drum kits tended to be [[Rogers Drums|Rogers]], [[Ludwig-Musser|Ludwig]], [[Gretsch]] or [[Slingerland]]. Some popular songs also incorporated a tenor or baritone [[saxophone]], as on [[the Lively Ones]]' "[[Surf Rider]]" (1963) and [[the Revels]]' "Comanche" (1961).<ref name="music-usa">R. Unterberger, S. Hicks and J. Dempsey, ''Music USA: the rough guide'' (Rough Guides, 1999), p. 382.</ref> Often an electric organ or an [[electric piano]] featured as backing harmony.{{citation needed|date=August 2013}}