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Dick Dale (born Richard Monsour on May 4, 1937) was one of the pioneers in surf rock, one of the most influential musicians of the early 1960s. His guitar-playing techniques influenced future guitarists as varied as Jimi Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen. Dick was friends with Leo Fender. Dick pushed the Fender Stratocaster's amplifer to its limits. He would reportedly play so fast the amplifier would catch on fire. Leo Fender had to constantly reengineer the amplifer to make it withstand Dick's playing. Dick is also the pioneer of guitar reverb. Leo actually built reverb into a mircophone so Dick's singing voice would sound better in concert. Dick experimented with the reverb by bringing the microphone down to the sound of the guitar. Due to his skilful guitar playing--which was often hard and aggressive--some consider Dick Dale a father of heavy metal music.
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