DiPinto Guitars

DiPinto Guitars is a small family owned company, operating out of Philadelphia, PA. Founded in 1995 as a repair shop, the store slowly evolved into a showroom specializing in oddball vintage guitars and Chris DiPinto's own guitar creations. Over the years, DiPinto has grown to include a full scale guitar manufacturing operation while still operating the original retail outlet.
Funky Frets is carrying a great selection of DiPinto Guitars. Here's a bit of information on what we have. Check 'em out, or better yet, come in and see for yourself.
DiPinto Guitar & Bass Models
DiPinto Guitar & Bass Models
- Galaxie 4
- Mach IV
- Belvedere Deluxe, Belvedere Standard, Belvedere Junior
- The DiPinto Metro Series: Bacchus, Philadelphian
- DiPinto Bass Guitars
I've scoured the web and book distributors and gathered a selection f books related to surf guitar and instrumentals.
Conventional wisdom posits that rock 'n' roll languished in the period between 1959 and 1963. Yet in that four-year stretch between Elvis joining the army and Buddy Holly's death, and the emergence of the Beatles, a musical revolution took place in Southern California that would influence all electric guitar forms that followed it. They called it surf music... (from Surf Beat, Rock 'n' Roll's Forgotten Revolution)
Surf Beat, Rock 'n' Roll's Forgotten Revolution
Surf Beat is the first book to tell the story of the birth of surf music, and its persistent survival and reinvention in the face of decades of dismissal as a mere cultural aberration.
Conventional wisdom posits that rock 'n' roll languished in the period between 1959 and 1963. Yet in that four-year stretch between Elvis joining the army and Buddy Holly's death, and the emergence of the Beatles, a musical revolution took place in Southern California that would influence all electric guitar forms that followed it. They called it surf music, and in Surf Beat, the genre finally gets its day in the sun. Surf music authority and author Kent Crowley uncovers the story of the initial emergence of surf music as first a local, then a national and international phenomenon, and its subsequent waves of popularity through the ensuing decades.
- Publisher: Backbeat Books
- Format: Softcover
- Author: Kent Crowley
- Product Code: HL00333078
- ISBN: 9781617130076
- Width: 6 x 8.5
- 256 pages
$19.99 (US)
The Best of Dick Dale, 15 Classics from the King of the Surf Guitar
This collection celebrates the father of surf music, with transcriptions in notes and tab for 15 of his best! Includes: Banzai Washout • Hava Nagila • Let's Go Trippin' • Misirlou • Night Rider • Nitro • Riders in the Sky • The Scavenger • Surf Beat • and more.
- TAB
- Product Code: HL00690637
- ISBN: 9780634064685
- Width: 9 x 12
- 90 pages
$19.95 (US)
Best of Surf Guitar, Signature Licks Guitar
A Step-by-Step Breakdown of the Guitar Styles and Techniques of Dick Dale, The Beach Boys, and More
Learn the guitar riffs and licks of 10 tubular surfin' hits! Songs include: Let's Go Trippin' • Mr. Moto • Out of Limits • Penetration • Pipeline • Shake 'n' Stomp • Surf City • Surfin' Safari • Surfin' USA • The Wedge.
- Format: Softcover with CD
- Product Code: HL00695822
- ISBN: 9780634073649
- Width: 9 x 12
- 48 pages
$19.95 (US)
Surf, Guitar Play-Along Volume 23
The Guitar Play-Along Series lets you play your favorite songs quickly and easily! Just follow the tab, listen to the CD to hear how the guitar should sound, then play along with the backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are included so you can sing, or simply to help you follow along. The CD is playable on any CD player, and also enhanced so Mac & PC users can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch! 8 songs: Let's Go Trippin' • Out of Limits • Penetration • Pipeline • Surf City • Surfin' U.S.A. • Walk Don't Run • The Wedge.
- Format: Softcover with CD - TAB
- Artist: Various
- Product Code: HL00699635
- ISBN: 9780634073656
- UPC: 073999547825
- Width: 9 x 12
- 40 pages
$14.95 (US)
The Ventures, Guitar Play-Along Volume 116
The Guitar Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily! Just follow the tab, listen to the CD to hear how the guitar should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are also included in the book in case you want to sing, or to simply help you follow along. The audio CD is playable on any CD player, and also enhanced so PC & Mac users can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch!
8 songs: Diamond Head • Hawaii Five-O Theme • James Bond Theme • Perfidia • Pipeline • Secret Agent Man • Walk Don't Run • Wipe Out.
- Format: Softcover with CD - TAB
- Artist: The Ventures
- Product Code: HL00701124
- ISBN: 9781423473763
- Width: 9 x 12
- 32 pages
$14.99 (US)
The Best of The Ventures - Guitar Signature Licks
Run, don't walk, to get this cool Sig Licks book/CD pack! It provides a step-by-step breakdown of the guitar styles and techniques of Bob Bogle, Nokie Edwards, Gerry McGee and Don Wilson, so you can learn the famous riffs and solos of the original instrumental guitar band. Songs taught are: Apache • Diamond Head • Hawaii Five-O • Let's Go • Lolita Ya-Ya • Perfidia • Pipeline • Secret Agent Man • (Theme From) A Summer Place • Tequila • Walk Don't Run • Wipe Out.
- Format: Softcover with CD - TAB
- Author: Dave Rubin
- Product Code: HL00695772
- ISBN: 9780634061950
- Width: 9 x 12
- 48 pages
$19.95 (US)
Surf and Spy Hits for Easy Guitar
Titles are: Batman Theme • Cannonball • Forty Miles of Bad Road • Hawaii Five-O • The James Bond Theme • Misirlou • Out of Limits • Peter Gunn • The Pink Panther Theme • Ramrod • Rebel Rouser • Telstar • Wipe Out.
- Hits for Easy Guitar Series
- Publisher: Alfred Publishing Co.
- Format: Softcover
- Product Code: HL00322007
- ISBN: 9780739042038
- Publisher Code: 25809
- Width: 9 x 12
- 48 pages
$12.95 (US)
Surf Guitar
This totally tubular book/CD pack gives you all the tools to play convincing surf guitar, covering concepts, techniques, equipment and even surf slang! At the core of the book are six original surf songs by The Torquays, one of the best retro surf bands around. You can play along with these six tunes on the accompanying CD, and for each one, the book includes a transcription, lesson and analysis. With chapters on surf guitar gods like Dick Dale and The Ventures, this book is a must-have for beginning to advanced players! Includes tab
- Publisher: Centerstream Publications
- Format: Softcover with CD - TAB
- Author: Dave Celentano
- Product Code: HL00000279
- Width: 9 x 12
- 96 pages
$22.95 (US)
The Ventures - Pipeline
Mandatory for surf guitar fans, this songbook includes 25 of the biggest hits by the Ventures: Apache • Hang on Sloopy • Let's Go • Pipeline • Road Runner • Tequila • Walk, Don't Run • Wipe Out • Wooly Bully • and more. Also includes photos, interviews with the band members, a discography, and performance notes.
- Product Code: HL00315193
- ISBN: 9781569221990
- Publisher: Creative Concepts
- Publisher Code: 074093
- Width: 9.0"
- Length: 12.0"
- 128 pages
$19.95 (US)
The Best of Duane Eddy
18 of Duane Eddy's classic instrumental hits, including all his twangy riffs, are transcribed exactly. Includes the songs: Boss Guitar • Cannonball • Peter Gunn • Ramrod • Rebel 'Rouser • Shazam • Three 30 Blues • Trambone • Yep! • more. Includes an introduction and rare photos.
- Series: Guitar Recorded Version
- TAB
- Product Code: HL00690250
- ISBN: 9780793588244
- Width: 9 x 12
- 80 pages
$16.95 (US)
Early Rock Instrumentals, Guitar Play-Along Volume 92
The Guitar Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily! Just follow the tab, listen to the CD to hear how the guitar should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are also included in the book in case you want to sing, or to simply help you follow along. The audio CD is playable on any CD player. For PC and Mac computer users, the CD is enhanced so you can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch!
8 songs: Apache • Guitar Boogie Shuffle • Raunchy • Rawhide • Rebel 'Rouser • Sleepwalk • Telstar • Tequila.
- Product Code: HL00700506
- ISBN: 9781423453437
- Format: Softcover with CD - TAB
- Width: 9 x 12
- 32 pages
$14.99 (US)
Guitar Themes, Guitar Play-Along Volume 136
The Guitar Play-Along series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily! Just follow the tab, listen to the CD to hear how the guitar should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are also included in the book in case you want to sing, or to simply help you follow along. The audio CD is playable on any CD player, and also enhanced so PC & Mac users can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch!
8 popular movie and TV themes, including: Theme from E.T. (The Extra-Terrestrial) • The Godfather (Love Theme) (as done by Slash!) • He's a Pirate • Linus and Lucy • Misirlou • Peter Gunn • (Ghost) Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend) • Theme from Spider Man.
- Format: Softcover with CD - TAB
- Product Code: HL00701922
- ISBN: 9781617804373
- Width: 9.0 x 12.0
- 48 pages
$14.99 (US)



