“And if there’s a guitar community, they come out,” Surfrajette Shermy Freeman said. “Guitars and surf music intersect.” An all-female instrumental quartet distinguished by a romping ...

But we never really considered ourselves a surf band. It was just all these things coming together – the surf culture, the electric guitar, Americana – when we were coming up in the early 1960s.

Surf guitar is iconic. The moment you hear a tremolo-picking slide you can instantly imagine surfers riding waves and hanging 10. A few simple playing techniques and gear choices are great tools ...