I was in a surf band called Formica, just guitar, bass and drums. I played a Fender Bass VI, busy lines to fill the gaps, without rhythm guitar or organ. It also looked the part.
We had a few originals but mainly we covered Dick Dale, Link Wray, Junior Brown, Laika and the Cosmonauts, Red Elvises, The Penetrators, the Ventures, Reverend Horton Heat, Sandblasters, Los Straightjackets, our favorites were the Phantom Surfers.