STILL TRIPPIN’: Orange County’s Dick Dale, above,...

STILL TRIPPIN’: Orange County’s Dick Dale, above, king of the surf guitar, doesn’t let age slow him down. At 54, he’s still playing rock gigs, and even fathering a child--his first, an 8-pound boy. . . . “He’s got long guitar fingers,” says wife Jill, 24, who gave birth Monday. A current study on Billboard hits since 1955 shows that a copy of Dale’s single, “Let’s Go Trippin’,” is worth $12, highest for any recording artist from the county.