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Hank Marvin DEFINITELY was using roundwounds through the entire
Shadows career, including their first hit "Apache" from June 1960.
He used Gibson Sonomatics.
Ivan
--- In , "Brian Neal" <bgneal@g...>
wrote:
> --- In , Dan Bartley
<bigtwangguy@y...>
> wrote:
> > What are some of the original surf songs that were played with
> flatwound strings?
> > Dan
>
> This is an interesting question because I've always assumed that it
> would be most surf songs from the 60's were recorded with
flatwounds.
> I've always been told that round wounds were not widely available
in
> the 60's. The most common strings were heavy flats. Again, this is
> what I have gathered from being a surf-guitar nut for the last 8
or 9
> years. I've asked this question on a variety of lists and forums.
But
> I'd love to be recalibrated. Maybe some of you older guys remember
> what strings you used? ;-)
>
> Players used to have to mix and match sets and even use banjo
strings
> if they wanted a lighter set or an unwound (plain) G string.
>
> I do vaguely remember Paul Johnson confirming this, but I could be
> wrong. It doesn't sound to me like Dick Dale was using flats, nor
Hank
> Marvin. But what do I know? I'd love to know what The Astronauts
used.
>
> BN
