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<supertwangreverb@y...> wrote:
> Does anyone know when the Shadows switched over to Burns guitars,
For public appearances in early '64. It appears they may have been
recording with the prototypes as early as '62, though there is more
than a little controversy over this issue among the sicko obsessed
fans. They were definitely recording with Burns guitars by
late '63. Their early Fender Strats were not owned by them, but were
rather lent to them by the British Fender importer. When they
started endorsing Burns guitars, they gave their Strats back. The
first time Hank actually owned a Strat was in '72...
> if they used them in the studio?
Pretty much exclusively from '64 through '72, when Hank's main white
Burns was stolen. (The Shadows broke up in '68, but they did a one-
off LP in '70, and then reunited as a vocal group under the name
Marvin, Welch & Farrar in '71 and '72 - you can hear the Burns on
those recordings.) Since then he's been a committed Strat man,
until, funnily enough, last month. The Shadows are reuniting yet
again after 14 years apart for one final UK tour which starts next
month, and Hank will be using a Burns Marvin reissue again (probably
only for the songs originally recorded with those guitars).
> I'd like to find a decent example of one.
Hah!!! That's funny! I think there were only something like 250
Burns Marvins made, and they easily fetch $5000 - if you could
actually find one in the USA, which is almost impossible. Of course,
you can find all sorts of other Burns guitars, but they do not
compare to Fenders. You might be able to find a later Baldwin
Marvin, which depending on the year is very similar or at least
pretty close to the Burns version, but even those will fetch around
$1500....
However, Burns company is active again, and making extremely faithful
(and VERY expensive) reissues of Burns Marvin, which they named Burns
Legend, since Hank has been endorsing Fenders and they couldn't use
his name anymore. This is the first time that new Burns is using his
name, and they have a limited edition of high-quality Korean-made
Burns Marvins which go for less than $1000, and are identical to the
model that Hank will be using on the upcoming tour, so you may want
to check that out. Burns has a nice website, just google it...
Probably more than you wanted to know....
Ivan
