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I looked into the Burns guitar (website) and must say that's a pretty crappy
looking guitar, but the built-in notepad could be handy for those late night
tab sessions!
Robb
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From: "ipongrac" <>
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Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 12:45 AM
Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: Shadows question
> --- In , "supertwangreverb"
> <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
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