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Hi every one!
Got myself a new guitar and I've tried it out on Pierre's tune "Farewell My Lovely" (BT by Vignocchi).
My French friends told me they liked it (despite half a dozen slips in it!), so I hope it will please you too!
Best regards from Brittany
Joel

here it is:
http://www.4shared.com/audio/--DTr8T_/S ... VELY_.html

Very pretty... but sounds very similar to a Strat... what amplifier and settings are you using for your Burns?

Hi, David!
Thanks for your appreciation. The recording was done directly through my Q+ into "Audacity": nothing else... I must say that my Strat does not sound the same as this guitar: more "twangy", so to say...
Glad you answered my post!
Regards
Joel

Hi Joel,

Your rendition of 'Farewell to My Lovely' is very good and played very much in The Shadows style. I like the sound of the Burns Marvin on that one though I don't own either a Strat or Burns myself. I am struck by the similarity of sound to the original which I suppose, was probably performed on a Strat. I enjoyed listening to your rendition. Thanks for sharing it.

Regards,
Len

I also thought that was an excellent version of this tune and very Burns-like to my ears as my Burns Marvin has a similar full mellowness that's subtly different from my strat.
As an observation I thought I detected slight distortion in places as though your recording level was maybe just a tad too high and overloading slightly, but that aside I enjoyed it.
Cheers,
Martyn

Hi, Len and Martyn!
Thank you for your appreciation!
Len, I must say you're entirely right as regards the Strat being used for the original tune. I may be wrong but I think I remember watching pierre Téodori playing a red 80s Strat on this tune: his original version is to my mind better than "our" Shads', this being an exception! The funny thing about this tune is that before getting my new Burns, I used to play this tune on my old 64 Strat, then on a "60s player reissue", and I used to have quite an ordeal trying to emulate the sound on the Strat! (the original notes are long and sustained, and that was a little difficult to achieve with my gear)
Martyn, you've expressed exactly what I feel about the "Burnsy" sound: mellowness is the right word, and the difference is actually subtle , considering the Strat... well, "this" or "that" sound gives us all so much pleasure that it would be a pity not to share it, wouldn't it?
Best regards to you and all Shads fans, and thanks for spending a little time listening to my attempts!
Joel