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by TributeShadow » Mon Aug 23, 2010 1:08 pm
Hi,
I wonder if anyone knows the name on Hank´s first electric guitar?
Regards,
Patrik
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by keithmantle » Mon Aug 23, 2010 1:29 pm
Hi , Hanks first electric guitar was a Hofner congress(1957ish) costing 16 guineas, it started as a accoustic but he put a pick up on it, cheers Keith
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by TributeShadow » Mon Aug 23, 2010 1:42 pm
Thanks Keith!
But that is not the guitar I mean, I mean the guitar he used on "Jet Black" etc.
Regards,
Patrik
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by cockroach » Mon Aug 23, 2010 2:29 pm
I think it was a Japanese made Guyatone LG50, re-named/re-badged as an Antoria by the British wholesale music dealer and importer (was that JT Coppock of Leeds?)
It was a solid body two pickup single cutaway job.
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by keithmantle » Mon Aug 23, 2010 2:38 pm
He did use a black American 'Vega' guitar he borrowed from Eddie Silver (1958), he bought it later on, and then sold it to Bruce
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by RayL » Mon Aug 23, 2010 5:26 pm
"I wonder if anyone knows the name on Hank´s first electric guitar?"
If Hank was here he'd probably say "Arthur"
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by keithmantle » Mon Aug 23, 2010 6:14 pm
Or Cash-Converters !!
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by Simon Underwood » Tue Aug 24, 2010 8:02 am
If anyone's read 'The Shadows by Themselves', the book written with Royston Ellis in 1961, Hank mentions that the guitar now referred to as an Antoria was a 'Nanturia'. It obviously was a re-badged LG50, but which name is correct?
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by George Geddes » Tue Aug 24, 2010 9:26 am
Hmm, I must have missed that bit. The book which was indeed ghost written by Royston Ellis, spells Hofner with a double f and refers to the Stratocaster's 'tremulo' arm!
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by keithmantle » Tue Aug 24, 2010 10:40 am
I have the original book but can't find mention of the Nanturia (page No if poss), the LG50 was also called the Star EG80 i think, the importers seemed to use numerous names/Numbers. keith
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