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by TributeShadow » 23 Aug 2010, 13:08
Hi,
I wonder if anyone knows the name on Hank´s first electric guitar?
Regards,
Patrik
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by keithmantle » 23 Aug 2010, 13:29
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 » 23 Aug 2010, 13:42
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 » 23 Aug 2010, 14:29
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 » 23 Aug 2010, 14:38
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 » 23 Aug 2010, 17:26
"I wonder if anyone knows the name on Hank´s first electric guitar?"
If Hank was here he'd probably say "Arthur"
Ray
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by keithmantle » 23 Aug 2010, 18:14
Or Cash-Converters !!
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by Simon Underwood » 24 Aug 2010, 08:02
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 » 24 Aug 2010, 09:26
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 » 24 Aug 2010, 10:40
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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