dave robinson wrote:After I had my white Marvin Anniversary model for almost a year, the red one arrived (Shadows model) and I noticed a big difference in the feel and sound which I felt was better on the red one. the pickups sounded fuller to me and I asked Barry Gibson if there was a difference and he supplied me with three more pickups and told me to fit them to the white Marvin, which I did and the improvement was delightful. I still can't work out why the Shadows model feels slightly easier to play though, maybe the neck profile is slightly different ? That said, both are great instruments and the difference in 'feel' is there, but not a problem.

Dave, I own 3 Marvins, two LEGEND models ( white & greenburst ) and one 2004 Anniversary ! My bandmate has an orig. Marvin from 1964. Believe me, the white LEGEND and the orig. from 1964
are sounding nearly the same, my early white LEGEND has a little more BITE. Both guitars have the typical BURNS sound. My Greenburst has a slightly larger body and a fatter neck, the sound is amazing and you can hear that it`s a Burns. All 3 guitars are sounding far better than my 2004 Anniversary with the stock PU !