#Hank marvin guitar action strings full

Hank used multi tap echoes.you just can't get the rhythmic complexities with a single tap echo.that's the most important thing.a tune like apache is dependent upon itДidiers a big hank m fan & has/had that stanley fx pedal I wonder if he played it because it was an HM Strat, his initials, for Hank Marvin, rather than Heavy Metal Strat! He did sound just like Hank Marvin on the early albums with the Strat. Jimmy R, what you said about the Allan Holdsworth Ibanez is quite true, not only because you witnessed him playing one and sounding like himself but I also have a DVD of the Knebworth Concert in which Hank Marvin performed, not sure with The Shadows or as himself, but he was playing a Fender HM Strat which looks like this. He has a lovely feel and touch, and seems to almost caress the strings with the pick. I hate to use the cliche, but he still sounded very much like Hank. I remember him playing an Allan Holdsworth Ibanez when they first came out - a Strat-like guitar with a single very high output HB in the bridge. Hank lives here (has for a long time) and used to pop in from time to time. I used to work in a music shop here in Perth, Western Australia. Maybe that would come closer although not vintage, not a vintage model. I do love the AC10 that I tried in Fawn Tan, at Guitar Center. Yes a Blues Jr is far from being a Vox but for some reason it sounds better for the Shadows sound than a Princeton or Deluxe Reverb. I actually like wound thirds but for some styles the wound third doesn't work out so well. You are right it's his playing mostly so I have to have that skill which I don't and won't come close!Д«y the way besides the heavy gauge strings I have heard that he used a wound third string, at least in the early days.

4Дave, yep the Alter Ego gets close but I think if I had another echo hooked up that would be even closer. The middle 8 has a very round, mellow tone compared to the intro. I think he moves his pick up and down the string a lot to make use of all the different sounds - playing close to the bridge sounds a lot different from playing over the neck pickup. To get Hank's sound it is very important to pay attention to where your right hand is. Hank also likes higher output pickups (believe it or not!) for the warmth of tone, not the output. Big strings were used on the early stuff as Dave has suggested. The Strat + Vox is a BIG part of the sound. They got a great live sound, but not loud - no mics on the drums or amps back then, even in a big theatre.

#Hank marvin guitar action strings full

I saw The Shadows on what must have been their first full UK tour without Cliff Richard back in 1960/61. All you need is a '58 Strat, a proper hard wired vintage AC30 (which doesn't really sound like a Blues Junior!) and a Meazzi. Try I would have thought the Alter Ego would have got as close as anyone could expect without have HM's fingers. How close it gets is up to the listener to decide. Stanley Effects in the UK made an echo effects pedal called the 'eTap' specially tweaked to get the old Shadows Meazzi/Binson sound. Other guitars he uses for playing more modern material are strung lighter. My understanding is that Hank Martin has always used heavy strings, 12s I think, on his Strats for playing the old Shadows tunes live. I do add some reverb since I don't have two echo pedals. I have some SilverFace Fenders but believe it or not, in my opinion, I have found the Blues Junior more apt for Marvin's tone. I plug into a Blues Junior that I bought new in 2002. I'll be honest, with this one pedal it's pretty close so I won't be spending more on another pedal right now. Well, even with one pedal only, the Alter Ego, with my Strat I get a Hank Marvin tone but not quite, so I'm thinking the two pedal method may really help a bit. Simple and easy to use yet great tones right off the bat without even having to work with it a lot to get the tones. A big thanks to Tavo because this is an amazing pedal. I'm thrilled with the TC Electronics Alter Ego 2 that Tavo suggested. I saw on YouTube some suggest two delay/echo pedals.

I know a lot has to do with his skill but on the technical side what do you suggest. I have done some research on this but I was curious if any of you GDPers have found success in this quest.