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Was Hank Marvin the first guitarist to get that famous Stratocaster ''quacking'' sound ? as on The frightened city, Mumblin mosie etc. I dont remember hearing it prior to The Shadows.

Possibly Hank was not the first- lots of r'n'b/blues players were using Strats and Teles and getting similar sounds in the mid '50's- Johnny Guitar Watson, Guitar Slim, Buddy Guy, Ike Turner, etc and amongst the rockers, people like Johnny Meeks of Gene Vincent's Bluecaps was playing his white Strat pretty hard around 1958 or so.

Have a listen to some of these players on YouTube...

Very little new under the sun!

36-24-36 is another one i forgot to mention. But thanks for the reply i will listen to the players you speak of.

This strat Quacks:

Its not what i meant but BRILLIANT.........Do you know Bombay Duck ?