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Hank Marvin Sunburst Fender Stratocaster

Postby Alainlafrance » 09 Apr 2011, 15:02

Do you know on which occasions Hank used that guitar owned by him from 1980 till 2002 ?
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Re: Hank Marvin Sunburst Fender Stratocaster

Postby Paul Childs » 09 Apr 2011, 16:14

I saw Hank use a sunburst Strat that he had as a backup during the 80s at the Cornwall Coliseum (can't remember the year) when he broke a string.
Bruce had one as a backup as well and Alan Jones had a sunburst Precision Bass as a backup.
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Re: Hank Marvin Sunburst Fender Stratocaster

Postby George Geddes » 09 Apr 2011, 16:35

The matching sunbursts would be the Silver Anniversary tour in 1983. Hank's sunburst Strat was bought from Tony Hicks.

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Re: Hank Marvin Sunburst Fender Stratocaster

Postby Alainlafrance » 09 Apr 2011, 16:56

George Geddes wrote:The matching sunbursts would be the Silver Anniversary tour in 1983. Hank's sunburst Strat was bought from Tony Hicks.

George


Now she's in France ;)

http://guitarmotel.com/
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Re: Hank Marvin Sunburst Fender Stratocaster

Postby JimN » 09 Apr 2011, 17:44

Alainlafrance wrote:
George Geddes wrote:The matching sunbursts would be the Silver Anniversary tour in 1983. Hank's sunburst Strat was bought from Tony Hicks.


Now she's in France ;)

http://guitarmotel.com/


Are you sure it's the same guitar? The one on that site has a three-colour sunburst finish.

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Re: Hank Marvin Sunburst Fender Stratocaster

Postby 5tratocaster » 09 Apr 2011, 22:59

It does look like a 3-tone sunburst, but according to A.R. Duchossoir and others, the 3-tone finish was not introduced until early or mid-1958.
Is this definitely a 1957 guitar?
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Re: Hank Marvin Sunburst Fender Stratocaster

Postby Alainlafrance » 09 Apr 2011, 23:04

JimN wrote:
Alainlafrance wrote:
George Geddes wrote:The matching sunbursts would be the Silver Anniversary tour in 1983. Hank's sunburst Strat was bought from Tony Hicks.


Now she's in France ;)

http://guitarmotel.com/


Are you sure it's the same guitar? The one on that site has a three-colour sunburst finish.

JN

Yes; it's fully documented and it's a two-colour sunburst, I know of course, this is our site ;)
Serial # 22102 =>1957
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Re: Hank Marvin Sunburst Fender Stratocaster

Postby JimN » 09 Apr 2011, 23:31

JimN wrote:
Alainlafrance wrote:Now she's in France ;)

http://guitarmotel.com/


Are you sure it's the same guitar? The one on that site has a three-colour sunburst finish.


Alainlafrance wrote:Yes; it's fully documented and it's a two-colour sunburst, I know of course, this is our site ;)
Serial # 22102 =>1957


I still don't understand. That guitar...

http://guitarmotel.com/images/stories/Fender-Stratocaster-1957-HBMarvin/wm/fgeng57zneiva-2.jpg

...has a three colour sunburst. There's a definite area of red within the black shading.

That dosn't mean it's not Hank's old guitar, of course, but my understanding was that three-colour sunburst is vanishingly rare on maple-neck 1950s guitars.
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Re: Hank Marvin Sunburst Fender Stratocaster

Postby padmat78 » 10 Apr 2011, 02:17

Alainlafrance wrote:
George Geddes wrote:The matching sunbursts would be the Silver Anniversary tour in 1983. Hank's sunburst Strat was bought from Tony Hicks.

George


Now she's in France ;)



"Now SHE'S in France"... It's better "It's" in France... No?
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Re: Hank Marvin Sunburst Fender Stratocaster

Postby Alainlafrance » 10 Apr 2011, 07:53

padmat78 wrote:
Alainlafrance wrote:
George Geddes wrote:The matching sunbursts would be the Silver Anniversary tour in 1983. Hank's sunburst Strat was bought from Tony Hicks.

George


Now she's in France ;)



"Now SHE'S in France"... It's better "It's" in France... No?

no ;)
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