Cliff mimes to Living Doll

[Uncle Fiesta]

I remember reading somewhere that he used a borrowed semi-acoustic with a sprung tailpiece so that when he shook it, it went "doi-oi-oing!"; which means that every guitarist since who has played this solo on a Strat with a tremelo is not being historically correct. This of course includes HBM himself!

I'd always assumed that he's simply borrowed Bruce's Grimshaw for this song - particularly as I also seem to remember him saying it was white.

[cockroach]

I once thought that it may have been Bruce's Grimshaw that Hank was talking about, but some expert on here ages ago said it was not, and that it was an white Egmond model that Hank borrowed from another player on the scene at that time, Tony someone? (Although Tony Sheridan was around then and he used a white Grimshaw same as Bruce's before he(Tony) got a Futurama/Grazsioso)

[Didier]

According to some sources, it was this guitar, borrowed from Tony Harvey, then playing with Clay Nicholls & The Blue Flames :



Not sure it's an Egmond (Rosetti) as stated.

Didier

[JimN]

Now you mention it, I seem to remember that in the 1980 BBC Radio 2 programme "It Was In Tune When I Bought It", Hank described the "copy of a Gretsch White Falcon" as belonging to Tony Harvey.

JN

PS: Interestingly, the German manufacturer of that guitar's tailpiece no only managed to sell it to Hofner in Germany (the President used it) and Harmony in the USA (it was in use on non-vibrato H75s and H77s), but also to Egmond in the Netherlands.

[Stratpicker]

PS: Interestingly, the German manufacturer of that guitar's tailpiece no only managed to sell it to - - - - Harmony in the USA (it was in use on non-vibrato H75s and H77s), - - - .

Like this one of mine in 1965. Forget what happened to the guitar - what happened to all the hair???!!!
cheers
ian

[donna plasky]

Hi, I found these two photos from a Yahoo Image Search. The one with Jet and Bruce is nice because it is in colour. But the one of Hank...if it is not PhotoShopped, it's a little unusual. Maybe it's from MWF and "somebody" borrowed one of Mr. Farrar's guitars.

Kind regards,
Donna

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[Gary Allen]

Another odd guitar Hank had. http://www.giffinguitars.com/vintage_gallery.htm

[JimN]

Hi, I found these two photos from a Yahoo Image Search. The one with Jet and Bruce is nice because it is in colour. But the one of Hank...if it is not PhotoShopped, it's a little unusual. Maybe it's from MWF and "somebody" borrowed one of Mr. Farrar's guitars.

Hank owned both a Gibson Les Paul Deluxe (shown) and a Les Paul Custom during the MW&F days. They were later replaced by a handbuilt guitar made by Roger Giffin (fitted with two pickups similar to those on the Les Paul Deluxe). I seem to remember Hank saying that the Les Pauls were difficult ("murder", he said) to keep in tune. And they are, if fitted with strings lighter than about 11-50.

JN

[donna plasky]

Jim, thank you, as always. I would have never known this about Hank if you hadn't said it. Thank you again.

- Donna

[Pol]

According to some sources, it was this guitar, borrowed from Tony Harvey, then playing with Clay Nicholls & The Blue Flames :



Not sure it's an Egmond (Rosetti) as stated.

Didier

Hi Didier, your sources are correct . Tony`s white guitar is a Egmond, http://egmondguitars.nl/historic-in-holland.html

Pol