When did Hank stop playing his Burns

[bgohara]

Now there's an interesting thought...wonder how Rockin with Curley Leads would have turned out, if Hank had still had the Burns....

[StuartD]

Hank and John were friendly with Brian Higham of Barratt's at that time and they both bought their guitars from there. Hank had the Humbucker fitted later, as John did with the palm pedals. At that time they dealt a lot with Ron Roka in Soho and I know he was the person who fitted the Humbucker to Hank's strat and also modified John's Marvin Bass. He also did some mods on some AC 30's for them. He may well have fitted the Palm Pedals.

Regards

Stuart

[Tone]

Thanks for the info, guys, particularly Dave and Stuart.

I can sleep at nights now!

Cheers.

Tony

[iefje]

Hank and John were friendly with Brian Higham of Barratt's at that time and they both bought their guitars from there. Hank had the Humbucker fitted later, as John did with the palm pedals. At that time they dealt a lot with Ron Roka in Soho and I know he was the person who fitted the Humbucker to Hank's strat and also modified John's Marvin Bass. He also did some mods on some AC 30's for them. He may well have fitted the Palm Pedals.

Regards

Stuart

The first John you mention is John Farrar and the second John is John Rostill?

[StuartD]

Hank and John were friendly with Brian Higham of Barratt's at that time and they both bought their guitars from there. Hank had the Humbucker fitted later, as John did with the palm pedals. At that time they dealt a lot with Ron Roka in Soho and I know he was the person who fitted the Humbucker to Hank's strat and also modified John's Marvin Bass. He also did some mods on some AC 30's for them. He may well have fitted the Palm Pedals.

Regards

Stuart

The first John you mention is John Farrar and the second John is John Rostill?

Sorry. Yes they are

[Rover]

Hi, were any of Bruce's guitars stolen from the van also.

regards Rover

[StuartD]

HI

As far as I am aware only Hank's Guitars were stolen. The two Burns, Six and Twelve String Gibson Acoustics and his Martin Acoustic

Regards

Stu

[StuartD]

Hi

Hank's Strat at the time of RWCL was standard and still white. I went to some of the sessions for that album and that was what he used.

The Humbucker and later the Fender Humbucker, were added when the guitar was black

Regards

Stu

[JimN]

I thought around that time was when Fender did start to get some quality issues. That also seemed to be the the time of copies starting to appear. I know I had a couple of horror models around that time.
I believe the Strat that Hank purchased included a Humbucker which he wasn't keen on ?

There had been a couple of low quality "copies" of the Strat by 1972, but they were pretty half-hearted, often with mahogany necks and usually with bridge/tailpiece arrangements which bore little resemblance to the real thing. And don't even ask about the tuners...

The first thoroughgoing copies made their UK appearance in around late 1974 or early 1975, but even they (under the name "Grant") were only so-so (at around £50). The first quality copy of the Strat I ever saw was an Aria re-make of an early model (small headstock, maple fretboard) in late 1976. It also had an anodised pickguard and a stripped back finish. It was trying to look well-used and "vintage".

After that, there were a few others, but they usually managed to look different enough in one feature or another that they were not in danger of trademark infringement. They usually featured a hard tail of some sort.

It all changed in 1981, when the first batch of Tokai guitars arrived in the UK. Then, from the summer of 1982 onward, it changed forever with the introduction to Europe of the Squier brand.

[Fenderman]

HI

As far as I am aware only Hank's Guitars were stolen. The two Burns, Six and Twelve String Gibson Acoustics and his Martin Acoustic

Regards

Stu

How did no one notice someone nicking 5 guitars? You would possibly need to make 2 trips!