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Post subject: Hank Marvin Tribute Strat
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 10:56 am
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The Fender Custom Shop is now working on a replication of the famous Hank Marvin (The Shadows lead guitar) Fiesta Red Strat n° 34 346 bought by Cliff Richard for him in 1959.
Now the original, several times refinished , is held by Bruce Welch (the Shadows rythm guitar)
50 will be made, masterbuilt so to be released by June 2009 for the celebrating of the 50th Anniversary of such famous guitar.
A lot of goodies will be included.
Price: £ 5 000 (about US$ 9 500)
Don't know if they will be for the UK market only ...

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Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 11:24 am
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New fan here! I like the Shadows. Is there a difference between this one and the previous series?


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Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 1:57 pm
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Yes, the previous series were repros of the guitars Hank Marvin was actually playing at that time (in the '90s) while this one will be a replica of his first Strat from 1959.
Big Difference !

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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 7:53 am
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Ah..
It's a Dealer Select so not of such a great interest.IMHO
It's a 50 units batch ordered by Oasis Music from UK :cry:
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 7:56 am
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alainlafrance wrote:
Ah..
It's a Dealer Select so not of such a great interest.IMHO
It's a 50 units batch ordered by Oasis Music from UK :cry:
Alain

Are you getting one to go with that wonderful collection you hvae already? 8)


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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 8:17 am
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No,

Definitely not.

I have two HBM Strats and that's enough. One is a sig from one of the previous series and the other one (only 5 all in ) was a not-to-be-released-model.
They (UK distributors) spend their time ordering special batches of HBM Strats from the Fender CS, each devaluating the previous ones..:evil:

Anybody can do that.. You pay a royalty to Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch and pass an order with the CS and it's done.
Remember the SRV "Lenny", it was a big flop as it was a special order from GC, not one of series initiated by Fender .( Blackie could be bought with various Dealers.

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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 8:25 am
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alainlafrance wrote:
No,

Definitely not.

I have two HBM Strats and that's enough. One is a sig from one of the previous series and the other one (only 5 all in ) was a not-to-be-released-model.
They (UK distributors) spend their time ordering special batches of HBM Strats from the Fender CS, each devaluating the previous ones..:evil:

Anybody can do that.. You pay a royalty to Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch and pass an order with the CS and it's done.
Remember the SRV "Lenny", it was a big flop as it was a special order from GC, not one of series initiated by Fender .( Blackie could be bought with various Dealers.

Alain


I did not know this! I understand what your reasoning is now! That's a shame!! :?


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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 10:26 am
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i saw the 1 of 5 when you first aquired it on your site .fantastic guitar


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Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:13 am
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More fantastic as a collector item than soundwise for the Shadows music.
I knew that but that was not the purpose of buying it ... :wink:

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Alain,
Would you be kind enough to post a link to your site? I'm sure it's on another thread, but I can't find it.


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Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:01 am
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Here :wink:

http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/alb ... 4473CuoGgL

The fifth photo album (Related Gear) is under contruction.

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Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 10:19 am
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Merci mon ami :D


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Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 10:32 am
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Pas de problème :D

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