Guitarists like Hank Marvin made this part of their signature sound. The goal of this lesson is to equip you with some solid techniques and vocabulary to help you get that authentic ’50s guitar ...

When Hank Marvin of The Shadows asked Burns to make him a signature guitar a matching bass was also required to keep the uniformed look associated with the band. The Shadows Bass was duly designed and ...

The guitar with its red polished body and tremelo arm became a signature instrument for the young Marvin. Later two models would bear Hank's name "The Burns Marvin" and the "Stratocaster Hank ...

He dropped it half way through his career, but some old friends "like Tim Rice still call me Hank B". In October it will be 50 years since Marvin was given his first guitar, for his 16th birthday.

Few Strat players are as iconic as Hank Marvin – it’s hard to picture him without also seeing in your mind’s eye a Fiesta Red Strat with a maple fingerboard and gold-plated fittings, the guitar with .

AS HE embarks on his last ever concert tour, guitar legend Hank Marvin, 60, recalls the ease with which he found fame and fortune. "I was 16, playing in a skiffle group with Bruce Welch when we ...

Legendary twangy guitar band The Shadows recently played ... guru Geoff Barker was on hand to interview Bruce Welch and Hank Marvin from the band. The Shadows, who started out as Cliff Richard's ...

Going acoustic: Nunzio Mondia, Hank Marvin and Gary Taylor ... jazz innovator with his Gypsy swing, Marvin (with the Shadows) was the first non-American guitar hero in rock's early days, becoming ...

Veteran alternative musician Robert Wyatt and Shadows guitarist Hank ... others, Marvin and Wyatt. Marvin, who owned the U.K.’s first Fender Stratocaster, recalled how he became a guitar player ...