Hank Marvin Sound

[Triple-o]

I didn’t know you could plug your guitar into a computer and use software and eliminate using pedals. 
 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17pRIIYGGj8

Edited December 23, 2022 by Triple-o

[matonanjin]

@Triple-o, you didn't know one could do what?  I can't invest 20 minutes right now to watch that video.  Just taking a guess. A lot of people don't realize that Hank Marvin ran two echo (delay) pedals to get his unique sound.  If you dive in, which I did a couple years ago, there is a lot of discussion on different forums about how he set up his two delay pedals and what settings he used.  Quite the "rabbit hole".

[Triple-o]

Sorry,I edited my post. I guess I was relying on epistemic curiosity.

[matonanjin]

Given the lack of response, it is difficult to assess the level of epistemic curiosity that exists here.  Knowing there are quite a few on here of my generation, I would have to believe there is a high percentage of those at least familiar with the song Apache.  How many of those that want to duplicate the slap back delay Hank Marvin used remains a question.

@Triple-o I finally did watch your video and the author did talk about the two delay pedals that he used to get the sound.  And months, actually years, ago I came across this:

 

[Oldjock]

I have always been a big fan of Hank Marvin and the Shadows sound. My amp is a Boss Katana MKII which uses digital patches (8) to give the user different sounds for different songs. I have found a patch (Casting a Shadow) which closely matches the double echo (delay) Shadows sound.

https://guitarpatches.com/search.php?unit=katana

[matonanjin]

@Oldjock it just occurred to me I have two delay pedals!  Old age memory decay is a horrible thing!!  I have the Flashback, exactly like this guy has.  And I have an H2O dual pedal.  It's an interesting pedal that I haven't had on my board for years.  But it has both chorus and delay (called "echo" on the pedal).  In the next day or so I'll put in back on my board for fun,

Btw, I still haven't mastered that "galloping" part of "Apache!" 😡

So that Katana patch sounded good?

[Oldjock]

It is actually a group of about eight patches which match each of the Shadows top songs.  The patch "Apache" is in this group. I can't gallop yet, still walk'in.

Henk

[matonanjin]

OK.  I've got the dual delay pedals so we will see.  (btw, @Oldjock I could do it digitally also.  I could put two pedals in line in my POD HD500X.  But later.)  It's set up but not sure when I can follow the YT video and try it with my board.

Btw2, this looks like an interesting pedal that I have owned and I have largely forgotten about.  The delay side has a switch for "long/short" which I am guessing is for length of delay.  And then the chorus has a switch for "normal/lush" so on a chorus we probably intuitively know what that is for.  But after the years I've owned it I need to try and find an instruction manual of some sort for it. 

This pedal is the closest I can find for it.  If memory serves, @Steve Krenz mentioned an H2O pedal at some lesson long ago.  Later.

[matonanjin]

The editors at Guitar Techniques Magazine saw that we had this conversation about Hank Marvin and made the cover article about him!!!  I suppose there is the possibility that they had already planned it.  😉  Planned or coincidence, this month's cover article is about Hank Marvin.  I just got it yesterday.  I am going to study it and if there are parts that I can share without infringing on copyright I, of course, will do so.  Give me a few days or a week.