Hanks 80`s sound

[buddy]

Hello friends. Any ideas to good amps settings and EQ settings for this period. I like Hanks sound on albums like Change of Address an Moonlight Shadows.

[garyallen]

Hi buddy,amp wise..AC30 for Change of Address and Boogie Mk 2 for Moonlight Shadows, try boosting the mids and reduce treble depending on your amp, regards  gary

[buddy]

Thank you Gary. You don't see a lot of people talk about this Shadow period.

[peterbower]

Its his FS-1/Boogie/Roland period with a couple of excursions to other hard ware which I quite liked and I agree buddy, not talked about much.

[garyallen]

Hi again,From what i recall,Change of Address is mostly the black strat (11-50)strings +(10-52 for live stuff) with FS1 in the bridge into a RE 201 into a 70s AC30 with silverback speakers,from what i heard the 301 first made its debut on "Equinoxe" from that album.The black strat was also used on some recordings with the boogies and as a spare for live stuff up until 84,Hank told me he never had FS1s in the red 58 strat although I reckon he used them on "Simply Shadows",,maybe a different strat perhaps Theres some live stuff on youtube from the early 80s with (58 strat/301/AC30)and the slightly metallic sound is a result of removing Bass and adding Treble on the 301,this was also helped by the slight boost of a morley VBO/slightly overdriven ac30. Im sure theres lots of info about this era if anyone can add to it. beat regards gary

[garyallen]

A little info about Hanks Binson EC3 comes from the last/present owner taken from a for sale ad last year--------""I used to run the shadows fan site and one day at nomis studios where I was attending the shads rehersals for a tour I was asked to take this unit for service to marcaris. some six weeks later I picked it up and hank said that he had changed echo units and to keep it , was used on tour and on the recording of argentina plus many more. your chance to own a piece of shads history in full working order and excellent condition will ship world wide if required but would prefer collection in person many shads fans know I have this as I also had the babybinson of hanks at one time"".  ( john friesen)

[peterbower]

Its interesting to note that I saw the Shads in the 60's at my local theatre and Hank was playing a white Strat, I saw the black Strat on occasions and once saw a Sunburst, John, I saw Hank using a baby Binson live with his black Strat. I guess he was like many of us, trying out different kit and image.