Stratocaster Legend - Hank Marvin & Dick Dale

Watch the whole the 77-minute film on Vimeo - vimeo.com/815919689
This is a seven minute taster of THE STRATOCASTER LEGEND film we made in 2004, starring Hank Marvin and Dick Dale. It chronicles the origins of this famous electric guitar and its maker. We shot it in both the Strat's birthplace in California and the UK.
You can find out more by visiting our website: www.grindelwald.co.uk/html2/strat.htm .
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[@JLWing77]

I'm more of a Gibson guy myself, but it is AWESOME to see guys like Dick Dale getting treated with the respect they deserve.

[@lex6023]

Hank Marvin and Fender Stratocaster’s are so iconic and this is why I play with one

[@PeterVenkman_666]

Is this guy playing a left handed strat strung like a right handed ?? Mind - blown. Can't Fuckin believe it

[@bernardcromarty485]

Dick Dale "I play it like I'm chopping down a tree!" CLASSIC!

[@maltavmalta]

Dick Dale and Hank Marvin, same guitar but very different people. Every interview Iv'e ever seen of dick, he's telling us what a Legend he is.... Hank Marvin on the other hand seems to be one of the most modest people you could ever hope to meet despite being the inspiration and hero of people like Mark Knoppfler, Eric Clapton, Dave Gilmour and the list goes on...

[@jeffclark7888]

True.

[@matthewharrington1275]

yes , first interview ive ever seen of dick dale and he seems very full of himself and cocky, where as hank is defo one of the most modest stars you could possibly meet

[@alpowell]

I saw Dick Dale more than a dozen times since 1998...and turned a number of friends and young people onto his music. He used that Strat beautifully; NO ONE played like he did! I got his autograph on a guitar strap right after his last appearance in Denver in 2018. He passed in March of 2019.

[@Bruce15485]

Great doco ! I like both Hank Marvin / The Shadows and Dick Dale. I listen to them for different reason and how I feel at the time. Both are masters of guitar !

[@TheOldOakSyndicate]

Thank you Leo Fender for giving the world the Telecaster, Stratocaster, and your many flawless amplifiers...You are the king of the electric guitar & amplifier...There have been many that have tried to top you, but none of them ever will.

[@johnnygonzales3211]

TheOldOakSyndicate everyone is entitled to their own opinion I like the Gibson Les Paul myself😜

[@JerryRiceBall]

Johnny Gonzales Ahh i see you like to “play authentic”.

[@55bluenose]

Listen to Hank , hes the man

[@FirebrandVOCALS]

Love the Shadows

[@jimmyguitar9676]

Fantastic History Stratocaster Guitar Fender

[@ThrashRoC]

Thank You Leo , and the Others who Designed THIS BEAUTIFUL GUITARMODEL !! The 7ender Stratocaster ......I LOVE EVERY LITTLE SCREW of this PERFECT Guitar . Dick Dale !!!

[@tazzydevill]

Thanks for uploading this , I will try and scource a copy of the DVD when I get a chance looks great.Love Dick Dale's funny honesty wish I had been able to see him in his prime live.

[@ederst9759]

RIP, Dick Dale.

[@QbrianT]

I'm in Fender Heaven looking at those gorgeous works of art! Thank you!

[@donaldlucas8688]

Dick Dale is the MAN!

[@roberthenry6910]

Rest easy, Dick. I wouldn't be where I am today without your influence.

[@debrarixon7161]

Hi tazzydevil, glad you've enjoyed the taster. The dvd is available on amazon uk, and there's lots more of Dick's unique honesty, and some great Hank moments and much more!

[@JohnGadzaJr.]

In my honest opinion, Fender Stratocasters are definitely the number one electric guitars in the whole world and they are the greatest. To me, Fender Stratocasters have always been the Fender company's greatest hits and almost a whole lot of musicians were able to break through with those Fender Strats. I play music and I am a soon to be a musician. I play various Fender/Squier Stratocasters at home and I love them all. Meanwhile, David Gilmour of Pink Floyd fame has recently said that when somebody picks up and plays a Fender Stratocaster, it enhances the personality of the person playing it and are more recognizably themselves than other people who are playing some of the other well known guitars. Basically, Fender Stratocasters are the greatest and everybody out there that plays a guitar should pick up one. They are also a hands down, no nonsense and without a doubt the number one electric guitar that everybody should pick up and play. If Eric Clapton, Dick Dale, Hank Marvin, Buddy Holly, Stevie Ray Vaughan, David Gilmour, Buddy Guy, John Mayer, Mark Knopfler and many among others can play on a Fender Stratocaster as well as make them cry or sing by playing lead guitar on them, then we all can do that too for those of us who are guitar players. There are no questions asked because the Fender Stratocasters are the greatest and the best, period. Point blank.

[@pattayaguycf6199]

You dozy twat. Have you heard the sounds from other famous guitar makers: Burns, Gibson, Rickenbacker. Yes the Strat is outstanding and always will be but many a world class guitarist has used other makes for example Burns with The Shadows

[@jeffclark7888]

Telecaster.

[@firdausHITMAN]

Nothing beats a strat. It does it all!

[@thehomefront1905]

No it don't, you can't get it to sound like a les paul, the strat is to thin sounding for a lot of heavy rock.

[@firdausHITMAN]

thehomefront The strat in the right hands can be made to sound close to a Les Paul but a Les Paul can never sound like a stratocaster. The stratocaster becomes extremely versatile if one knows how to work and manipulate the tone controls with the volume knob.

[@thehomefront1905]

STRATMAN firdaus Interesting? Didn't know it was possible.

[@NujillicAx]

ritchie blackmore

[@vracan]

@@thehomefront1905 or a gretsch! The best guitars - strat, les paul, and gretsch

[@martinulstein9087]

I loved this video. It's all about my favorite guitar. Thank you so much.

[@thepeanutbutter0011]

"If Stevie Vai or Clapton saw how I have my strings, it would make em sick" "I play like I'm chopping down a tree" -Dick Dale That's totally classic, and typical.

[@GrindelwaldProductions]

Well thanks Chris... it was really special to meet both Hank and Dick in the making of this film and let them talk about their past and the strats which brought them fame without interruption. It was our pilgrimage to Orange County and is unforgettable! David and Debra Rixon, producers or the Stratocaster Legend.

[@chrishampton1981]

I got this DVD today from Amazon and it was a very enjoyable documentary about my favourite electric guitar. Was brilliant to see the evolution of Fender and how much respect is shown for the Stratocaster after so many years. Really well done guys. Must have been brilliant to meet Hank Marvin too Best wishes

[@LRS905]

I remember when I was a kid, I was baffled at the fact that Mr. Dale was playing a left handed guitar with the strings on an opposite way as the traditional placement of the strings...I thought I was doing it totally wrong, lol

[@Cyclist0623]

Dick Dale - another one of the incredible upside down and backwards guitar players. It almost assures that you're going to play differently, uniquely, in some way or another.

[@clowntrooper61]

What about Jimi Hendrix?

[@Cyclist0623]

Yeah, right. He's the one we all know about. But as I said, Dick Dale is *another* one. Not often recognized as such. Both great.

[@clowntrooper61]

OK, their both great

[@hoz49]

clowntrooper61 "Since Dale is left-handed, he was initially forced to play a right-handed model but then went to a left handed model.[9] However, he did so without restringing the guitar, leading him to effectively play the guitar upside-down (while Hendrix would restring his guitar), often playing by reaching over the fretboard rather than wrapping his fingers up from underneath. " from wikipedia

[@RastaSaiyaman]

I've owned many guitars over the years but I always keep returning to my 1989 Squier Stratocaster. That guitar is just the love of my life.

[@JohnGadzaJr.]

I also own a 1989 Squier II Standard Stratocaster and it's awesome.

[@ytubepuppy]

I played drums behind dozens of guitar players over the course of about 40 years and the ones who didn't own a "Strat" wanted one, just like most drummers either own or want Zildjianj cymbals because nothing else in the world sounds like them.

[@michaelclark4043]

Everyone's entitled to their own opinion but I personally feel that FENDERS are the BEST guitars made. Not only does the Stratocaster has an incredibly awesome sound but looks darn sexy to boot. To me it has to look right AND sound right too. The Stratocaster fits that bill perfectly.

[@flappospammo]

HANK MARVIN what a lovely guy and influence !!!! ;)

[@taggett666]

Hey thanks for posting this. I really enjoyed it........

[@tombstoneharrystudios584]

Two legends...one made his guitar sound like the human voice, playing melodies that sounded like they were being played across the plains of America (like Apache!) The other makes it sound like the end of the world, blending his Lebanese heritage and scales with the pouring beats of surf rock! Me...love ‘em both! Seen Hank live, sadly not Mr Dale-yet! 😉

[@GrindelwaldProductions]

Yes, great guy to talk to.,Lucky to find him, thanks to the Fender Museum.

[@edi5]

Hank is the best !

[@rustinchordz8830]

Hank and Dick, lords of reverb.

[@GrindelwaldProductions]

Oh its got to be one of Hanks red ones... perhaps the 40th Anniversary model... perfection...

[@SISU889]

Hank Marvin THE BOSS.....

[@MikeXoman]

Great show . Love yours guitar .

[@sgtpepper1138]

ahhhhh Blackie, I can never get sick of hearing wonderful tonight what a sound

[@GrindelwaldProductions]

Our pleasure! Thanks to you and all our KZbin viewers for making well over a quarter of a million hits! David & Debra from Grindelwald Productions

[@cdamauser1963]

I saw Dick Dale a few times in the early 80's when he was making his 'comeback'--the most memorable was at the Golden Bear in Huntignton Beach Calif..what a jamming show..went with a friend who later on went on to playing surf guitar in a local band, The Eliminators..Dick is right, his playing is so intense that even the audience feels like they've been in a fight..it's great!

[@Henjo29]

I love my strat, seriously in love.

[@philiphoward1731]

Thank you Mr. Leo Fender for all the work you didd And thank you Dick Dale For everything you did he helped develop the fender dual showman amplifier any help develop the JBL speakers that they put in to the fender amplifiers can you also help develop the Fender Reverb which was a really good thing hey JBL you gonna start making speakers for the amplifiers again the musical amplifiers because they sounds so awesome and Fender you got upAnd Fender you got a put JBL speakers in your amplifiers again and while you’re at it you got to bring back the Sunn amplifiers again I know you can do it so let’s do it💰💰💰💰💰🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@farmbrough]

I enjoyed that, thank you.

[@hungerstriker27]

man, I love the les paul. The gold top 1957 or the burts of 1959 or 1960. ut at 3:34... the strat it´s a beauty also. for me, the strat is the perfect example of the perfect design of simplicity, and the les paul in the otherhand, it´s elegant.... majestic.

[@Colsoloact-po9wv]

My god.......just think how many Strats you could buy with all that!

[@raysmetak8549]

coolest thing I've ever heard

[@TimOestmann]

grindelwaldprods, enjoyed that short snippet, thanks : )

[@J.A.Hansen]

Maximum respect and thanks to Leo Fender and California USA🇺🇸🎸🔝🔝🔝🔝

[@DennisCharretteakaDenChea]

I have 4-Love them. There're all special sounding guitars. Peace*

[@JerryRiceBall]

Seeing that david gilmours black strat just sold for something like $3.5 million, im guessing that if blackie were to be sold today it would fetch somewhere north of that. Insanity.

[@real_fjcalabrese]

My two favorite guitar players.

[@rajanvairawanathan4630]

SUPERB GUITARS PRODUCED

[@Kbetta2881]

so good

[@jehovahuponyou]

I LOVE THE GIBSON STRATOBLASTER - TIS A WORK OF ART.

[@petarsutaric6909]

There is a beautiful story behind Fender Stratocaster.

[@stanilandgavin4834]

Hank B Marvin Legend

[@DazedxHipster]

Tom Delonge's strat at 11 seconds. I used to love blink-182 haha. That's awesome. Brings me back!

[@kris130186]

0:06 are his inlays too

[@GrindelwaldProductions]

We know - nothing like your new place! But what a great day we had filming with you all! How many Strats have you sold since then?! Best to Laurie and the gang at Nevada Music......D&D at Grindelwald

[@andrestallard1627]

Its a shame there's no where to play these days love the strat

[@michaelclark4043]

I think Dick Dale has the best looking best sounding Strat out there. Love that golden metal flake finish. It's what sets it apart from the others.

[@GrindelwaldProductions]

Saw it up close once, such a character in an instrument 🎸

[@LaLaLand.Germany]

What a lovely bit! Good, old 4:3 and I bet VHS- I love these old takes and certainly the Stratocaster! My first ever Guitar was a real Strat- I sold it and now that I know what I had it just breaks my heart, I never recovered. Now I have some fakes, I always wanted a three tone sunburst but the one I like best is at least a good fake, made in Asia maybe in the nineties. It is weird, the neck looks nice but the coating don´t let my hand slide the way I´d like it to. But the frets and nut fit good, it holds tune and the intonation is spot on. I play light gauge flatwounds (Pyramid Strings made in Germany- they´re AWSOME) on a floating bridge with unknown pickups thru a Korg ToneWorks and a Boss MG-10 with a self made cabinet (JBL bass speaker). It´s not loud but gives me the sound I like, that feels good.

[@davidkastin4240]

Wax the back of the neck and it'll help your hand to slide and feel way better too. A few light coats and it'll be like buttah! 👍 🎸

[@stinger139]

What a cool video!

[@GrindelwaldProductions]

Hi easyTaff... A DVD was being made of the Shadows last tour by a different video company and we were not able to record a performance. Strat was miked close to the neck to get the best acoustic sound we could... but we were lucky to get Hank at all! Talk about exclusive. The DVD of course is even better - 77minutes and 2 bonus chapters on top!

[@georgescarlett2320]

Thanx Leo, For the 'TELE"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@FlamingTrumpets]

i love my squier strat, even though it was made in indonesia. I recently got a book called the fender stratocaster handbook, and i was (almost) amazed at the history behind the guitar. i didn't know its origins, but i knew most of the players that the book gave background info on; Hendrix, Clapton (three of his guitars, actually) Beck, Buddy Holly, and a few others.

[@kellyjackson7889]

Well I guess that makes Mr. Dale the first metal guitar player by virtue of approach alone.

[@CalebePriester]

+Kelly Jackson he's awesome. Many people don't get it that music isn't about competition

[@eddardmulligan]

+Calebe Priester While it may not be about competition, friendly competition has been a contributor to some amazing music. Think Beck, Page, Clapton, Hendrix back in the day. Van Halen, Rhoads. When you listen to a dude that's badass, you're like yeah, that's amazing, I want to do something that good. Those guys pushed each other to be the best that they could be. That's a kind of competition that leads to innovation. Competition is not a dirty word.

[@CalebePriester]

eddardmulligan All those people that you have mentioned are rockers. Why don't you try to listen different styles of music? I know, Rock, Metal must be your favorite kind of music but check it out different styles. I did read Led Zeppelin's biography and Page screwed-up his friendship with Beck because of their silly competition. Every musician is different. You reap what you sow. If you practice a lot your instrument and study really hard you'll be a talented musician. However you'll not be the best, there is no "the best", this is ego's stuff, just play the music that comes from your heart and it'll be beautiful. Is Jimmy Page a better musician than an unknown indian musician? Hell no, they just have different styles and approach to music

[@eddardmulligan]

ha ha. Salieri and Mozart. Toots and the Maytals/ the Wailers. Come off it. You are the one taking this personally. Whatever, brother. Page, Beck, and Clapton are friends to this day. It's not ego. All those dudes played from the heart. Did drugs get in the way of some friendships? Sure. They've reconciled since then. And I never said any one of those guys was better than the other. Don't take a different point of view as a personal attack.

[@CalebePriester]

eddardmulligan OK LOL

[@GrindelwaldProductions]

It's true... Dick was the father of loud and in the late 50's/early 60's went to see Leo Fender at the Fender factory, also to the JBL speaker factory to encourage them to make much more powerful sound systems. This he achieved and Dick could fill the dance halls with that thick valve (tube) distortion we love. IT'S ALL IN THE DVD FOLKS!

[@maltavmalta]

That said, Surf Rider and few of his other songs cannot be beaten fot the quintessential Strat sound, in my opinion...

[@PANICBLADE]

@MrDunkJunk fender LOVED when people experimented with his instrument. He invented other guitars and styles while at G&L to accomidate other players interests. he didnt die in the 60s man he lived to see his creation grow and become the most popular guitar to date.

[@firefox335]

I've always loved the distinctive tone from a Les Paul, but for me, they're extremely uncomfortable and just plain awkward to play. The Stratocaster just fits like a glove.

[@bluesfashion]

Stratocaster !!!hell yeahhh

[@Nirolevy1]

Sadly, to this day metalists hate the Stratocaster, Forgetting it is the prototype of the double cut guitar form. Mine, which you can see in my profile photo, is the 1988 Spyder model with SD humbackers and a Kahler locking bridge and I love it more than any other guitar

[@catalinahernandezdominguez209]

Fender fue su guitarra preferida, para Hank Marvin fue muy marcada su inclinación a la Fender

[@venderstrat]

I love my US Strat.

[@GrindelwaldProductions]

Hi there, here's a bit of information if you need it! The guitars in your local shop are likely to be "Tribute" G&L" models. The genuine USA handmade models are still made in Fullerton California and are naturally rather expensive. However in 2003 G&L introduced the Tribute series to the US market as a more affordable alternative to USA built products. G&L has this facility in Indonesia, apparently using USA pickups regards - David & Debra Rixon, producers of the Stratocaster Legend DVD

[@NJPurling]

Leo Fender is undoubtedly laughing his ass off "HOW MUCH? ". He walks away shaking his head............

[@TheRembrandt1953]

Hank is great.

[@RastaSaiyaman]

Leo Fender and Dick Dale had a Father-Son relationship. There was some real affection going. Because if Fender told Dale "Beat it to death" he knew that Dale would indeed beat it to death, he was his acid test. If the gear Fender came up with could survive Dick Dale, it was the confirmation that it was ready for mass production. In a way it was similar to Jim Marshall and Pete Townshend. Because when Pete Townshend came into Marshall's office with the request for an amplifier which would "Shut the audience up!" he was amazingly inspired "So you want LOUD, no problem, I'm completely on your side here!"

[@GrindelwaldProductions]

No problem... it was awesome for us both making it in California and meeting all the contributors... regards~ Dave and Debra

[@maltavmalta]

@kineticfuzz, First, let me say that I agree with you about Dick Dale's acheivements. He was without a doubt a pioneer of the electric guitar sound - and I love a lot of his stuff. On his personality, I of course do not know him (and I imagine yoy don't either), but from the many interviews I have seen featuring him, he very often comes across as someone who is quick to sing his own praises. Being proud is one thing, being boastfull is another. There is a clear distinction.

[@silvermediastudio]

Dick Dale is really the father of the Strat, and associated amps. It was all to the specs he needed for the music he wanted to play.

[@rvodessyat7366]

Dick Dale is a legend in his own time!

[@StevieZero]

More like a legend in his own mind

[@GrindelwaldProductions]

Hi Stefan.. it's called THE ELIMINATOR and is from Dick's "Spacial Disorientation" album. Thanks for watching! David & Debra, producers of the Stratocaster Legend... almost at quarter of a million hits!

[@Pannemat]

@FloroSapien Apparently it's a 1982 Robin Octave Doubleneck. And yes,the Robin website states they look like "smaller explorer type" headstocks. (Reminded me of Hamer too.). It went for US $45.000-something.

[@crisp2882]

the best rock and roll guitar of all time the fender strat

[@GrindelwaldProductions]

Ryan... Dicks great tune is called "The Eliminator" from his Spacial Disorientation Album. Thanks for asking!

[@NickRatnieks]

Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch assumed that James Burton would play the most expensive Fender- the Stratocaster. However, James played its big sister- the Telecaster. Had they known this at the time a Telecaster might have been bought instead of the Strat and as Hank has said- his whole approach to playing would have been very different- and they would have evolved another sound- which would still have been great. At one point James Burton did have a Strat neck on his Telecaster and eventually had a three pick up model devised by Fender but he has always been a Telecaster man with very minor forays into other instruments.

[@billmiller119]

HANK PROBABLY FAVORED THE STRAT FOR THE NOTE BENDING VIBRATO LEVER !....////

[@Lonnie_Johnson]

''...And were pretty sure he uses a Fender.'' Did Hank say telecaster anywhere?

[@ivanhectordemarez1561]

Although the Telecaster is a must have Guitar for any guitar player.

[@lanadale1479]

The Great Dick Dale creator of Fender Equipment late 50s+60s with then like second father Leo Fender

[@gregorytoddsmith9744]

He was incredible. An absolute beast on whatever he played. I wish I could have been to a show. I watched one recently that you sat on stage with the band. He obviously was hurting and said so, yet he and the band delivered magic. 🎸🧙‍♂️🔥 His contribution in the birth of the Strat and his playing abilities will always be remembered. Blessings Mrs. Dale.

[@hungerstriker27]

Well, I belong to the so called generation x so I begin playing a jagmaster, for cobain of course, then a tele, les pauls (Which I love, specially the gold top 56 with p90´s, it´s amazing, I love it to death) but at the end, my fav is the gold top.... and the strat. The all mighty strat. God bless leo for giving us the strat

[@sharpenflat6002]

Never heard of a Jagmaster. What's that? Thanks.

[@cornbread71]

Hey that is Fred stuart, Grey Moustache, Perfect pitch, master of tuning for the Strat

[@kevinmorse8814]

Rory Gallagher, Sunburst finish 1961 fender Stratocaster 👍

[@Chris-oldsonglover]

Stratocaster Legend ...kerennn

[@meerkatandpug]

I'd love to watch them build a guitar from scratch in that factory, I bet it smells lovely in there. How come the wood never warps?

[@1silvervespa]

The wood is kiln dried . It can still warp if moisture levels are not kept controlled . Once the wood is sealed or painted it's going to take severe exposure to moisture to warp it . It happens . Sadly.

[@offplanetfilms]

Nice to see some G&L stuff in there!

[@danielmesery2904]

Still play them....Fender. Telecasters ²

[@44eelz]

@maltavmalta ur right, but his personlaity reflects his playing, and he is a genius he practically invented a new genre of music, both are great!

[@GrindelwaldProductions]

Dicks great tune is called "The Eliminator" from his Spacial Disorientation Album. He is still using the same gear on the road that he always did...amps guitar speakers are still the same ones!

[@kineticfuzz]

@maltavmalta but I do know him he is a close friend of mine and can tell you for a fact that he is a very proud person of himself and his son jimmy but is very appreciative of what he has in the music industry and humbled from his experiences with cancer. like I said what he says is strictly a source of pride and is not spoken with boastfulness in his mind so there is no need to make it look like he has ego problems when you personally don't know what he is like

[@PlatoFire11]

@Rustin' Chords soooooo true