a Besson Star semi-acoustic bass guitar (made by Framus); Bruce Welch played a semi-acoustic Grimshaw Short Scale Deluxe guitar.  Amplifiers are unknown, though may have been Selmer; in interviews, Hank often refers to using an amplifier which was about the size of a cornflake packet (and sounded like one!). In July 1959, the Drifters changed their name to the Shadows.  They began using Vox amplifiers : the Vox AC15 model, delivering 15 watts output through a 12" Audiom speaker.  (The current Vox AC15 is not a replica of this early model).  Cliff Richard felt that Hank should have a better guitar.  The group knew that Ricky Nelson's guitarist used a Fender guitar, and had seen Fenders on the sleeves of Buddy Holly LPs, so catalogues were obtained from the U.S. A young Cliff with "that " Strat A Fender Stratocaster was ordered by Cliff direct from the Fender factory.  Hank's had a tremelo arm, a birdseye maple neck and a Fiesta Red finish (often referred to as Flamingo Pink - coincidentally, one of the 1958/9 Fender catalogues featured a red Stratocaster on the cover) with a white single-ply scratchplate.  It was a 1959 model; late that year the Fender factory switched to producing maple necks with rosewood fingerboard instead of all-maple.  Cliff bought it for Hank, but the guitar was actually ordered by Dave Lilley, as instructed by Cliff in a letter.  The effect of the Fender Stratocaster, Serial Number 34346, was immediate on those who saw it. A painting