What kind of acoustic is Johnny Marr playing here?

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What kind of acoustic is Johnny Marr playing here?

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It has a weird f-style mandolin look, and says Elvis Costello on the fretboard. Anyone know what it is?
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One with long skinny strings?

Since it's just lipsynch, there no way of knowing whether thats the guitar that we hear on the sound track.
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A Ferrington, maybe?
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Could be a Ferrington. Dig the Tal Farlows scroll and Burns-ish peghead scroll. Crazy little custom job.
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brammy wrote:One with long skinny strings?

Since it's just lipsynch, there no way of knowing whether thats the guitar that we hear on the sound track.
I'm not thinking that its a guitar he used on the recording, I'm just curious what make/model it is. Originally I think the acoustic parts were recorded on the J-160E and there are a lot of overdubs, but some are done on his 1962 Epiphone Coronet in nashville tuning.

kennyhowes wrote:A Ferrington, maybe?
It does have the Ferrington-style sound hole. Looks like it has a chrome bridge of some kind, like maybe a hardtail strat bridge? Really strange!! I'm looking for info so I can add it to the gear overview here.
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Found it! It was a custom Danny Ferrington guitar. Thanks to Kenny for sending me in the Ferrington direction! :)
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