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Mark counts down the top five coolest Beatles guitars. Forget the Hofners and Rickenbackers, these five guitars are what really made Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison fab.
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John’s first Rickenbacker 325 was an unbelievably rare instrument. Rickenbacker didn’t make very many 325s in 1958, and John’s was one of only two factory-modified from two control knobs to four. It also appeared in Rickenbacker’s advertising, and there is a famous picture of company president John Hall holding it long before it made its way to Hamburg where Lennon bought it. Add the Beatles pedigree and the fact that John kept and played it for the rest of his life, and it could be the most valuable electric guitar in the world.
spot on......
George's Gretsch Jet and John's black Rickenbacker are probably their most iconic.
I agree. And both have nice stories. I mean, the black painting of the rick, and how George bought the Jet.
Yeah the black Rickenbacker, played at Ed Sullivan among others.
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Agree 100 % !
What about Rocky or the Casino
We can be sad,about George"s passing, we can also celebrate his accomplishments
The legacy of George Harrison
will live. forever. ❤
I think the "Humperdicker" quote was an example of John's wordplay - ever heard of Engelbert Humperdick? Oh dear!
Humperdinck. With an 'n'.
Neil Grendon yeah, totally agree; the narrator is a dickhead
And looking at the headstock the Les Paul was an Epiphone Les Paul not a Gibson.
@@stockscalper Look again, it's a Gibson.
uniqueguitar.blogspot.com/2012/09/john-lennons-les-paul-junior-modified.html?m=1
@@stockscalper Epiphone didn't start making Les Paul copies until 1988.
I love George's SG, i think it was his best tone. The guitar on Revolver sounds badass.
Yes it does!!!
yap.. nice one..
A good bit of that tone on Revolver and some of Sgt Peppers is the Vox Series UL730 amp with solid state preamp with tube power section. Thats the "She Said She Said" and "Taxman" and others, tone. I read that Paul played lead on Taxman, and some leads on Sgt Peppers. I wonder which guitar he used on that, if true. Maybe the SG. It makes sense to my ear that "Good Morning Good Morning" lead sounds like it was played by the same person as who played lead on Taxman. Supposedly, Paul.
@@hermannmaier0 Paul didnt play the SG...as he was a lefty. He played the Taxman solos and did almost all of the guitar leads on Sgt Pepper with his Epi Casino.
@@riffrobin474 Right...Pauls a.lefty! I didnt think about that. Good info about the Casino.Those Paul leads are my favorite Beatles leads. Those Vox amps w/ solid state pre amp lent a lot to the unique Beatles tone of that era.
No info on Lucy getting stolen & taken to Mexico before George bought it back? That is a great tale. ;)
I was thinking the same thing. That cost Olivia a lotta money to get back (through a Mexican third party)
John's on the roof? Was that a semi-hollow? Gnarly sound.
@@johnchioles4199 It was his Epiphone Casino. A full hollow body and can really sing or growl with the best. Listen to the song 'Revolution' as a great example.
The guy who unknowingly bought Lucy was, surprisingly, threatened by George. The guy had a buddy in California who called him on behalf of George. Apparently, the guy was a little reluctant to give up this guitar. George then mentioned the possibility of sending some thugs down to Mexico to retrieve his prized Les Paul. Nobody's perfect. Anyway, they agreed on a price and George got Lucy back. This idiot had stolen from George's house and sold it for a couple hundred bucks at a pawnshop. The Epiphone Casino's were my favorites. If you notice, Paul's Rickenbacker bass has an upside-down neck.
John’s my favorite Beatle and three of his guitars I’ve always been in love with:
- The blond Rickenbacker 325 Capri with natural finish from his Hamburg days.
- The ‘63 Rickenbacker 325 jetglo black, shipped to the Beatles’ hotel in Miami in ‘64. A workhorse of the Beatlemania days.
- The Gibson J-160E, acoustic/electric with sunburst finish, used often during the sessions. George had one too. Sadly, it was stolen. John soon got another one which was almost identical but in 1967, he
had The Fool give it a psychedelic paintjob. Later he had it stripped to natural and it was last seen during the bed-ins in 1969.
My favorite guitar is George's rooftop fender!!
Yes, and he also played it "under the roof" throughout a lot of "Let it Be."
And payed to utter though subtle perfection - though I say it myself.
Love me some George whatever guitar he was playing. Taste personified.
It's a Fender Rosewood Telecaster and it's an amazing guitar that so many people want that's why fender had to make many versions because sell extremely quickly
Humperdincker was probably Lennon's word play on Engelbert Humperdinck and not his lack of knowledge of guitar parts.
Yep
Indeed
What about George’s rosewood telecaster??
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Ciaran Drohan I saw it, but it’s kinda weird it didn’t make it to the list instead, for instance, John’s LP junior
Yes I thought that one & his Gretsch, any Gretsch!
too heavy
Nanook The Eskimo George gave the rosewood tele to Delaney Bramlett, but its now back in the Harrison estate .Fender made two rosewood tele’s for George & gave him the best one. At the same time they made two rosewood strat’s for jimi Hendrix but they never made it to Jimi.
George's rosewood telecaster, made especially to be gifted to him, and John's Epiphone Casino which became his primary guitar from 65 through the rest of his life.
GH said he bloody hated it.
Seems FMIC never heard of chambered bodies (same reason Bill Wyman hated his Ampeg Plexi bass).
John's original 1958 Rickenbacker 325 is by far the coolest guitar of all time. Can't believe that was not on the list!
2:49 - Way to misinterpret Lennon's humour.
This entire video is disappointing.
Dan Harris I said that exact same thing when I heard it. That's okay because the rest of the video was very interesting.
I suspect Lennon wasn't a technical guitar player and didn't know the correct term. McCartney give an interview once and was asked what kind of strings he used.
He replied "the long shiny silver ones".
Matt Rogers It's just Lennon's humor. He played with words and made jokes constantly. You are right in that he wasn't very technical as far as the recording process goes, at least in the beginning. But his humor seemmed to be always present. Well, much of the time. These examples are typical Lennon humor.
Also it's pronounced "loot-ier", not "looth-ier".
(Incidentally, I'd choose a Casino or Tele over an SG any day.)
Lennon's original Rickenbacker 325 with natural finish and gold pick guard that he used in the early Cavern/Hamburg days.... before going to the black & white 325. I think, the coolest of all their guitars.
Yes, and it made it all the way to the Ed Sullivan Show - with an amateurish black paint job - before Rickenbacker replaced it with a new model the following week.
No it didn't he had a
Natural Rickenbacker 325/6 Capri
Jetglo Rickenbacker 325/6 Capri
Jethro Rickenbacker 325/6
Actually, he's right. I did a little research. The 1958 Maple Glo 325 Capri was indeed painted black. It was replaced a week after Ed Sullivan with a new 325. The 1958 325 was restored in 1970. It has since been refinished to it's original color, had the gold scratch plate replaced with an ugly white one, and is currently on display in a museum in Japan.
Or.....early Beatles Hofner Club 125 (?)
Sorry but the Epiphone Casinos are definitely the coolest..
Agreed
@@justinvaldes4017 Yes John is playing his on the revolution video and on the rooftop in Let It Be
EPIPHONES ARE TOTAL JUNK.
@@tonevicar-fr5gh Yeah, today they are. Before Gibson bought it out only to make it a budget-tier brand, Epiphone was a decent make.
@@tonevicar-fr5gh that must be why Paul, George and John all owned the Casino and several acoustics and used them throughout their respective careers. Paul still using his "Epi" to this day.
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George's 12 String Rickenbacker could have been added. Ask Roger McGuinn
slappy1956 did u actually watch this
I checked it out along with his Rocky Strat at the Grammy museum a few years back as well as his black Gretsch Jet from the Cavern days. Its interesting how instruments go on tour.
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Absolutely
Very influential. That unique sound found its way into lots of bands through the years. George started the trend.
That SG Cherry Red color looks really good on the Les Paul, especially with the creme pick guard!
It always fascinates me that the Beatles, who could afford any custom made guitar in the world, stuck with basically off-the-rack commercial guitars.
It's not the guitar, it's the hands and soul that that play it. Also, the Höfner bass is extremely light and symmetrical, perfect for live performances; the Casino and SG are also very light. I also don't think there were a lot of small boutique electric guitar makers out there at the time.
The Australian Maton MS500 George used for a short time that later sold for $400k is one of my fav guitars from the Beatles
YEAH! That's a big jump for an instrument he was only very briefly associated with. Bit like a Banksy that self destructed - but different.
George's Country Gentleman started a guitar craze which is just tapering off now when he used it in the Beatles' mass audience debut on the Ed Sullivan show
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Weird thing. I used to live on Grove street where that bus in the vid goes along & I also nearly got ran over by The Beatles magical mystery tour bus that takes the tourists around Liverpool some time back. Strange coinkydink! ;) Keep it up lads. Love the channel. Humperdinker! WTF? Ha!
@Dictum1 Exactly Lennon himself made many modifications to the guitars he used. It was definitely some of John's wordplay.
Very good video! Glad you mentioned the red SG of Harrisons, I love the sound he got with that one....of course, with him playin!
I knew all 5 guitars, BUT: I had never seen the stratocaster pictures. What a weird feeling to see Lennon with a Strat. :D
Definitely. Now imagine him with a tele!
@@bipbipletucha Watch the Slippin and Slidin video for a surprise!
The Red Les Paul Lucy story is one of the best guitar stories, period. Right up there with the Gibson SG called The Fool. Fittingly, both stories include George Harrison and Eric Clapton
Dont forget John Lennon’s custom Vox guitar
You missed the iconic Gretsch Chet Atkins Country Gentleman that George used both live and in the studio. This guitar along with Lennon's Rickenbacker. These are the two guitars, paired with Vox amps that help shape, and deliver the early "Beatles Sound" What I refer to as the Beatles "Ring" sound.
Good video. Nice selection. It's great to note that the Beatles sound was not just ricks and hofner. Fender and Gibsons were probably played just as much, if not more,on Beatle sessions from early 65 until their last session in 69. And that includes basses (jazz bass and bass VI).
"Did I miss anything?"
Yes Mark, the title of the Beatles song was not "All We Need Is Love" but "All You Need Is Love".... A small point, but at least as important as which guitars they used.
Yes - I believe All WE Need is Cash was the Mothers of Invention pastiche.
"Lucy" was stolen at one point and it was a long time for George in getting it back.
Someone here doesn't get Lennon's humor.
One of my favorite Guitars Geo birge Harrison played was the Rickenbacker 360 Fireglo which he used on The Beatles' 1966 tours.
Thanks for the upload, interesting.
I think George's early Gretsch guitars are worth a mention as they figured highly in the original Beatles sound which was an attempt (at least by George) to mirror Carl Perkins and Chet Atkins, the early country / blues pre-cursors of American rock and roll. George loved and emulated these players and brought a 'higher level' of guitar picking and slide to the other Beatles, notably John. I believe George was instrumental in bringing the guitar (brand) to the UK which led to other players like Pink Floyd's David Gilmour adopting them, and of course Eric Clapton who played a Gretsch in the Yardbirds and has stated that he idolised George and The Beatles. Interestingly Eric would follow George to the Gibson SG (Cream) and Fender Stratocaster (solo career).
George moved from the large, hollow bodied, twangy Country Gentleman to the more compact, (chambered) solid body Gretsch G6128 Duo Jet (he purchased a '57 in the early 1960s) - and this would be the guitar I would feature in a top 5, not least for the Filtertron pickups which pre date Gibson for use of hum-buckers. He brought it back out again for his solo career and it featured on the cover of Cloud Nine goo.gl/YvUGX5. A signature model was later introduced by Gretsch and their is a nice piece about it on the official George Harrison website here: goo.gl/SD8cbs. If I could afford the £3500 price tag I would buy one of these - for now I will stick to my Pro Jet Gold Top, a stunning guitar in its own right with TV Jones blacktop Filtertrons (50's re-issue) and more exclusive than an LP. Pic: goo.gl/oNWNNa
Peace.
I seriously believe the Epiphone Casino (which you chose to omit), was a very significant guitar to say the very least in their developing music and sound! As soon as they start recording with them, they start to really progress musically and get more and more inventive. Or was it just coincidental? My strong feeling is that the Casino was an intrinsic part of their sound in the latter half of the 60's, although other guitars feature. There is something about that hollow bodied P90 sound and that certain raucousness and inventiveness of their later sound. Hey what do I know ;o)
Lots, Mr. Mike. Those, as well as the Gibson ES-330's are phenomenal guitars, in every way. One of the most alive and versatile electric guitars ever created, in my opinion. And those P-90's were the potato of pickups ... sounded different on each guitar they were installed into. I was always amazed that as loud as they had to play toward the end of their touring, that they did not get feedback from the Casinos and Paul's Hofner. Maybe they were the first to figure out that a little bit of foam rubber stuffed into an "f" hole could help tone them down ... Looking at my 1960 Gibson catalog with a photo of a Gibson ES-330T staring up at me, even as I type this ...
It was basically THE Beatle guitar from 1966 on. It was on or in part of most everything they did.
Other than John's 1958 Rickenbacker 325 from Hamburg to Ed Sullivan, and Paul's Hofner basses.....George had the coolest guitars. The 1964-65 era Rickenbacker 360-12's, a Rosewood Telecaster which had a sublime tone in 1969, the Epiphone Casino which has to be included as they were played by J, P and G...... Then there was the Gibson J-160e, which John also had, and the hand painted Fender Strat 'Rocky' ....Let's not forget the Gretsch Duo Jet - a great early 60's rock'n'roll guitar and for me, more iconic than his other Gretsch's, his Gibson 'Lucy' Les Paul - a present from Eric Clapton, the beautiful Gibson J-200 and the red Gibson SG.
Great video. Keep up the great work!
George Harrison's Strat called "Rocky" is the first that comes to mind
I grew up in N.Y. In the 50’s to 70’s. An old friend lived down the street three blocks away from John Lennon. I used to hang out on the side of the building in the alleyway. We practiced jamming all the time. I had a old Rickenbacker solid body electric guitar. One day John Lennon and Paul McCartney came walking by. They stopped to check us out as we where just messing around playing nothing serious.
that's incredible! how did you react?
I wish we could go back to the 60's... to hell with all these memories and memorabilia
George's red Gibson SG is my favorite Beatle guitar. Beautiful and had great tone. Most notably used on Paperback Writer, Rain, Hey Bulldog, and Lady Madonna.
The fender bass vi
Yeah...that was an iconic bass. Didn't that bass have 6 strings?
sunking2001 Yes
Yes this should have been on the list for sure, very cool bass and used on some iconic songs
T Schmidt I think that he's tuned like a guitar but one octave down. Am I correct?
Its a 6 string "electric bass guitar", yes it's simply a guitar but a whole octave down. I had one for a while but traded it. Wishing I had kept it recently. Lots of metal bands are starting to use them through reissues.
George's black Gretsch Duo Jet might be the coolest guitar ever.
1. Rocky
2. Rick 365
3. Hofner bass
4. Lucy
5. Duojet/Rick 360/Country gentleman/epiphone casinos
Thanks for the video. I love the passion you bring to this subject. Myself, I'm bored silly by Stats, Telecasters, and les Pauls. They are just so freaking commonplace. My #1 all time favorite guitar is John's black Rick. It's just a stunner. Also love George's Gretches, and the big hollow body Gibsons + that SG. I'm not talking how they sound - they all sound amazing. I'm talking aesthetically ie how freaking cool they are.
The SG part really surprised me. I had no idea Harrison used one.
I’m both a guitar nerd and a huge Beatles fan. And I say hell yes to all of your cool Beatles guitars. You’re spot on!
I always loved John's orange double cutaway Gretsch G6120DC, although he gave it away to his cousin. I liked it so much that I bought one about 10 years ago. Its my favorite Gretsch guitar (I'm in a Beatles Tribute band and have several to compare it to).
A few years ago the Uncut music mag had a feature on Lennon's solo career and interviews with the musicians who did the Madison Square Garden gig with him.
They said that Lennon was adamant that he should at least have one of the other Beatles with him on stage since he was so used to playing live shows with them, he was so nervous that he even ended throwing up before taking the stage.
So he started to reach out to PAUL since he also was touring at the time with Wings and told him "Mate, can you help me out?" But as it turned out, Wings' schedule didn't permit them to fly over to New York and do the show with John.
A shame, imagine that: John Lennon and Paul McCartney playing Madison Square garden, it would have been so epic.
I always loved Paul's bass playing. Have a listen to "Hello Goodbye" for a classic example of his inimitable rolling style. Genius.
The "cartoon" on the Rocky headstock is George's image of Eric, who at that time in 67 was sporting a shock of ginger hair and wore some colourful clothes. True fact that.
I would add the Gibson J-160 acoustic/electric
malcocreative I agree...I think he can be seen using it on "I'm a Loser and This Boy.
@@jerry12601 Well, yes! A solid pick there. Was it the J-160 or that Framus 12-string acoustic that John used on Across the Universe?
Does anyone know? There are plenty of photos showing John finger-picking an acoustic during the Rishikesh period - and I think AtU dates from then. Always loved the sound of that intro though I suppose it could be the 'chorusing' effect caused by multi-tracking a couple of acoustic gtrs.
@@ianbartle456 That song's played on a Martin Dreadnought. John bought it in 1967. It's in the Hello Goodbye video.
The most iconic guitar was the 1968 Rosewood Fender Telecaster used during the Get Back/Let it Be Sessions! The second most Iconic Guitar that George used was a Roy Buchanan Blues Master guitar built by Roger Fritz! It was a special Telecaster style guitar!
George's red SG and the Fender Bass VI are my favorite Beatles instruments. Both in terms of look and tone. George's tone on Paperback Writer and Rain is my favorite Beatle guitar tone and John's tone with the Bass VI on Helter Skelter is killer as well.
Most of Pepper was recorded in 1967 and released the same year.
Abbey Road was the last album they recorded, but it got released before Let It Be...
Yeah, a lot of people don't realise it.
Hey Bulldog was early 68 also...Like I say....no big deal...just lazy..🙁😪
Eric Urbanek agree. Lazy research and the narrator clearly isn't a proper fan
No it is not, It is perfectly correct. Let it Be was recorded almost 12 months BEFORE Abbey Road but released after. Hence the last track on Abbey Road side two was called "THE END" as it was the last thing they ever ecorded all together.
0:29 its called a 500/1 bass.... 1:16 sgt pepper is from 1967
My favorite is the big Gretsch he played on the Ed Sullivan show. I have always been a fan of that guitar for just that reason!!!
One of the best Documentary’s about the Beatles is Called. “The Winged Beatle” Wow ! ! It’s one of the best films to date. .
Thx for the recommend. I'll assume from that title it's a Paul focus then?
Beatles Sgt .Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band came out in 1967.
I'm a Bassist Paul McCartney 's Hofner 1963 500/1&4001Cs Rickenbacker Basses are Awesome. I just wished that he played a Fender 57 or 58 Precision Bass, guitar with Maple Fretboard. On Beatles songs & his solo songs.
Great vid - thanks
Uhhhhh... Harrison's single-cutaway Gretsch Tennessean
was NOT george's favorite guitar, that's why he replaced it.
He replaced everything all the time...@@cozmovox
Definitely...that was the best!!
Hello! Really enjoyed this... Do you have any reference to the Fender Paul used in much on White Album according the Beatles Recording Sessions by Mark Lewisohn
Georges Duo Jet Gretsch had a sound like no other guitar . Single coil pickups made it really twang . Beck has one too .Rock A Billy sound to the max .
George’s sg there were two, notice the double bat wing scratch plate in some shots , the one he used in recording was a single bat wing sg.
Eric gives George a guitar, George gives him consent to win Pattie's hand. What a sweet friendship!
George would be such a great gracious guy to hang out with, noodling around with a couple guitars sitting in a garden on a warm sunny day.
Loved this video
I’m sure Harrison used the other blue strat on Lennon’s imagine album on the slide parts of “How Do You Sleep “
I saw that in a couple videos of them recording that song, I was wondering of that was one of the 2 originals.
I doubt if it's the same guitar. The How Do You sleep strat has a maple fretboard. The original 61 is a rosewood.
@@jackhampton2062 Well spotted, sir though blindingly obvious in retrospect. Here endeth the lesson.
Hey Bulldog was recorded in 68.
Paul McCartney also use 1966 Fender Jazz Bass during the revolver and paperback writer sessions in 1966.
Great clip, subject and guitars, although I would also add the early guitars like George's Gretsch Country Gent and Duo Jet guitars, John's Rickenbacker's 325's (natural and black, 6 & 12 string), his (and George's) Gibson 'Jumbo' Acoustic's, George's 12 String Rickenbacker 360-12, and Paul, George and John's Epiphone Casino's (original spec, Paul still uses his, plus John's later natural 'Butternut' one), George's Rosewood Fender Telecaster (Roof-Top), and of course Paul's Hofner Bass, which I know was mentioned but you seem to give more attention to his Rickenbacker Bass (a good guitar though). Nonetheless great work, kind regards.
The Hey Bulldog video is actually the Lady Madonna video from 1968, but it shows them recording HB and has since been restored with the right song.
Great information
This should have been a top 6 list to include George Harrison's Rosewood Telecaster.
Paul used two of he violin bases, but one was stolen while they were on tour somewhere. It has so far never turned up. He still uses the other one to this day, it even has the song order notes taped to the back of the neck for the last concert tour the Beatles did.
Paul first used his Rickenbacker bass on RFYL.
Paul first used his painted Rick on MMT (Title Track).
Paul first used his stripped Rick on Octopus’ Garden
I read a story somewhere about Harrison's Les Paul being stolen while he was in LA, and turning up in a pawn shop where it was sold. As the legend goes, Harrison tracked down the buyer and had to give him another guitar in order to get it back.
My favourite guitars are John's stripped down Epiphone Casino, John's Gibson J-160E, Gretch Jet, John's Rickenbacker, George's Rickenbacker 12 string, Paul's Hofner Viola Bass, their Stratocasters and George's Rosewood Telecaster. Almost none of them are includd in the video though.
Giving up after 3 minutes without hearing a single note from those top 10 guitars.
Didn’t like it. You should’ve named it exactly what you said at the end “five of the coolest Beatles guitars that you might not have seen”. Given the direction of your video, i thought your number one would’ve been Stu Sutcliffe’s hofner president bass or Harrison’s futurama. As such, in my opinion anyway, the coolest beatles guitars are the gretsch country gentleman, the hofner violin bass, the rickenbacker 325, the epiphone casino & the gibson j-160 acoustic electric guitar in no particular order tho the first Beatles guitar i bought was a Hofner violin cavern bass guitar which kind of says it all...
The Metroplitan Museum of Art in New York has a fantastic exhibit called "Play it Loud "now that features many guitars of the greats. Including John's Richenbacher that he played on Ticket to Ride and also George Harrison's first electric guitar (from the late late fifties i think.) Ringo's Drum kit from 1964 is also exhibited as are instruments from Eddie Van Halen, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Keith Richards, and many many more.
Harrisons country gentleman gretsch and rosewood tele!
The Country Gent was stolen, wasn't it? I seem to recall that the Fabs lost some guitars after a gig in London.
The Gibson J160E 70th anniversary is the one I've got and the Epiphone casino, brilliant guitars
In the mid '60s along with the Gretsch semi hollows, George (and John) played acoustic jumbo Epiphones fitted with piezoelectric pickups (And I love Her solo). Earlier John used to play a 6 string 3 pickup black Rickenbacker 325V59. A romance with Epiphone brand continued throughout the '60 with use of semihollow models by George and John, culminating in the iconic Casino performance on the rooftop. George's famous rosewood Fender Telecaster and occasional use of Fender Bass VI by John and George deserves mentioning. On acoustic front Paul liked Martin D28 (Blackbird and solo album) while George and John shared a Gibson Jumbo Hummingbird when recording. 'Nough said....
Great Video...
Hofner violin 500/1 Bass is my favorite Bass guitar.
George's red rainbow Strat is in Petty's video, "I wont back down". I think its in a Wilburys video too.
I saw George use a Gibson ES-355 in the Day Tripper video.
Wow! I loved that! They were playing Strats! Who knew?
i must admit i’m curious and i do verge on skepticism: where did this info about these instruments come from? how can we know all this info is accurate??
Probably the book "Beatles Gear" by Andy Babiuk.
i was watching a studio clip of john etc playing "how do you sleep" circa '72 n i think his guitarist was playing a light blue strat - i wonder if it was that same one.
Where did u find that shaky let it be footage with the shot of ringo
The 66 casino style was the coolest guitars they had
The Fender Bass VI used on Helter Skelter.
Would to hear more about The Beatles 1st Epiphone Casino.. Paul McCartney Casino used on Ticket to Ride,Drive My Car,Taxman, And Your Bird can Sing, Helter Skelter ,The Abbey Road medley solo, Maybe I`m Amazed and many many more.
Damn right Rocky at number one!💖
Both of Paul's basses mentioned are still used as of 2020.
Paul also recorded at Apple and owned a sixty Fender Jazz Bass.
I'd love for you to trace the history of the 6 string Fender guitar that both George and John used when Paul was on piano. I've never heard of its current location.
My list
5-Epiphpne Casino
4-Rickenbacker 325
3-Hofner Violin Bass
2-Grestch Duo Jet
1-Fender Rosewood Telecaster
What about George's green Watkins/WEM 'Rapier 33' - surely one of the very least seen Beatles axes!