1965: Gretsch 6120 (Nashville) hollow-body, orange, double cutaway model, vintage unknown. Little is known about this guitar except that it was used on the "Paperback Writer" session. Whereabouts unknown.
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1965: Gretsch 6120 (Nashville) hollow-body, orange, double cutaway model, vintage unknown. Little is known about this guitar except that it was used on the "Paperback Writer" session. Whereabouts unknown.
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 1965:
"Russian"
acoustic: A 1987 Harrison article in Guitar Player
notes that in late '65 "all four Beatles received Russian-made nylon string
guitars. They're seen in the studio during the recording of 'Day
Tripper' and 'Rubber Soul,' " yet it's doubtful these inelegant instruments
ever saw action. Reportedly a gift from the Russian Embassy in London,
they were of the kind commonly made in Eastern Europe and similar to one
featured in a 1961 Bell's catalog (below). Whereabouts
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1965: 1961 Fender Stratocaster, Sonic Blue, rosewood fingerboard: One day in the studio, during the Help! sessions, Lennon and Harrison sent roadie Mal Evans out to "get a couple Strats," and Ever-Smiling came back from Grimwoods in Kent with two '61 models in a rare color (reportedly, Brian Epstein had agreed to pay for them if they were the same color). They later put them to work on "Nowhere Man," and used them regularly, including a Sgt. Pepper session (below). Whereabouts unknown, although a similar model with a maple fretboard is seen during the Imagine sessions. |
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