![]() ![]() ![]() GUITAR BIO: In June 1962, Harrison and Lennon ordered a pair of matching Gibson J‑160E acoustic-electric guitars from Rushworth’s Music House, one of the few shops in Liverpool where musicians could buy American-made instruments. A faded dealer’s sticker on the back of the headstock indicates that it came from Grimwoods, a music retailer with outlets in Maidstone and Whitstable, southeast of London.ĪPPEARS ON: "Nowhere Man" and "All You Need Is Love" 2. The neck, which is unusually fat for a guitar of this vintage, is made of highly figured bird’s-eye maple. On June 25, 1967, Harrison played his “Rocky” Strat during a televised performance of the Beatles’ “All You Need Is Love” on a program titled Our World, the first live television event to be broadcast globally via satellite and seen by millions.įEATURES AND MODIFICATIONS: Looking at the back of this guitar, one can see that Harrison’s custom paint job does not cover most of the original Sonic Blue finish on the back. George’s psychedelic artwork inspired many guitarists, including Eric Clapton, to paint their own instruments. He painted the guitar in rainbow Day-Glo colors and dubbed it Rocky. ![]() Harrison’s Strat underwent a trippy cosmetic makeover during the Sgt. But in Liverpool in those days, the only thing I could find resembling a Strat was a Futurama that had strings about a half an inch off the fingerboard.” I’d seen Buddy Holly’s Strat…on The "Chirping" Crickets album cover, and tried to find one. “If I’d had my way,” Harrison continued, “the Strat would have been my first guitar. I played it a lot on that album, most notably on the solo on ‘Nowhere Man,’ which John and I both played in unison.” “We used them on the album we were making at the time, which was Rubber Soul. “We sent out our roadie, Mal Evans, and said, ‘Go and get us two Strats.’ And he came back with two of them, pale blue ones,” Harrison recalled. GUITAR BIO: In 1965, John Lennon and George Harrison bought matching Sonic Blue Stratocasters that cost £180.60. ![]()
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