Harrison later gave the guitar to Bob Dylan in 1969. Martin & Company (alternating between the J-160E and the D-28 for The Beatles) while Harrison upgraded to a Gibson J-200 Jumbo (which Lennon used on ' Two of Us' and other acoustic tracks on Let It Be). Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Lennon moved on to a Martin D-28 from C. This twelve-string guitar accounted for audibly richer rhythm guitar parts on songs like these, in comparison to the six-string Gibsons. Lennon also used a Framus Hootenanny twelve-string acoustic, which can be seen in the movie Help! and heard on the title song and ' You've Got to Hide Your Love Away'. The resonant character of the full acoustic body, combined with the electric pickup, meant that this guitar was susceptible to feedback, employed to great effect on the intro to ' I Feel Fine'. Not listed are instruments played by the Beatles’ session players such as cello, violin, saxophone, trumpet, French horn or the 41-piece orchestra heard on ' A Day in the Life'.īoth John Lennon and George Harrison used the Gibson J-160E, an acoustic guitar with an electric pickup at the base of the fretboard. This article attempts to list the instruments used to achieve those results. Their scope of experimentation grew, as did the palette of sounds. As their touring days wound down, they became a full-time studio band. The Beatles started out like most other rock and roll bands, employing a standard guitars/ bass/ drums instrumentation.
