Members Rick 381 Posted October 10, 2011 Members Share Posted October 10, 2011 George gave that J200 to Dylan and Dylan is pictured holding it on the cover of "Nashville Skyline." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kevman Posted October 10, 2011 Members Share Posted October 10, 2011 Whatever he used it sounds friggin' awesome. George, my favorite Beatle by a good shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WRGKMC Posted October 10, 2011 Members Share Posted October 10, 2011 They have a two part Harrison Biography playing on HBO in the past week. If you get a chance check it out, You'll pick up allot of inside information on himyou've probibly never seen. He did have a few quirkey things going on there. Many people who knew him seemed to have the same kinds of opinions where they didnt come right out and say it but you kind ofget the message about how he was really reclusive. Dylan did the Traveling willburys thing and afterwards wouldnt return his calls for example. Some of the comments from Ringo and Paul were being nice the comments in the biography but you could see they were holding back but on other things. Even when talking about the early days he and ringo were considered to be hired help. Not much different than many bands I suppose. They're not the only musicians to get a little freaky after being in a band that long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members honeyiscool Posted October 10, 2011 Members Share Posted October 10, 2011 The most important element of his guitar tone is George Harrison. He pretty much got the same tone from a lot of different guitars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members onelife Posted October 10, 2011 Members Share Posted October 10, 2011 George really liked the silverface Fender Champ (who doesn't?) and you will notice there is one behind his head in this video. There is also a "stack" of four Champs onstage at the Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dantyack Posted July 13, 2012 Members Share Posted July 13, 2012 According to Paul Franklin, the preeminent pedal steel player in Nashville (who was very close to Pete Drake), George Harrison wrote the slide parts on My Sweet Lord, and did tracks (as did Clapton). But Harrison wasn't happy with the parts, and asked Pete Drake to do the version which made it to the final version. He played an electric dobro (acoustic resonator with a magnetic pickup), not a pedal steel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kap'n Posted July 13, 2012 Members Share Posted July 13, 2012 George was actually sued over this song for plagiarism.This was for unintentionally copying the song He's so Fine by the Chiffon's. He had to pay the copyright holders apx. $1.5 million. Allen Klein*, George's manager at the time, bought the rights to He's So Fine behind George's back. http://www.undercover.fm/news/8619-what-george-harrison-thought-of-allen-klein *A scumbag on par with Stan Polley - manager of Badfinger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alecto Posted July 13, 2012 Members Share Posted July 13, 2012 Allen Klein*, George's manager at the time, bought the rights to He's So Fine behind George's back.http://www.undercover.fm/news/8619-what-george-harrison-thought-of-allen-klein*A scumbag on par with Stan Polley - manager of Badfinger. Yeah, I've heard that story before. It's worth noting again that, after the news that Allen Klein owned the rights to 'He's So Fine,' the judge ruled in favour of Harrison who now owns the copyrights to both 'He's So Fine' and 'My Sweet Lord.' So Harrison ultimately won the lawsuit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Flogger59 Posted July 13, 2012 Members Share Posted July 13, 2012 Yeah, I've heard that story before. It's worth noting again that, after the news that Allen Klein owned the rights to 'He's So Fine,' the judge ruled in favour of Harrison who now owns the copyrights to both 'He's So Fine' and 'My Sweet Lord.' So Harrison ultimately won the lawsuit. And inspired this:[video=youtube;13BK0OT4Py0] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billybilly Posted July 14, 2012 Members Share Posted July 14, 2012 I just finished listening to the song and while I have no idea what he played on it, is undoubtedly a beautiful piece. The older I get, the more George is becoming my favourite Beatle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members taxerman Posted July 14, 2012 Members Share Posted July 14, 2012 Acoustic - a Gibson Slide - Rocky Stratocaster After the Beatles breakup George still made use of his Rocky Stratocaster. He used it when playing live with Delaney & Bonnie. This photo is from December 1969. Just five months later he went in to the studio to record "All Things Must Pass" and "My Sweet Lord." George has said in a number of interviews that he had Rocky set up for slide. Rocky is on "All Things Must Pass" and it is most likely this Strat that is the slide on "My Sweet Lord." The acoustic on "My Sweet Lord" was the Gibson in this photo. That photo is from the recording sessions. I don't know what Gibson acoustic model it is, but I bet someone here will tell us the precise model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members csm Posted July 14, 2012 Members Share Posted July 14, 2012 ^^^ J200 it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members taxerman Posted July 14, 2012 Members Share Posted July 14, 2012 ^^^J200 it is. Ah, that's the acoustic on "Here Comes The Sun." Of all The Beatles, George was the one who more or less dropped his Beatle guitars for his solo work. "All Things Must Pass" was probably his one album that featured his Beatle-days guitars. George went through a lot of guitars. Hard to pinpoint a signature guitar of his. On the other hand, John and Paul in solo years really made great use of their main Beatle instruments. John's and Paul's solo work both feature tons of their Casinos, and Paul's Rickenbacker 4001 bass was always with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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