| Interested in a bit of John and George guitar trivia? | | | | but then proceeded to decorate it with caricatures |
| Well then, read on about how John made guitar | | | | of himself and Ono on the guitar's body during their |
| history with his Gibson J-160E. Early pictures of the | | | | 1969 "Bed-In for Peace." Today, Gibson Guitars along |
| Beatles in their infamous Cavern Club days portray a | | | | with the endorsement of Lennon's widow offers a |
| rather and rough band of Teddy Boys, sporting | | | | replica of the Gibson J-160E, aptly named The Gibson |
| leather motor cycle jackets, tight jeans, and fifties | | | | John Lennon J-160E Peace guitar. The replica looks |
| style pompadour hair styles - not the iconic, clean cut | | | | almost identical to the original guitar - featuring a |
| mop-tops created by their manager, the late Brian | | | | rounded shoulder body design, a Sitka spruce |
| Epstein. When Epstein, then a young music store | | | | plywood top; its back and sides are made of |
| retailer first heard the Beatles in 1962, their sound | | | | mahogany. Gibson proudly boasts that their |
| was as rough and unpolished as their instruments. | | | | instrument produces a full-sounding balanced tone |
| With great vision, and as a condition to manage the | | | | with warm, rich lows tones, and crisp, presence-laden |
| group, the young Epstein made the brilliant decision to | | | | highs. |
| have the group replace their leather jackets and | | | | John recorded and performed some of my favorite |
| jeans with the now iconoclastic Beatle suits and | | | | Beatles songs with this model, including, "You've Got |
| neo-Arthurian hairstyle. Along with the wardrobe | | | | to Hide Your Love Away" from the film, "Help!" The |
| makeover, came a musical makeover, which meant | | | | song is played exclusively with acoustic instruments, |
| not only a modified sound, but also new instruments. | | | | with John strumming the G chord introduction, which |
| In Lennon's case, it was a new Gibson J-160E guitar - | | | | carries into the beginning of the song. It ends with a |
| a Lennon legacy and a very special chapter of rock 'n | | | | melodic flute finale. The song was written in the key |
| roll guitar history. Several colorful myths surround | | | | of G major, and built around four major chord |
| Lennon's guitar; one is that it was purchased with the | | | | progressions G, D, F, and C, and composed in |
| help of Epstein as co-signer. Another legend is that | | | | three-quarter time. |
| Epstein bought one each for John and George, as | | | | Whether you are a collector shopping around for a |
| opposed to a tale that John nicked his from George! | | | | Gibson J-160E, a musician, Lennon fan, or even all |
| Through whichever means John did get his guitar, | | | | three, now you too can own a small part of the |
| having become so attached to it, rather than replace | | | | Lennon music history. If you are a musician, as well |
| it, in 1967 Lennon had the veneer repainted in a | | | | as a Beatles fan, playing any of his songs with this |
| colorful psychedelic design. However, within two | | | | replica will probably bring you to musically inspired |
| years, around the time of his marriage to Yoko Ono, | | | | spiritual heights that you probably only dreamt of. |
| John had the guitar stripped down to its original finish, | | | | |