George Harrison – The Concert for Bangladesh

Known as the "Bangladesh Strat", this '50s Fender Stratocaster was used by Harrison during the well known "Concert for Bangladesh" in 1971. It featured a maple fingerboard, while the body was sanded to bare wood, although a lot of people think it was white. It was used as George Harrison's main electric guitar in the Concert for Bangladesh in 1971. He later gave this guitar to Spike Milligan.

George Harrison's Harptone L-6 guitar which was used at the Concert for Bangladesh.

In a series of photographs from 1968, George Harrison is documented using a Gibson Custom ES-5 Switchmaster Hollowbody guitar, identifiable by its three P90 pickups, during recording sessions for Jackie Lomax's debut album, "Is This What You Want," in both London and Los Angeles. This is corroborated by images shared by Instagram user grewupwiththebeatles, credited to photographers Bill Zygmant and Hal Blaine.

In picture 3 of the slideshow you can see George standing in front of four silverface Champs during Bob Dylan's set at the Concert for Bangladesh. The fact that these are Champs is backed up by the top comment on this youtube video demoing a Silverface Champ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAXQKAE8Tbc].

To quote Youtube user JJ Slyde "George Harrison used that amp x 4 for the concert for Bangladesh. For the two weeks prior to concert, I set them up at the rehearsal warehouse in NYC. My sister ran publicity for Apple at the time. 4 silver face champ amps hooked together."

Admittedly it's difficult to verify the validity of this story, but it's the first I've heard mention of George using this particular amp and the photo does corroborate the story.

"In 1971 George Harrison and Ravi Shankar held their famous Concert for Bangladesh at New York’s Madison Square Garden. The stage was positively bristling with MD421s, including all of the stars’ lead vocal mics (Eric Clapton, Ringo Star, George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Leon Russell and Billy Preston) Check out the video." -Martin Mitchell's Microphones.

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Photo Date: October 1968 (Jackie Lomax Session) Recording: 'Is This What You Want?' Album / Location: Sound Recorders Studio, Los Angeles

George Harrison helping Hal Blaine with some arrangements