John Lennon & John Lennon – Imagine
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 1971 album Imagine.
Music from Imagine
Gear Used On Imagine
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of John Lennon & John Lennon – Imagine (1971). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Pianos used by John Lennon on Imagine
Steinway & Sons Model D Concert Grand Piano
John Lennon's famous pure white Steinway piano as used in 'Imagine'. In 2000, George Micheal bought this piano at auction for $1.5-3 million at auction. Steinway & Sons now produce a John Lennon signature series of pianos known as the "Imagine Series". John also used a Steinway & Sons Model Z Upright piano.
Guitars used by John Lennon on Imagine
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Hagstrom 12-String H33 / BJ12 Acoustic Guitar
Used during the ‘Imagine’ sessions in 1971. Own by Rob Lynton who was at the sessions. Never owned by Lennon but was picked up and played by him.
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Avg price: $676.00
Lennon bought a Sunburst Epiphone Casino with a white pickguard and the standard Epiphone “trapeze” tail in 1965 and used it as his main guitar until his early solo year ('70s). He play it live during the Beatles tour at Japan (1966), he also used it in all Beatles' studio albums since Revolver, and during the Beatles self-titled white album sessions he sanded his Casino and removed the pickguard, this model would result in a variety of reissues known as the Revolution Ephiphone Casino. After Lennon's death, the guitar was kept by Yoko Ono.
Amplifiers used by John Lennon on Imagine
Avg price: $749.00
John Lennon utilized the Fender Vibro-Champ Combo Guitar Amplifier during the recording sessions for the "Plastic Ono Band" and "Imagine" albums at his Ascot Home Recording Studios. This information is substantiated by Solo Beatles Studios in their documentation titled "Instruments Of Ascot Sound Studios."
Fender 'Brownface' Bassman 6G6A/B (1962-1964)
Avg price: $2,707.49
John can be seen playing through a Blonde Fender Bassman head and matching 2x12 cabinet at various points during the Imagine sessions. The book Imagine John and Yoko misidentifies this amp as being a Showman, but in videos the Bassman name can be seen pretty clearly.