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Epiphone FT-79 Texan

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Since it's introduction in 1958, the Epiphone Texan has been the choice of countless musicians including Paul McCartney, Peter Frampton and Noel Gallagher. In fact, McCartney wrote and recorded "Yesterday," one of the most recorded and popular son...

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Alex Turner

Alex is seen playing the Texan on Piledriver Waltz (Cherryburst) at Vorst Nationaal, Brussels on 9/11/2013, Also played on No.1 Party Anthem at Earls Count, London on 10/26/13.
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Jimi Hendrix

According to this Epiphone article, in the late 1960s Jimi Hendrix acquired this Epiphone FT79 acoustic guitar. The guitar has serial #62262, and was built in NY in 1951 (original source [here](http://www.epiphone.com/News-Features/News/2010/Bonhams-to-Auction-Epiphone-FT79-Owned-by-Jimi-Hen.aspx)). The Bonhams auction site has this interesting note about the guitar: "Jimi Hendrix owned this guitar for a three-year period (longer than any other documented Hendrix guitar)..."
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Kurt Cobain

In this image Kurt can be seen playing a Epiphone FT 79 Texan with a "Nixon Now" sticker.
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Ben Gibbard

In this live performance on KEXP with Ben Gibbard, he uses an Epiphone Texan.
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Dave Amato

As listed on his official website, Dave Amato owns and uses this instrument for home playing, live or recording work.
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Paul McCartney

Paul can be seen here playing a Epiphone Texan FT-79. In an Intherview he said: Q:It's interesting that in 1965, despite being hugely successful by then, you chose to play a $175 Epiphone Texan for the Ed Sullivan performance of Yesterday… A:"The terrible thing about me is that I got locked in a mindset that I picked up from my dad. He really ground it into me to never be in debt, because while we weren't on the poverty line, there wasn't much money to go around.[...]" [Source] (http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/classic-interview-paul-mccartney-talks-acoustic-guitar-2004-515780).
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Gem Archer

You can Gem see playing the guitar in this pic
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Graham Nash

Many times during this footage from the recording of The Hollies hit "On a Carousel", Graham Nash is seen playing his (now heavily customised) black 62/63 Epiphone Texan with double pickguards. The guitar was originally "cherryburst" as seen [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzqhQO_SoEw) at 0:45, before getting the "Hollies"-paintjob, as seen [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-RJF8dIJDo) at 0:40.
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Neko Case

The guitar, a 1960 Gibson Epiphone Texan model, has been one of Case’s favorite guitars for many years, and was used extensively on her Fox Confessor album. She recently donated the guitar to Catamount Arts in support of the Northeast Kingdom regional arts center’s fundraising efforts. Paul Rigby and I used this a TON making “Fox Confessor”. I’m only putting it up for auction because I care so much about Catamount and I have enough guitars! It’s sounds and plays like honey. – Neko Case The guitar was sold in 2012
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Elliott Smith

"we definitely recorded a version of Go By i'm not sure which version got used on new moon either or was the yamaha cant remember the model number XO was a 60's gibson country and western and a 63 epiphone texan and the yamaha figure 8 was the '63 texan and a '57 J-50" Rob Schnapf
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Langhorne Slim

In this video Langhorne is playing an Epiphone Texan.
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Tift Merritt

In this 2016 session video Merritt is using a vintage Epiphone Texan.
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Ben Kweller

At 0:30 he talks about his Texan.
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Godfrey Townsend

This is a picture of him at a concert holding his Epiphone "Texan".
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Tony Hicks

In this performance from 1968, Tony Hicks plays Graham Nash's customised Epiphone Texan. It is clearly seen at 0:45.
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2 Epiphone FT-79 Texan Reviews

leobutterworth

603

reissue

amazing guitar great feel and sounds come from it

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about 1 month ago
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andrew_barnum

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four stars

This guitar is a great large body acoustic for playing live and recording. It's sound is warm and well defined, but not a classic singer-songwriter guitar, like a Martin. It has a bright sound and a very easy to play thin neck. Highly recommended.

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