George Harrison's Steel-string Acoustic Guitars

In this picture, George Harrison is playing a rare acoustic version with the capo on the 2nd fret of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" in 1968 on a vintage Gibson Super Jumbo Sunburst guitar.

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Used during period when he worked with the group Splinter and on his Dark Horse recordings.

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George Harrison can be seen using a Hofner President Archtop guitar in this photo. According to The Beatles Gear, this was George's first "good guitar". He paid 30 pounds for it, with a bit of help from his mother. He also put on a pickup, just to increase the volume of the guitar. He later swapped this guitar for a Hofner Club 40 instead.

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Seeing Harrison playing this guitar on SNL in 1976 inspired me to purchase my first Martin, a standard D-35. Did not realize until a few years later that Harrison's was a special model of the Martin D-35, a D-35S that has the next joining the body at the 12th fret, not the 14th fret, and has a slotted head like many classical guitars.

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George Harrison possibly used the Gibson J-50 Jumbo while working on the "All Things Must Pass" album, alongside his Gibson J-200. Although it is unclear if this guitar was featured on the final recordings, a user-uploaded photo suggests that Harrison may have used it for demoing tracks during the sessions. The current status of the guitar, whether retained by the Harrison Estate or passed to another owner, remains unknown.

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In a rehearsal video titled "George Harrison And Bob Dylan If Not For You" on YouTube, George Harrison is seen playing a Harptone 12-String Acoustic Guitar.

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George can be seen playing a 1991 Martin OM-21 Special at the Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration in 1992. Harrison played this guitar during his performances of "If Not For You" and "Absolutley Sweet Marie". He also played it in the group performance of "My Back Pages" alongside Dylan, Eric Clapton, Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, and Neil Young (linked here https://youtu.be/rGEIMCWob3U).

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

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"Played by George Harrison during a jam session with local musicians whilst on holiday in Goa, 1994. Signed twice by Harrison on the body and additionally inscribed ‘To Orlando’ and annotated with the Om symbol. Accompanied by a cassette recording of the jam session, a photograph of Harrison signing the guitar and two letters of provenance. "

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George can be seen playing a 1900s Gibson Style-0 Archtop acoustic in 1968.

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In the promo video for the 30th anniversary of "All Things Must Pass," George Harrison can be seen playing a Gibson L-1 Parlor Acoustic, as evidenced by the footage provided by Kitsu Beatles on YouTube titled "George Harrison - All Things Must Pass 30th Anniversary EPK."

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