John Lennon

Both John Lennon and George Harrison used Fender Twin reverb amps in their final years in The Beatles, in the recordings of the Let it be album, and in their ultimately famous final public appearance in the Apple offices rooftop.

The amps used by John Lennon and George Harrison weren't "68 Custom Twins" as the title of this entry states. They were just "Fender Twins". You could put "Fender Silverface Twins" if you like.

The 68 Custom range came out in the 2010s as a modded reissue of the Twin and Deluxe Reverb (and maybe the Super Reverb). In 1969 there was no such thing as a 68 Custom Twin, it's a modern take on a Twin with tweaked channel voicings and Reverb and Vibrato on both channels. It looks the part and is pretty close but I think the negative feedback ha been rolled back a bit with reduces the clean headroom.

John, along with the rest of the Beatles used a Vox AC30 for the first half of his career with the Beatles. Confirmation of Lennon's use of this amp can be found in this Guitar World article where they write "McCartney used his 1962 Epiphone Casino and Epiphone Texan acoustic, both of which he still performs with today, and his 1963 Hofner 500/1 bass. McCartney played through a Vox AC100 amp and a Fender Bassman while Lennon and Harrison played through Vox AC30 and AC100 guitar amps."

This image captures John Lennon performing with The Silver Beetles during their May 1960 tour backing Johnny Gentle.

The photo was likely taken at one of the venues in Scotland during the tour, possibly the final date at the Rescue Hall in Peterhead on May 28, 1960

In this photo, John’s original Vox AC15 can be seen at The Cavern Club

“This unassuming 1962 Vox AC15 Twin may have just become the most valuable amp on the planet” Guitar World Magazine 2024

In The Beatles Hey Jude music video, we can see John's blackface Fender Deluxe amp at 0:40 of the video.

In this image the vox super beatles amp can clearly be seen behind Lennon's back.

In the picture you can see John Lennon's Fender blackface Showman amp during their revolver sessions.

The Conqueror is seen behind Lennon.

In this already long known footage from the rooftop concert and the Abbey Road studio sessions we can see Lennon and George using Twin Reverb amps, more info about the consistent use of Silverface Twin Reverb amps in this era can be found in the new movie "Get back" with new undisclosed footage.

Seen at Twickenham Studios 1969 in Peter Jackson's Get Back Documentary

John is plugged into this Ampeg Portaflex B15

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."

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.

In the early Quarrymen days, whilst preforming in the Casbah Coffee Club, the Quarrymen used a Watkins Westminster amplifier. The amplifier belonged to Ken Brown.

John Lennon is seen using a Fender Bassman 50 Amp Head (Silverface) in the "Let It Be" documentary, as evidenced by the provided image.

In the image provided by Dolphinmusic, John Lennon is pictured in the studio with a Vox UL730 amplifier beside him.