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===Guitars=== [[File:George Harrison's Harptone L-6, HRC NYC.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Harrison's Harptone L-6 acoustic guitar, which he played at the Concert for Bangladesh]] When Harrison joined the Quarrymen in 1958, his main guitar was a [[Höfner]] President Acoustic, which he soon traded for a Höfner Club 40 model.{{sfn|Babiuk|2002|pp=18–19: Höfner President Acoustic, 22: Höfner Club 40 model}} His first solid-body electric guitar was a Czech-built [[Jolana (guitar brand)|Jolana]] Futurama/Grazioso.{{sfn|Babiuk|2002|pp=25–27}} The guitars he used on early recordings were mainly [[Gretsch]] models, played through a [[Vox AC30|Vox amplifier]], including a [[Gretsch 6128|Gretsch Duo Jet]] that he bought secondhand in 1961 and posed with on the album cover for ''Cloud Nine'' (1987).<ref>{{harvnb|Babiuk|2002|pp=110–112}}: Harrison used [[Gretsch]] models played through a [[Vox AC30|Vox amplifier]]; {{harvnb|Bacon|2005|p=65}}: the [[Gretsch Duo Jet]] featured on the album cover for ''Cloud Nine''.</ref> He also bought a Gretsch Tennessean and a Gretsch Country Gentleman, which he played on "[[She Loves You]]", and during the Beatles' 1964 appearance on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]''.{{sfn|Bacon|2005|p=65}}{{sfn|Babiuk|2002|pp=52–55: Gretsch 6128 Duo Jet; 89–91, 99–101: Gretsch 6122 Country Gentleman; 105–106: Gretsch 6119–62 Tennessee Rose}} In 1963, he bought a [[Rickenbacker 400 series|Rickenbacker 425]] Fireglo, and in 1964 he acquired a Rickenbacker 360/12 guitar, which was the second of its kind to be manufactured.<ref>{{harvnb|Babiuk|2002|pp=94–97}}: Rickenbacker 425 Fireglo; {{harvnb|Smith|1987|pp=77–79}}: Harrison acquired his first [[Rickenbacker 360/12]] in New York in February 1964. It was the second of its kind to be manufactured.</ref> Harrison obtained his first [[Fender Stratocaster]] in 1965 and first used it during the recording of the ''Help!'' album that February; he also used it when recording ''Rubber Soul'' later that year, most notably on the song "[[Nowhere Man (song)|Nowhere Man]]".{{sfn|Babiuk|2002|p=157}} In early 1966, Harrison and Lennon each purchased [[Epiphone Casino]]s, which they used on ''Revolver''.{{sfn|Babiuk|2002|pp=180–182, 198: Epiphone Casino}} Harrison also used a [[Gibson J-160E]] and a [[Gibson SG]] Standard while recording the album.{{sfn|Babiuk|2002|pp=72–75: Gibson J-160E, 180–183: Fender Stratocaster and Gibson SG}} He later painted his Stratocaster in a psychedelic design that included the word "[[Be-Bop-A-Lula|Bebopalula]]" above the pickguard and the guitar's nickname, "Rocky", on the headstock.{{sfn|Babiuk|2002|pp=156–157, 206–207: Fender Stratocaster "Rocky"}} He played this guitar in the ''[[Magical Mystery Tour (film)|Magical Mystery Tour]]'' (1967) film and throughout his solo career.{{sfn|Babiuk|2002|pp=224–225}} In July 1968, Clapton gave him a [[Gibson Les Paul]]{{sfn|Winn|2009|p=210}} that had been stripped of its original finish and stained cherry red, which Harrison nicknamed "[[Lucy (George Harrison guitar)|Lucy]]".{{sfn|Babiuk|2002|pp=224–225: Gibson Les Paul "[[Lucy (George Harrison guitar)|Lucy]]"}} Around this time, he obtained a Gibson Jumbo J-200 acoustic guitar,{{sfn|Babiuk|2002|pp=223–224: Gibson Jumbo J-200}} which he subsequently gave to Dylan to use at the [[Isle of Wight Festival 1969|1969 Isle of Wight Festival]].{{sfn|Harrison|2011|pp=202–03}} In late 1968, [[Fender Musical Instruments Corporation]] gave Harrison a custom-made [[Fender Telecaster]] Rosewood prototype, made especially for him by Philip Kubicki.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fender.com/news/philip-kubicki-1943-2013/|title=Newscaster – Fender Experience|work=Fender News|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129052619/http://www.fender.com/news/philip-kubicki-1943-2013/|archive-date=29 November 2014}}</ref>{{sfn|Babiuk|2002|pp=237–239: Fender Telecaster}}{{refn|group=nb|Harrison subsequently gave the Rosewood Telecaster to Delaney Bramlett during the 1969 Delaney & Bonnie tour.{{sfn|Leng|2006|p=65}} He similarly gifted his Gibson SG to [[Pete Ham]] of Badfinger.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/Features/en-us/Badfinger.aspx|first=Russell|last=Hall|title=Badfinger: ''Straight Up'' and the Famous 'George Harrison/Pete Ham' Cherry Red SG Standard|publisher=[[Gibson (guitar company)|Gibson]]|date=3 November 2014|access-date=18 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818115243/http://www.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/Features/en-us/Badfinger.aspx|archive-date=18 August 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>}} In August 2017, Fender released a "Limited Edition George Harrison Rosewood Telecaster" modelled after a Telecaster that [[Roger Rossmeisl]] originally created for Harrison.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.americanmusical.com/Item--i-FEN-0115400-LIST|title=Fender Limited Edition George Harrison Rosewood Telecaster with Case|publisher=American Musical |access-date=22 August 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823022105/https://www.americanmusical.com/Item--i-FEN-0115400-LIST|archive-date=23 August 2017}}</ref>
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