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Subject: Re: What guitar did George Harrison use on the *album* version of 
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On Mar 24, 2:41 pm, stringfellow  wrote:
> >From the visual evidence of the LET IT BE movie, we know that George
>
> Harrison used a rosewood Fender Telecaster electric guitar to play his
> lead guitar parts on the version of "Let It Be" (the song) that ended
> up released as a single (and the similar version that later appeared
> on LET IT BE...NAKED).
>
> What about the version that was on the LET IT BE album, however?  That
> was overdubbed more than a year later, and judging from the very
> different sound of George's guitar, he was probably not just playing
> in a different style, but using different equipment altogether.   By
> the time that George overdubbed his parts for the album version of
> "Let It Be," hadn't he already given way the rosewood Telecaster to
> Delaney Bramlett?
>
> If it's not the rosewood Tele on the album version of "Let It Be,"
> what guitar was it?   The likely suspects:
>
> 1.  The red "Lucy" Les Paul
>
> 2.  The psychedelic "Rocky" Fender Stratocaster
>
> 3.  The Epiphone Casino last seen played by George in the
> "Hello,Goodbye" video in 1967.
>
> It was likely one of these three guitars (if it wasn't the Tele, that
> is).   I think it might have been Rocky.

Signature sound of a Les Paul to my ears.....

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