Chad Thorne Posted December 9, 2002 Share Posted December 9, 2002 Saw a picture of John Lennon today, playing a Les Paul Jr. w/a P-90 in the bridge and what looked like a Barden p/up in the neck!!?? Anybody know if this is true? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted December 9, 2002 Share Posted December 9, 2002 Well, if you saw a pic, it must be, right? I've seen pics of him playing a Les Paul Jr...usually in that initial post-Beatle phase with Elephant's Memory at those gigs he was doing for causes like "Free John Sinclair"...stuff like that. I don't know what it had in it other than a P-90 though... "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D_dup3 Posted December 10, 2002 Share Posted December 10, 2002 Originally posted by The Tedster of Christmas Present: Well, if you saw a pic, it must be, right? I've seen pics of him playing a Les Paul Jr...usually in that initial post-Beatle phase with Elephant's Memory at those gigs he was doing for causes like "Free John Sinclair"...stuff like that. I don't know what it had in it other than a P-90 though...Yes, that's probably the guitar in question; I've seen those photos ( & it's also in that MSG concert he did with Stevie Wonder for some children's charity). Well, if you saw a pic, it must be, right? But take note, the wonder of computer technology & Photoshop allows the creation of images that never before existed, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Thorne Posted December 10, 2002 Author Share Posted December 10, 2002 Actually I posted this same ? on another gtr site and somebody said it was a Gibson Charlie Christian p/up. Natch... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted December 15, 2002 Share Posted December 15, 2002 Well, yeah...but replacing Lennon's guitar in a touched up photo isn't necessarily a high priority, I wouldn't think. Unless someone had a LP Junior with a Charlie Christian pickup they wanted to unload for a very hefty price, and even then, I would think that checking could be done to verify if the guitar had been Lennon's. Now, if I wanted to be funny, I'd have Lennon playing one of those (who made 'em, B.C. Rich?) metalloid batwing guitars. "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D_dup3 Posted December 17, 2002 Share Posted December 17, 2002 Actually, Ted, during the time of the Double Fantasy seesions Lennon was photographed with some modernistic looking instrument (maybe Rick Nielson gavit to him...Cheap Trick were on some sessions there)...I can't recall the brand but it was basically a neck with some sort of out-rider parts in lieu of a body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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