This was really cool to watch. One thing i noticed is that the beatles not only changed and influenced music and musicians but, they also changed the face of the instruments they played. Take this Duo Jet for instance, they painted it black in the back and added a bigsby tailpiece just how George modded it as it wasn’t on the original one which had a stop tailpiece bar at the bridge with a mahogany back. All Rickenbacker 325s come in black just like the way that john Lennon modified it, the original one was a natural finish. Very seldom you get a musician who changes the aesthetic of guitar builds, of course, the Beatles were the exception.

Fascinating to watch true craftsmanship !!!

Huge fan of George here ! 😄

Very cool. Awesome how they were able to do that. An interesting video! A must watch for Beatle fans. Thank you for sharing! 😊🎶🎸🎶

Awesome piece. I have a Japanese Duo Jet 2014 that I absolutely love. They are super cool guitars!⚡️

I’ve got a 57 reissue….love this video. Love George.

Really enjoyed this! Thanks for the upload✌🏻

Thanks for uploading this. Im buying the non custom shop version GH sig.

This story is rock n roll history and needs to told and the skills involved in building this guitar is priceless just magical thanks for keeping these guitars still going for the next story waiting to be told peace ✌️🎸 keep rock n roll going because the music we have now is just well I have no words for it apart from trash rubbish garbage toxic waste of time songs about love life peace feelings not gun drugs disrespecting woman now my money have because some of these artists sound very unhappy to me

@franklyhot09

2 жыл бұрын

you said it brother

Wow, what a wonderful documentary - fab! And yes, heartwarming seeing Dhani Harrison playing the finished model. I recently saw another KZread feature on Crowded House where Gretsch made a duplicate of Neil Finns' Gretsch - same deal, x-rays and relic work etc. - he needed a spare! (Don't we all?). Bought my first Gretsch last week - Japan made, 2018, Cheery Red, solid body, Bigsby, filtertrons - same basic layout as this one. It's beautiful - it was reduced to half price at Tom Lee here (in HK), I guess because it had been sitting there for 4+ years . . . cost USD 1,200, so very happy to finally have a Gretsch - complements my 1968 Les Paul Custom which I played all thru the 70's - definitely a bit more 'airy' feel.

CAN'T BELIEVE THAT I LIVED RIGHT UP THE STREET FROM THIS PLACE AND NEVER THOUGHT OF BUYING A GUITAR. HECK, HONESTLY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT GUITARS ADMITTEDLY. UGH!

Extremely enlightening 💫⚡ Rocklove ! Arty Than ☆♡☆

now the angels can really sing

George invent Rock Pop music as we know Today , playing with other 3 Terrífics Partners this Beautiful Instrment. This is part of Modern Music History

I'm quite proud to be a gretsch owner ..its a unique guitar

Wonderful attention to detail in the build. But it seems to me that most of the music used wasn’t made with the Gretsch at all? Certainly the slide tracks would have been made with “Rocky” and did he even own the guitar when he made What is Life? Quibbles, perhaps, but this is about being “most accurate” as Joey says himself.

They forgot to mention the Duo Jet was used on the Please Please Me album.

A 1957 Duo Jet, exactly what a guitar should sound like!👍👍

Good to see that Dhani can play a bit

When they got to the original owner interview- wow. That's some ding dang history.

@somebodyelseuk

Жыл бұрын

Yup and what people probably don't realise was even with that 20 quid being owed, he still made a profit on it. 70 quid back then was about 280 dollars from what my dad said. Today, 70 quid is about 90 dollars 🤣 The signed IOU is probably worth as much as the original guitar, now.

Dhani is the spitting image of his father! It's almost as if we're looking at George in the Cavern Club with long hair and in color!

So that's why the Gretsch G6128T-GH George Harrison Signature Duo costs £2,700 ($3,400) in the UK. But how come it costs twice what it sold for in 1957 ($200)? That's an outrageous markup or small volume sales I guess :/

@fossilmatic

2 жыл бұрын

Dude, it was going for $10000+ in my country.

@yetigoosecreature8682

2 жыл бұрын

@@fossilmatic How many did you buy? ;)

@Francoberry

2 жыл бұрын

In 1957 it wasn't an iconic Gretsch played by George Harrison

There were no specs from the factory?

I can't believe they didn't mention the fact that George played this guitar in Hamburg and on the Please Please me album. What about George's Gretsch Country Gentleman! I know the original fell off the top roof of a car but he had a 2nd one. That's guitar is important too.

@chrisst8922

2 жыл бұрын

Yep. The second one is missing too. The story was that George gave it to someone who says he can't remember what happened to it.

@supafrogg258

Жыл бұрын

@EuropaMan You raise excellent points about George having played that Gretsch Duo Jet in Hamburg and on the Please Please Me album! That was sad about the fate of one of George's Gretsch Country Gentleman guitars! I believe the story was that, during a road journey between band engagements, the case holding that guitar was packed with the band's other instruments atop a vehicle which the Beatles were traveling in. Somehow that case holding the guitar, became loose, was seen falling off the vehicle, and then seen being run over by a truck!

@supafrogg258

Жыл бұрын

@@chrisst8922 Thank you for sharing that account. I had always wondered what had become of George's other Gretsch Country Gentleman. There's something suspicious about a person taking possession of an instrument like that, then later claiming that they don't know what happened to it!

Conan wanted to "steal" George's guitar

Does anyone know if George's IOU for 20 pounds was ever paid?

@rhllnm

2 жыл бұрын

The IOU is probably worth $50,000!

@KRColson

2 жыл бұрын

I recently heard an interview with some guitar aficionado that George never did pay up the 20 Quid! Don't know for sure though.

Great job I knew all the history of the guitar and why it was painted all black. Brian Epstein wanted them all to match so George and John painted their guitars all black. Paul left his bass as is.. We don’t even believe it’s spray paint, we think they rolled it on with a paint roller. That’s how bad it was done.

@marine4lyfe85

3 ай бұрын

Just curious who "we" is referring to? Do you work for Gretsch?

This guitar went to the right "Hands", no it was for The Monkees ...

Robert de Niro 1:42

When George played this guitar for Please Please Me the body back, neck, and front of the headstock showed the mahogany grain like it should have. Why don't you make one that looks like THAT instead of the way it looked in 1989, painted black. That could have been done by Klaus for all you know. Poor choice in my opinion, I want one how it looked when it was, not how it is. Edited to add.... The tuning machines are wrong! For $10,000 each you'd think they could machine replica WAVERLY tuners, but this reissue clearly has incorrect Grover Sta-Tite tuners. These bozos are going on and on about how awesome this guitar is and they are lying, they took shortcuts.

Know that George probably had back painted black to match what John did to his 325. There’s a special place in hell for the guy that did such lousy paint jobs Personally think George’s guitar looks just fine as a Standard 6128TDS Though I’ll add the B6C and rocker bridge.

Johnny Depp 7:14

I’ve just realised…these people have no idea how insane they sound.

That’s a lot of money for a guitar you can’t intonate accurately.

@buddyblackmon7405

Жыл бұрын

OK Mr. Negative: The roller bridge can always be replaced with a tune-o-matic style bridge for not much money. I mean really! That’s not even a constructive criticism. Go be Dhani Downer somewhere else, @$$hole!

good oh klaus a

well whats up with all your china guitars cost to much to make in the good ole USA

@USNVA-yn6cp

2 жыл бұрын

the cheaper ones are China and Korea, the fanciest ones are Japan...I wish they were all American