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The FT-79 was produced by the Epiphone company starting in 1942. After Gibson bought Epiphone in 1957, the Texan was produced in Kalamazoo, Michigan until 1970. There have been numerous reissues of the Texan since their primary production period in the 1960s. [1] The original, New York made Epiphone FT-79 is quite a different guitar.
This is a List of Epiphone players (musicians) who have made notable use of Epiphone Guitar models in live performances or studio recordings.Because of the great popularity of these models, musicians are listed here only if their use of these instruments was especially significant – that is, they are musicians with long careers who have a history of faithful Epiphone use, or the particular ...
1964 Epiphone Texan FT-79 [20] acoustic guitar (also modified for playing left-handed) [27] 1965 Rickenbacker 4001 S [ 20 ] left-handed bass guitar in fireglo (red sunburst) finish, given to McCartney by Rickenbacker at Burt Lancaster 's house in Benedict Canyon , Hollywood , during the week beginning 23 August 1965.
Epiphone (/ ˌ ɛ. p ə. f oʊ n /) is an American musical instrument brand that traces its roots to a musical instrument manufacturing business founded in 1873 by Anastasios Stathopoulos in İzmir, Ottoman Empire, and moved to New York City in 1908.
There are conflicting accounts of how the song was recorded. Some sources state that McCartney and the other Beatles tried a variety of instruments, including drums and an organ, and that George Martin later persuaded them to allow McCartney to play his Epiphone Texan steel-string acoustic guitar, later overdubbing a string quartet for backup ...
Raymond Ronald Jones (born 25 April 1939), [1] better-known as Wizz Jones, is an English acoustic guitarist, and singer-songwriter.He was born in Thornton Heath, Surrey, England and has been performing since the late 1950s and recording from 1965 to the present.
Epiphone Supernova – A customised electric guitar featuring a distinctive union flag design given to Noel Gallagher of the English rock band Oasis as a present by his now ex-wife, Meg Matthews. A tribute to the original was manufactured by Epiphone. The original guitar is now on display at the British Music Experience at the O2 Arena in London.
Epiphone also made 3 versions of the ES-339, called the ES-339 Pro, [2] ES-339 P90 Pro and the Ultra-339. They are considerably less expensive than the Gibson version. [ 3 ] They currently [ when? ] make one model called under the 'Inspired by Gibson' line which comes in 4 colours: Natural, Pelham Blue, Cherry and Vintage Sunburst.