Two Beatles songs, “There’s A Place” and “Money”, had, respectively, John on harmonica and George Martin on piano, an unforgettable and unmistakable base, in the studio recordings.However, The Beatles, live on the BBC, replaced these two bases for George on lead guitar with his Gretsch Country Gentleman. This guitar was very important in all live performances between 1963 and 1964, replacing the Duo Jet and later being replaced by the Gretsch Tennessean. When his first 1962 Gretsch “Chet Atkins” Country Gentleman guitar went back to Sound City in London for repairs, they gave Harrison this one, identical to his first except for the mutes, which were flip-up rather than dial-up, and Harrison came to prefer it. Seen on the Sullivan shows and used on the ’64 U.S. tour, this was the guitar for the Beatles’ first flush of worldwide success.
