![]() ![]() George’s psychedelic artwork inspired many guitarists, including Eric Clapton, to paint their own instruments. He painted the guitar in rainbow Day-Glo colors and dubbed it Rocky. Harrison’s Strat underwent a trippy cosmetic makeover during the Sgt. But in Liverpool in those days, the only thing I could find resembling a Strat was a Futurama that had strings about a half an inch off the fingerboard.” I’d seen Buddy Holly’s Strat…on The "Chirping" Crickets album cover, and tried to find one. “If I’d had my way,” Harrison continued, “the Strat would have been my first guitar. I played it a lot on that album, most notably on the solo on ‘Nowhere Man,’ which John and I both played in unison.” ![]() “We used them on the album we were making at the time, which was Rubber Soul. “We sent out our roadie, Mal Evans, and said, ‘Go and get us two Strats.’ And he came back with two of them, pale blue ones,” Harrison recalled. GUITAR BIO: In 1965, John Lennon and George Harrison bought matching Sonic Blue Stratocasters that cost £180.60. ![]()
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