What The Beatles used for the following guitars 1966 & prior.

1. 1958 325: Unknown until the Bigsby change in 1961, then to Gibson Sonomatics.
2. 1964 325/12: Factory red tail flatwound.
3. 1964 325 "Miami": Factory red tail flatwound, then slowly started switching the broken strings for round wounds. By the time we see the movie "Help!" there is only one flatwound string left.
4. 1964 360/12: Factory red tail flatwound. Would switch in factory unwound Gretsch strings.
5. 1957 Duo Jet: Factory Gretsch Chet Atkins.
6. 1962 Country Gentleman BOTH Dial Up & Flip Up Mutes: Factory Chet Atkins Gretsch.
7. 1963 Gretsch Tennessean: Factory Chet Atkins Gretsch.
8. Gibson J160e (All): Factory Gibson Sonomatic.
9. 1964 Epiphone Texan: Round Wound.
10. Epiphone Casino (All): Factory Gibson Sonomatic.
11. 1964 Gibson SG: Factory Gibson Sonomatic.
12. 1961 Fender Stratocasters (All): Round wound.

*At all different points in their career, John & George were swapping out individual broken strings for random ones they had laying around. But I speculate it was primarily other factory packs from the guitars they already had.
Gibson Sonomatics were heavily used by them.

Link to my “All About” video on the Gibson J160e:
   • Gibson J160e: All About  

Link to my acoustic cover of This Boy on my 1966 Gibson J160e:
   • This Boy Gibson J160e  

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