Two months later, Harrison acquired yet another Gretsch: a 1962 or ’63 Tennessean. He used it for recordings and performances in 1964 and, more often, 1965, after which it was not seen again.

The Tennessean’s colour choice of Deep Cherry Stain or Walnut further separated it from the other Chet Atkins models, which ...

Also in the country vein is Harrison’s work on Lennon’s I’m a Loser, where the coarse twang of his Gretsch Tennessean can be heard in the fills and Perkins/Chet Atkins-style solo.

George HARRISON, of Beatles, ... Lennon turned the volume knob on Harrison’s Gretsch Tennessean as he played. Harrison employed an actual pedal on his own “I Need You” in February 1965, ...

When The Beatles made their first appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in 1964, George Harrison was playing a Gretsch Country Gentleman, and production at the Gretsch factory in Brooklyn ...

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Harrison rehearses with his Gretsch 6119 Tennessean for the Beatles' appearance on the British U.K. television show Thank Your Lucky Stars , March 28, 1965. (Image credit: David Redfern/Redferns) ...