Beatles Guitar Strings: What They REALLY Used

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 #340 red tail flat wounds with “Specials” (octave strings sold in separate set).
3. 1964 325 "Miami": Factory #340 red tail flat wound. 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 #340 red tail flat wounds with “Specials” (octave strings sold in separate set). Would switch in factory unwound Gretsch strings.
5. 1957 Duo Jet: Factory round wound Gretsch Chet Atkins.
6. 1962 Country Gentleman BOTH Dial Up & Flip Up Mutes: Factory Chet Atkins round wound.
7. 1963 Gretsch Tennessean: Factory round wound Gretsch Chet Atkins.
8. Gibson J-160e (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 J-160e:
   • Gibson J-160e: All About  

Link to my acoustic cover of This Boy on my 1966 Gibson J-160e:
   • This Boy Gibson J-160e  

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