1962 J160e Plays The Beatles!!

[@tt-du6vc]

That sounded identical to The Beatles original recordings. I Feel Fine, A Day in the Life and Dear Prudence... John used his Martin D28 to create the White Album songs in India but when the group gathered in England he used his Gibson J160E for the recording sessions.

[@Henry3Studios]

Prudence was Casino DI

[@mainoffenders4662]

Wow that's the sound! I didn't realise how distinctive it was until now.

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

Thanks for watching!

[@exyx]

We all knew the J160e was a big part of The Beatles arsenal, but your demonstration shows exactly how key it was. Every example you played demonstrated aurally how the tone of this Gibson was "instrumental" and recognizable in the acoustic tone of so many of their songs.

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

Thanks! I appreciate your comment!

[@exyx]

@@perrystanleyNumber9 I had a chance to buy one at a VERY reasonable price at the Philadelphia Guitar Show about 14 years ago, but regretfully passed on the opportunity.

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

@@exyx we all have stories of “the one that got away”! I’m much more aware of opportunity these days. I would rather regret buying what I truly want than regret NOT getting something that is a rare opportunity. When you buy with regret you can always sell …

[@cuda426hemi]

Picked up ( to play-I WISH it was to buy!!!) a '63 J-160E at the SoCal guitar show couple years ago and all I did was strum the opening chords to This Boy and I almost fell over. It was dead balls THE sound of Beet The Meatles. Good job, Bub !!! 🎸

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

It's amazing when you play the real deal how the sound becomes so recognizable.Thanks for watching!

[@cawfeedawg]

My father had a 1966 J160e . It is the guitar I learned on and I miss it dearly.

[@JoseMarquez-oo7sl]

Mine is an Epiphone EJ160e with John Lennon signature.

[@ericdee6802]

My dream acustic guitar. You have an awesome guitar collection, and you play them phenominally. Thank you for sharing, oh and allowing Michael Sokill the opprotunity to play them for us!✌️😏

[@briden91]

Beautiful guitar. The sound is spot on.

[@homegrownson]

I recently bought a 1965 Dove someone added a Dearmond 260 pickup and controls almost identical to J160E in same neck placement, that was a refinish with head stock repair Professionally Done and Must say, its half Dove, Half J106E and I Love It

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

Cool!

[@Mondaventure]

Exact sound! A lot of that tone is inthe fingers of the player, too. Thanks for the signal chain technical info.

[@snacklofter]

Oh yes! What a lovely tone. Thank you!

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

Thank you too!

[@andytimmonsguitar]

Excellent playing and tone Perry!

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

Thanks !

[@shaneskavdahl3638]

this is the best video ive seen this year thank you perry

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

Thank you so much for your comment!

[@bobbystereo936]

Punchy!

[@paolotonolo1140]

Oh my Gosh , Mr.Stanley played the Beatles so so well....Bravo Sir Bravo !!

[@aadschijf]

Incredible. Joined your channel after I saw the interview you had with Michael Sokil. You’re very generous in letting Michael play your gear. But your channel is also very interesting. Never knew for example that Lennon played this guitar on I Feel Fine. Thanks a lot.

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

Thank You, and thanks for subbing!

[@jeffj318]

Beautiful renditions. Well done.

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

Thanks!

[@Yeehaw123]

I want this guitar 😩💔

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

So did I! That’s why I got one!

[@paulcooke1]

Nice playing..Beautiful guitar...

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

Thanks!

[@randallpope363]

Definitely has that Beatle sound.

[@westfield90]

Superb

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

Thanks!

[@user-xl3sd6xy5r]

This is awesome!!

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

Thank you! Making a 1965 Epiphone casino plays the Beatles now...

[@localbod]

It is the sound. Thanks for posting.

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

Thanks for listening Stay tuned for 1965 Epiphone casino plays the Beatles...

[@localbod]

@@perrystanleyNumber9 I'm looking forward to that. And thankyou for your contribution (instrument-wise) to Michael Sokhil's fantastic reproduction of Help!

[@IranMetallica]

What an extraordinary video! Thank you for posting it!

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

I appreciate it! Thank you for watching!

[@bronzesnake7004]

Awesome guitar! I've not had a chance to play a vintage one, but the new models are like little tanks! Very sturdy thick neck and you can play something as soft as "Dear Prudence" as you did quite well! But then, as you also demonstrated very nicely, you can also hammer out "I Feel Fine" or "Norwegian Wood" ...I never knew John was Norwegian! OH!!! Boom! A guitar that you can play soft ballads on then absolutely hammer is priceless!!! Love you guitar brother, and hope to have a vintage model in my own collection. My Casino is at the very top of my favorite guitars, another great Beatle instrument!! Take care. Jack ~'()'~ Canada

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

I’ll be doing a full video on my vintage 1965 casino in the future.Thanks for checking the vid out and subscribing!

[@bronzesnake7004]

@@perrystanleyNumber9 Hey Perry. I look forward to the Casino, a 65 vintage!!! WOW! Mine is a 2017 "vintage" ") It sounds pretty close with D'Addario nickel 10s I've used D'Addario for over 40 years after an ex girlfriend bought a set for me by accident because D'Addario and "Fender" are so close in spelling!! ") That mistake prolonged the relationship for another painful two days! ") Poor humor aside, that mistake turned out to be one of the most beneficial ones related to guitar ever for me!! Nobody comes close to D'Addario, although they are getting carried away with a new type every couple of years in my humble opinion. I have a Seagull Maritime SWS that I use D'Addario phosphor bronze on which sounds wicked!! I have D'Addario silk wound on an acoustic Yamaha FG 340 which I really dig also. OK, I'm yammering now! Take care, love the channel, and have some catching up to do! Jack ~'()'~

[@bobbystereo936]

Somewhere I read that the epiphone e-j160e's are actually made better than the vintage Gibson's that the beatles owned or the one's made back then.

[@timothyflyte9443]

Very interesting. Good video !!

[@bassinblue]

I suspect John really liked that brassy punchy sound due to his earlier years of practicing on a banjo.

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

That’s an interesting observation and parallel. From what I gather it rather was serendipitous . They ordered the jumbos (j-160e) never having heard them . Like so many things with them they just made it work with whatever they had!

[@UDX4570PalmSprings-yh1mv]

​​it's awesome to see you working hard on trying to get the exact Beatle sound through experimentation also through trial and error, yet as you stated "They (the Beatles) used whatever they had to get their point across and recorded it. Did that make sense?..lol

[@edmundorivera8268]

You are a great musician. Keep on the good Work.

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

Thank you! I really appreciate your support!

[@60sguitarchild]

well done!

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

Thanks!

[@Billsingsong]

I feel fine would be a great start thank you

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

Sure!

[@Billsingsong]

@@perrystanleyNumber9 Thank you kindly, looking forward to it

[@LPCustom3]

The strings that were on George’s and John’s guitars were flatwound, German made Pyramid. They were probably re-labeled to Selmer as that’s who distributed Pyramid in the U.K. I’ve seen some of John’s guitars up close and he usually just replaced a string when one broke… They were a mishmash of flats and rounds. That’s pretty much what we all did back in those times.

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

I’m sure they had flats on at one time or another, but I believe they quickly turned to rounds. I had tried pyramids on it and for certain songs the rounds sounded closer to the recordings. Mal Evans was also known to change the strings for them , so there is no real certain evidence either way as to what was used, and I don’t think it was consistent.

[@Mrsakayama213]

@@perrystanleyNumber9what brand /gauge strings are you using??? Awesome demos!!

[@pelaronson4086]

BRILLIANT!

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

Thanks!

[@Redhotshawntexas]

Beautiful! Subscribed 🤙

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

Thanks for the sub!

[@thebeatlesguitars5406]

Very nice!

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

Thanks!

[@mikemcconville2495]

Nice playing!

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

Thanks a lot!

[@jonathanhorne6503]

We’re there any LPs that did not use a J160e somewhere? I did not see one on the Peter Jackson Get Back film. I have one from the 1990s with its solid woods, XBraced and P100 pickup. It’s a great guitar but doesn’t sound dead like the laminated woods on the Beatles guitars.

[@mr_bassman6685]

As far as I can tell, it doesn't appear on Abbey Road and Let it Be.

[@miguelangelherrerasantilla8580]

Increíble sonido !

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

Gracias!

[@stevec.1802]

Very midrange forward but in a good way. I can see and hear why the Beatles used this model in many of their recordings. The J160e sits nicely in a track/mix. 🎧

[@Black0ysterPearl]

Great videos and good attention to details. My ears and eyes always caused me to believe that The Beatles' J-160Es had round wounds on George's and flat wounds on John's and they'd swap whenever needed. Just my 2 cents.

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

Interesting thought.However John's guitar in A Day in the life just doesn't sound right with flats. I've tried it. Pretty sure he was using his 64 j-160e for that. That sound is rounds all the way in my opinion.Thanks for watching !

[@Black0ysterPearl]

@@perrystanleyNumber9 I keep both strung up with both. John's even seemed to sound like it had either a low nut or touch of back bow on his neck because you'd hear his solid G and sometime, B rattle on open chords.

[@gamaliel1433]

make a cover of and I love her with the j 160 e

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

If you check out my last video"Playing the Vintage percussion of The Beatles", it opens with And I love her using the 62 J-160e and a 63 Hofner bass(as well as the same model of bongos the Beatles used on the recording)

[@dalezjc]

Nice playing! Subbing.

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

Thanks for the sub!

[@mrfuzztone]

I have a reiussue Peace model I bought in 2013 You get really good sounds with Waves plugins. Good stuff. Do you have anything about the Paperback Writer guitars, amps, audio processing? The Beatles certainly came up with great sounds. I Feel Fine is one of my favorites and And Your Bird Can Sing and many more.

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

Have you checked out the Ul730 vid?

[@mrfuzztone]

@@perrystanleyNumber9 got it. Thanks

[@kelvinmarshall9108]

Wow ...

[@ric8248]

the second chord in Michelle is supposed to be the Hendrix chord

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

@@ric8248 Yes, I address that and do it correctly in the Beatles acoustics video! Good eye and ear!

[@bigalwhittle]

you play beautifully Perry

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

Thank you!

[@donaldciccone235]

Is it possible they used flatwounds on the J-160e? Sounds like it on the first album (plugged in).

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

Anything is possible. No one knows for sure. I had flat wounds on at one point and felt they didn’t really sound as much like most of the recordings as rounds.

[@littlecrow6484]

Cool video. Had no idea John used an acoustic guitar on I feel fine. How did you find that out ?!

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

The key to that is : the feedback and the story the Beatles themselves have stated about how it occurred. Lennon also played the j160e plugged in for I feel fine on stage live and it was filmed. Then when you play it through an ac30 …. :)

[@cuda426hemi]

Check out the Live shows the MME Poll Winners videos - John is playing his J160 ALL of the gig. 🎸

[@markpedersen5021]

Funny thing is that Gibson catalogs categorized it as an electric flat top guitar, never mentioning "acoustic", FWIW. But it clearly also works as an acoustic. It LOOKS like an acoustic, and that's how acoustic experts judge it (harshly), but I feel that's a mistake. It seems more fair to see it as an electric that also sounds good acoustically, though it's idiosyncratic. I prefer to accept it on its own terms.

[@davidd.perata2085]

Do you think Paul watches the tribute bands and this type of video? I mean Perry has done what we attempted to do fifty years ago as the songs were coming out on the radio. Some of the tribute bands play their songs better than the Beatles did live. I mean from a technical standpoint. Not the feel, but the fact that with the basic Beatles instruments they can pull off songs like "And Your Bird Can Sing" live and sound like the record. I saw a Japanese tribute band play that song on You Tube and the instrumentation was dead on. They even managed to vocally get the vibe. I remember as a kid when that song came out I tried to play the lead riff and gave up thinking that it had to be an overdub. But this tribute band guitarist did it solo. I've listened to hours of live Beatles concerts on You Tube, and for the most part they didn't take particular care of their playing. There's one video of "Ticket to Ride" where George muffs a note in the riff that Paul played on the record. Paul spins around and looks at George as if to say "I heard that!" George really does take the easy road a lot of the time. The lead riff in "Help" he oftentimes abandons the actual descent downward and simply stabs the chords four times. But I will say that there is one video of their 1965 set on I think the New Musical Express or some other performance where they obviously had wanted to really get it right. There is an extraordinary "goose bumps" version of "Help" where they sound like a freight train bearing down on the crowd. I mean they are just cookin'. If you haven't heard that version of "Help" you gotta Google it. Of course ditto with "Ticket to Ride" on that same show. That song was a favorite of mine as a kid and still is. I really get a kick out of seeing John and Paul sing that song on one mike together, giving those sideways smiling glances at each other every now and then. Having been there before with my music partner, those looks aren't saying "Hey, this sounds pretty good, doesn't it" cause they wouldn't have cared at that point. A lot of times Lennon was singing out of tune anyway. No, I believe it's one of the rare, overlooked times when you can readily see an unspoken bond between two friends who actually loved each other. You can see in Lennon's expression when he smiles at Paul that he's let his guard down. That's John with all his insecurity stripped off. Its just him and Paul sharing what is undoubtedly a rare moment together amidst living in a fishbowl. This may sound like a lot of psychological gobbledygook, I know, but it might not be so much of a stretch to imagine that those smiles are saying "I Love You." This is kind of an intrusively long diatribe and Perry can cut out whatever he feels unnecessary. But I love the Beatles as much as anybody, and don't get a chance to talk Beatles very often with anybody who really remembers. I've often wondered why the Beatles on their 1966 tour couldn't have played "Taxman." That would have been a far better song for George to sing than "If I Needed Someone" which I feel was pretty inane. They did "Nowhere Man" but even that was a little sloppy. I've heard Paul say that "Paperback Writer" was hard to do live. I've heard it live and it seems to me that they could have done it better. I think that with all the teeny-boppers and screaming that they knew nobody would hear mistakes. At least on TV it was recorded for all time. These days at 70 I am somewhat embarrassed by the bands that dress and try to look and talk like the Beatles down to the on-stage mannerisms of John and Paul. Fifty years ago it would have been cool for me to have done it, and I must say that when we did Beatles songs "Please Please Me" was only "about ten years ago." Trying to sound like the Beatles was more of a novelty because then all today's boomers were there and it meant something to sound like them. Alas, I did get my chance to record an EP in L.A. in the 80's and the Lennon influence is almost embarrassing.

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

I think a lot of the problems they had live were do to the poor pa setups and equipment they had to deal with. At Budakon there mics we’re spinning around not being tightened properly, no stage monitors to hear themselves during all the screaming from the fans, and very loud amps rather than good mic techniques. It is hard to perform tightly when you can’t hear the others or yourself. These days it’s much easier to play on stage because we have fined tuned live performances with better live mic techniques and plenty of stage monitors.

[@markkneitinger6103]

Fantastic walk through and history lesson. I'm curious if you have ever tried using pyramid flat wound 12's on it and if you did what was your outcome? Again thanks for the video!

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

Thanks! Yes , I had tried pyramid flats on it . It sounded good, but my feeling is the rounds sound better, being brighter and more trebly . Songs like Norwegian Wood sounded closer to the record with the rounds than with the flats.

[@markkneitinger6103]

@@perrystanleyNumber9 Thanks for the advice, I have flats on my 160 and I agree it sounds flat. I will try some rounds. Sometimes you get caught up in what the books say the Beatles did and you just have to experiment a little.

[@doctorrobert6038]

GREAT!!! NICE!!!

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

Thanks!!

[@Billsingsong]

Can you teach that intro to I feel fine

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

Hi bill , I’m first working on my 1965 casino video. My plan after that is to do a video teaching all the Beatle riffs that I’ve done in my videos in one video. (That will include the I Feel Fine Riff) Don’t worry I haven’t forgotten that I promised you!

[@Billsingsong]

@@perrystanleyNumber9 Thank you kindly appreciate it

[@swansonjoe7121]

So something I really have a hard time understanding is, this guitar is technically an electric guitar with the p90s and harsh tone, but does it have electric strings? Why does it work best with a VOX amp when a j-45 doesn’t? Can someone please explain please?

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

I wouldn’t say it works best with a Vox, or has a harsh tone when amped. I would agree the tone is kind of harsh at times acoustically, but the electric strings allow it to work with the pickup. Also the sound is bassier when amped because the P90 is in the neck position. I think it sounds mellow through a fender twin as in the video. In terms of a j45 , it would sound different because of the spruce top vs the plywood top in the j160e.

[@TheVinylBeatles]

That guitar is my dream !!!

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

It was mine too!

[@joestarr05]

Same, along with the Rick 325, Rick 360/12, and Hofner 500/1.

[@TheVinylBeatles]

@@joestarr05 I already have those three guitars. The Hofner and the 360/12 are reissues but the 325 is a Capri from 1958. Now I need the Gibson J-160 E and I want a vintage one

[@joestarr05]

@@TheVinylBeatles I'm jealous.

[@maximobenatti6110]

davvero interessante !!!!

[@Moreno280161]

What strings did the Beatles put on their j-160s?

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

No one really knows for sure.

[@Kashmir_Skies]

Wow you've had a few J160's then Perry!. Did you sell all the early J160's you had??. I love my '54. Sound and playability is amazing.

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

Yes all were sold to move up the ladder to the next best until I arrived at the Holy Grail 62!

[@user-ge3oy1vl6v]

@@perrystanleyNumber9 Yah there is a vid of him using his 64 one. Search perry stanley saturday night's alright for the channel.

[@denizbluemusic]

what strings do you use on it?

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

I tell you and hold up the string pack at the end of the video!

[@BeatlesTranscriber]

Dear Prudence was actually played on his Epiphone electric and not via acoustic. Look it up

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

See response to your other comment in. regard to this...

[@milan5079]

I wanna buy one so bad, I'm a huge beatles fan. Though people on internet say that the acoustic sound sucks, which i just can't believe. Sure it's not a j45 but come on, its gotta be decent? Would you reccomend one? I especially want one from like reverb or ebay that sell one from the 50's or 60's

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

If you want the classic Beatles sound nothing will get as close as a J-160e. People who say it sucks are missing the point. It isn’t the regular acoustic guitar sound , it is the distinct sound of the Beatles. The reissues are great if the have the same specs; plywood top and adjustable bridge . They make them with normal solid spruce tops that sound more like traditional acoustics. If I want that sound I use a traditional acoustic. The Beatle sound is the j-160e. One shouldn’t expect it to rival normal acoustic guitars. The vintage ones are the closest to it of course but the Lennon version reissue that I had certainly had the sound!

[@milan5079]

@@perrystanleyNumber9 Thank you sir, thats great information. But yours is also from 1962 isn't it? I can see some nice checking

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

@@milan5079 yes , mine is a 1962. They are very hard to find and now very expensive if you can.

[@paolotonolo1140]

Oh BTW ...MR.Stanley I'm 63 ..I have a Ludwid 1963 WMP kit , I've played Beatles all my Live ...Let's collaborate shall we ??

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

58 here. I play drums too! Got a 1964 Ludwig Super Classic in Black Oyster Pearl, a 1971 Ludwig Super Classic in Psychedelic Red , a 1970 Hollywood kit in thermogloss (Ringo Rooftop kit) and a ludwig John Bonham kit in green sparkle. Checked out your channel, liked the song you sang on guitar! I have a lot more stuff about Beatles gear that I need to film , not to mention work more on making vids for my original music, but a collaboration is not impossible! Thanks for watching!

[@paolotonolo1140]

@@perrystanleyNumber9 oh my gosh any Drummers Dream !, that's so awesome!

[@josephbelcher2568]

Wouldn't it have been Paul's Epiphone Texan on Michelle?

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

Absolutely! But there are two guitars on the recording from the opening, and I believe due to photographic evidence in the studio, that the other is John on the j-160e. There are two pictures that make me think that John is on the other part. One shows John sitting down with a capo at the 5th fret and Paul is clearly showing him how to play the part, and the other is John recording the same day on the J-160e with the capo at the 5th fret !If you watch my other video "5 Beatles Acoustics play The Beatles" I play Michelle on my 1964 Texan, and show the pictures I refer to.

[@Rickenbacker325Jetglo]

Do you have electric strings or acoustic

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

@@Rickenbacker325Jetglo Electric. I show the pack of strings at the end of the vid.

[@donaldciccone235]

and look at the keyboard behind him!

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

The hohner pianet! Look in my videos if you haven't yet and check out the "Hohner Planet Plays the Beatles"! I demonstrate it and explain all about it! Thanks for Watching!

[@donaldciccone235]

@@perrystanleyNumber9 thanks for turning me on to the pianet video. I've wanted one of those things forever.

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

@@donaldciccone235 Me too!

[@BeatlesTranscriber]

Michelle was played by Paul using his Epiphone Texan. Sorry folks

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

Nothing to be sorry about! I'm sure it was the Texan too! I have a vintage 1964 Texan as well. I never state that any of these songs were played on the J-160e , I'm only providing a demo of what the guitar sounds like. Another thing to consider is that the j160e is also playing Michelle as well as the Texan, as there are two guitars playing the descending riff that opens and it continues throughout the song with two guitars stereo panned.For the most part we don't have definitive evidence, but there are pictures of McCartney playing the texan for Michelle at recording sessions with a capo on for Michelle, and Lennon with a j160e with a capo on the 5th fret.. For the record, I'm playing the second chord in Michelle wrong... I'm missing one finger down in the chord! As far as Dear Prudence , it could be the casino; I'm going to do a vintage 1965 Casino video and I'll include what that sounds like as well playing Dear prudence. People can make up their own minds which they think sounds more like the record. Thanks for checking it out!

[@bronzesnake7004]

How the hell did you manage to cut out a portion of rackmounts from Abbey Road!!! ") That vintage equipment is awesome!!! Jack ~'()'~ Canada

[@tylerkilshaw3294]

What strings are you using.

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

In video 7:21! D'Addario EJ21 jazz light gauge 12-52 Bright round wound

[@tylerkilshaw3294]

@@perrystanleyNumber9 thank you for responding. appreciate it .

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

@@tylerkilshaw3294 Sure, thanks for watching!

[@tylerkilshaw3294]

@@perrystanleyNumber9 i commented as soon as I heard you play Norwegian wood. I Should have waited till the end. Love your content.

[@jsullivan2112]

Wow, pretty much nails it. I thought Paul recorded Michelle on his Texan though?

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

I think he certainly played Michelle on his texan. There are 2 guitars being played from the very beginning though, and it is very possible a j160e is the other one. Going to be making a vid on my 64 texan and I'll play Michelle in it. I'll also get the 2nd chord right this time! ; )

[@jsullivan2112]

@@perrystanleyNumber9 Ohhhhhhhh. Right, yeah I knew about the second guitar I just wasn’t thinking it was a different guitar. I guess because I wasn’t listening for it, the vocals really take over that song when they come in. Looking forward to it. That 1962 really has the sound, I’m jealous! lol

[@rickperrotta]

Hi Perry, what strings do you use on the J-160E?

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

I show the exact string pack at the end of the video! D’darios

[@zapdunga12]

Perry, they deleted my And I Love Her video in the proper key video. Oh well. I love your Gibson J160e. Unfortunately I'm 70 and dying of cancer. Don't have much longer to go. Glad you and Michael will continue on. Back in 1993, I was in Mannys on west 48 street in Manhattan, hanging up on the wall was the first Gibson J160e I had ever seen in the flesh! Well after playing it for 3 hours I bought it. It was $895 plus case. I've loved that guitar all my life and am leaving it to my adopted son. It is no way as beautiful as your 1962 but it's damn good and well made and always sounded great. Here I am playing two Beatles songs with it back in the late 90s kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2XNqXSKr6dgbJo

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

God bless ! I loved Manny’s and was very sad when they ruined 48th street closing down music row. I wish you the longest and happiest life possible.

[@Billsingsong]

Nice but will you teach any of this songs

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

Hi Bill, what song would you like me to teach?

[@Billsingsong]

@@perrystanleyNumber9 The Beatles songs you are showcasing, please

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

@@Billsingsong Ok. I’ll try to get one up by the end of September.

[@Billsingsong]

@@perrystanleyNumber9 👍

[@西大翔-c4c]

vox ac30?

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

Vox Ac30HW 2004 made in England.

[@rayavalos5561]

what microphone are you using to record the guitar in the video?

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

The signal chain is given in the video for the segments that you see a mic, and that mic is the Wunder Cm7. Michelle was done with the internal mic on the iPhone 12 Pro, and the rest was the Shure MV88+.

[@milanvanleeuwen2741]

My comments get deleted everytime, what the hell haha

[@msauce27]

I’ve got a really nice/clean ‘59 J-160E I’m looking to sell. Would you be interested, or know someone that might be?

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

No, thanks!

[@crashintonickdm]

Reissues are nice but it’s essentially a new guitar. A vintage guitar has decades upon decades of break in. That’s impossible to “reissue”

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

I agree!

[@milanvanleeuwen2741]

Test

[@zunif]

Sounds thin

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

Compared to a normal guitars it definitely does! Part of that has to be attributed to the plywood ( laminated) top. But that is the sound .

[@kenpark7427]

only looking good but sounds horrible, not acoustic not electric sounds.

[@perrystanleyNumber9]

It’s a Beatles thing. If it’s not for you so be it!