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Harrison with his Rickenbacker 360/12 on the set of the Beatles’ 1964 film, A Hard Day’s Night. (From left) Actor John Junkin, Harrison, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, director Richard Lester and Ringo Starr

“People always say I’m the Beatle who changed the most.” How playing sitar helped George Harrison become a guitar legend

By Christopher Scapelliti published

While all the elements of Harrison’s guitar style were falling into place, the Beatles were falling apart. Here’s what happened

Dave Gilmour of Pink Floyd onstage at the Sports Arena in April 1975 in Los Angeles, California.

David Gilmour talks soloing in Guitar Player's guide to the Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time

By Guitar Player Staff published

Behold the genius of Gilmour, Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen, Brian May and many more — as voted by the readers of Guitar Player

George Harrison pictured with his 'Rocky' Fender Stratocaster

George Harrison names the “greatest guitar solo of all time” and the player who left a lasting impression on him

By Phil Weller last updated

From influencing his guitar choices to inspiring chord changes and lead lines, one guitarist stood above the rest for the Quiet Beatle

The Beatles pose for a portrait in the studio in circa 1965.

“Why don’t you just play it the same way each time?” Paul McCartney asked Brian Ray why he performed a Beatles song like this. Here's what he said

By Joe Bosso last updated

The Paul McCartney guitarist shares his hard-won advice on how to perform any Beatles song perfectly

George Harrison's Futurama guitar

The guitar that launched the Beatles is going to the auction block. Here's what George Harrison said about it.

By Phil Weller published

"All the other guitars fell off the wall!" George Harrison recalled when he and Paul McCartney demoed his historic Futurama at the music shop

Ritchie Blackmore (left) and George Harrison perform with Deep Purple at the Entertainment Centre in Sydney, Australia on December 12, 1984

"I was playing the wrong key and everything, but it didn't seem to matter": Watch George Harrison play a Little Richard classic with Deep Purple in 1984

By Jonathan Graham published

“I really enjoyed the show,” Harrison said of the rest of Purple's performance that evening. “I sat on the stage for part of the show behind the loudspeakers, and then I walked down and sat right in the center of the hall, and it wasn't too loud. It was really funny"

CAVERN CLUB and George HARRISON and BEATLES, George Harrison performing live onstage, playing Gretsch 6128 Duo Jet guitar

Five of George Harrison's Most Iconic Beatles-Era Guitars

By Guitar Player Staff published

From the Grestch Duo Jet used in the Beatles’ earliest recordings to the late '60s prototype Fender Rosewood Telecaster, here are five of George Harrison's most celebrated guitars

George Harrison performing on 'Saturday Night Live' with an acoustic guitar

Sting, James Taylor and Elton John Have Covered George Harrison's "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" – Here's Why Every Acoustic Guitarist Needs to Learn It

By Jimmy Leslie published

50 years ago, this campfire classic was at the top of the charts

The Beatles, from left George Harrison, Ringo Starr (behind), Paul McCartney and John Lennon, perform 'I Want To Hold Your Hand' and 'This Boy' on Granada Television's Late Scene Extra programme at Granada television studios in Manchester, England on November 25th 1963. John Lennon is playing his Gibson J-160E guitar.

The Incredible Story of How a Guitar Magazine Helped Find John Lennon’s Long-Lost Gibson J-160E

By Christopher Scapelliti published

Missing since 1963, this iconic Beatles guitar was found over half a century later and sold at auction for $2.4 million

George Harrison and Bob Dylan perform onstage at the Concert for Bangladesh which was held at Madison Square Garden on August 1, 1971 in New York City, New York.

Watch George Harrison and Bob Dylan's “If Not for You” Acoustic Rehearsal at the Legendary Concert for Bangladesh

By Christopher Scapelliti published

Video The warmth and friendship shared by the iconic songsters is evident in this intimate rendition

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