john wasnt techniclly the best player...but shit...he was very original,,,and creative...its not how many notes you play..its the notes that you play...
john was the first to,,strip the varnish off,,that casino..that made it sound different...any one who plays..knows that... it might not be the guitar that is off..it might have be the player...listen to the lead on get back...thats john.....actually he was going to..bring that guitar back to the original condition...{according to yoko},,,i think that epiphone was his other baby...
a good guitar player could play any guitar and make it sound good. jimi hendrix first guitar was a 1 string ukelele and i bet he good even make that sound good.
@epiphonelespaul4 oh just shut your bloody mouth up... John's first guitar was crap too... Do you think after 15, 20 years of professional playing, and being a millionaire (if not a billion), John would use a crap guitar just because he is a good guitar player. He's not that stupid. He bought that guitar 10 years before, used it live in '66, painted it's back, than got all the paint off. It's obvious the guitar isn't good anymore.
@mariane10121988 its not the fuckin guitar if your guitar has 6 strings you shouldnt have a fuckin problem i play an epiphone and theres no fuckin problem
God dammit Forshigity5000!"what does john use today? Is he touring anytime soon?"
Holy shit bro, I hope you were kidding- but i have a strong feeling you weren't- How can someone be so outta touch with cultural happenings?World events?
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@TheGalwayFarmer Nope, John's sonic blue strat had a rosewood fretboard. As far as i know, John's Strat is missing. George also had a Sonic blue strat identical to Johns but george later gave it a Pshycadelic paint job and nicknamed it 'Rocky'
@ABBABeatle Epiphones were built in Kalamazoo (probably spelt it wrong) Michigan during that time. Most notable for the blue oval sticker with the serial number & model, though some I believe are a reddish/orange sticker.
@ffairlane57 Yeah, it seems like The Beatles's sound was pretty coincidental....John saw the Rickenbacker on a jazz album cover, bought it, and went from there. Then they got free stuff from Epiphone, later Fender, etc.
When the action is set too high, you have to apply too much force on the strings to get a good sound. This seems to be what John Lennon is complaining about here. Which is why he looks at his left hand.
He wouldn't have used it more than once if the thing was a piece of crap obviously.
@1After100 Agreed. Casino sounds a lot better with higher action. I usually like mine lower, but find the lower the action the less power to the sound. Also Lennon could've been complaining of the strings. When playing hollowbodies it's best to use medium to heavy gauge strings. Light strings sound weak on hollows....Anyways just my opinion as I own a Casino and have been messing with it for 15 years to finally get a tone I'm pleased with on it....
@HarryDickus actually all hollow body/ acoustic guitars sound better with higher action. The only draw back is that it's harder to press down and your intonation may suffer
@inkey2 I think my Gretsch has a nicer, more aggressive sound with lower action. But, then again, I don't play blues or country, nor are those my favorite genres of music. Opinions.
Let's face it, he beat the living CRAP out of that guitar. He sanded it, dropped it, dinged it, scratched it, and I'm pretty sure i would be hard to play when it's all jacked up.
I don't think that he hated it at all because he used it for a long time before and after this session. It is just that in the process of recording, musicians might feel upset for not getting easily where they want to go, musically speaking, or for being uncertain about what exactly they want. So they blame the instruments sometimes. And this very shapeless effort at ''how do you sleep'' is enough cause for making someone upset.
@271189a i believe it was on the imagine john lennon docco but cant really remember its been a while since i saw it but it was movie length and really good
I read or heard somewhere that it was actually a brand new Sheraton that he used on the "rooftop" and sessions from that period and NOT his original stripped Casino !
Anyone hear of that ? ...maybe Guitar Player or Recording Sessions ?...or a full of shit salesman from the early 80's...it's been a long, long, long time.
@itsallrigid The guitar Lennon used on the rooftop and sessions such as this was his Epiphone Casino. It's very easy to identify it thanks to the P-90:s, the string holder and the headstock. The Sheraton didn't have those features.
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@gwugluud The best way, otherwise it's just too processed and too layered. The more down to earth in the recording the artist is the more organic the sound will be, and it's the real sound of the member. Anyone can sing and track guitar over their vocals.
@JayMalone He had a sconic blue strat (Just like the one you see george play at 0.39.. I think johns had a rosewood fretbard though) I dont think he cared much for Fenders
maybe he hadn't played a lot as of late . and he was out of shape slightly?. then trying to jump back into it , and fatigue kinda takes over the muscles and all
The Rickenbacker V250 and this Casino were John's favorites. But was probably the Casino the one that he used steadily longer, and I understand why. it's not only that's a beauty but it is so comfortable to play. I have one and I enjoy every aspect of it, besides the fact that for what it is it's totally inexpensive.
John's probably complaining about his Casino because he was embarrassingly bad at guitar maintenance. When a guitar tech got a look at John's first Rickenbacker 325 to restore it he was amazed. John had been playing it with roundwound and flatwound strings of all different makes and gauges. Either he or Mal Evans just replaced broken strings with whatever they had lying around. If John had a proper set up and maintenance, his Casino would have played like a dream. None of the Beatles were very
@MorroccoM13 The Casino is not a copy of the ES-335. Although similar in appearance, the ES-335 has a solid block wood center (among other differences, including humbuckers). The Casino is completely hollow and feature P-90 single coil pups.
with all of the complaints,lol john mustve loved that guitar ,cuz he played the hell out of it, and george and paul both also played casinos ,we need John Lennon today,I still miss him
@kimjenkins123 It's called "How Do You Sleep" and it was written about Paul suing him George (who's in this video) and Ringo in order to end the Beatles' business partnership as it pertained to Apple.
Weak! Jazz cats play guitars with 13s and even 14s (George Benson) flat-wounds, and their playing is a lot more demanding than any of John's simple strumming.
@Hoopermazing why would "jazz cats" like high action? so their close chords can be ruined by terrible intonation? Low action is needed so that a string pressed down will be in tune with open strings. Heavier gauge strings excel and promote lower action as well.
@bbknux1 That all might be true, but as I said, jazz cats like very high action. It's a matter of tradition. They used to do it so that they could play hard enough to be heard in a big band setting. Also, heavier gauge strings actually don't facilitate low action (unless you're a kid playing an absurdly de-tuned guitar) in standard tuning larger diameter strings have a larger "oscillation amplitude," or whatever that's called. Ask a science teacher why, IDK.
@Hoopermazing Simple strumming?? On the surface,that is! Lennon had a very unorthodox style of rhythm playing
that no one could ever replicate. The Epiphone Casino that Lennon owned has seen more action in a lifetime than
your snobbery! (Due to touring years as a BEATLE & weather conditions,depending on which continent w/only 2 roadies & MAINTANANCE??? There was a MANIA going on,not much time to FIX!!!)So, yeah, the Casino
has seen WEAR & TEAR, enough for Lennon to complain & rightly so.
Seems as his Casino needed a setup. I have two Casinos, among many other guitars, and they're very easy to play, with a slim neck and low action. The Casinos are famous, not only because they're excellent sounding guitars, but because they are very comfortable to play. Any guitar in dire need of a setup will cause the reaction we're seeing here.
when a man could play a guitar while other 500 could't , he is a genius, when a man couldn't endure a guitar while other 500 could, THAT IS HIS PROBLEM!
@GalaxyHorse cream disbanded in 1968, the beatles in 1969. not a big gap there. according to sources, the best-selling album of 1968 was Jimi Hendrix' Are You Experienced?
internal tensions? many bands play for longer than 15 years, AC/DC, stones, dead, who, queen, U2, black crowes, etc. i'm arguing just what those tensions were, i.e., lennon felt the beatles were being surpassed, and alot of it had to do with the music paul was making. how do you sleep? just my opinion.
He's not complaining about the make it's the action or height of the strings likely hurting his fingers maybe the neck moved with heat or cold or something.
@Sunambra I agree with you....I am a guitar tech and I used to have a 1960s epiphone casino in the 1970s. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the guitar itself, verey comfortable to play......his action was probably too high.....possibly John switched string gauges or the neck just needed the rod tightened
my friend richard thinks he so freaking smart!! but he's yealous!!! yealous of my WW ways mf! he's mad cuz his casino got jizzzzzacked in college but now i'm gunna buy one and show him how to play. and oh btw, he's been playing for over 20 years and i'm already better than him after only 6 months. go figure.
The Stratocaster in George's hands is different from the Statocasters John and George have had before in '66. This guitar has a maple fingerboard, Those of '66 had rosewood fingerboard
He probably just means his particular guitar, not the model. Understandable, really, since he played it so much. And I don't have much sympathy anyways; he's playing How Do You Sleep.
In the book Beatles Gear by Andy Babiuk one of the guitar techs that fixed John's first Rickenbacker in NY said that John didn't know anything about guitars or how to keep them in good condition. Maybe that's why the Casino is hard to play? No setup, intonation or anything in all those years?
@joseph60611 epiphone casino is great .so is john lennon.just one of those day's.people do have thier day's pyschological'may be or just hight as a kite
@sacramentolove am I really? all he had to say, however submissive it was, at the news of John's death was good. and john wrote much more of Paul-bashing music after this. but paul didn't.
Well of course his guitar was crippling... He's been using it since 1968, and this video was recorded when? 1974? Maybe he used the same strings like from 1968?
@sacramentolove He used it since 1965,not 1968.It's the same guitar used for the1966 tour.He stripped down the original sunburst paint,but it's the same guitar.
@hanoc101 I bet it was both! This is due to the fact, well I actually don't know, but I guess the Beatles had a guitar technician who'd maximize playability to John's or whoever's preference. What I want to know is why he's playing an Epiphone.
yes yes john lennon is a musical prodigy n legend. BUT am I the one that has to say this? He sounds like a strangling cat in this video. This is absolutely terrible singing, he can do way better than this
My guess he needs to become a luthier or take the Epi to one because I preffer the casino over my strat. Crippling is an illogical description for a guitar like that. But another thing is is that he hated the beatles after they broke up and of course that very guitar saw many beatles` albums.
john wasnt techniclly the best player...but shit...he was very original,,,and creative...its not how many notes you play..its the notes that you play...
MrHoward727 3 days ago
john was the first to,,strip the varnish off,,that casino..that made it sound different...any one who plays..knows that... it might not be the guitar that is off..it might have be the player...listen to the lead on get back...thats john.....actually he was going to..bring that guitar back to the original condition...{according to yoko},,,i think that epiphone was his other baby...
MrHoward727 3 days ago
im buying this guitar soon :)
PS3JohnG94 5 days ago
a good guitar player could play any guitar and make it sound good. jimi hendrix first guitar was a 1 string ukelele and i bet he good even make that sound good.
epiphonelespaul4 1 week ago
@epiphonelespaul4 oh just shut your bloody mouth up... John's first guitar was crap too... Do you think after 15, 20 years of professional playing, and being a millionaire (if not a billion), John would use a crap guitar just because he is a good guitar player. He's not that stupid. He bought that guitar 10 years before, used it live in '66, painted it's back, than got all the paint off. It's obvious the guitar isn't good anymore.
mariane10121988 1 week ago
@mariane10121988 its not the fuckin guitar if your guitar has 6 strings you shouldnt have a fuckin problem i play an epiphone and theres no fuckin problem
epiphonelespaul4 1 week ago
I think he sums it up himself... "I just can't play it"
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jeper1969 1 week ago
I doubt he ever had that thing set up. The action was probably really high.
loganarchermusic 1 week ago
I guess it left him crippled inside (!)
blaksu 2 weeks ago
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epimangood 3 weeks ago
and yet epiphone sells them
valdivia562 3 weeks ago
is that George harrison playing John's sonic blue strat?
TheGalwayFarmer 4 weeks ago
@TheGalwayFarmer Nope, John's sonic blue strat had a rosewood fretboard. As far as i know, John's Strat is missing. George also had a Sonic blue strat identical to Johns but george later gave it a Pshycadelic paint job and nicknamed it 'Rocky'
ABBABeatle 4 weeks ago
@ kithevideoman- stop showing off! (;
whysosquirrel101 1 month ago
that commie should stop bitchin
dirtyxmexican 1 month ago
This is awesome. I wasn't a John Lennon fan before watching this, but I am now.
homersimps1 1 month ago
@ABBABeatle Epiphones were built in Kalamazoo (probably spelt it wrong) Michigan during that time. Most notable for the blue oval sticker with the serial number & model, though some I believe are a reddish/orange sticker.
HarryDickus 1 month ago
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fuck john lennonm faggggggggot
IsItOnTab 1 month ago
SOMEONE SHOULD SMASH HIM OVER THE HEAD WITH IT
maidenrulz73 1 month ago
Why does he look constipated
kylethapk 1 month ago
he'd had it years and it had been played for HOURS. It was probably fucked
TheGalwayFarmer 1 month ago
he probably been recording for hours and needed a break....
pmay222 1 month ago
@Gentilseulement "This guitar is just crippling beyond belief; i cant play it."
MrZebrawr 1 month ago
Remember, Give peace a chance John. Give peace a chance....
dannyd1572 2 months ago
his casino is crippled inside ;)
fredmomma 2 months ago 3
@ABBABeatle -lol i know that, but compared to the gibson equivalent (es-330) it's an inferior instrument.
1954telecaster 2 months ago
@ffairlane57 Yeah, it seems like The Beatles's sound was pretty coincidental....John saw the Rickenbacker on a jazz album cover, bought it, and went from there. Then they got free stuff from Epiphone, later Fender, etc.
askl23 2 months ago
nice drumming song
gr8vibes2 2 months ago
When the action is set too high, you have to apply too much force on the strings to get a good sound. This seems to be what John Lennon is complaining about here. Which is why he looks at his left hand.
He wouldn't have used it more than once if the thing was a piece of crap obviously.
1After100 2 months ago 25
@1After100 Agreed. Casino sounds a lot better with higher action. I usually like mine lower, but find the lower the action the less power to the sound. Also Lennon could've been complaining of the strings. When playing hollowbodies it's best to use medium to heavy gauge strings. Light strings sound weak on hollows....Anyways just my opinion as I own a Casino and have been messing with it for 15 years to finally get a tone I'm pleased with on it....
HarryDickus 1 month ago
@HarryDickus actually all hollow body/ acoustic guitars sound better with higher action. The only draw back is that it's harder to press down and your intonation may suffer
inkey2 1 month ago
@inkey2 I think my Gretsch has a nicer, more aggressive sound with lower action. But, then again, I don't play blues or country, nor are those my favorite genres of music. Opinions.
rusher38 3 weeks ago
@1After100 he has been using a casino since 66 i think so that might be oe of his firsts
nimrodguitarist96 1 month ago
@nimrodguitarist96 John only had 1 Casino
Tjpbeatles92 3 weeks ago
I saw George!
Zimnyification 3 months ago
Let's face it, he beat the living CRAP out of that guitar. He sanded it, dropped it, dinged it, scratched it, and I'm pretty sure i would be hard to play when it's all jacked up.
slbeatlesrock4 3 months ago 2
Who is this?
PIlotrcm 3 months ago
he's got blistas on hees fingas!!
jsmcguireIII 3 months ago 14
@jsmcguireIII that was Ringo
bmajor981 2 months ago
Obviously a Fender guy.
CoryNathanS 3 months ago
@CoryNathanS That, Or he was being incredibly difficult in the studio. It tended to happen sadly :(
4dscorp 3 months ago 2
@4dscorp True, true.
CoryNathanS 3 months ago
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I don't think that he hated it at all because he used it for a long time before and after this session. It is just that in the process of recording, musicians might feel upset for not getting easily where they want to go, musically speaking, or for being uncertain about what exactly they want. So they blame the instruments sometimes. And this very shapeless effort at ''how do you sleep'' is enough cause for making someone upset.
theo9952 3 months ago
@271189a i believe it was on the imagine john lennon docco but cant really remember its been a while since i saw it but it was movie length and really good
MrDannyboyhall 3 months ago
Should've used your sonic blue Nowhere Man stratocaster like that guy at the end of the video is using. C'mon John!
SuperSonicJohnson 3 months ago
@SuperSonicJohnson you mean george harrison, johns friend and former band mate from the beatles?
scarface12347 3 months ago
@scarface12347 Is that George? It's hard to tell. Regardless, he should've used the stratocaster.
SuperSonicJohnson 3 months ago
I read or heard somewhere that it was actually a brand new Sheraton that he used on the "rooftop" and sessions from that period and NOT his original stripped Casino !
Anyone hear of that ? ...maybe Guitar Player or Recording Sessions ?...or a full of shit salesman from the early 80's...it's been a long, long, long time.
itsallrigid 3 months ago
@itsallrigid The guitar Lennon used on the rooftop and sessions such as this was his Epiphone Casino. It's very easy to identify it thanks to the P-90:s, the string holder and the headstock. The Sheraton didn't have those features.
atticthoughts 3 months ago
@atticthoughts thanks for clearing that up, I never spent much time looking at the subtleties.
I used to have an Ibanez knock-off of something similar and wondered what it might have been copied from...
Didn't the Casino lack the solid block tail section ? I don't mean ' lack ' as in inferior at all.
itsallrigid 2 months ago
@itsallrigid The Casino is totally hollow so no solid block at all.
atticthoughts 2 months ago
Wtf are you doing John?! 0:07 got a bitch bendin over while you sing about how she can't sleep?
MisterTibTib 3 months ago
i keep thinking he's gonna hit his head with the microphone.
killroy135 4 months ago
@vmanbeatles yes it was George
MrDannyboyhall 4 months ago
*Nod* Howwwwww do ya sleep ya cunt!
hahahaha what a legend!
Zildjiann 4 months ago
he had the dough, he could have gotten a really sweet gibson 335......Hey Bulldog!
marbleheadband 4 months ago
@Heisenberg85 hahaha my thoughts exactly brother
NocturnalCucumber 4 months ago
HOW DO YA SLEEP YA CUNT xD
sunnyjim98 5 months ago
...I think he means the guitar part, not the guitar itself?
MKDammer 5 months ago
anyone know what chords he's playin?
Deel73 5 months ago
@Deel73 A minor and D Major.
jimmmmybrady 4 months ago
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If you all think that John has died, then you are 100% wrong. Heroes get remebered but legends never die. Post this everywhere to show that John is still here.
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MrLennon231 5 months ago
he means that particular instrument dumbass not all casinos
scarecrow312 5 months ago
I'm a little surprised he would track vocals and guitar at the same time in a multitrack studio.
gwugluud 5 months ago
@gwugluud The best way, otherwise it's just too processed and too layered. The more down to earth in the recording the artist is the more organic the sound will be, and it's the real sound of the member. Anyone can sing and track guitar over their vocals.
MrMuddyBleach 5 months ago
@gwugluud not necessarily tracking, could've just been a guide vocal
feelthejoy 5 months ago
BUY A FENDER JOHN
JayMalone 5 months ago
@JayMalone He had a sconic blue strat (Just like the one you see george play at 0.39.. I think johns had a rosewood fretbard though) I dont think he cared much for Fenders
ABBABeatle 5 months ago
maybe he hadn't played a lot as of late . and he was out of shape slightly?. then trying to jump back into it , and fatigue kinda takes over the muscles and all
upthewazzu 6 months ago
LOL
0:33
'how do yuu sleep you cunt...'
hahaha john
MrGhero96 6 months ago 62
Don't blame me for this question, but, what song are they recording?
stefarossi 6 months ago
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@stefarossi "How do you sleep at night?"
TennGuy546 6 months ago
@stefarossi How do you sleep?
itsmikee1994 6 months ago
@stefarossi
How do you sleep a song with anger directed at paul
cravedave01 5 months ago
twas ringo who had the blisters
howdoyousleepyoucunt 6 months ago
Was it Lennon who wanted humperdinkers in his Les Paul Junior? Case closed
timj41 6 months ago
thats the guitar he screams about at the end of helter skelter
Emin7 6 months ago
The Rickenbacker V250 and this Casino were John's favorites. But was probably the Casino the one that he used steadily longer, and I understand why. it's not only that's a beauty but it is so comfortable to play. I have one and I enjoy every aspect of it, besides the fact that for what it is it's totally inexpensive.
JohnLennon100 7 months ago
John's probably complaining about his Casino because he was embarrassingly bad at guitar maintenance. When a guitar tech got a look at John's first Rickenbacker 325 to restore it he was amazed. John had been playing it with roundwound and flatwound strings of all different makes and gauges. Either he or Mal Evans just replaced broken strings with whatever they had lying around. If John had a proper set up and maintenance, his Casino would have played like a dream. None of the Beatles were very
stigmajosh 7 months ago
@leapinlueschen Ringo actually said that I beleive on the 18th take of Helter Skelter.
Dios67 7 months ago
just watch this if you want to buy this but is too expensive...
Alexutadamania 7 months ago
Why would John buy an Epiphone when he could certainly have afforded the Gibson version?
MorroccoM13 7 months ago
@MorroccoM13 epiphone's weren't always only copies of gibsons. Epiphone made quality guitars back then and still make a few high end guitars.
thecapitolwasteland 7 months ago
@thecapitolwasteland : I thought it was just a copy of an ES-335.
MorroccoM13 7 months ago
@MorroccoM13 The Casino is not a copy of the ES-335. Although similar in appearance, the ES-335 has a solid block wood center (among other differences, including humbuckers). The Casino is completely hollow and feature P-90 single coil pups.
PayPclone 5 months ago
@PayPclone > I took a closer look and I can see the differences. Thanks.
MorroccoM13 4 months ago
How da ya sleep ya cunt?
MariPamJam 7 months ago
with all of the complaints,lol john mustve loved that guitar ,cuz he played the hell out of it, and george and paul both also played casinos ,we need John Lennon today,I still miss him
fraterlucifer888 9 months ago
So many classics were played on that guitar. I'd love to own that
westfield90 9 months ago
funny shit
phat989 10 months ago
You should watch Paul McCartney is Dead. It give you another view about Paul suing the Beatles
edisongla55 10 months ago
HOW DO YA SLEEP..... ya cunt?
sparkytrick 10 months ago 15
@sparkytrick As it was meant for Paul. ;)
jgg87 8 months ago
bro he didnt cut because of the guitar he called paul mccartney a cunt
kimjenkins123 10 months ago 2
dude wat is song
kimjenkins123 10 months ago
@kimjenkins123 It's called "How Do You Sleep" and it was written about Paul suing him George (who's in this video) and Ringo in order to end the Beatles' business partnership as it pertained to Apple.
mike584 10 months ago
The 5 people who clicked disslike, own an Epiphone Casino =)
mokeefe690 10 months ago
5 people have Epiphone Casinos =)
mokeefe690 10 months ago
lol he had a casino since 66 and he just started to hate it
GraphicalDusso 10 months ago
wat song is this??
whoastupid 10 months ago
@whoastupid It's called "How do you sleep" :)
princeofthemods69 10 months ago
Weak! Jazz cats play guitars with 13s and even 14s (George Benson) flat-wounds, and their playing is a lot more demanding than any of John's simple strumming.
Hoopermazing 11 months ago
@Hoopermazing Nots only jazz cats, a lot of people
PBANDSNOW 11 months ago
@PBANDSNOW Perhaps, but it is the norm for jazz guitarists... and the crazy chord changes they play would be torturous with 8s.
Hoopermazing 11 months ago
@PBANDSNOW ...plus, jazz cats tend to like ridiculously high action.
Hoopermazing 11 months ago
@Hoopermazing why would "jazz cats" like high action? so their close chords can be ruined by terrible intonation? Low action is needed so that a string pressed down will be in tune with open strings. Heavier gauge strings excel and promote lower action as well.
bbknux1 11 months ago
@bbknux1 That all might be true, but as I said, jazz cats like very high action. It's a matter of tradition. They used to do it so that they could play hard enough to be heard in a big band setting. Also, heavier gauge strings actually don't facilitate low action (unless you're a kid playing an absurdly de-tuned guitar) in standard tuning larger diameter strings have a larger "oscillation amplitude," or whatever that's called. Ask a science teacher why, IDK.
Hoopermazing 11 months ago
@Hoopermazing And how quick do jazz players play? They never stay on a chord for more than a second!
dominiccarter77 10 months ago
@Hoopermazing Simple strumming?? On the surface,that is! Lennon had a very unorthodox style of rhythm playing
that no one could ever replicate. The Epiphone Casino that Lennon owned has seen more action in a lifetime than
your snobbery! (Due to touring years as a BEATLE & weather conditions,depending on which continent w/only 2 roadies & MAINTANANCE??? There was a MANIA going on,not much time to FIX!!!)So, yeah, the Casino
has seen WEAR & TEAR, enough for Lennon to complain & rightly so.
mcjayc100 10 months ago
LOl at the guy sighing at the end
chillerized 11 months ago
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chillerized 11 months ago
@vila37 actually, he says "crippling beyond belief"
thefadedline 11 months ago
what song is this?
mychickenpoped 1 year ago
A Casino is a great guitar, Fender strat is horrible. The first one is a beauty, the second one really ugly. But I do like Clapton.
fred13400II 1 year ago
@fred13400II you are not calling a strat ugly?! :O
STFCcreamemlads 11 months ago
actually what could be crippling john would be the strings
lirfrank 1 year ago
@petecatz epi's are sweet
kingfanboi 1 year ago
sweet p90's
kingfanboi 1 year ago
Seems as his Casino needed a setup. I have two Casinos, among many other guitars, and they're very easy to play, with a slim neck and low action. The Casinos are famous, not only because they're excellent sounding guitars, but because they are very comfortable to play. Any guitar in dire need of a setup will cause the reaction we're seeing here.
ditirambo1216 1 year ago
when a man could play a guitar while other 500 could't , he is a genius, when a man couldn't endure a guitar while other 500 could, THAT IS HIS PROBLEM!
Gilvin 1 year ago
WHAT SONG IS IT??
wischkaun 1 year ago
@wischkaun how do you sleep. its SUCH a good song! this is just a rehearsal so sounds a bit soft, but the real one is amazing
tiddlywinks98712 1 year ago
@wischkaun how do you sleep,he was refering to paul
MyDreamside 1 year ago
@GalaxyHorse cream disbanded in 1968, the beatles in 1969. not a big gap there. according to sources, the best-selling album of 1968 was Jimi Hendrix' Are You Experienced?
internal tensions? many bands play for longer than 15 years, AC/DC, stones, dead, who, queen, U2, black crowes, etc. i'm arguing just what those tensions were, i.e., lennon felt the beatles were being surpassed, and alot of it had to do with the music paul was making. how do you sleep? just my opinion.
watty024 1 year ago
where is this footage from?
LordEizen 1 year ago
@LordEizen the movie "Imagine: John Lennon"
marioman1983 1 year ago
@kingfanboi i agree
krispybacon2 1 year ago
He's not complaining about the make it's the action or height of the strings likely hurting his fingers maybe the neck moved with heat or cold or something.
Sunambra 1 year ago
@Sunambra I agree with you....I am a guitar tech and I used to have a 1960s epiphone casino in the 1970s. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the guitar itself, verey comfortable to play......his action was probably too high.....possibly John switched string gauges or the neck just needed the rod tightened
inkey2 1 year ago
my friend richard thinks he so freaking smart!! but he's yealous!!! yealous of my WW ways mf! he's mad cuz his casino got jizzzzzacked in college but now i'm gunna buy one and show him how to play. and oh btw, he's been playing for over 20 years and i'm already better than him after only 6 months. go figure.
starassist1977 1 year ago
@maydecember513 ah.....I think I know that...hello
petecatz 1 year ago
it probly just needed to be set up lol...
marshman500 1 year ago
The song is called "How do you Sleep?"
daisyroots 1 year ago
What's the name of the song ?
Giulio7exc 1 year ago
The Stratocaster in George's hands is different from the Statocasters John and George have had before in '66. This guitar has a maple fingerboard, Those of '66 had rosewood fingerboard
paul010155 1 year ago
@paul010155 GREAT catch, even though Im a drummer I caught George immediately but "I" made the error of thinking that WAS the 66 one. GOOD call
rf396 1 year ago
is this a jl song
johnqpr1 1 year ago
What's the song called?
TeaForOne97 1 year ago
@TeaForOne97 its called "how do you sleep at night"
NHurford1 1 year ago
He probably just means his particular guitar, not the model. Understandable, really, since he played it so much. And I don't have much sympathy anyways; he's playing How Do You Sleep.
joethulhuz 1 year ago
In the book Beatles Gear by Andy Babiuk one of the guitar techs that fixed John's first Rickenbacker in NY said that John didn't know anything about guitars or how to keep them in good condition. Maybe that's why the Casino is hard to play? No setup, intonation or anything in all those years?
atticthoughts 1 year ago
@joseph60611 epiphone casino is great .so is john lennon.just one of those day's.people do have thier day's pyschological'may be or just hight as a kite
god rest your soul john antonio
vonkalasson 1 year ago
@joseph60611 before I read your comment, I was thinking the same exact thing. xD
VGSTN 1 year ago
you can buy the whole guitar company..John
wisesatyr72 1 year ago
@joseph60611 Bazinga!
bearchildofdeath 1 year ago
i like hearing that loud sigh right as he says "I can't play it"
oldie4 1 year ago
Right at the end, you can hear someone sigh. I wonder what they said next?
hello50guitar 1 year ago
damn! i love his guitar "Epiphone Casino" wohoo! john lennon let alive! hehehe
KamenRiderFan01 1 year ago
Happy Birthday John
dyingforastrat 1 year ago
Was he singing about Paul or Yoko?
SotR59 1 year ago
@SotR59 paul
0000song0000 1 year ago
if John says the guitar is unplayable, im not buying!!!!!! XD
motlencore89 1 year ago
When you have John's bank account you change your guitar if you think it's crap
molcom07 1 year ago
casino sounds shit crappy on this video...
soyellowsoviolent 1 year ago
I thought the Casino was the only respectable epiphone electric guitar
defencewinsgames 1 year ago
@defencewinsgames nope
ohjb 1 year ago
@defencewinsgames Casino, Sheraton, Riviera, Emperor, Wildkat, Zephyr regent, Broadway, Dot, Lucille.
bilbomarks 1 year ago
he had to do a fret job, and he was having a bad trip,haha.
Jimbowholivesinsoup 1 year ago
my freind has a caino it feels easy wen i play it
GameInfernape 1 year ago
what does he mean by crippling?
SuperGuy344 1 year ago
@sacramentolove am I really? all he had to say, however submissive it was, at the news of John's death was good. and john wrote much more of Paul-bashing music after this. but paul didn't.
hiphopsucks96 1 year ago
John lennon 4 ever
santi1solo 1 year ago
Well of course his guitar was crippling... He's been using it since 1968, and this video was recorded when? 1974? Maybe he used the same strings like from 1968?
sacramentolove 1 year ago
@sacramentolove He used it since 1965,not 1968.It's the same guitar used for the1966 tour.He stripped down the original sunburst paint,but it's the same guitar.
clap67 1 year ago
@sacramentolove
Actually, 1966 and 1971.
Verbeke7 1 year ago
@Verbeke7 I remember now! He first used the guitar in 1966, in Japan. But after time he took the paint off,and took at pick guard off. Okay, thanks!
sacramentolove 1 year ago
@hanoc101 I bet it was both! This is due to the fact, well I actually don't know, but I guess the Beatles had a guitar technician who'd maximize playability to John's or whoever's preference. What I want to know is why he's playing an Epiphone.
quartercherries 1 year ago
what's the music please?
intilla1 1 year ago
@intilla1 how do you sleep
sacramentolove 1 year ago
@sacramentolove thank you
intilla1 1 year ago
@intilla1 np :)
sacramentolove 1 year ago
Must be Lennon's sonic-blue Strat that Harrison is playing.
ralphabetsoup 1 year ago
yes yes john lennon is a musical prodigy n legend. BUT am I the one that has to say this? He sounds like a strangling cat in this video. This is absolutely terrible singing, he can do way better than this
TheJ2JProduction 1 year ago
what song?
Mattp772 1 year ago
My guess he needs to become a luthier or take the Epi to one because I preffer the casino over my strat. Crippling is an illogical description for a guitar like that. But another thing is is that he hated the beatles after they broke up and of course that very guitar saw many beatles` albums.
JacobZaringRulz 1 year ago
:O did he say cunt?
LinzyRulzNorthNowra 1 year ago
@LinzyRulzNorthNowra yupprz
hiphopsucks96 1 year ago
john used mainly epiphone casino guitar or not?
kaisariani 1 year ago
lol HOW DO YA SLEEP YA CUNT!
thebeatlefreak9 1 year ago