Guitar of the Day: 1954 Gibson J-160E

Guitar of the Day: 1954 Gibson J-160E | Norman's Rare Guitars

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A special guitar for #FlatTopFriday!!! #GuitarOfTheDay: 1954 Gibson J-160E in Original #Sunburst finish here at #NormansRareGuitars! For any questions you may have or price inquires about this #Gibson #J160E #Sunburst #electric #guitar please give us a call at 818-344-8300. So what do you guys think #ElectricGuitar?
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GUITAR: 1954 Gibson J-160E
GUITARIST: Michael Lemmo
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@dannyspadaro1510 4 жыл бұрын

1. And I Love Her- The Beatles 2. A Day in the Life- The Beatles

@dimasestrada6454 4 жыл бұрын

DANNY SPADARO thanks

@mdub048 4 жыл бұрын

Putting a P-90 in an acoustic was a genius move.

@ivetoldyouonce 4 жыл бұрын

The only guitar the Beatles used on every one of their albums. Great sound!

@andrewpappas9311 4 жыл бұрын

Yup

@polmccartknee3792 2 жыл бұрын

That is true

@Spartanm333 2 жыл бұрын

And George modded... because he wasn't happy with the pickup performance. These were very early electro acoustics and Gibson didn't really know what they were doing on that side of the instrument. George eventually fitted the pickup across the sound hole and nearer the bridge. I love the confidence of that... $2500 in todays money ( £170 in the early 60's) and it wasn't right. So he changed it. P90 buzzing also - again an issue with volume on those pickups. Things weren't all great back in the day. Having said that, I have a Gibson J45 2018 in Vintage Sunburst and the tone un-amped is glorious and enough to fill a small room. Its a thing of beauty.

@danterosales6985 4 жыл бұрын

That encore song is hands down my favorite when he plays it acoustic. I remember the first Flatop Friday he played it and it blew me away then as it does now.

@kylecarrillo822 4 жыл бұрын

You can tell lenmo is just an honest genuinely good hearted guy.

@urmum1959 4 жыл бұрын

lol lenmo

@kylecarrillo822 4 жыл бұрын

@@urmum1959 i noticed that but that it would be a good new nickname for him so 😂

@urmum1959 4 жыл бұрын

@@kylecarrillo822 Honestly, I prefer Lenmo to Lemmo lol

@melciveng 4 жыл бұрын

I hope Lemmo uses this platform to go onto bigger and better things. A real talent 😎

@saffel 4 жыл бұрын

melciveng : agreed - reminds me, for some reason of Jason Isbell- two guys with phenomenal talent.

@jakeneuman8122 4 жыл бұрын

Also lemmo is one of the nicest humblest people I’ve ever met. It was seriously an honor to shake the guy’s hand.

@rylieriley 4 жыл бұрын

That's one of the better J-160Es that I've heard, that's for sure. That pickup is sweet.

@glenkepic3208 4 жыл бұрын

Chord melody for "And I Love Her" Great. Hoped for I Feel Fine. The 8th is near. Never forget.

@zankyalbo2208 4 жыл бұрын

39 years without our Johnny ...... the worst day of my life .... so far .....

@waybackplayback1347 4 жыл бұрын

@@zankyalbo2208 Same here, brother. Tears in heaven.

@GundogJake 4 жыл бұрын

How brilliantly appropriate that Lemmo did Beatles songs on that guitar. His version of day in the life , might just be my favourite cover of that song. Up to now it’s been Jeff Becks version, but that was wonderful!

@pattyg5338 4 жыл бұрын

Can we have an encore every guitar of the day?

@MrGixxer1300r 4 жыл бұрын

I used to think Lemmo just knew what music Fenders wanted to play, but in this video he shows he can read Gibson flatops just as well. Thanks for another great performance.

@williamknell864 4 жыл бұрын

Minus the 60 cycle hum, that has a WAY more pleasant sound, and is a much nicer amplified facsimile of an acoustic guitar than what the first two to two and a half decades of under saddle piezo pickups provided us with. Not perfect, but zero ugliness. Nice playing too, Mike. Very cool!

@josephtravers777 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's not a quacker. This sounds very much like my old ES-125TC w/ the P-90 in the neck.

@ultragukuss1325 4 жыл бұрын

What a Great Player.. last song tears my heart apart thanks so much!

@stevehornshaw4478 3 жыл бұрын

A real privilege to see and hear you play such a gorgeous guitar. Just made for the songs and your tremendous touch. Magic. Thnx Michael Jen and Norm.

@r.c.vincent6063 3 жыл бұрын

Oh Man, this guitar is sweet. I don't have Beatles money or I would buy it in a heart beat. Sounds so sweet. Love is model. Great Beatles songs as well. Great playing!

@Kashmir_Skies 3 жыл бұрын

This guitar just has the sweetest tones, wether it's plugged in or not these 1954 models sound incredible!!!

@coachdewalls9355 4 жыл бұрын

I like how that pickup is integrated to look like it belongs there...not one of those numbers that goes over the sound hole like an afterthought. Sounds amazing, and of course Lemmo just accentuates it, as usual!

@VonBluesman 4 жыл бұрын

Michael you are an amazing player. I still say you need to contact the television and movie industry about writing and performing music, besides doing your own thing.

@wilburpruck784 4 жыл бұрын

That’s beautiful Michael Thank you

@canucklehead0 4 жыл бұрын

Man, that was outstandingly sweet, Mr. Lemmo , Thank-you!! And Thank-you Norm, for finding this phenomenal guitar and finally Thank-you Jen, for making Mr. Lemmo play just a bit more!! I'll be playing this over a few times tonight!!

@joemess98036yahoo 4 жыл бұрын

Sublime! What beautiful sounds Lemmo makes and shows what these instruments are meant to make.

@aprils6589 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful sound; gifted guitarist.

@jamqc24 4 жыл бұрын

I really dont know why people hate on this guy. Yall just got used to Mark but we cant do anything. Love this guy.

@pavanatanaya 4 жыл бұрын

Just beautiful Mike Thanks Norm

@robertbutton9428 4 жыл бұрын

I used to come to this channel to check out the beautiful guitars, I know come here to hear Mr Lemmo play the beautiful guitars !! Michael if your playing can't sell these guitars, nothing can. Awesome work !

@devonlindsay5784 3 жыл бұрын

this is my dream guitar...

@compass4853 4 жыл бұрын

Mike - As usual, you absolutely make that Gibson box sing! Monumental playing! Please put out an EP with hours of this groove! Thanks Lemmo (& Norm)!

@markmartin3221 4 жыл бұрын

Great tone like Norm said and all the way through the dynamics sa wheat! There is a very noticeable hiss though that you can’t ignore.

@plumiegirl47 4 жыл бұрын

Made my day with any Beatle tunes. Very cool guitar.

@davidg-oo1ox 4 жыл бұрын

Lovely playing showing off a lovely instrument

@Kevin19700 4 жыл бұрын

Mesmerizing! Thanks for the demo Mr. Lemmo.

@billyt.7387 4 жыл бұрын

It's such a pleasure to listen GOTD. Lemmo you are truly amazing. He makes you want to be like the dude in the old Maxel or Memorex tape ads. Where the dude's hair is blown back and wine glass being pushed off the table, as he's sitting in front of his speakers.

@MarkSmith-mj6oo 4 жыл бұрын

That was a masterclass on an absolute beauty - thank you.

@martinandersson5833 4 жыл бұрын

That guitar has everything I could ever wish for. Wow! What a jem. What a sound. Fantastic playing Lemmo. 👍👏

@zetmoon 4 жыл бұрын

John and George each got one in 1963 and used it on the first album a lot. But also, the famous intro to I feel fine was played by Lennon on this guitar

@nickchurch4102 4 жыл бұрын

zetmoon do you know what kind of amp was used to help get that sound or does it not really matter?

@graemedixon3424 4 жыл бұрын

A beautiful guitar, very good tone/s, well played Michael!

@pallisg 4 жыл бұрын

And no noise at all, beautiful

@williammatthews2948 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful.

@salcasabianca 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful guitar and always great playing.

@skeetschuler1859 4 жыл бұрын

The best sounding and beautiful flat top ever.

@kevinl6111 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome guitar!!! great songs!!!!

@eternalme6077 4 жыл бұрын

BEAUTIFUL GUITAR, Lemmo is putting her through her paces Exceptionally Well as usual. I've Always Loved how JEN Works, how she Slowly Pan's, then she'll Slowly Focus on a Particular area on the instrument, then Pan back While keeping EVERYTHING IN FRAME! Sometimes she'll move from one side of the focal point to the other subtly keeping us ever so interested without us even REALIZING IT, AWESOME JEN...... You made Agnesi look good as well as Lemmo, and of course Let's not forget the most important part.......THE GUITARS!!! JEN........WHO LOVES YA BABY...........🎸💚

@stephenhall9 4 жыл бұрын

Really Nice, especially nice to hear some Beatles ! Would also have been nice to hear it in acoustic mode too.

@GuitarlosCarlos 4 жыл бұрын

Stephen Hall THESE GUITARS HAVE A HEAVIER CONSTRUCTION THEY DON'T RING AS WELL AS OTHER GIBSON ACOUSTIC GUITARS BECAUSE OF THE BIGGER HEAVY BRACING THE P90 MAKES UP FOR IT I HAVE THE EXACT SAME J-160E GUITAR AND AMP THEY DON'T CHIME OUT AS MUCH WHEN UNPLUGGED CARLOS GUITARLOS 90042

@flamencoprof 4 жыл бұрын

@@GuitarlosCarlos Does the heavier construction have anything to do with the inclusion of the pickup?

@GuitarlosCarlos 4 жыл бұрын

flamencoprof THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT CSRLOS GUITARLOS 90042

@toddflowers8052 4 жыл бұрын

That was tone was beautimous Lemmo ! Thanks Jen and Norm !

@chrisashby32 4 жыл бұрын

Definitely unique and rare. So cool.

@jeremyrandall7228 4 жыл бұрын

Don’t worry Norm! Maybe I can afford one of these guitars when I’m 64!

@chadhutsell8847 4 жыл бұрын

Epic episode! I can almost imagine the amazing music this kid could make with this guitar

@RockStarOscarStern634 3 жыл бұрын

That's Gibson's 2nd (or possibly 3rd if you count the ES-150 Archtop Acoustic Electric Guitar) Acoustic-Electric Guitar. Gibson's 1st flat top Acoustic-Electric was a CF-100E.

@bstewartexecutivecarcare6953 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful guitar and nice playing Michael 👍✌️

@rossljensen 4 жыл бұрын

Just. Wow

@tyleranderson9190 4 жыл бұрын

Man that sounds good!

@timaustin8721 4 жыл бұрын

I think I may have just feel in LOVE 🎸

@misterinquisitive3113 4 жыл бұрын

Thumbs up to this episode! Sweet tone and playing

@itslikethesamebutdifferent8020 3 жыл бұрын

This dude is fire on the guitar. Very talented and gifted. For the record john and George got their J-160e’s in 1962 not 1964 and no Paul never got one, he opted for a Epiphone Texan and later a Martin d28. Very cool looking guitars tho, i got one myself.

@santinosartoris 4 жыл бұрын

Knocked it out of the park as always Lemmo 🤙

@JeffinLowerAlabama 4 жыл бұрын

Ok OK that was sweet playing on a great sounding flat top, great call for an encore Jen, Jeff in LA USA

@MichaelGrecoGuitar 4 жыл бұрын

oh yes! What a nice full sound

@darrinlawton2748 4 жыл бұрын

Phenomenal

@buddhamus 4 жыл бұрын

Great guitar, even greater playing. Nice stuff.

@stkbkr1 4 жыл бұрын

That guitar comes with a free pick in the body ; )

@jerrytee2688 4 жыл бұрын

Ha, sounded like it.

@anthonykeirns1391 4 жыл бұрын

Very very nice playing.✌🏻

@Xaion6 4 жыл бұрын

When I hear an instrumental version of A Day in the Life I think of Jeff Beck. My favorite concert I've been to and my biggest influence on guitar

@Bluenblack17 4 жыл бұрын

Wow. What a guitar

@kennybluet5527 2 жыл бұрын

That tone is stunning. Like liquid. Lemmo just killin ' it , and he ain't afraid of no reverb.

@cdburgess75 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing

@bobainsworth9571 4 жыл бұрын

I too would have liked to hear the guitar acoustically, but still terrific playing. Through the pickup it sounded more like a super 400 type guitar.

@elyieflorez9890 4 жыл бұрын

Nothing you can say but Wow😍

@marklownox 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome Lemmo!

@mtacoustic1 4 жыл бұрын

Great close-out to a GotD week!

@inurcloset19 4 жыл бұрын

Watched this before bed last night and the way he ended off playing in this vid sounds a lot like lucid dreams by juice world with the major to minor drop. Just found that interesting due to the news today

@Shred_The_Weapon 4 жыл бұрын

The description of the pick up explains a lot about how it sounds when plugged in, how it is kind of difficult to distinguish between it and one of the Beatles’ electric guitars. The amplified sound is like Paul’s Casino in the neck position. This was before the acoustic/electric guitar as I’ve always known it (being born in 1980) came into existence. The manufacturers were still learning how to amplify a guitar like this differently from an electric guitar. The standards were still emerging.

@localguy8 4 жыл бұрын

Lemmo you make us 54’s sound good thanks for the wonderful Beatles numbers , the guitar is in good shape could you play it without a amp ?

@rongerritse8567 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing 👍🏻

@jessel1217 4 жыл бұрын

Lemmo you are just a fantastic player.

@brocklanders6172 4 жыл бұрын

According to Mal Evans, John Lennon's J-160E was the backup for his Rickenbacker 1963-64.

@thebeatlesremastered8144 4 жыл бұрын

Lennon used his Gibson in many of his studio performances, his rickenbacker minus a few exceptions worked more as a touring, live instrument

@ndothager 4 жыл бұрын

Lightning Hopkins used a model like this. Very cool.

@gilos18 4 жыл бұрын

love that episode

@joemack1884 4 жыл бұрын

Wow that's nice

@b.i.g.brothersinguitars249 4 жыл бұрын

Norm u r mistaken by thinking that you've hired Michael,he is doing u a huge favor remember that!!

@tenlittleindians 4 жыл бұрын

I'd recommend replacing that pick guard before it shrinks anymore and causes severe damage.

@rockincoltsify 4 жыл бұрын

Lemmo just keeps killin' it.....

@danielyosef2149 4 жыл бұрын

And I love her. Amazing!

@Beatles123ful 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful playing awesome guitar wonder if gibson ever remade an Modern version.

@ryanwilliams5832 4 жыл бұрын

Love your work on Guitar of the Day Michael. I would love to hear you use that looper to do your take on the song Dramamine by Modest Mouse. Also, if you could find some more Guilds to show (acoustic or electric), that would be awesome.

@georgechapogas1054 4 жыл бұрын

I was born in 54 and am 65. Really should plug it straight into a board with some JBLs when u do these. Nice playing kid, better than any of 4 original bugs.

@eddiekwok2079 3 жыл бұрын

ME too and a Beatles’s fan a decade later. A little bit later because I was in HK and we can only have Beatles records at late 1963

@francescofouche5843 4 жыл бұрын

Definitely one of my dream guitars

@MezzMcGillicuddy1 Жыл бұрын

Really sweet sound. The J-160E is kind of a strange guitar by today’s standards. If you go by looks, it’s an acoustic guitar with a pickup in it. If you go by sounds, its basically an electric guitar that doubles as an acoustic. It’s all about that plugged-in tone IMO. Anyway, cool video! Dude plays great!

@birkuz 4 жыл бұрын

This were solid spruce tops. The Beatles Jumbos were ladder braced with laminated top. McCartney usted an Epiphone Texan in natural finish which also had an adjustable bridge but no pickup.

@GuitarlosCarlos 4 жыл бұрын

I LOVE THE GIBSON J-160 E ACOU ~ ELEC GUITARS ✔️ THE CONSTRUCTION IS A LITTLE HEAVIER SO THEY RING LESS OFF THE TOP THE P 90 MAKES UP FOR IT I HAVE THE SAME EXACT GUITAR & CASE BUT IT'S A 64 SAME AS JOHN & GEORGE THE 1964 J-160E DOESN'T HAVE A ADJUSTABLE BRIDGE IT'S A CALI GIRL CASE MANG I HAVE THE VERY SAME 1966 FENDER PRO REVERB AMP (THE PREVIOUS GOTD AMP) IT'S THAT NORM GUY AGAIN WHO'S THAT OLD NORM GUY ON THE POOPY COUCH NOW IT'S WONDERFUL TO HEAR MIKE PLAY STRAIGHT INTO THE 66 FENDER PRO REVERB AMPLIFIER / WONDERFUL LAST WEEK WHEN MIKE PLAYED "AND I LOVE HER" I POINTED OUT THAT THE SONG ENDED WITH A MAJOR (WHO TRAINED THIS GUY?) GETTING SOME NICE TONES OUTTA A HEAVILY BUILT BOX ONCE AGAIN, THE P 90 IS SUCH A VERSATILE STRONG FULL-BODIED PICK UP ✔️ A VERY FINE AGOTD MIKE carlosguitarlosmusic.com CARLOS GUITARLOS 90042 A BEATLE KIND A SONG "A REAL LOVE" on 'SING AN HONEST SONG' www.carlosguitarlosmusic.com/carlos/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/10-A-Real-Love.mp3

@joshuaross4644 4 жыл бұрын

Here’s some info for Norm : John and George got their J-160e’s in 1963 with John getting a replacement for his in 1964 from Manny’s in NY as his original was stolen in the UK before their first US tour in “64”. Paul also bought his RH Epiphone Texan at the same time. Paul had a RH J-160e square shoulder version in the early 70’s.

@bobsimmons3466 4 жыл бұрын

Good info. Thanks.

@stevelinbergbaby135 4 жыл бұрын

Great playing just gotta get through the feedback hum - mine do it to, drives me apeshit crazy🤪

@lauramoore9659 4 жыл бұрын

IT'S ALLLLLLLLLLLLL SOOOOO MUCH FUN!!!!

@arrangrant4614 4 жыл бұрын

Sounds sweet and great playing from Lemmo sounds like it got a bad earth somewhere on the electrics though

@scottbogfoot 4 жыл бұрын

Hey, what strings are recommended for the 160e? I've always been told and always keep nickel strings on my 160e, needed for the pickup. Is that true? I really dont like the sound of nickel strings even though it sounds just like John's do on the earlier Beatles recordings.