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The Beatles guitar tone: gear & amp settings

The gear and amp settings behind 123 The Beatles songs, researched from rig rundowns, interviews and gear forums. The rig that shows up most: 1968 Fender Rosewood Telecaster into Vox AC30.

Guitars The Beatles used

  • 1968 Fender Rosewood Telecaster16 songs
  • 1964 Gibson SG Standard15 songs
  • Epiphone Casino11 songs
  • 1962 Gibson J-160E10 songs
  • Fender Rosewood Telecaster5 songs
  • 1963 Rickenbacker 325 Capri4 songs
  • Gibson SG Standard4 songs
  • Höfner 500/1 Violin Bass4 songs

Amps The Beatles used

  • Vox AC3040 songs
  • 1964 Vox AC100 head with 4x12 cabinet (Celestion T1088 speakers, Goodmans Midax horns)5 songs
  • Fender Twin Reverb (Silverface, late 1960s)4 songs
  • Vox UL7304 songs
  • Vox 7120 hybrid amp3 songs
  • 1966 Fender Deluxe Reverb with Oxford 12K5-6 12-inch speaker3 songs
  • 1966 Vox 7120 (hybrid solid-state/tube head, 4x12 cabinet with Celestion T1225 speakers)2 songs
  • Vox Conqueror (Brilliant channel) with 2x12 cabinet (Celestion G12 Alnico silver speakers)2 songs

213 The Beatles tones

SongGain
Let It Be · solo4.5
Something · solo5.5
Revolution · riff8
Day Tripper · riff4.5
While My Guitar Gently Weeps · solo5.5
Don't Let Me Down · riff4.5
And Your Bird Can Sing · riff3.5
Blackbird · riff0
Helter Skelter · riff7
Here Comes the Sun · riff0
I Want You (She's So Heavy) · riff4.5
Drive My Car · solo3.5
Hey Jude · riff2
I Want to Tell You · riff4
I've Got a Feeling · riff5
Something · riff4
And Your Bird Can Sing · solo4.5
Don't Let Me Down · riff2.5
Get Back · riff4
Hey Jude · riff5
I Feel Fine (2023 Mix) · riff3.5
I Want to Hold Your Hand · riff4
In My Life · riff0
In My Life · riff3.5
Octopus's Garden · riff3
She Loves You (2023 Mix) · riff3.5
She Loves You (Mono Version) · riff3.5
Something · solo3
A Day In the Life · riff3.5
A Hard Day's Night · riff3.5
A Hard Day's Night · solo0
A Taste of Honey · riff0
Across the Universe · riff0
Across the Universe (2021 Mix) · riff0
All My Loving · clean0
All My Loving · riff0
All You Need Is Love · solo4
Back In the U.S.S.R. · solo5
Back In the U.S.S.R. · riff6
Back In the U.S.S.R. · distorted5.5
Bad Boy · riff4.5
Birthday · riff5.5
Blackbird · solo0
Can't Buy Me Love · riff2
Can't Buy Me Love · riff3.5
Chains · riff0
Come Together · riff2.5
Come Together · riff5
Come Together · distorted4.5
Come Together · clean0
Come Together · solo4.5
Day Tripper · solo4.5
Day Tripper · riff2.5
Dear Prudence · riff0
Dear Prudence · clean0
Dig a Pony · riff4.5
Dig a Pony (2021 Mix) · solo4
Dig a Pony (2021 Mix) · riff4.5
Dig a Pony (The Rooftop Performance) · solo4
Dig a Pony (The Rooftop Performance) · riff4
dig a pony rhythm · riff4
Do You Want to Know a Secret · riff0
Don't Bother Me · riff3.5
Don't Let Me Down · solo3
Don't Let Me Down · clean0
Don’t let me down · riff4
Don’t Let Me Down (First Rooftop Performance) · solo4
Don’t Let Me Down (First Rooftop Performance) · riff3
Don’t Let Me Down (First Rooftop Performance) · riff4
Drive My Car · riff4.5
Drive My Car · solo2.5
Drive My Car (2026 Mix) · riff3.5
Eight Days a Week (2023 Mix) · solo3.5
Eleanor Rigby · riff0
Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey · riff7
Fixing A Hole (2017 Mix) · solo4.5
Get Back · solo4.5
Get Back (2021 Mix) · riff2.5
Get Back (2021 Mix) · riff4
Golden Slumbers · riff2
Good Day Sunshine (2022 Mix) · solo4.5
Good Morning Good Morning · solo6.5
Happiness Is a Warm Gun · riff4.5
Hello, Goodbye · riff0
Help! · riff3.5
Help! · riff2.5
Help! · clean0
Helter Skelter (2018 Mix) · riff7
Helter Skelter (2018 Mix) · solo8
Her Majesty · riff0
Here Comes the Sun · clean0
Here, There and Everywhere · riff0
Hey Bulldog · riff5
Hey Bulldog · solo6.5
Hey Bulldog (2023 Mix) · riff6.5
I Feel Fine · riff2.5
I Feel Fine · riff4
I Me Mine · riff4.5
I Need You · riff2
I Saw Her Standing There · riff3.5
I Saw Her Standing There · solo2.5
I Saw Her Standing There · clean0
I Saw Her Standing There · riff3.5
I Saw Her Standing There · solo4
I Want to Hold Your Hand · riff2.5
I Want to Hold Your Hand · solo2
I Want You (She's So Heavy) · riff0
I Want You (She's So Heavy) · solo6
I Want You (She's So Heavy) · clean0
I Want You (She's So Heavy) [2019 Mix] · riff7
I Want You (She's So Heavy) [2019 Mix] · distorted5.5
I Will · riff0
I'm Happy Just to Dance with You · riff0
I'm Only Sleeping · riff3.5
I've Got a Feeling · solo4.5
I've Got a Feeling (2021 Mix) · solo5
I've Got a Feeling (2021 Mix) · riff4.5
I've Just Seen a Face · riff0
If I Fell · riff0
If I Needed Someone · solo4
If I Needed Someone · riff3
If I Needed Someone (2026 Mix) · riff3.5
In My Life · solo3.5
It's Only Love · riff3
Lady Madonna · riff3.5
Let It Be · riff3.5
Lucy In the Sky with Diamonds · solo4.5
Lucy In the Sky with Diamonds · clean0
Lucy In the Sky with Diamonds · riff4
Maxwell's Silver Hammer · clean0
Michelle · solo3
Misery · riff0
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) · solo0
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) · riff0
Nowhere Man · riff0
Nowhere Man · solo3.5
Nowhere Man (2023 Mix) · solo2.5
Nowhere Man (2023 Mix) · riff0
Octopus's Garden · solo3.5
Octopus's Garden · clean0
Octopus's Garden (2019 Mix) · riff3.5
Oh! Darling · riff4.5
Oh! Darling · solo0
Oh! Darling · riff2
One After 909 · riff4
One After 909 (2021 Mix) · solo4
One After 909 (2021 Mix) · riff4
P.S. I Love You · riff0
Paperback Writer · riff4
Paperback Writer (2022 Stereo Mix) · riff5.5
Paperback Writer (2022 Stereo Mix) · clean0
Please Mister Postman · riff3.5
Please Please Me · riff4
Please Please Me · solo2.5
Revolution · solo7.5
Revolution 1 · riff4
Rock and Roll Music · riff4.5
Roll Over Beethoven · riff4.5
Savoy Truffle (2018 Mix) · riff7
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band · solo6
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (2017 Mix) · solo6
She Came In Through the Bathroom Window (2019 Mix) · solo4
She Came In Through the Bathroom Window (2019 Mix) · riff4
She Loves You · solo0
She Loves You · riff0
She Said She Said · riff5
She Said She Said · solo3.5
Something · distorted5
Something · riff2.5
Something · clean0
Strawberry Fields Forever · distorted5.5
Strawberry Fields Forever (Take 7) · riff3.5
Sun King · solo2
Sun King · riff3.5
Taxman · riff3.5
Taxman · solo3.5
Taxman · riff2.5
Taxman · solo6
Taxman (2022 Mix) · riff5
The End · solo5.5
The End · riff5.5
The Long and Winding Road (2021 Mix) · clean0
The Night Before · solo3
The Night Before · riff2.5
The Night Before · clean0
Ticket to Ride · riff3.5
Ticket to Ride · clean0
Ticket to Ride · solo2.5
Till There Was You · solo0
Till There Was You · riff0
Twist and Shout · solo4.5
Twist and Shout · riff3.5
Twist and Shout · riff3.5
Twist and Shout · solo2
Two of Us · solo0
Two of Us · riff0
While My Guitar Gently Weeps · solo0
While My Guitar Gently Weeps · riff3
While My Guitar Gently Weeps · distorted5
While My Guitar Gently Weeps · clean0
While My Guitar Gently Weeps · riff5
While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Remastered 2009) · solo5.5
With A Little Help From My Friends (2017 Mix) · riff0
Words of Love · riff0
Yer Blues · riff4.5
Yer Blues · solo6
Yesterday · riff0
You Never Give Me Your Money · solo3.5
You Never Give Me Your Money · riff3.5
You Never Give Me Your Money (2019 Mix) · solo5
You're Going to Lose That Girl · riff3.5
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away · riff0
Your Mother Should Know · clean0

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Frequently asked questions

What amp did The Beatles use?

Across 123 researched songs, the amps that come up most are Vox AC30 (40 songs), 1964 Vox AC100 head with 4x12 cabinet (Celestion T1088 speakers, Goodmans Midax horns) (5 songs), Fender Twin Reverb (Silverface, late 1960s) (4 songs), Vox UL730 (4 songs).

What guitar did The Beatles use?

Most often: 1968 Fender Rosewood Telecaster (16 songs), 1964 Gibson SG Standard (15 songs), Epiphone Casino (11 songs), 1962 Gibson J-160E (10 songs).

How do I get The Beatles's tone on my amp?

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