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The rest of the band always considered Ringo to be 'The Master' when it came to guitar playing!

This is true... even Chet Atkins credited Ringo with having improved his country picking technique.

Unfortunately, Ringo was never a Rickenbacker man. George tried to get him to play Rics (as well as Gretsch) but Ringo always went back to his one true guitar love:

Randy:

I think your assessment of "frenetic (Paul), soaring (George), and guttural (John)" is bang on. It is certainly my gut reaction to those solos and they characterize (IMO) the styles of the three different guitarists... and I love all three for different reasons.

I am strangely compelled by Paul's disjointed, stabbing and syncopated solos (like in Taxman). They are very unusual.

I am always stunned with John's bedrock solid timing and his gritty fundamental sense of rock 'n roll. (and I've recorded All My Loving... it took three weeks of practice EVERY DAY to get it to the point it was recordable and then I lost it)

Finally I always find myself enraptured with George's guitar playing regardless of the period; his unmatchable slide guitar, his precise Chet Atkins, Carl Perkins, Scotty Moore, leads and his absolutely sublime lead on "Something" which I think is one of the best guitar leads in rock 'n roll history. The definition of a good lead to me is what Dave Gilmour says... it has to be like a vocal melody which the listener will remember. Can you hear it in your head note for note? I can!

Maybe it was Ringo that had George's guitar while it was gently weeping?

QUOTE:
"The order of guitar playing on "The End" is Paul, George and John.
That is always documented the same in every book covering the subject".
END QUOTE

Okay Alex,
We're willing to accept this, Kimosabé.
Thanking you from the bottom of my feet.

Brammy: Ringo's favorite guitar appears to have influenced the paint finish that George eventually applied to 'Rocky'. Another example of the student bowing to 'The Master'.

I had a guitar like that many years ago, but like a fool, I traded it for a stinkin' old Jazz Bass. It's not even a nice new one!
Chalk up another error to youth!

>>Another example of the student bowing to 'The Master'.

how true.

When relaxing at home, Ringo would often play an acoustic guitar that was given to him by none other than Gene Autry. It was on this guitar that Ringo wrote many of his internationally famous tunes.

That is cool.

I don't understand the competition in every band/group who cares it doesn't matter. We are talking about the Beatles get over it

Maybe, but Ringo's guitar work was so ahead of it's time that it must be given special attention.

That Ringo is a talented guy.

He also plays a mean shoe!

and he keeps a ten bob note up his nose. Actually a bunch of them.

here Ringo can be seen working out some intricate solos before showing them to George.

No no no no, he doesn't (sniff) it no more, he got tired of waking up on the floor.