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A lot of attention has been given to John's gear, including the three whammy bars that adorned his Ricks - Kaufmann, Bigsby, and Accent. But for the life of me, I can't find an example where he actually used any of them in a song. If anyone can illuminate me I'd be much obliged.

I've heard that 'Cry for a Shadow' from the Anthology I CD features the '58 325's Kauffman vibrato. Lennon certainly didn't seem to use vibrato very much.

kiramdear wrote:If anyone can illuminate me I'd be much obliged.

Try this and illuminate yourself!

I don't know about his vibrato tailpieces, but his Casino's trapeze tailpiece figures prominently in the outro of Oh! Darling.

How about during the beginning of Take 7 of "She's A Woman?"

and he used it at the end of track 7 of She's a woman.
He used the accend on the Matchbox solo, too.