Фотографии Этана Расселла: Джон Леннон слушает "Белый Альбом", 1968

ethanarussell
This shot of john lennon has special place for me because it was my 1ST! picture on a Beatle album :-). I had no idea it was going to be used (on the poster from #thebeatles #whitealbum.) I called John. I was SO excited.

ethanarussell
The gallery (now online)

С двенадцатистрункой GUILD STARFIRE XII, подаренной производителем Марком Дронжем в 66 году.



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GUILD STARFIRE XII CUSTOM 12-STRING, 1966⁣
Presented to John Lennon by Mark Dronge (son of @guildguitars founder Alfred Dronge) at the Warwick Hotel, New York on 23 August 1966⁣
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Mark Dronge: ‘At Guild we had heard that the Beatles were going to conduct a press conference at the Warwick Hotel in New York. The decision that my father, myself, and Carlo Greco came to was to build one guitar for John. ⁣
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We had just started making double-cutaway electric guitars and we weren't too familiar about electric guitars anyway, but we had a reputation already for our acoustic 12-strings. So we figured we should make an electric 12. We only made one because we wanted to make it special - to really pour our hearts into it. It was an absolutely spectacular guitar for the time. ⁣
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We thought the guitar should be an electric, double cutaway. We would make it with the best flamed maple we could find, and the best pickups we could buy, which I believe were single-coil DeArmond 2000s. We thought the brown stain the most interesting color we produced. I do not remember if the fingerboard was ebony or dark rosewood.’
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GUILD STARFIRE XII CUSTOM 12-STRING
Built for John Lennon, 1966
24 ¾" scale
Electric, double cutaway
Semi-hollow body: laminated maple top and back, laminated mahogany sides
Single bound top and back
Finish: Brown/dark amber, flamed maple, nitrocellulose lacquer
Neck: 3-piece, set-in mahogany & maple, black plastic headstock overlay with pearloid logo and Chesterfield inlay
Nut: Plastic
Fingerboard: Indian rosewood, 22 frets
Pick Guard: Black backed Lucite with gold trim
Bridge: Carved Rosewood on Rosewood base
Tailpiece: Guild harp style
Tuners: Waverly, open back
Pickups: Non-standard 1950's DeArmond 2000s with white covers
Controls: 2 Tone and 2 Volume controls for each pickup, Master volume control and 3-way pickup selector
Hardware: gold plated.

The guitar can now be seen at the Hard Rock Café, 280 Beach Walk, Honolulu, HI 96815, USA.
Mark Dronge is the founder of @drstrings.

1968⠀
John listening to various singles while talking with art gallery owner Robert Fraser and journalist Jonathan Cott from Rolling Stone, photographed by @EthanARussell at 34 Montagu Square, Marylebone, London on 17 September 1968.

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LISTENING, 1968⠀
John listening to various singles while talking with art gallery owner Robert Fraser (centre) and journalist Jonathan Cott (right) from Rolling Stone, photographed by @EthanARussell at 34 Montagu Square, Marylebone, London on 17 September 1968.

LISTENING, 1968⠀
John listening to various singles while talking with art gallery owner Robert Fraser and journalist Jonathan Cott from Rolling Stone, photographed by @EthanARussell at 34 Montagu Square, Marylebone, London on 17 September 1968.