Mostly just cosmetic modding or the simplest of tone mods. No ripping out the wiring, no new harnesses, no new pickups, no rewinding pickups, no pot changes. just bent the vibrato arm to get it out of the wayĪs you can see, John made simple changes to his guitars (most to do with looks). That's not to say John didn't monkey with his guitars. No major surgery modifications to improve the tone were made on those guitars. His Gibson acoustic and his Casino are perfect examples of that. He'd get a guitar he liked and stick with it for years keeping it more or less stock. Lennon really was not always hunting for the perfect tone. Tinkering and modding wasn't really being done back then.Īlso different players.

It seems he had no probs tinkering on that guitar from top to bottom.ĭifferent times. Peerless Monarch Archtop Guitar in beautiful condition - should be performed to be.Īfter the year prefix, the remaining digits indicate the sequential order of set neck models built.Rewinding or changing magnets, etc was an option for John to do, perhaps a rw/rp rewind.

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That one got me started on Peerless made instruments. What needed no help at all was the playability, neck feel and fretwork (perfect) and build quality.

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