| George Harrison's Stolen Guitar | |
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Origin |
George Harrison |
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Type |
Guitar |
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Effects |
Melody conversion |
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Downsides |
Stalker attraction |
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Activation |
Quiet demeanor while playing |
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Collected by |
Warehouse 13 |
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Origin[]
George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English musician and singer-songwriter who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles. Sometimes called "the quiet Beatle", Harrison embraced Indian culture and helped broaden the scope of popular music through his incorporation of Indian instrumentation and Hindu-aligned spirituality in the Beatles' work. Although the majority of the band's songs were written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, most Beatles albums from 1965 onwards contained at least two Harrison compositions. His songs for the group include "Taxman", "Within You Without You", "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "Here Comes the Sun" and "Something".
Often serious and focused while on stage with the band, Harrison was known as "the quiet Beatle". That moniker arose when the Beatles arrived in the United States in early 1964, and Harrison was ill with a case of Strep throat and a fever and was medically advised to limit speaking as much as possible until he performed on The Ed Sullivan Show as scheduled. As such, the press noticed Harrison's apparent laconic nature in public appearances on that tour and the subsequent nickname stuck, much to Harrison's amusement.
In June 1962, Harrison and Lennon ordered a pair of matching Gibson J-160E acoustic-electric guitars from Rushworth’s Music House, one of the few shops in Liverpool where musicians could buy American-made instruments. The guitars had to be shipped from the United States, and according to Lennon’s sales receipt, the J-160E cost £161.05, approximately £2,050, or $2,850, today when adjusted for inflation. They put the instruments to use the following day to record the Beatles’ first single, “Love Me Do” backed with “P.S. I Love You.”
The two Beatles swapped guitars in 1963 for reasons unknown, and later that year Lennon’s J-160E was stolen. Afterward, he and Harrison would often trade off using the remaining instrument, which has the unusual distinction of being the only guitar used on every Beatles album.
The murder of John Lennon on 8 December 1980 disturbed Harrison and reinforced his decades-long concern about stalkers. The tragedy was also a deep personal loss, although Harrison and Lennon had little contact in the years before Lennon was killed. Following the murder, Harrison commented: "After all we went through together I had and still have great love and respect for John Lennon. I am shocked and stunned." Harrison modified the lyrics "All Those Years Ago" he had written for Starr to make the song a tribute to Lennon.
After the Anthology project, Harrison was diagnosed with throat cancer from years of smoking. On 30 December 1999, Harrison and his wife Olivia were attacked at their home by a 34-year-old man suffering from paranoid schizophrenia. Following the attack, Harrison was hospitalized with more than 40 stab wounds, and part of his punctured lung was removed. The injuries inflicted on Harrison during the home invasion were downplayed by his family in their comments to the press. Having seen Harrison looking so healthy beforehand, those in his social circle believed that the attack brought about a change in him and was the cause for his cancer's return.
Effects[]
Activates when the player has a quiet, unassuming presence in comparison to their peers or performances. Changes sounds into new ones, including nearby noises and even imagined beats. Will create vibrantly different songs from their initial starting sounds. Incorporates whole instrumental backups, choir ensembles and even natural sounds into an unordinary but cohesive piece.
Attracts followers, from moderately curious strangers to dangerously obsessed fanatics. Many will just stop at spending some personal time with the user, often just listening to them talk or play. A few will become violent at non-perceived offenses and attack without warning. Those events can leave someone with a life threatening injury depending on the attacker’s natural ferocity.