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The J-160E was Gibson’s first attempt at putting a pickup in a full-size dreadnought, and the musicians of the day immediately saw the need. George Harrison’s J-160E is the only guitar which appears on every single Beatles album, and John Lennon’s was not far behind. The P90 pickup didn’t sound much like a true acoustic, but it was a useful sound that gave the likes of Norwegian Wood a fighting chance of being heard live.