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As the brainchild of Fender luthier Roger Rossmeisl and the finished product of Philip Kubicki, the instrument instantly gained significance as it was the first all-rosewood guitar ever to be produced by Fender and was unveiled in the hands of the world’s most recognized guitarist.

"The George Harrison Rosewood Telecaster is inspired by the guitar that Fender built specifically for him in 1968. If you were lucky enough to have had the TV set wheeled in by a Beatles-mad instructor, you know this is a special film." It's brimming with keen musical analysis, and a coterie of voices you normally don't get with a Beatles documentary.įor a long time, in the VHS era, it was a staple of high-school music teachers, starting 35 years ago in the summer and fall of '82. Clocking in at two hours – and titled in the spirit of The Compleat Angler, England's definitive book on fishing, from 1653 – The Compleat Beatles tells the band's entire story, from pre-fame days, with checkpoints at each album, right up through the breakup. "But one Beatles doc you might not know – and its cause has not been helped by not having an authorized DVD release yet – is 1982's The Compleat Beatles, written by David Silver, directed by Patrick Montgomery, and narrated by Malcolm McDowell, chief droog from Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange.