From what I understand, the intro is actually both George and John playing those arpeggios, overdubbed several times to create that intense sound.

Thanks RFYL

I love his lead work on I Want You.....although I think George played the intro lead. John's guitar sound in this song reminds me of the sound in Come Together. That's why I felt that possibly John played the solo on Come Together on his trusty Epiphone Casino. 

- You Can't Do That

- Every Little Thing

- Yer Blues (Shared with George)

- I Want You (She's So Heavy)

- In "The End", they take turns soloing. John goes third in the rotation, his guitar is the "dirtiest" sounding one.

- For You Blue (He's playing the lap steel guitar)

- The Ballad of John and Yoko (Not a solo, per se, but he's doing those fills)

- Get Back

John does some of the electric guitar on "Nowhere Man", but I've also heard that the solo is played by both he and George in unison (There are two guitars, ...]]> Sun, 13 Jan 2013 21:21:08 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/guitar-solos-john/#p63156 Recording and musicology http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/guitar-solos-john/#p63156 Hi everyone.  I don't know if this has been covered previously as I'm a newbie, but does anyone have a list of Beatles guitar solos performed by John? I know of the obvious ones such as You Can't Do That.  There were also ones he shared the solo duties with George such as the first solos of Long Tall Sally and Yer Blues respectively. However did he play the solos on Matchbox and Come Together? For that matter I have recently discovered that the solo from Honey Pie may not have been his. Does anyone want to weigh in on ...]]> Sun, 13 Jan 2013 12:19:45 +0000