In Renbourn's early recordings, he was using a Scarth guitar.

Scarths were Engli

sh-made guitars, mainly used by dance-band players, having maple back and sides,
arched top, and tailpiece (like most jazz guitars), but featuring a round sound
hole. The guitar is clearly visible on the cover of the 1965 John Renbourn album
.
In the mid-1960s, he acquired a Gibson J-50. This was the main acoustic guitar t
hat he used through the late 1960s and early 1970s: for example, he is seen play
ing it in the cover picture of the 1966 Another Monday album. Through that perio
d, he also used a Gibson ES-335 "dot", semi-acoustic guitar, playing it fingerst
yle as well as for lead lines.
In the mid-1970s, Renbourn acquired a Guild D-55 which he used on several albums
, including his collaborations with Stefan Grossman. Later in the 1970s, having
seen the Franklin guitar owned by Grossman, he started using a Franklin OM guita
r, based on the style of Martin OM guitars, made by Nick Kukich who founded the
Franklin guitar company. Renbourn continued to use this guitar and another OM-st
yle instrument, made by Ralph Bown of York, UK, in 1985. He also had a signature
model guitar, no longer in production, from C. F. Martin & Company.
Discography[edit]
Solo albums[edit]
John Renbourn (1965)
Another Monday (1966)
Sir John Alot of Merrie Englandes Musyk Thyng and ye Grene Knyghte (1968)
The Lady and the Unicorn (1970)
Faro Annie (1971)
So Clear (1973)
Heads and Tails (1973)
The Guitar of John Renbourn (1976, released 2005, a.k.a. The Guitar Artistry of
John Renbourn)
The Hermit (1976)
A Maid in Bedlam (1977)
The Black Balloon (1979)
So Early in the Spring (1979)
One Morning Very Early (1979)
The Enchanted Garden (1980)
The Nine Maidens (1986)
Shines Bright (1987)
Folk Blues of John Renbourn (1988)
John Renbourn's Ship of Fools (1988)
Medieval Almanac (1989)
Will the Circle Be Unbroken (1995)
Lost Sessions (1996)
Traveller's Prayer (1998)
Palermo Snow (2011)
Collaborations[edit]
With Dorris Henderson
There You Go (1965)
Watch the Stars (1967)
With Stefan Grossman
Live In (1978)
John Renbourn and Stefan Grossman (1978) (*)
Under the Volcano (1979)
The Three Kingdoms (1986)
(* Selected tracks from John Renbourn and Stefan Grossman and from Under the Vol
cano were re-released under the title Keeper of the Vine (1982), and a different
selection re-released under the title Snap a Little Owl (1997))

With Bert Jansch

Bert and John (1966) (*)
(* Re-released with additional tracks by Bert Jansch under the title After the D
ance (1992) on Shanachie)
Compilations[edit]
The John Renbourn Sampler (1971)
The Essential Collection Vol 1: The Soho Years (1986)
The Essential Collection Vol 2: The Moon Shines Bright (1987)
Essential John Renbourn (1992)
Collection (1995)
Definitive Transatlantic Collection (1998)
Nobody's Fault But Mine: An Anthology (2007)
The Attic Tapes (2015)
Live albums[edit]
Live in America (1981)
The John Renbourn Group
Live ... In Concert (1984)
John Renbourn and Stefan Grossman
Wheel of Fortune (1993)
John Renbourn and Robin Williamson
BBC Live in Concert (1998)
Live in Italy (2006)
DVDs[edit]
Rare Performances 1965 1995 (2004)
In Concert (2004)
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Brennan, Sandra. "Biography: John Renbourn". Allmusic. Retrieved 3 Jun
e 2010.
Jump up ^ "Guitarist Renbourn dies aged 70". Independent.ie. 2015-03-21. Retriev
ed 2015-03-26.
Jump up ^ Rebecca Ratcliffe (March 26, 2015). "Guitarist and songwriter John Ren
bourn, founder of Pentangle, dies". The Guardian. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
External links[edit]
Johnrenbourn.co.uk
John Renbourn website