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John Lennon’s Help! Framus 12-string becomes one of the most expensive guitars to ever sell at auction
By Phil Weller published
The acoustic is now the most expensive Beatles guitar to ever sell at auction, having been lost for 50 years
John Lennon Played It on Repeat and Frank Sinatra Called It the Best Song of the ‘70s – Here’s How a Simple C9 Chord Inspired Little River Band’s Top-Ten Hit “Reminiscing”
By Gary Graff published
“It was a spiritual download that just flowed through me”: guitarist Graeham Goble explains how learning this extended chord unlocked LRB's “pinnacle song” in half an hour
The Incredible Story of How a Guitar Magazine Helped Find John Lennon’s Long-Lost Gibson J-160E
By Christopher Scapelliti published
Missing since 1963, this iconic Beatles guitar was found over half a century later and sold at auction for $2.4 million
The Iconic Rickenbacker 325 Has a Story Like No Other Electric Guitar
By Rod Brakes published
Favored by John Lennon, this short-scale model was the first in Rickenbacker’s defining Capri range
“It Was Pretty Obvious It Was a Song That Was Going to Go a Long Way”: Glenn Tipton Explains How John Lennon’s Home Inspired Judas Priest’s 1980 Classic “Living After Midnight”
By Mark McStea published
“It was just born from nothing and worked immediately,” recalls the guitarist
Watch the Beatles’ ‘Please Please Me’ Mini-Documentary
By Rod Brakes published
Video The Fab Four’s debut album turns 60 this year
Here's Why the Beatles’ ‘Let It Be... Naked’ Is a Must-Have Album
By Jim Campilongo published
The Fab Four’s 1970 swan song finds its groove in this 2003 redux
Watch the Claypool Lennon Delirium’s Deliriously Wonderful House of Blues Performance
By Mark McStea published
Video The quirky quartet puts on a dazzling display of supreme oddness
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