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Framus John Lennon Hootenanny Reissue
John Lennon’s legendary Framus 12-string gets an official reissue just months after its landmark sale

By Phil Weller Published

The guitar, used on a string of Beatles hits and missing for 50 years, has since become one of the most expensive guitars sold at auction

Acoustic Guitars
Portrait of British musician Paul McCartney as he plays acoustic guitar against a red background, October 7, 1984.
Paul McCartney made some surprising revelations about his favorite guitar in our historic interview with him

By Tom Mulhern Published

The former Beatle gave Guitar Player insights into "Taxman" and "Blackbird," as well as John Lennon's previously unknown fingerpicking skills

Guitarists
John Lennon and Eric Clapton
John Lennon’s 1971 secret letter to Eric Clapton asking him to start a “ballsy” new rock band is headed for auction

By Phil Weller Published

Lennon's letter, now headed to auction, was in part an attempt to help Clapton out of his heroin addiction

Music
The Beatles perform 'Rain' and 'Paperback Writer' on BBC TV show 'Top Of The Pops' in London on 16th June 1966. Left to right: John Lennon (1940-1980), Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison (1943-2001).
Why did the Beatles play Epiphone Casinos? It all comes back to one man

By Christopher Scapelliti Published

John Mayall brought some famous guitarists to the fore. He also turned the Beatles on to one of their defining guitar models

Guitarists
George Harrison (1943 - 2001) of the Beatles at a concert in Copenhagen with Eric Clapton and Delaney and Bonnie.
An unusual guitar is at the center of a mystery about the Beatles' White Album

By Christopher Scapelliti Published

The rare fretless guitar appears to have been used on "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" and "Helter Skelter"

Guitars
Harrison with his Rickenbacker 360/12 on the set of the Beatles’ 1964 film, A Hard Day’s Night. (From left) Actor John Junkin, Harrison, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, director Richard Lester and Ringo Starr
“People always say I’m the Beatle who changed the most.” How playing sitar helped George Harrison become a guitar legend

By Christopher Scapelliti Published

While all the elements of Harrison’s guitar style were falling into place, the Beatles were falling apart. Here’s what happened

Music
John Lennon D'Addario
D’Addario unveils commemorative John Lennon’s collection – including a replica of his 1972 Madison Square Garden solo show strap

By Phil Weller Published

Replica straps from key moments in his career and picks celebrate the Beatles guitarist’s legacy

Gear
John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono outside of the Times Square recording studio the Hit Factory before a recording session of his final album Double Fantasy, in New York City, August 1980
Former Beatle John Lennon's weirdest guitar is one of the last he played

By Christopher Scapelliti Published

Check out the bizarre guitar John Lennon used on his last solo album.

Guitars
John Lennon's Vox AC15 Twin
John Lennon’s first Vox amp has apparently been rediscovered after 60 years

By Phil Weller Published

Discovered on an auction site covered in black paint, the amp used on Please Please Me and Love Me Do seems to have resurfaced after falling out of sight for six decades

Amps
John Lennon holds his Framus 12-string guitar (left), the Framus 12-string guitar sits on a stand
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

Acoustic Guitars
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