"The Beatles" Guitar Collection 

"And She Loves You", from off the Rubber Revolver album

George had the best taste in gear out of the three of them

John’s original Gibson J-160 E was ONLY used for “Please Please Me” and “With The Beatles” album. Mal Evans accidentally left the guitar at a gig in 1963 and it was lost for years. I had the opportunity to see it at an exhibit before it sold at auction for $2.41 mil.

Apologies for crossing wires between "She Loves You" & "And I Love her"... Lots of info to express and I hope you can understand this one lol!

10:53 "And I love her", not "and she loves you"

Guys you missed the Epiphone texan , used by Paul even nowadays, and with that one he recorded yesterday. , so missed an impossible one to miss. , thanks 🙏🏻, i saw him 3 times live and he tells the story of that guitar , and now is with a sticker . He uses a lot still.

Paul played an Epiphone Texan when he performed "Yesterday". It was a righty strung lefty and continued to use it with Wings with a winged wheel sticker.

So according to an online inflation/currency exchange calculator, £15 in 1960 comes out to over $400 today, and £260 comes out to around $7500. That sort of puts those price tags in perspective if anyone else was curious.

“Finally in 1968, Don Randell from Fender was able to arrange a meeting with George and John... and Yoko Ono for some reason...”

7:02 Paul never owned a 1964 Hofner 500/1. He only owned 1961 and 1963 models. 9:09 Not true. John used this model until 1963 when it was stolen after a concert. In 1964, John bought a 1964 Gibson J-160E and used it. His 1962 model wasn't found until 2014. 10:39 Not true. George only owned 2 Gretsch Country Gentleman guitars, a 1962 and 1963 one. On the Ed Sullivan show, George used his 1963 Country Gentleman. 10:52 George owned a 1950 Jose Ramirez De-estudio Classical Guitar. NOT a 1964 model. 10:57 George traded his Duo Jet for the Ramirez in 1963, not 1964. 13:19 The guitar you're showing is NOT the Rickenbacker George used. He used a Trapeze tailpiece on his Rickenbacker 360/12c63. He used the "R" tailpiece on his Rickenbacker 360/12c65 guitar, but the one you're showing is not accurate to George's. 15:21 George used a 1964 Gibson SG Standard, not 65. Wow, I know too much about the Beatles. I need a life...

My favorite song from A Hard Day's Night: And She Loves You

and she loves you, off of the album abbeys lonley hearts club band by the rolling beatles

Paul's Hofner is not the 1964, it's the 1962. His Hofner doesn't have neck binding like the one that was shown in the video. He also had another Hofner which was the 1961 or the Cavern model. Sadly, it got stolen during the Let It Be session.

"And She Loves You". That great timeless Beatles classic. Gretsch Duo Jet on the first American tour? Wrong. He was using the Country Gent. Where is the Epiphone Texan as used by Paul for Yesterday? And the Fender Jazz bass that's all over the White Album... Beautiful instruments here. That 4001 Ricky bass had me salivating.

Where's the epiphone texan?

FOR GOODNESS SAKES PLAY THEM!!

Every guitar is “one of their favorites” in the collection

4:55 George admitted he bought this on a whim, as he wanted a Strat for years. He hated this guitar as it buzzed a lot

That collection is a precious treasure. Thanks so much for sharing it. Wonderful guitars.

What can I say except, you guys are.............PHENOMENAL!!! Much LOVE to for Posting this WONDERFUL Vid.............♥️🎸💚

Hahaha I love your guys faces in the intro. One can actually see how excited you are to be able to share that insane collection with us. Thank you so much guys!

Playing in a cover band in the 60's we had to play the Beatles ... this vid was soooo cool ... I just love that rosewood tele ... great job guys !!!

Really wish Fender would reissue that groovy George Harrison strat, I’ve always loved that artwork

11:18 the Mick Taylor Strat

The Beatles are so iconic even their instruments are associated with them

It’s Gallotone, not Gallatone. Just clarifying for anyone who may want to look it up on Reverb.

George's Gretsch Duo Jet was never used on the Beatles US tours. He had essentially stopped using it for live gigs sometime in 1963. His Country Gentleman (of which he had two) was his main guitar for the first American visit. For the first extensive American tour in the summer of 1964, he used the Country Gentleman and the Rickenbacker 12-string. The single cutaway Chet Atkins model started to get use in 1965. The orange Gretsch was John's. Also, Paul had start using his Rickenbacker 4001 bass in the studio as early as 1965, even though the Hofner was his touring bass. He used the Rickenbacker for most studio recordings for the remainder of his time in the Beatles and a large percentage of his Wings recordings.

John and his epiphone casino, beautiful guitar.

Pity you did not play a beatles tune on each guitar - like blackbird - si we can HEAR the difference. Thanks for an eye opening video

Really comprehensive and well done guys. Kudos to the production team as well. Great video, sound and lighting! High quality to match the instruments. Cheers and thanks.

George didn’t tour America with the Duo Jet. He used it on the first album and singles ‘Please Please Me’ and ‘From Me To You.’ He’d purchased the Gretsch Country Gentleman, played it on ‘She Loves You’ and toured America with it and the 12-string Rickenbacker.

great video! love the fast paced edit, descriptions and succinct back stories!

These are such in prestine conditions wow! I love Paul's early guitars.

Yeah, that's what my house is supposed to look like !!

Great collection but the Paul section was lacking in my opinion. He used a Fender Esquire (single pickup tele) which he had strung lefty, and a Fender Jazz bass in sunburst with tortoiseshell pick guard that he both used in recording sessions in 68. Also missing the “cavern” Hofner bass with a slightly different pickup configuration and id want to have one that replicated that same cavern bass when he sent it in to Hofner to have it refreshed, it was seen in the Revolution video and was shortly after stolen. He also used an Epiphone Texan acoustic (also strung lefty), his Casino was my favourite of the 3 as it was slightly earlier with a different headstock and Bigsby, both guitars he still uses today. Would’ve liked to see more post Beatles guitars as well! Paul owned a couple lefty Les Pauls including a gold top that was gifted to him by Linda, a 5 string Wal bass (also a gift from Linda), and a Yamaha BB1200 1979 model as some examples.

Thanks for sharing ! What a great history of their instruments!

Great stuff guys. Was really looking forward to seeing this. Cheers.

Great video guys, I've aways loved the sound of Gretsch guitars. George really showcased the pure beauty of their sound. Thanks for all of the line up coverage here....But truly, out of all the Beatle gear, George had the best taste!

U guys forgot Paul’s Jazz Bass Wait there’s another one the Hofner Cavern Bass

Amazing video and awesome collection!!! Thanks for sharing with us!!!

John and George used the Bass VI on later TV appearances where Paul was playing Piano

Excellent presentation of the Beatles guitar inventory. Thanks!

The Beatles guitars are just so dang cool. All of them really.

Hey Trevor! Your buddy Jim Croop here... I just happened to kind of stumble on this video you put up and was really blown away with it man. Great job and how can you go wrong?! You got the Beatles and you've gosot many examples of all the super iconic guitars. And the examples that you have are in such incredible condition as well! so yeah Trevor, from one Beatlemaniac to another I just wanted to say thanks and keep on putting up this kind of stuff so we can all enjoy it!!!✌😎💕 say hi to your pop for me okay?🔊🎸♩🎶🎵🕪✌💕😎🤣🎶

That rosewood tele is just so pretty

Cool looking collection of guitars love this video those early day guitars are extremely rare and hard to find nowadays; it’s a LARGE collection indeed Love this👍♥️

Fantastic video, good job lads! Never seen your channel before but I'm about to binge. You've earnt yourselves a new fan :)

The rosewood telecaster and stratocaster were extremely heavy. The rosewood telecaster that Elvis Presley returned because it was too heavy weighed in at 13 lb. In 1969, Fender only made one rosewood telecaster, which belonged to George Harrison. Also in 1969 they made only one rosewood stratocaster which was a left-handed model made for Jimi Hendrix. Unfortunately he died before they could deliver it to him, and its whereabouts have been unknown ever since. The rosewood stratocaster never caught on as a production model, so they are even more rare than the rosewood telecasters.

My first guitar was a 1954 Stratocaster I got for Christmas, 1963. It was $75 in a pawn shop. VERY expensive for my family. Good show, guys. You missed one, that probably was a "borrow" guitar ... the ES-345 that George used on "In My Life" and probably a few others.

Excellent collection Don't forget the Jazz Bass used in Oh darling and Taxman

Extremely impressed! Especially with the early years rare guitars

Beautiful collection!

awesome tribute beatle mania history. The classical guitar George played on "And I loved her" was the first and only time the use of a nylon string guitar was ever used on a beatle record. Thanks for sharing these great guitars.

Enjoyed this so much. Thanks

Some corrections and omissions: Paul got his first Hofner in Hamburg. John owner the orange Gretsch. George’s first guitar is missing. John’s J-160 wasn’t on Abbey Road, so not on every album. No Epiphone Texan or Gibson J-200?

George played a Cherry SG Standard with vibrato on Revolver & The White Album

The Rosewood Tele was also owned by Delaney Bramlett. Fender also made a Rosewood Stratocaster to be presented to Jimi Hendrix but he died before receiving it and its whereabouts are unknown

My dad gave me his Hofner Senator. It has the long finger bridge with nylon bridge material giving it a dark earthy tone. It had a hole kicked in the side which I had professionally repaired bringing it back to perfect condition as they built and steam pressed a whole side strip and matched the finish.These days it would cost a small fortune to repair but I paid about £120 in the late 80s for the work to be done when I found out the Beatles used this guitar at some point. The guy I sent it too offered to buy it from me because he said it was rare to find them fully original with old school brass tuners throughout. I declined the offer because It looks so beautifully finished in nitro with some crazing going on. Either that or it is a violin finish which has shrunk a little. The guitar has a very nice oversized overhang on the fretboard which allows the top to move much better giving a fuller tone. Maybe I should have a mic fitted into the body to go acoustic/electric.

Well done, guys. Good job. Enjoyed watching.

My mother assembled John Lennon’s, 1964 Rickenbacker Guitar. My mother... Dorothy J. Tandle was working at (RIC) Electro Strings Rickenbacker Guitars back in February 1964 in Santa Ana California. There was only 10 employees at the time and two woman. Mom was the first woman factory worker hired at Rickenbacker. Francis C. Hall, CEO of Ric had the idea to meet with the Beatles when they came to do the Ed Sullivan Show and give them some new guitars. Mr. Hall gave Harrison a new twelve string guitar when he met them. (assembled by Dotty) When Francis C. Hall got back from N.Y., after talking to John, Paul and Ringo he had a new guitar made for John. F.C. Hall presented Lennon with a new 325 to replace his road weary 1958 one during the group's first trip to New York City. Rush shipped to the Hotel Deauville in Miami where it was used for the second performance in "Ed Sullivan Show" on February 16th. Nicknamed at the factory… “Miami Special” John used the new guitar on The Beatles second Sullivan appearance and on the group's subsequent tours and albums. The phone rang at our house at 6:10AM with the GM of Ric Ward Deaton asking if my mom could come in ASAP to work on a special rush order guitar My mother was asked to follow Lennon’s Custom guitar from start to finish. This was the Black & White semi-hollow bodied “Miami” model (serial number db122, d=1964, b=Feb.). After the woodshop cut out the body, she sanded the body, then worked on the neck & fret board, then she assembled the guitar after the finish was applied. She did all the work herself. She did the same for many custom orders at that time. She was trained in all areas except the wood shop and finishes. She did all the sanding, fret board assembly, hand cut the pick guard, electronics soldering and put all the other pieces on John Lennon’s Custom 325. John’s 325 was the first one with the fifth black tone knob. Mom said she was surprised at how small the guitar was and asked if it was a child’s model because it is so little compared to the Ric Bass.. She liked John’s guitar because it didn’t have an f hole or edge binding to fuss with. I don’t know how long it took to assemble the guitar, but I know she said it is all that mom worked on that day in February 1964. After finishing the guitar, she gave it to the tuner/inspector. He was a good friend and gave mom a ride home three times per week. He asked my mother “Since you built it, what song would you like to hear?” My mother said…“Peanut Butter And Jelly”. That was a song she wrote and the tuner knew the cords. My mother sang the song as it was being played. SO… The very first song ever played on John Lennon’s famous 325 was a song my mother wrote about the messes I made as a child. There is a “GREEN” check mark inside the guitar. The guitar assembled in February 1964 by Dotty custom made specially for John to replace his 1958 model 325 “Capri“ was dropped and the head was damaged, later repaired.. It now hangs on display at the Rock N Roll HOF. It is priceless. John’s “Miami” was replaced with a “1996” Fire-glo model from the Rickenbacker London sales rep/dealer Rose-Morris Ltd. My mom “Dotty” made most of special order famous RIC guitars of that era. Harrison‘s, Lennon’s, Townsend’s & McGuinns 12 strings. The first time she had to put strings on a 12 string with the double tuning head style she had to ask Ward (GM) how to do it and it took him three tries to get it right. Harrison’s 360/12 was the second 12 string ever made, but the first with new tuning design and the model the rest were made after making it the real first Production Model. At their New York meeting, Lennon asked Hall to make him a twelve-string model to match his 325, and in March '64, Rickenbacker shipped a 325-12 Jet-glo guitar to him in London. “Dotty gives our guitars the woman’s touch, that’s why they are so sexy looking” - Ward Deaton GM at RIC 1964 Dotty made Bass guitars for Paul McCartney, Paul later painted his left-handed 1964 4001S FG Rickenbacker bass psychedelic. McCartney’s bass was the first left - handed ever made in January 1964. It was given to him in August 64 at the Hollywood Bowl concert.

What an absolutely fantastic video, I'm especially impressed by the early guitars... I can't believe the owner found a pristine Futurama! I'm only halfway through the video but I really hope you guys also played the guitars because I want to hear how crappy it actually sounds

Unbelievable collection. Amazing.

Awesome! I “unintentionally” have a handful of these guitars 🎸 😆

Great video you guys! Seriously. Great job.

Incredible collection!

George did not use the Gretsch duo jet on the first US tour. He used a Gretsch Country Gentleman exclusively.

Excellent. Thank You, Emerald City Guitars..Fantastic.

Really great footage captured guys.

Thanks,I really enjoyed this great look at history

Nice job. Good mix of info and pictures, very well done.

George used an Australian Maton Mastersound MS500 in 1963 or 1964, loaned to him by a Manchester music shop, while one of the Gretsch’s was in for repairs. He returned it later

Thank you, the video was awesome .

You guys know your stuff. Great video. 👍🏻

George's Rosewood Tele (and Jimi's no-show Strat) were actually built by Phil Kubicki, who worked in Fender's Marketing Dept. under Roger R.

love that Rickenbacker, so cool

Really enjoyed the video! I just picked up a new Casino and definitely understand Paul’s love for it. Rock on!

George's '64 Ric 12 was the second one ever made (country singer Suzi Arden got the first) Paul is still honoring his that handshake deal with VOX. On stage. he plays his guitars thru Vox amps. On Paperback writer, he plays the same '64 Casino he played on the record.

You can hear John play the 1965 Framus Hootenanny acoustic 12 string in You've Got to Hide Your Love Away.

thanks for sharing, so cool, we love it

How has it taken me this long to come across this video. Sheeeeeesh.

Nylon saddles on casinos makes quite a bit of difference in tone. I put them on one of mine and it brightened right up dramatically. The original 60s’ Gibson ES models and casinos had nylon saddles, as do the ones they’re showing here. Interestingly though, my 65’ Elitist reissue (not the Lennon version) has nickel saddles, but still sounds absolutely biblical nonetheless. They’re my favorite guitars to play; light and extremely versatile.

Fabulous!

Great video guys.

No matter what guitars or gear they used, they always sounded like the Beatles!

Nice video guys, a few slips up here and there but over all, nicely done. Paul's Rick bass that you really glossed over quickly was actually given to Paul in '65. It was used as a backup to the Hofner for a good deal of the '65 tour and all of the '66 tour. Also, it was used more than the Hofner in '66 for recording.

George's first Rickenbacker 12 string had a different tail piece. Not the "R" as in this collection. Also, McCartney's 4001 bass had dot inlays and no binding. Sorry, I couldn't help but throw this out. Nevertheless, a nice collection.

Great video! I made a copy of George's Rocky Strat myself. I used a Squier SE model Strat and painted it to match. I did it for fun and I had to have a copy. Funny this one is only painted on the top! One the real one the colors are painted over the sides onto the back. But in the Miller Feeman book Guitars of The Sixties, later reissued as Fuzz And Feedback they have a huge three page centerfold photo of it from the front and back. Also his son Dhani helped develop the George Harrison guitar app that shows 360 views of his most known guitars including this one.

Love it ,,thanks guys..

The Hofner Club 40 looks awesome. Its styling screams 1950s.

thanks guys!! my favorite youtube video.

Wonderful job mates! Very nice walk down 'Strawberry Fields'!

I read that the 1958 Rickenbacker 325 Capri that John got was actually the prototype that debuted a the '58 NY Trade Show. The body and neck was made of alder, not maple (like the others in the limited production run). It was sent to the shop Mussikhaus Rottoff in Hamburg where Lennon came in one day in 1960 and purchased it. Also, the Jose Ramirez classical guitar made famous by its appearance on "A Hard Day's Night" playing "And I Love Her" was not actually built by the Ramirez's shop. It was built by an outside luthier who brought the instrument in the shop for them to sell. They adhered a round label instead of the rectangular label inside the sound hole. Klaus Voormann, a friend of the Beatles from their Hamburg days visited the Ramirez shop on one of his holidays in Spain and purchased the guitar to give to George. The guitar had that unique look with its asymmetrical fret board which extends the treble side by one fret over the sound hole. The Ramirez shop did reproduce the Harrison guitar a few years back. But it has the looks but the bracing and construction is based from Ramirez's method, for they do not know how the other luthier built the original.

wow, this is fantastic ! congratulations

Great video Trevor

That rosewood tele is one of my all time favorite guitars. Unfortunately my budget dictates that I’m gonna have to buy the Harley Benton one and modify the heck out of it

Their collection is missing one Guitar. 1959 Hofner 500/5 (333) AKA Stuart Sutcliffes bass. Theyre pretty hard to get as Hofner only makes limited Reissue stock at random times but its definitely worth having in a collection.

Bravo!!!

As a massive Beatles fan, I'd love to have that Rick 360/12, Gretsch Tennesseean/Country Gentleman, '65 SG, Rick 4001 and the Lucy Les Paul Standard. George was the first guitarist that made me want to play the instrument in the first place and so many of his guitars (Mainly the Rickenbacker and Gretsches) are honestly ones that I dream of owning someday

'And She Loves You'? - very creative!

The Ramirez guitar you show is a Flamenca guitar. George had a Ramirez "classic" on the picture. Great collection, great presentation, as usual on Emerald City of beautiful guitars. Thanks.