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John Lennon ’s 12-string Framus Hootenanny acoustic guitar recently sold for $2,857,500 million at auction. Lennon, along with George Harrison, had used the guitar to record such Beatles albums ...
John Lennon Said He ‘Made the Guitar Speak’ on This Song John Lennon really liked the way he played the guitar on one of his songs. Here is what he had to say about his guitar playing.
David Redfern/Redferns John Lennon in 1963 (playing a 1958 Rickenbacker 325 guitar — not the one being put up for auction).
A lost guitar played by John Lennon at height of Beatlemania that had been stashed away in an attic for decades has been sold at auction for more than $2.8 million.
George Harrison playing John Lennon’s Framus 12-string Hootenanny acoustic guitar. Julien's Auctions/ Beatles Photo Library In the 1960s, a 12-string acoustic guitar was the instrument of choice ...
A guitar once owned by John Lennon sold at auction for $2.9 million – $500,000 more than the previous top price for a Beatles item. He had the 12-string Framus Hootenanny acoustic from the band ...
By Eric Grossman April 23, 2024 2:11 pm ET Order Reprints Print Article George Harrison playing John Lennon’s 1965 Framus Hootenanny Beatles Book Photo Library Text size ...
John Lennon's 12-string Help! guitar in front of Paul McCartney Julien's Auctions / Beatles Photo Library Julien’s will sell the Help! guitar on May 29 and 30 at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York.
John Lennon’s ‘Help!’ Guitar Headed to Auction After Spending the Last 50 Years in an Attic Lennon and George Harrison played the Framus 12-string Hootenanny acoustic on Help! and Rubber Soul ...
John Lennon's Framus Hootenanny guitar, used by the late Beatle on the band's 1965 'Help!' album, sold at auction for nearly five times its estimated price.
On the UK charts, there would be another No. 1 hit that would feature a guitar solo by John. That came the following month (June ’69) on the song he wrote about his wedding, “ The Ballad of ...
A previously lost 12-string acoustic guitar that belonged to the late John Lennon will go up for sale at an auction in May after it was recently found in the attic of a home in Britain. The ...