List of Instruments

List of Instruments
This is a list of various instruments that were owned, played by, or used by The Beatles.

Guitars
The Beatles have widely been known to use guitars throughout their performance

Framus

 * 1965 Framus Hootenanny (Lennon)
 * Lennon used it to record "Help!" "It's Only Love", "Two Of Us", "Polythene Pam" and "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" among other songs. Its whereabouts are unknown

Egmond

 * Egmond Rosetti Solid 7 (McCartney) McCartney first used this guitar as a makeshift bass before receiving his first Höfner violin bass.
 * Egmond Rosetti 276 (Harrison) - One of the first ever guitars Harrison owned.

Rickenbacker

 * 1958 Rickenbacker 325c64 Capri Electric (Lennon)
 * 1964 Rickenbacker 325c64 Electric (Lennon)
 * 1963 Rickenbacker 360/12 Electric (Harrison)
 * 1965 Rickenbacker 360/12 Electric (Harrison)
 * 1964 Rickenbacker 4001S-Lh Bass Electric (McCartney)

Gretsch

 * 1957 Grestch Duo Jet (Harrison)
 * 1962 Grestch Country Gentleman (Harrison)
 * 1963 Grestch Tennessean (Harrison)
 * 1963 Gretsch 6120 (Lennon)

Höfner

 * Höfner Club 40 (Lennon/McCartney)Paul.jpg
 * 1961 Hofner 500/1 Violin Bass (McCartney)
 * 1963 Hofner 500/1 Violin bass (McCartney)
 * Hofner 5140 Hawaiian Standard lap steel guitar (Lennon)

Epiphone

 * 1965 Epiphone 230TD Casino
 * All members except Ringo played one.
 * Paul's strings, bridge, and nut were inverted to be left handed
 * They were all originally sunburst.
 * Lennon sanded the sunburst off his Epiphone so it could breathe.
 * It was used on the rooftop.
 * George's guitar had a Bigsby bridge installed.Zcasino.jpg
 * Epiphone Texan
 * McCartney used this as his acoustic guitar until he got a Martin in the later years.

Gibson
George had a Gibson Les Paul Standard that was a gift from Eric Clapton that was used on While My Guitar Gently Weeps by Clapton.
 * It was gold topped before it was refinished to a cherry red at the Gibson factory.
 * Was stolen from under George's bed in 1970 and was later purchased at a Guitar Center in Hollywood, California.
 * George had to trade a '56 Les Paul and a Precision Bass for it.
 * It was nicknamed "Lucy" after comedienne Lucille Ball.Zsg.jpg
 * Gibson SG Standard: George used one for Rain, Paperback Writer, and Lady Madonna, among other songs.


 * Gibson J-160E: John and George both used one.

Fender

 * 1961 Sonic Blue Fender Stratocaster (Lennon/Harrison)
 * George later repainted his, and named it Rocky.Zrosewood_tele.jpg


 * 1964 Fender Esquire (McCartney) - known to have been used in Strawberry Fields Forever, among other songs


 * 1969 Rosewood Fender Telecaster
 * Was gifted to George as a Prototype and used on the Let It Be rooftop concert.

Martin

 * Martin D-28 (McCartney)

Ramirez

 * Ramirez A-1 classical guitar: Owned by both Lennon and Harrison at some point in 1964. May or may not have been the same guitar.

Ovation

 * Ovation 1651 Legend (Lennon)
 * Ovation Pacemaker 1615 (Harrison)

Taylor

 * Taylor 715 Jumbo (Harrison)
 * Taylor 814ce (Lennon)
 * Taylor 912c (Harrison)

Drums

 * Main article: Drums
 * Ringo originally had a four piece Ludwig kit with a Black Oyster Pearl finish and the classic Drop-T logo.

For Magical Mystery Tour, he painted his own drum head.

In 1968, Ringo upgraded to a five-piece Maple finish Ludwig Hollywood kit.