 1964: Epiphone
Texan FT-79 acoustic (vintage unknown): Purchased
in December and
first
used on Help!, notably "Yesterday,"
and other
early
Beatles songs. McCartney still has this
instrument.
 1964: 1962
Epiphone Casino ES-230TD: Serial # 84075. At
the same time he
bought the Texan, McCartney
took
bluesman John Mayall's advice and got this right-handed,
hollow-body
electric guitar
based on the Gibson ES-330 and used it on several
Beatles recordings,
including "Drive My Car," "Tax
Man" and
"Paperback Writer." Back then they sold for
£172. Slight modifications
included
restringing lefty (of course), adjusting the bridge and
adding a strap
button, but the Bigsby vibrato was left as it was.
"If I had to
pick one electric guitar," he said, "it would be
this." Harrison and Lennon soon followed suit
and got Casinos. McCartney
still
uses this guitar for shows and recording.
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