In May Harrison upgraded to this more deluxe Gretsch he found at Sound City London, and after removing the mutes - and later the bass-side screw-up knob - used it extensively for touring and recording (first on “She Loves You” and then With The Beatles). It’s seen in photos from a Cavern Club rehearsal, but precious little after that. Harrison probably borrowed this guitar - essentially another version of the Duo Jet - and used it briefly early in the year. (In photo at left, assistant manager James Rushworth poses with the lads.)

Harrison bought an electrified “jumbo” acoustic on 10 September 1962, the same day Lennon bought one, at Rushworth and Dreaper’s Music in Liverpool. 1958 : When Harrison went to Hessy’s Music in Liverpool on 20 November looking for a new guitar, he was thinking “Stratocaster,” but the closest Frank Hessy could come was this sleek three-pickup Futurama (originally called a Grazioso Resonet, manufactured by the Delicia company in Czechoslovakia, and renamed by Selmer, who imported them into the U.K.).ġ957 Gretsch 6128 Duo Jet semi-solid mahogany body, black finish, silver pickguard: Harrison found this one through a member of a band called the Delacardoes, who got a tip from a taxi driver 1962: 1962 Gibson J-160E: Resonet Futurama solidbody electric, red sunburst, vintage c. Hofner Club 40 model 244 (vintage unknown): “A little Hofner that looked like a solid guitar but was actually hollow inside, with no soundholes,” as Harrison described it. Hofner President f-hole acoustic (vintage unknown): In a quantum leap from his first instrument, and with a little help from Mum, Harrison purchased this handsome Hofner, a top-of-the-line, single-cutaway “cello style” model with a sunburst finish and a “Compensator” tailpiece, for £30 1959: Hofner Club 40 George Harrison bought this “Beginner’s Guitar,” made in Holland by Egmond and distributed by Rosetti, from a schoolmate with £3 he’d gotten from Mum

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