It is widely believed that Harrison’s earliest surviving guitar is an Egmond steel strung, Spanish style guitar which was advertised as “the cheapest model in our range”.
In The Beatles Anthology book, Harrison described it as “a real cheapo, horrible little guitar but it was OK at the time.Ī beginner’s guitar, once owned by Beatles guitarist George Harrison, has been discovered after having been stored in a cupboard for more than half a century. Harrison’s father purchased the guitar from a schoolmate of Georges, Raymond Hughes for $5.95. Bids were taken at the cafe, by phone and on the Internet. The guitar was part of an annual Beatles sale by music memorabilia firm Cooper Owen, conducted Thursday at the Hard Rock Cafe in London.
George Harrison’s first guitar - “a real cheapo” his parents gave him - has sold at auction for more than $469,200. The Beatles – Early George Harrison Guitar Discovered In Cheshire In the UK the Egmond guitars were marketed as Rosetti guitars, so the guitar that George Harrison had, was a Rosetti 276. It was an Egmond 105/0, that also was called Egmond Toledo. In 1956 George Harrison begun playing acoustic guitar.
Georges First Guitar – Rosetti 276 (Egmond 105/G) 1956 Photo from “The Beatles Story” in Liverpool I got all of these pictures and descriptions from other web pages online and tried to give credit when i could find that information. The “quiet Beatle” added the finishing touches to every Beatle song with a simple majesty that made him one of the premier guitarists of his time. I clearly identified with John more than George during my formative years as i was somewhat radical and sarcastic as he was, but history shows that George became a very good songwriter and musician, even when compared to John and Paul. I have great respect for George Harrison.
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