McCartney brings 58-year-old guitar out of retirement for new video

Paul McCartney's is shown playing his first-ever guitar, a cheap Zenith 17 acoustic archtop, in his new video for "Early Days," below.

As reported by the Daily Mail, McCartney traded a trumpet for the instrument when he was just 14, and it was his main instrument in the Quarrymen and early days of the Beatles.


More info on the instrument - and other Beatles tools - here. Also check out, if you haven't, the wonderful book, "Beatles Gear," by Andy Babiuk, which features photos and tremendous detail about the various instruments the Fabs used to create their music.

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