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John Lennon's musical instruments were both diverse and many, and his great fame resulted in his personal choices having a strong impact on cultural preferences.

Overview

John Lennon played various guitars with The Beatles and during his solo career, including the Rickenbacker (four variants thereof), Epiphone Casino, and various models of Gibson and Fender guitars.

His other instrument of choice was the piano, on which he also composed many songs. For instance, Lennon's jamming on a piano together with Paul McCartney led to creation of "I Want to Hold Your Hand" in 1963. {{cquote|We wrote a lot of stuff together, one on one, eyeball to eyeball. Like in 'I Want to Hold Your Hand,' I remember when we got the chord that made the song. We were in Jane Asher's house, downstairs in the cellar playing on the piano at the same time. And we had, 'Oh you-u-u/ got that something...' And Paul hits this chord [B minor] and I turn to him and say, 'That's it!' I said, 'Do that again!' In those days, we really used to absolutely write like that—both playing into each other's noses.^[1]}}

But Lennon's musicianship went far beyond guitar and piano. Julia Lennon was John's mother and her banjo was the first instrument that John Lennon learned to play before he switched to guitar:

'sitting there with endless patience until I managed to work out all the chords'.^[2] According to John, it was Julia who turned him onto rock 'n’ roll and actively encouraged him to pursue his musical ambitions.^[2] After Julia's untimely death in 1958 the instrument was never seen again and its whereabouts remains a mystery.^[3]

Lennon also played keyboards besides piano (electric piano, Hammond organ, harmonium, Mellotron, harpsichord, clavioline), saxophone, harmonica, six-string bass guitar (either he or George Harrison, when McCartney was playing piano or guitar), and some percussion (in the studio).

Replica guitars

Piano

Lennon composed his biggest solo hit "Imagine" on a Steinway upright piano.^[6]^[7] In 2000, this piano was bought by George Michael at an auction for £1.45 million.^[8] Later, the piano was on charity tour.^[9]

Sound effects

Lennon used a variety of sound sources for his songs, such as radios, sound effect records, resonators, and even his own heartbeat. He recorded his, Ono's and their baby's heartbeat for sounds on the Wedding Album and Life with the Lions.

Instruments

Guitars^[10]

Amplifiers

Pedals

Keyboards

Harmonicas

Percussion

Headphones

Other

See also

References

1. ^[https://web.archive.org/web/20050519084701/http://www.geocities.com/~beatleboy1/dba02with.html The Beatles Ultimate Experience]. Retrieved September 1, 2004.
2. ^¹{{cite book|last=Baird|first=Julia|title=Imagine This|year=1988|publisher=Hodder & Staughton|location=London|isbn=9780340839249|page=89}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.juliasbanjo.com |title=Index |publisher=Juliasbanjo.com |date= |accessdate=21 September 2012}}
4. ^{{cite web |title=John Lennon J-160E Peace |url=http://www.gibson.com/en%2Dus/Divisions/Gibson%20Acoustic/Signature%20Artist/John%20Lennon%20J%2D160E%20Peace/ |publisher=Gibson Musical Instruments |accessdate=26 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501190402/http://www.gibson.com/en%2Dus/Divisions/Gibson%20Acoustic/Signature%20Artist/John%20Lennon%20J%2D160E%20Peace/ |archive-date=1 May 2008 |dead-url=yes |df=dmy-all }}
5. ^{{cite web |last=Bosso |first=Joe |title=A Look at Gibson's John Lennon Les Paul Junior |publisher=Gibson Musical Instruments |date=17 August 2007 |url=http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/ProductSpotlight/NewModels/JohnLennon/ |accessdate=18 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113092638/http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/ProductSpotlight/NewModels/JohnLennon/ |archive-date=13 January 2009 |dead-url=yes |df=dmy-all }}
6. ^¹²{{cite web |last=Mittleman |first=Kelly S. |url=http://antiquesandthearts.com/AW0-10-31-2000-15-17-05 |title=Antiques and the Arts Online – Pop Singer Buys John Lennon's Piano at the Hard Rock Cafe |publisher=Antiquesandthearts.com |date= |accessdate=21 September 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121208020131/http://antiquesandthearts.com/AW0-10-31-2000-15-17-05 |archivedate=8 December 2012 |df=dmy-all }}
7. ^¹{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/974485.stm |title=ENTERTAINMENT | George Michael buys Lennon's piano |publisher=BBC News |date=18 October 2000 |accessdate=21 September 2012}}
8. ^{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/974485.stm |title=George Michael buys Lennon's piano |publisher=BBC News |date=18 October 2000 |accessdate=21 September 2012}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://greenskeptic.blogspot.com/2007/08/imagine-john-lennon-piano-on-tour-with.html |title=The Green Skeptic: IMAGINE: John Lennon Piano on Tour with Mission of Healing and Hope |publisher=Greenskeptic.blogspot.com |date=2 August 2007 |accessdate=21 September 2012}}
10. ^See http://tilonlysilenceremains.com/the-beatles-guitars-johns-guitars/ for photos and references; accessed 5 January 2016
11. ^{{cite web|url=http://epiphone.com/story.asp |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102115238/http://epiphone.com/story.asp |archivedate=2 January 2010 |title=Epiphone Musical Instruments |publisher=Epiphone.com |date= |accessdate=21 September 2012}}
12. ^As seen for example on "The Long and Winding Road" in "Let it Be" film