Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney played a Fender Esquire on the "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album, notably on the title track and "Good Morning Good Morning," as shown in the photo from Thecanteen.

Paul can be seen here playing a Epiphone Texan FT-79. In an Intherview he said: Q:It's interesting that in 1965, despite being hugely successful by then, you chose to play a $175 Epiphone Texan for the Ed Sullivan performance of Yesterday… A:"The terrible thing about me is that I got locked in a mindset that I picked up from my dad. He really ground it into me to never be in debt, because while we weren't on the poverty line, there wasn't much money to go around.[...]" Source.

In this photo, Paul McCartney can be seen playing his Rossetti Lucky 7. Later he modified it into a bass. (See below...)

Paul can be seen here playing a Martin D-28.

"The thing about Les Paul guitars is that they’re beautiful guitars. That’s due to Les’s knowledge of the instrument and due to his technical knowledge. So he, together with Gibson, developed this amazing guitar. For me, it’s just beautiful to play. It’s a classic. One of the ones I have is 50 years old, so it’s a great antique as well as being a classic. It plays great, and I think that’s due to Les’s expertise. When you pick it up you fall in love with it."

Details on the only other 1960 Standard Left Handed 'burst made are found at an auction site here.

In the image you can see Paul McCartney with a Fender Stratocaster Electric guitar. I know, the image is not very good, but if you are looking at the headstock of the guitar you can see the outline of a Fender-Logo. By looking at the pickguard you can see that it is a Stratocaster, not a Telecaster. Convinced? Actually he had a Black and White Stratocaster as well.

Paul plays this guitar in the music video for Hellen Wheels.

Paul McCartney is famously associated with the Epiphone Casino, often seen playing it during his time with The Beatles. A user-uploaded photo further highlights this iconic pairing.

In this live performance, Paul can be seen playing an Everly Brothers J-180. Paul says in this Music Radar article "I just pick up what feels good on a given day. If I played a Martin yesterday, I may say, Oh, I'll play the Epiphone today, or, Wait a minute, let's get the Gibson Everly Brothers guitar out."

In 1:32 / 1:33 in the video you can see the lower part of a lefty Rickenbacker 360/12 in Paul McCartney's Guitar holder. In 3:37 you can see the Headstock of the guitar.

Paul purchased this Telecaster in around late 69-early 1970. He used this guitar on the McCartney album (along with his Epiphone Casino) and Wing's final album Back to the Egg. It's unknown whether this guitar is still owned by McCartney or if it was stolen.

Paul Mcartney plays his Gibson J-185 12 String for the song "Out There" in this video.

In this video we can see Sir Paul with Blueridge BR-160 acoustic.

In this performance of FourFiveSeconds with Rihanna and Kanye West at the 2015 Grammy Awards, Paul McCartney is playing a Taylor Richie Sambora Signature Model Acoustic Guitar. He plays the same guitar on the official music video for FourFiveSeconds. Taylor Guitars also confirms the model of the guitar in a tweet, saying, "Sir Paul McCartney plays a Taylor RSSM in this new video with Rhianna and Kanye West- FourFiveSeconds".

At 0:33 in this video, Paul McCartney can be seen playing a Les Paul Goldtop. In this article, by Gibson, it says, "Paul McCartney owns a rare, left-handed 1957 Les Paul Goldtop."

Paul can be seen in this video playing a 12 string Ovation throughout this video.

This guitar was built by Robert A. Steinegger in April 1990 and given to Paul as a gift by Phil Everly of The Everly Brothers. The production number is #29 (out of 57). Only two left-handed "Ike Everly" guitars have ever been produced, the other one is owned by Mr. Steinegger himself.

This painted Gibson Les Paul is frequently used by sir Paul in his concerts during the last years to play his classic tune from the 70's "Let Me Roll It."

In summer 1956, Paul traded his trumpet for this guitar. After bringing it home, he had a hard time playing it. Eventually he saw lefty Slim whitman playing and realized he needed to play it upside down.

Sir Paul McCartney used this guitar several times. Mainly in the Off the Ground session in the early 1990's. As you can see in this video in Live at Ed Sullivan Theatre, he used left-handed red Ernie Ball Music Man Albert Lee SSS.

At 4:44 in this video from 1971, McCartney can be seen playing a righty Gibson J-160E with strings flipped over for left-handed playing. J-160E models from that period sometimes had square shoulders, as seen here.

used for Ram Album in 1971

Almost every single Beatle used the Hofner Club 40. This guitar was loaned to him by John Lennon, because his Rosetti Lucky 7 disintegrated.

In this photo (taken by his late wife Linda McCartney), you can see Paul McCartney holding an Ernie Ball Music Man Silhouette (without the middle pickup - it might have been possibly a custom model). It is unknown whether Paul played this guitar. [Circa 1996].

It is unknown how Paul McCartney got that guitar, but it was suspected that his father had it. In the early 1960's, he used this guitar for songwriting. The Beatles Gear

At 0:20, McCartney comes out with a black Gibson Les Paul Custom. The side views (such as at 0:40) show this guitar has the thickness of a standard Les Paul Custom, indicating this is not the black Les Paul Custom Lite gifted to McCartney by Les Paul in 1988. The presence of white binding along the back of the body also supports this. McCartney's LPC Lite only had white binding on the front of the body.

Paul McCartney used the Gibson Les Paul Custom Lite on the 'Flowers in the Dirt' album. This guitar was a gift from Les Paul himself during a meeting in New York, as captured in the user-uploaded photo titled "Les-Paul-and-Paul-McCartney.jpg" from the Post-Gazette.

In 1:32 / 1:33 in the video you can see the lower part of a Martin D-12-20 in Paul McCartney's Guitar holder. In 3:37 you can see the Headstock of the guitar.

Play featured with his Gibson Custom L-5 CES

In 2012 Paul McCartney played together with the surviving members of Nirvana, in this live performance of their new song "Cut Me Some Slack." McCartney played a Baratto Cigfiddle guitar.