Paul McCartney

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.

In the image you can see Paul McCartney playing a Wal MK2 5 string bass.

Paul was filmed playing it in the Beatle movie "Let It Be".

It belonge to Abbey Road Studios and was used on several Beatles recordings.

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Additional citation: Bluthner website specifically names Abbey Road as using this model piano here. http://www.bluthner.co.uk/product/bluthner-model-one/

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.

Paul McCartney can be seen using the Shure Beta 58A.

In this photo, Paul can be seen playing in front of two Mesa Boogie Standard PowerHouse Bass Cabinets.

Paul can be seen playing this bass during the video of Juniors Farm. (1974)

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 image Sir Paul McCartney performing with a wired Shure SM58 at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards show. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage)

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].

Paul is seen with 2 of these paired with his custom AC30s at virtually every show.

In the Spanish Magazine „Guitarra total“, a subsidiary of the British one „Total Guitar“, number 93 from 2006, page 37, it is stated that Sir Paul used the Mesa V-twin pre-amp during the recording sessions of his 2005 album, produced by Nigel Goodrich, „Chaos and Creation in the Backyard“ . Unfortunately the article does not specify how the V-twin was used.

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

You can clearly see Paul using a 1963 blonde Tolex Bassman in this picture.

In this photo, Paul McCartney can be seen playing his Rossetti Lucky 7, modified into a bass. In the early days, Paul modified this Rosetti Lucky 7 into a bass when Stuart Sutcliffe dropped out. Of course, the guitar didn't last long, as the rest of The Beatles destroyed it by jumping on it.

A Pinterest post features a photo of Paul McCartney with his bass, amp, and the original Gary Hurst Designs Tonebender MKI pedal, captioned "Paul McCartney with an original Gary Hurst Tonebender."

In the picture you can see Paul McCartney holding a Hofner 500/1 V62 Violin Bass, Limited Edition 60th Jubilee Union Jack. Secondary source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOZEZeeLM50

The image shows Paul McCartney using a Mesa/Boogie Bass Strategy Eight:88 Bass Head during a performance at Covent Garden.

A Mesa/Boogie Bass 400+ can be seen behind Paul as part of his live rig from 2012.

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.

In this image, taken in 1979 from the recording of his album "McCartney II", Paul can be seen playing a Yamaha CS-80 synthesizer.

On Antony Dixon's official website, there is this photo of McCartney using a Dixon Mandolin.

At the 12.12.12. Sandy Relief Concert, Paul McCartney used a custom 100W Vox Handwired AC30 Amp Head, as seen in the YouTube video by Dustin Smith.

In the video, Paul is seen recording using the U47 in the minute 0:19.

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.