Want To Buy John Lennon’s Guiter: Lennon Guitar Goes Under The Hammer

How would you like to have John Lennon's guitar? Better have some serious cash. The guitar that Beatle Great John Lennon recorded the Beatles’ Paperback Writer,  Lennon's Gretsch 6120 that he played in 1966, is going to auction. And it's expected to fetch over a half a million dollars. Lennon gave the guitar to his cousin David Birch in 1967 – a year after the single was recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London during the Beatles Revolver sessions. It was their 11th single and it hit the top spot in the UK and US charts. Birch says: “I was just cheeky enough to ask John for one of his spare guitars. I had my eye on a blue Fender Stratocaster that was lying in the studio, but John suggested the Gretsch and gave it to me as we were talking.” Are you kidding me! He got the guitar for free! The live auction takes place at Le Meridien Hotel, Piccadilly, London on November 23, where over 100 lots of Beatles memorabilia will be available. Included in the auction is a copy of the Sgt. Pepper album, signed by all four Beatles, items from the collection of Lennon’s friend Pete Shotton and the banjo used by Rod Davis in Lennon’s The Quarrymen. http://classicrock.teamrock.com/news/2014-10-08/lennon-guitar-goes-under-the-hammer