George was 14 when he developed an interest in learning to play a guitar, and purchased a second hand instrument (the Egmond) for the princely sum of three pounds from a boy at his school. When George was five years old, the family eventually moved to a new council house at 174 Macketts Lane, Speke and it was here that George developed an interest in learning to play the guitar.
Egmond acoustic guitar with tailpiece driver#
Harrison’s first home was a basic two-up and two-down terraced house in Arnold Grove, Wavertree where he lived with his father Harold Hargreaves Harrison, a bus driver and former seaman, mother Louise, his brothers Harry and Peter, and sister Louise. However another beginner’s guitar once owned by Harrison has emerged which may or may not pre-date the famous Egmond. The Egmond guitar, minus its machine heads, was auctioned off in London during the mid 1980s, and thanks to an anonymous British owner was on loan to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland between 19 before moving in 2003 to The Beatles Museum in Liverpool and is now worth an estimated $800,000. It is widely believed that Harrison’s earliest surviving guitar is an Egmond steel strung, Spanish style guitar which was advertised as “the cheapest model in our range”. In The Beatles Anthology book, Harrison described it as “a real cheapo, horrible little guitar but it was OK at the time.Ī beginner’s guitar, once owned by Beatles guitarist George Harrison, has been discovered after having been stored in a cupboard for more than half a century. Harrison’s father purchased the guitar from a schoolmate of Georges, Raymond Hughes for $5.95. Bids were taken at the cafe, by phone and on the Internet. The guitar was part of an annual Beatles sale by music memorabilia firm Cooper Owen, conducted Thursday at the Hard Rock Cafe in London. George Harrison’s first guitar - “a real cheapo” his parents gave him - has sold at auction for more than $469,200. The Beatles – Early George Harrison Guitar Discovered In Cheshire In the UK the Egmond guitars were marketed as Rosetti guitars, so the guitar that George Harrison had, was a Rosetti 276. It was an Egmond 105/0, that also was called Egmond Toledo. In 1956 George Harrison begun playing acoustic guitar. Georges First Guitar – Rosetti 276 (Egmond 105/G) 1956
Photo from “The Beatles Story” in Liverpool I got all of these pictures and descriptions from other web pages online and tried to give credit when i could find that information. The “quiet Beatle” added the finishing touches to every Beatle song with a simple majesty that made him one of the premier guitarists of his time. I clearly identified with John more than George during my formative years as i was somewhat radical and sarcastic as he was, but history shows that George became a very good songwriter and musician, even when compared to John and Paul. I have great respect for George Harrison.
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