Influenced to purchase it by his friend, blues musician John Mayall, McCartney said, “You’d go back to his place and he’d sit you down, give you a drink, and say, ‘Just check this out.’ He’d go over to his deck, and for hours blast you with B.B. Paul McCartney was the first Beatle to acquire a Casino. Paul McCartney’s Epiphone Casino courtesy of and copyright OutLine Press UK. Each owned a Casino and used it for countless recordings and performances. Of all the guitars the Beatles made famous, the only one that John, Paul and George had in common was the Epiphone Casino.
John Lennon with his Epiphone Casino in December, 1968, on the set of “Rock ‘n’ Roll Circus.” Lennon photo: Andrew Maclear/Redferns.
