Sir Paul McCartney gets vocal with guitars – and talks to them.
The Beatles star said he felt sorry for one that hadn’t been played for a while and told it: “You must be lonely.”
Macca, 79, explained: “I felt quite guilty in a minor way, so I went over and started playing - and then the song that came out was me talking directly to the guitar and talking about all the times it had helped me.”
In new book The Lyrics by Paul McCartney, he said The Beatles used to tell their guitar their “secrets” and also thought it “looks like a woman”.
He explained: “There’s lots of stuff going on there.
“We always used to say that when you sit down with your guitar to write a song, you’re telling it your secrets, which then become a song for the world.
“But at that moment, when you’re alone, the guitar is your confidante. You cradle it.
“When you go up to a piano, though, it’s almost as if you’re pushing the piano away; they’re different actions completely.”
This year marks the 90th anniversary of the invention of the electric guitar with Rickenbacker being the first commercially available.
And in new book Rickenbacker Guitars - Out of the Frying Pan Into the Fireglo by Martin Kelly and Paul Kelly, they have tracked down all the Beatles owned Rickenbackers in existence as well as including interviews with Roger McGuinn, Susanna Hoffs, Johnny Marr, Mike Campbell, Geddy Lee, and Paul Weller.
