One of the most important acoustic guitars for Paul McCartney and for the Beatles’ sound in 1968.
The first appearance of a Martin D-28 with the Beatles dates back to November 1967, during the filming of the Hello Goodbye video. John Lennon was the first to buy one — a 1965 model — likely to make up for the loss of tone in his old J-160E, which had been repainted in psychedelic style.
Not long after, Paul followed suit with a left-handed 1967 D-28, just in time to bring both guitars on their meditative trip to Rishikesh, India, in February 1968
It was there, at the ashram, that most of the songs later included on the White Album were written using these two instruments. From that moment on, the warm and rich sound of the D-28 would feature on many Beatles acoustic recordings — tracks like Blackbird, I Will, Mother Nature’s Son, Two of Us, all the way to Now and Then, the Beatles’ final song released in 2023.
The guitar in our photo is a Sigma by Martin D-28, used in our videos for Now and Then, Blackbird and Dear Prudence.
