MaryCas, Giancarlo and Turnbull each observed (quoting Turnbull)...

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Harrison was playing a Gretsch Country Gentleman. Lennon played a six-string Rick, McCartney a Hofner bass, and Ringo was playing Ludwig drums.

Good eyes!

George was never very fond of the Rickenbacker he bought in the States. From a Rickenbacker fan page maintained by Bjorn Eriksson...

George Harrison´s Rickenbacker 425
The second Beatle to get himself a Rickenbacker was George Harrison. In September 1963 he bought a Jetglo model 425, while visiting his sister Louise in Benton, Illinois. In a letter I have received from her she confirms that George bought this guitar in a music store in Mount Vernon, Illinois.

This instrument never became George´s favorite. He only used it for a short time. He can be seen using the guitar in "Ready Steady Go", a TV-show broadcasted on October 4 1963 (now available on video-cassette).

And, as it turns out, that very guitar was part of a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Beatles Exhibit according to Rolling Stone Magazine.

tony b.