Looks like a 'staged' shot - the strings are set up for a right -hander.
Macca may well be a lefty but he strings it as such.
Funny you should chime in, a very old thread ID's the photo as coming from the Beatles '64 Australian tour, but don't know if that's accurate.
In retrospect I'm somewhat surprised a Guild made it to Australia at that early date, if true, but perhaps it belonged to some other group on tour?
Or perhaps they had better international distribution than I ever realized at that time?
I don't think anybody ever thought it was actually his, and suspect it
was borrowed and "staged" as you mention, but IIRC he
could pick up a righty and play quite well with it flipped over, on occasions when he was borrowing somebody's guitar.
"Leftys" seem to have a knack for that, like Hendrix.
Edit: Ahhh, I see Walrus confirms that memory.
:smile:
(Oh, by the way absolutely Jimi was ambidextrous on guitar. I think the ease of swapping for lefties must stem from the localization of pattern recognition in what for leftys is the dominant right hemisphere. There may be a related coordination ability on that side too, never thought to look into that one)