Macca signs guitar for charity

He's played a fair few guitars in his time - but a hand-painted, 10-foot Gibson Les Paul was special even by Sir Paul McCartney's standards.



The former Beatle paid a personal visit to the Gibson Guitartown London exhibition to sign the replica instrument.



The free-standing guitar, named And The Crowd Goes Wild, was hand-painted by visual artist Rosie Brooks.



The guitar, and 59 others, will be auctioned off in London later this year to raise money for the three charities.



Sir Paul said: "I just fancied playing with a big guitar! I think this one will hopefully catch the imagination of the public and whoever is going to buy it at the auction and raise money for The Prince's Trust, Teenage Cancer Trust and Nordoff Robbins - which are all great charities."



Artist Rosie added: "It's complete honour. It's brilliant. I was really touched when I found out he had chosen my design."



All the guitars in the exhibition have been signed by famous names, including Noel Gallagher, Robert Plant, Paul Weller, Ozzy Osbourne, Rod Stewart, Keane, Stereophonics, James Blunt, Razorlight, KT Tunstall, Magic Numbers, Kasabian, The Kooks and Dirty Pretty Things to name a few.