Paul McCartney spotted making own guitar plectrums in bizarre way on railway line

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Paul McCartney spotted making own guitar plectrums in bizarre way on railway line
The Beatles legend was spotted leaving the coins on train tracks to flatten them so he can use them to play his guitar
By Christopher Bucktin
19 AUG 2019

Sir Paul McCartney heads to the long and winding railroad track for a new guitar pick.

Plucky Paul left coins on the rails near his home so trains would flatten them.

The Beatles legend returned later to collect them.

An onlooker said: “Normally it’s kids who leave coins on the track, not a grandad. It was only when he returned did the penny drop – perfect plectrums.”

Macca, 77, wearing shorts, T-shirt and a Team GB Olympic cap, placed a dozen one-cent coins on the Long Island Rail Road in New York’s Hamptons.

Macca went to extreme lengths to get the perfect plectrum (Image: SplashNews.com)


The coins are flattened by trains (Image: SplashNews.com)


Macca was seen putting the one cent coins on the track (Image: SplashNews.com)


The coins are flattened and then the Beatles legend uses them to play his guitar (Image: SplashNews.com)

Sir Paul was once said to have worn acrylic nails to stop his fingers bleeding, but returned to a plectrum.

Other musicians, including Queen’s Brian May, have used flattened coins as plectrums because the metal is strong.

But it is against US law to deface currency, with a fine if you try to spend it again.