Kayan kida na John Lennon
Kayan kida na John Lennon sun bambanta da yawa kuma suna da yawa, kuma shahararsa a duk duniya ta haifar da zaɓin nasa na yin tasiri mai ƙarfi akan zaɓin al'adu.

Dubawa 
John Lennon ya buga guitars daban-daban tare da Beatles kuma a lokacin aikinsa na solo, musamman Rickenbacker (bambance-bambancen su hudu) da Epiphone Casino, tare da gitatar Gibson da Fender daban-daban.

Wani kayan aikin da ya zaba shi ne piano, wanda kuma ya yi wakoki da yawa a kai. Misali, wasan Lennon akan piano tare da Paul McCartney ya haifar da ƙirƙirar " Ina so in riƙe hannunka " a cikin shekarar 1963.

Mawaƙin Lennon ya wuce guitar da piano, lokacin da ya nuna ƙwarewarsa akan harmonica a farkon tarihin Beatles . Mahaifiyarsa, Julia Lennon ta fara nuna masa yadda ake buga banjo kuma ta ƙarfafa shi ya koyi wasan guitar, lokacin da za su yi aiki tare, "zaune a can tare da haƙuri marar iyaka har sai na sami nasarar fitar da duk waƙoƙin".  A cewar Lennon, Julia ce ta gabatar da shi zuwa rock'n roll kuma ta ƙarfafa shi sosai don ci gaba da burinsa na kiɗa.  Bayan mutuwar Julia a shekara ta 1958 ba a sake ganin kayan aikin ba kuma inda yake a asirce.