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Why Paul McCartney’s violin bass was essential in creating his most playful bassline on Sgt. Pepper’s
The Beatles took Lovely Rita into Studio Two of Abbey Road on February 23rd, 1967 – McCartney’s faithful Höfner came along ...
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“Here to make its first stage appearance in 50 years... is my original bass!”: Stolen in ’72, returned in February, Paul McCartney’s 1961 Höfner 500/1 finally makes it ...
“And I saw this bass in the window, this violin-shaped Höfner. It was a good price ... known of its power during a hectic performance of Get Back, with Ronnie Wood on guitar. For Beatles fans, however ...
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"Incredibly grateful": Paul McCartney has been reunited with his Beatles Höfner bass guitar after over half a century
"The guitar has been authenticated by Höfner and Paul ... McCartney recalled in an interview with Tony Bacon in 1994. "And I saw this bass in the window, this violin-shaped Höfner. It was a good price ...
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"The real surprise is why more guitarists don’t know about them today.” This 1965 KAPA Minstrel is a vintage gem
Think Jimi Hendrix setting fire to his Fender Stratocaster at Monterey Pop, Paul McCartney plucking his Höfner 500/1 violin bass guitar on The ... the teardrop body shape might not have caught ...