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Paul McCartney has been reunited with the original Höfner bass guitar he bought in the early 1960s that was stolen in the '70s, the former Beatles member confirmed Wednesday. "Following the ...
From the piano chords that follow the harmonic structure of the opening doorbell to the pulsing, knock-like bass drone, Paul McCartney expertly wove these sounds into a smash hit. This creative ...
Paul McCartney and his famed Höfner bass guitar have been reunited after more than 50 years. The 1961 Höfner bass, stolen in 1972, has been returned, the former Beattle, 81, confirmed in a ...
Brian Ray has spent the last 23 years as a member of Paul McCartney’s band, playing bass and guitar — so who better to assess Macca’s musicianship? In the new issue of Guitar World magazine, Ray ...
BEATLES legend Sir Paul McCartney strummed his beloved bass guitar for the first time in more than 50 years at a gig this week. Macca wowed fans as he bashed out Get Back alongside Rolling Stone ...
For more on Macca’s relationship with the violin bass, check out our history of Paul McCartney and the Höfner 500/1 bass guitar.
and he got talking about Paul McCartney, whose bass playing skills are often overshadowed by his songwriting and the immense weight of his achievements whilst part of the Beatles. “I think Paul ...
Paul McCartney brought the curtain down on his epic Got Back 2024 Tour in style, welcoming fellow Beatle Ringo Starr to the stage, and Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood, and finally fulfilling the dream ...
Taking to his 1964 Rickenbacker 4001S, which had a fuller tone compared to the Höfner VIolin Bass, Paul McCartney is in peak ...
LONDON — Paul McCartney no longer gently weeps for his original bass guitar. A five-year search by the manufacturer of the instrument that was aided by a husband-and-wife team of journalists ...
Brian Ray has spent the last 23 years as a member of Paul McCartney’s band, playing bass and guitar — so who better to assess Macca’s musicianship? In the new issue of Guitar World magazine ...