Taking to his 1964 Rickenbacker 4001S, which had a fuller tone compared to the Höfner VIolin Bass, Paul McCartney is in peak ...

After rehearsing it, the Beatles reportedly did three takes, with only the third running through to the end. Paul likely used his Rickenbacker 4001 with flatwound strings and a pick.

The Rickenbacker would become McCartney’s go-to bass during his time with Wings. But when McCartney began working with Elvis Costello in the late 1980s, he had a change of heart about his trusty ...

In addition, the bass and vocal are cleverly integrated. When the vocal gets busy, the playing gets sparse and vice versa. McCartney establishes the song's lazy, 12/8-shuffle feel in bar 1.

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All images are 1:1 scale, meaning shots of everything from Paul McCartney’s iconic Höfner bass to Dave Grohl’s Gibson Trini Lopez, Joan Jett’s embattled Melody Maker and Keith Urban’s ...

Taking to his 1964 Rickenbacker 4001S, which had a fuller tone compared to the Höfner VIolin Bass, Paul McCartney is in peak form on Hey Bulldog.After four bars of John Lennon's bluesy piano riff ...

Though McCartney didn't achieve a satisfactory lead vocal overdub until three months later, there are audible clues on the final mix that he was singing while he recorded his bass track.