Masterminded by Australian photographer Kane Hibberd, Scale invites attendees to see some of the most famous guitars in the world up close and personal like never before ...

All images are 1:1 scale, meaning shots of everything from Paul McCartney’s iconic Höfner bass to Dave Grohl ... A psychedelic Rickenbacker that has forged a reputation as big the man who ...

And we shouldn’t forget the unnamed man who sold John his 1958 Rickenbacker guitar while ... a Leak Point One preamplifier to accept McCartney’s bass … then combined to a Tannoy Dual ...

I first met Brian Wilson in early 1962 at a record shop in Culver City when the Beach Boys were doing an in store appearance ...

From performance to recording and arranging, McCartney said the group found ways to make themselves a little different from ...

For more on Macca’s relationship with the violin bass, check out our history of Paul McCartney and the Höfner 500/1 bass guitar.