See lifesize portraits of 100 iconic guitars, taken by photographer Kane Hibberd at the Scale exhibition at Unlocked ...

The books “Ribbons of Rust” and “John & Paul” show how the circumstances of time, place, talent, technology and friendship helped the Beatles find success.

Three-quarters of the way through Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is one of Paul McCartney's most underrated gems, Lovely Rita. On a record with so many high-points, what makes this tune ...

Ray describes how he and Anderson are joined by McCartney on third guitar for the Beatles’ classic The End. “At the end of the show, we do the guitar shoot-out on The End with Paul, Rusty and ...

Lemmy from Motörhead uses the bass guitar just right on the band’s most famous song, “Ace Of Spades”. Fun fact: Lemmy was a big Beatles fan and favored the Rickenbacker 4000 series, likely ...

Now, curiosity - and competition - had spurred them to deviate away from the thematic norms of pop songwriting (i.e. love, relationships and relentless positivity). On their sixth studio album, Rubber ...

Played by Harrison and Paul McCartney on their Epiphone Casino electric guitars — through perhaps the group's newly acquired blackface Fender Showmans with 1x15 cabs — the dual guitar line ...

John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison conformed to their stated roles of rhythm, bass and lead guitar respectfully, Lennon holding down the chord side on his Gibson J160-E or ...

Four years later, Beatlemania had swept the little-known Liverpudlians to global conquer, dropping a steady stream of smash LPs and singles and finally petering out as a live band in San Francisco’s ...

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 ...

While McCartney was initially reluctant to play bass, he took to it quickly and expertly. He started out rough and rudimentary, but grew into a skilled player responsible for some iconic bass lines.