Tag Archives: Paul McCartney
SMG Poll: Who’s Your Favorite Guitarist/Bassist Duo?

SMG Poll: Who’s Your Favorite Guitarist/Bassist Duo?

Many great bands feature amazing musicians and if you had to narrow it down to just one amazing guitarist and bassist duo, who would it be?

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The Beatles: Guitar Heroes – Revisited

The Beatles: Guitar Heroes – Revisited

Purchased in 1960: 1958 Rickenbacker 325 Capri (5/8 scale, hollow-body electric). Serial No. V81: The Holy Grail of guitars. Lennon bought this “short arm” guitar, with a natural finish, gold pickguard and Kaufmann vibrato, on the Beatles’ first trip to Hamburg, after he saw jazzman “Toots” Thielmans playing a Ric model on an album cover.

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The Beatles: Guitar Heroes 35 – George Harrison’s Hofner President and Club 40

The Beatles: Guitar Heroes 35 – George Harrison’s Hofner President and Club 40

In a quantum leap from his first instrument, Harrison purchased this handsome Hofner….

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The Beatles: Guitar Heroes 34 – John Lennon’s Hofner Senator

The Beatles: Guitar Heroes 34 – John Lennon’s Hofner Senator

An advert of the period shows this handsome guitar that boasted a powerful, penetrating tone….

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The Beatles: Guitar Heroes 33 – George Harrison’s Maton Mastersound

The Beatles: Guitar Heroes 33 – George Harrison’s Maton Mastersound

Before Harrison’s first Gent he borrowed this Australian solidbody from Barratt’s of Manchester and used it for a few performances….

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The Beatles: Guitar Heroes 32 – George Harrison’s First Guitar

The Beatles: Guitar Heroes 32 – George Harrison’s First Guitar

What was Harrison’s first guitar? According to Paul McCartney it was strictly a do-it-yourself affair….

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The Beatles: Guitar Heroes 31 – Paul McCartney and the Faux Hofner!

The Beatles: Guitar Heroes 31 – Paul McCartney and the Faux Hofner!

Many stories have circulated over the years about a special Hofner 500/1 with gold-plated hardware presented to McCartney….

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The Beatles: Guitar Heroes 29 – Paul McCartney’s Rosetti Solid 7

The Beatles: Guitar Heroes 29 – Paul McCartney’s Rosetti Solid 7

Not a solid body but a semi-acoustic made in Holland by Egmond and renamed by the Rosetti firm, which imported them into the UK and sold them for about £20….

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