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8.20pm
4 April 2010
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Does anyone know the guitars he used for the later years? I've heard of him playing a Fender Esquire in Good Morning Good Morning, but anything after that is beyond me. Perhaps his casino?
8.49pm
14 April 2010
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Hey there, Big. I Googled "Paul McCartney's Guitars' and found this site.
I don't know what sources were used and can not vouch for the accuracy of info. If nothing else, there are some cool pictures.
Hope it helps.
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9.03pm
9 June 2010
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"You're probably wondering why we keep switching out all these guitars. Well, the truth is we're just showing off."
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9.22pm
4 April 2010
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Zig said:
Hey there, Big. I Googled "Paul McCartney's Guitars' and found this site.
I don't know what sources were used and can not vouch for the accuracy of info. If nothing else, there are some cool pictures.
Hope it helps.
Yeah, I've been there before. They have a really good article on the Guitars of Ringo Starr…
1.39am
20 July 2010
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Hofner eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
3.43am
1 May 2010
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I've got a question. Quite stupid really. Did the companies that make those guitars gave the Beatles those instruments? Or they were like "Ok I feel like getting a new guitar, let's go to the store to get one??
12.35pm
31 March 2008
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They bought the early ones themselves. The Hofner bass and John's Rickenbacker guitar were bought in Hamburg. I'm not sure about George's Gretsch – I think he bought it during his first trip to the US though I may be wrong.
Later on they were given plenty of instruments and amps by companies. Rickenbacker gave John and George 12-string electrics, and a Ricky bass for Paul too (only used in the studio). They were given Fender Strats and Vox amps too, and Ringo had several drum kits from Ludwig. They stuck to a surprisingly small number of instruments though, given that they could have had whatever they wanted.
There's a great book about all this by Andy Babiuk, called The Beatles' Gear. I recommend it.
4.58pm
4 April 2010
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Joe said:
They bought the early ones themselves. The Hofner bass and John's Rickenbacker guitar were bought in Hamburg. I'm not sure about George's Gretsch – I think he bought it during his first trip to the US though I may be wrong.
Later on they were given plenty of instruments and amps by companies. Rickenbacker gave John and George 12-string electrics, and a Ricky bass for Paul too (only used in the studio). They were given Fender Strats and Vox amps too, and Ringo had several drum kits from Ludwig. They stuck to a surprisingly small number of instruments though, given that they could have had whatever they wanted.
There's a great book about all this by Andy Babiuk, called The Beatles' Gear. I recommend it.
If I remember correctly, Paul's Rickenbacker was used as a backup during the US tour. It was used once I believe, I don't know. I'll have to check up with that.
6.47pm
1 May 2010
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Thanks for the answer. I dunno why but I'm quite curious about their instruments. I'll check that book.
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