The Beatles Bible - Topic: His guitars

mithveaen on His guitars

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:47:52 +0100

Thanks for the answer. I dunno why but I'm quite curious about their instruments. I'll check that book.

MrBig on His guitars

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:58:52 +0100

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, ...

Joe on His guitars

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:35:01 +0100

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 ...

mithveaen on His guitars

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 03:43:40 +0100

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??

Beatlesfan1 on His guitars

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 01:39:03 +0100

Hofner eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

MrBig on His guitars

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:22:03 +0100

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...

MeanMrsMustard on His guitars

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:03:14 +0100

"You're probably wondering why we keep switching out all these guitars. Well, the truth is we're just showing off."

Zig on His guitars

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 20:49:31 +0100

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.

MrBig on His guitars

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 20:20:42 +0100

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?