<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar World in The-beatles ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/tag/beatles Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:30:05 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “I talked my folks into buying me a plane ticket to London. I took my guitar and some songs, and I ran into some people…” How the Beatles launched the career of one of the all-time great songwriters ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/james-taylors-beatles-break k33ZrU3Vq7B8FoCVBuPTR6 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:30:05 +0000 Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:27:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ “No-one believed in us. The manager said, ‘You can only play for a few minutes.’ The entire audience jumped up on their tables”: The story of Fanny, one of the world’s first all-female rock bands ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/the-story-of-fanny emRce3jwrdm26r49xDKQYj Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:27:21 +0000 Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:11:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ “50 years since you last played that”: Watch the moment Paul McCartney was first reunited with his long-lost Höfner bass – half a century after it was stolen ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/the-moment-paul-mccartney-was-reunited-with-his-hofner-bass idtBZ64rV2CvsrcMjhMqm8 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:11:05 +0000 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:12:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It felt like the worst moment of my life. I walked up to the truck, saw the padlock on the ground, and my heart sank”: The moment Wings’ former sound engineer had to tell Paul McCartney his priceless Höfner bass guitar had been stolen ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/bass-guitars/ian-horne-on-the-theft-of-paul-mccartneys-hofner-bass xu5b8n2gKZ8zqpWwPhGoLN Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:11:36 +0000 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:23:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The phone rang. It was Paul McCartney. That’s when I knew we’d found it”: We meet the man who reunited Paul McCartney with his long-lost Beatles bass ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/how-nick-wass-helped-reunite-paul-mccartney-with-his-missing-beatle-bass Fa3ecAnVrGPcQX5JHu2gvS Wed, 01 Apr 2026 08:59:17 +0000 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:13:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Paul happened upon a chord that even he didn’t recognize”: Paul McCartney announces new Andrew Watt-produced album inspired by an unfamiliar guitar chord ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/music-releases/paul-mccartney-new-album-andrew-watt JR38ChpYye7STrTHVuiKBP Thu, 26 Mar 2026 17:08:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A prototype given to George Harrison was prominently featured in the Beatles’ A Hard Day’s Night, inspiring insatiable lust for the electric 12”: How the Rickenbacker 360/12 revolutionized the sound of ’60s guitar ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/rickenbacker-360-12-12-string qgA988Lpufhgoj2w7PzueM Sun, 22 Mar 2026 14:10:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The Gretsch was given by John Lennon to his cousin. He kept it for almost 50 years”: The magical mystery of the $1.3m Gretsch that might have recorded a Beatles classic ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/john-lennon-1963-gretsch-6120-chet-atkins QugnXC2Mm3769A2cp3bjq5 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:20:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It was kept in Lennon’s attic studio… You can see the guitar in photographs right by his Farfisa and Brenell tape machines”: John Lennon’s ’64 Rickenbacker is officially a $1.3m guitar – but it was originally a replacement for a Beatles live show ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/john-lennon-1964-rickenbacker-jim-irsay sABFLozJfBEMd6VGAHYpje Wed, 18 Mar 2026 11:15:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Harrison put the SG into immediate use on recording sessions for Revolver”: George Harrison’s 1964 Gibson SG Standard is officially part of the multi-million dollar guitar club – but as a piece of Beatles history it’s priceless ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/1964-gibson-sg-george-harrison-beatles UHJhkKmrzb9VDLjXH4fnTW Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:05:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I freaked out. I couldn’t believe it. Nobody else was doing that at the time”: The Beatles made the Leslie speaker an iconic guitar tone. But a pioneering “all-female” rock band were one of the first to take it out on the road ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/fanny-guitarist-june-millington-on-how-the-let-it-be-solo-transformed-her-rig ARLFvjYGPUxSRz4TRnbs2j Tue, 10 Mar 2026 17:08:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Charlie Watts said, ‘We wonder what happened to them fantastic girls. We never heard of them again in England’”: They were one of the world's first “all-female” rock bands – then they disappeared. But the Rolling Stones and the Beatles never forgot them ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/the-rolling-stones-on-the-liverbirds oaKLxvvzLV3Vm8qiGJyinW Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:37:37 +0000 Mon, 02 Mar 2026 15:59:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ “By the time we met the Beatles, they were thrilled to meet us. They liked us in part because we were women who could play”: The pioneering ’70s band beloved by the Beatles – who recorded with Abbey Road and Sgt. Pepper’s sonic architect ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/the-beatles-were-fans-of-the-pioneering-70s-band-fanny oFgcHBhAxCEpNA2wNz2LE7 Thu, 19 Feb 2026 16:57:24 +0000 Fri, 20 Feb 2026 11:33:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He shoved me down to the floor of the car. He was kicking the windows. The whole time he's yelling at the top of his lungs, ‘Yoko! I want Yoko!’” The wild story of John Lennon's rock ’n’ roll covers album ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/john-lennon-story-of-rock-n-roll-album g7UwBF7PFPdzA8Kci4v8iE Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:19:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ “You think of him as a songwriter and a singer really, but as a bass guitar player, it’s next-level”: Johnny Marr’s “mind-blowing” jam with Paul McCartney – and why he thinks Macca reinvented the bass ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/johnny-marr-paul-mccartney-jam z3EwgrWtvBvMkviJ9v5wza Tue, 13 Jan 2026 14:46:10 +0000 Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:16:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It ain’t gonna sit well with people, but he might be better than George Harrison”: Why John Mayer might be better than a Beatle, according to producer Don Was ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/why-john-mayer-might-be-better-than-george-harrison 57GyqwizmA5TYf8QcP3xTV Tue, 06 Jan 2026 12:47:55 +0000 Wed, 07 Jan 2026 12:52:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Like Bach, I think the Beatles are some of the only composers that you can play badly and it still sounds good”: Sting guitarist Dominic Miller on why the Beatles' harmonies are “indestructible” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/sting-guitarist-dominic-miller-on-why-the-beatles-harmonies-are-indestructible thXTFvmbuZuoyHs5PPZuD9 Sun, 04 Jan 2026 22:00:00 +0000 Mon, 05 Jan 2026 11:22:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I bought my first Höfner bass in the ’60s. I have loved it ever since”: Paul McCartney pays tribute to Höfner as the legendary German brand’s future hangs in the balance ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitars/paul-mccartney-reacts-to-hofner-financial-troubles BxAWtn6JzRipqsLP7R2mJn Fri, 19 Dec 2025 12:20:02 +0000 Fri, 19 Dec 2025 17:03:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ Höfner, the famed instrument maker behind Paul McCartney’s iconic Violin Bass, reportedly files for bankruptcy ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/bass-guitars/hofner-files-for-bankruptcy fFzWsHiaYkfeRhM8xG7Rnd Thu, 18 Dec 2025 13:14:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ “An icon of late 1960s rock history”: George Harrison and Eric Clapton both married the same woman. Now the historic 1913 Gibson acoustic named after Pattie Boyd is headed to auction – months after it was listed on Reverb for almost $1,000,000 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/acoustic-guitars/eric-clapton-and-george-harrisons-1913-gibson-pattie-acoustic-auction-november-2025 UQyoCqqGiViiPQPcrSidWk Wed, 26 Nov 2025 17:42:49 +0000 Thu, 27 Nov 2025 14:50:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Eric said that the only way he’d play on it is if he sounded like the Beatles”: Legendary Abbey Road record producer, Ken Scott, explains how Eric Clapton ended up playing an uncredited solo on a Beatles classic ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/how-eric-clapton-ended-up-playing-an-uncredited-solo-on-a-beatles-classic kmqQ5yhXibMrNjF23A8ivG Tue, 25 Nov 2025 17:33:19 +0000 Wed, 26 Nov 2025 13:00:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ “These are the tracks people dream of being able to pick up and play”: New study names the most inspiring bands for aspiring guitarists – and The Beatles have been beaten to top spot ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarguitar-study-reveals-the-most-inspiring-artists-for-aspiring-guitarists A2S2X4soqhPQ7r7xenWDjX Tue, 18 Nov 2025 15:38:05 +0000 Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:14:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was just too frightened – it was too big a moment with everyone looking at the guitar player. I couldn’t do it”: Paul McCartney was meant to be the Beatles’ lead guitarist – then stage fright led him to George Harrison ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/how-george-harrison-became-the-beatles-lead-guitarist JUezmj7SixUm3HFEjcpHpQ Mon, 17 Nov 2025 16:36:52 +0000 Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:48:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ “An unspecified buyer dipped into their pocket for $2,857,500 – so fara record for any guitar previously owned by a Beatle”: The story of the Framus Hootenanny, the resurrected John Lennon favorite that was a key component of Beatles tone ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/acoustic-guitars/john-lennon-12-string-framus-hootenanny RKq2caeS2YRUW9RXEzorgA Mon, 27 Oct 2025 10:23:38 +0000 Wed, 05 Nov 2025 12:27:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Lennon says, ‘Tell him we’ll put the guitar on our next album cover.’ The guy says, ‘Nope, sorry.’ The album was Sgt. Pepper’s”: The day the Beatles visited New York’s most legendary guitar store ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/the-beatles-mannys-visit cTHwwg8ixUe9tU83zXfSKo Thu, 16 Oct 2025 08:20:52 +0000 Thu, 30 Oct 2025 13:06:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ “John Lennon’s 12-string has a similar trebly edge to it… this guitar passes the ‘Fab Four’ test”: Framus Hootenanny 12-string and 6-string review ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/acoustic-guitars/framus-6-and-12-string-hootennany-review 6AQjDFbcDMuqAtLYxMfhR6 Fri, 03 Oct 2025 09:13:52 +0000 Wed, 15 Oct 2025 16:12:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It went off into the universe and it left us thinking, where did it go? There must be an answer…” The remarkable story of Paul McCartney’s Höfner 500/1 bass – which went missing for 50 years – to feature in new documentary ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/paul-mccartney-beatles-stolen-then-returned-hofner-violin-bass-documentary-film v6TikdZgMMmHnSMw77EDPW Fri, 05 Sep 2025 13:10:45 +0000 Wed, 10 Sep 2025 14:17:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I asked Olivia, ‘I’d love to play one of George’s guitars.’ She just said, ‘Of course – which one?’” How a Gypsy jazz guitarist came to play George Harrison’s iconic Beatles guitars on a new tribute album ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/robin-nolan-for-the-love-of-george-guitarist-interview 4xcoNuBah3npod9C3s5Th7 Fri, 25 Jul 2025 09:15:24 +0000 Mon, 28 Jul 2025 14:51:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There was one bit I used to play at a bit of a stretch. He told me, ‘Oh, no, I play it like this’”: Paul McCartney gave Robbie McIntosh a guitar lesson on their first meeting – and showed him how to play a Beatles classic properly ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/robbie-mcintosh-paul-mccartney-blackbird-guitar-lesson BHZ6vNJVMJHPSn8FSyDkhJ Tue, 22 Jul 2025 10:38:56 +0000 Mon, 28 Jul 2025 14:30:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I realized I had something very exciting on my hands. I wasn’t expecting it at all”: Guitarist unwittingly buys John Lennon’s old Fender Deluxe – after the suspected White Album combo turned up on Facebook Marketplace ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/guitarist-unwittingly-buys-john-lennons-fender-deluxe n8Uk2LoRGygRXzvEXXRXzX Mon, 21 Jul 2025 10:47:41 +0000 Mon, 28 Jul 2025 14:24:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Heturned out to be George Harrison’s gardener. He gave the CD toGeorge… Next thing I know George and Olivia call to ask if we’d play at their Christmas party”: Meet Robin Nolan, the Gypsy jazz guitarist who collaborated with a Beatle ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/robin-nolan-for-the-love-of-george gcmDqRGWWEkGT3h4NCJJqJ Wed, 02 Jul 2025 09:30:12 +0000 Tue, 08 Jul 2025 11:57:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ “With The Beatles there are two periods: the early albums, where they would recreate what they did live – and the post-’65 overdub era”: Was Paul McCartney singing while he recorded this bass track? There are audible cues in the final mix ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/the-beatles-paul-mccartney-oh-darling 9Wahua93uVPxqNtkumkHhV Sat, 07 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Thu, 19 Jun 2025 08:50:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The Höfner is so light, it encouraged me to play with a light touch and be more adventurous with it. I’d play it more like a guitar”: Why Paul McCartney’s violin bass was essential in creating his most playful bassline on Sgt. Pepper’s ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/paul-mccartney-the-beatles-lovely-rita-bassline t5NKChBTdAqP9vE2uNg2z5 Thu, 22 May 2025 09:18:30 +0000 Fri, 27 Jun 2025 15:44:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I got a call: ‘Can you be on a plane tomorrow to go to New Orleans to play one song with Paul McCartney?’” Brian Ray’s audition to join Paul McCartney’s band was a last-minute live performance – at the Super Bowl ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/brian-ray-paul-mccartney-superbowl-audition b76cY9qm8W4bbshJZLCu2M Tue, 13 May 2025 16:08:08 +0000 Wed, 21 May 2025 10:04:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He gave the CD to George. The next thing I know he calls to ask if we’d play at their Christmas party”: How Robin Nolan went from busking on the streets of Amsterdam to collaborating with George Harrison – and hanging out with Paul McCartney ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/robin-nolan-from-busking-to-becoming-friends-with-george-harrison rwQHRDcUfcX9QbJoZLGBPD Tue, 13 May 2025 12:22:07 +0000 Wed, 21 May 2025 10:03:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I got the impression that he needed to be quite forceful to get his songs onto Beatles records”: George Harrison orchestrator John Barham reflects on their shared love of Indian music and being conducted by Phil Spector ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/john-barham-on-george-harrison-beatles-indian-music-phil-spector odpcijExvoiCifiAoQJC5C Tue, 01 Apr 2025 08:59:16 +0000 Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:31:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ “From Paul Kossoff to Eric and then to John Lennon and George Harrison”: Albert Lee reveals the history of his ’58 Les Paul Custom ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/albert-lee-reveals-the-history-of-his-58-les-paul-custom DSiteQ4nQgznPAMRVGE4kV Tue, 25 Mar 2025 20:16:06 +0000 Tue, 01 Apr 2025 15:04:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He only had that little spotlight in every Beatles song – George Martin telling him what he could or couldn’t play. That’s what helped create that later style”: Dhani Harrison on the making of Living in the Material World – and George’s slide style ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/dhani-harrison-on-george-harrison-living-in-the-material-world gSmxjt5pn7KRMZGN82gt8X Tue, 25 Mar 2025 10:17:19 +0000 Tue, 01 Apr 2025 15:00:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I had a phone call from Paul McCartney, and he wanted me to come in and work with him…” How a Beatle helped Hans Zimmer conquer his stage fright with some priceless advice ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/hans-zimmer-paul-mccartney-stage-fright-advice z3PEdmvfmGqCJdvrMZaDc8 Sat, 22 Mar 2025 11:19:00 +0000 Thu, 27 Mar 2025 17:10:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I didn’t think I played that well. I had a hunch he could pull something out with the slide. I handed him the guitar, and he just did it”: The time Mike Campbell asked George Harrison to take over his own guitar solo ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/when-mike-campbell-asked-george-harrison-to-take-over-his-own-solo kjtSaShqBMTA9pxvdSKaoY Thu, 20 Mar 2025 17:37:44 +0000 Thu, 27 Mar 2025 16:28:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ “If we had tried to plan it, it would’ve never happened. The thing happened just by magic”: From Beatlemania to All Things Must Pass and beyond – the definitive guitar history of George Harrison's greatest recorded works ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/the-best-of-george-harrison-from-the-beatles-to-his-solo-adventures RL9EMEnkpTxogutFezuwFj Tue, 18 Mar 2025 10:19:42 +0000 Tue, 13 May 2025 12:21:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’m a huge, huge fan of both of them”: Peter Frampton called Grace Bowers his favorite new guitarist. Now they’ve collaborated on a Beatles classic with Trey Anastasio ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/concerts-gigs-tours/peter-frampton-grace-bowers-trey-anastasio-in-new-york 7CzSLUVHrqSJNsBgiwZht8 Mon, 17 Mar 2025 13:53:30 +0000 Mon, 31 Mar 2025 08:01:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I think I sort of smoked something, and I didn't really know what I was doing”: George Harrison typically sketched out his solos in advance – his iconic lead break on this classic Beatles track was a notable exception ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/george-harrison-the-beatles-something-solo GVWiKNZANzAGfWXSUKh6m7 Sat, 15 Mar 2025 10:19:00 +0000 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 16:26:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ “George gets up and says, ‘Andy was not the first choice. There were seven guitarists and he was the seventh choice’”: Before Andy Fairweather Low joined George Harrison’s band, the Beatle was eyeing up Gary Moore and Alvin Lee ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/andy-fairweather-low-joining-george-harrisons-band Txt2Fq9okhmH3NbubW75UR Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:11:25 +0000 Mon, 10 Mar 2025 15:27:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It was like unraveling a mystery, trying to imagine what George might have meant”: Lost chords that George Harrison wrote down before his passing have been turned into a new song – and it was recorded using three of his famed Beatles guitars ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/music-releases/for-the-love-of-george-harrison-lost-chords qsfuo7UNbxdAftfsUgbYQi Thu, 27 Feb 2025 11:51:57 +0000 Wed, 05 Mar 2025 14:20:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I got a text: ‘Paul wants to come over for tea.’ I sit up in the middle of the night and I’m like, ‘I have no lefty guitars – what happens if he wants to show me something?’” Andrew Watt on the time Paul McCartney gave him a guitar lesson over tea ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/andrew-watt-on-his-paul-mccartney-guitar-lesson 8XnYb4g4yexhgt5vvKQWwP Tue, 25 Feb 2025 14:53:19 +0000 Wed, 05 Mar 2025 16:06:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It threw me off completely. Here I am in front of 16,000 people, on the stage where Jeff Beck stood, where The Beatles stood, and where Jimi Hendrix stood”: Steve Lukather on wielding Beck’s Strat, jams with George Harrison –and his best solo slip-up ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/steve-lukather-jeff-beck-guitar KAhnz6hxKYUiqTsA5CcbV Mon, 10 Feb 2025 14:03:52 +0000 Tue, 25 Feb 2025 13:31:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We’ll inspire Beatles fans all over the world by bringing this unique instrument back to life”: John Lennon’s Hootenanny 12-string sold for $2.8m last year – now Framus has revived the acoustic with the Lennon estate’s approval ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/acoustic-guitars/john-lennon-framus-hootenanny-reissued wcKdVtKdiQyxeTa4enensN Fri, 31 Jan 2025 10:09:29 +0000 Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:12:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I gave him my Les Paul to use, which, just by him holding it, increased its value by like a million dollars”: In 1992, Steve Lukather was still getting over meeting his Beatles icon – then there was a knock on the stage door ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/steve-lukather-on-playing-with-george-harrison VP3Uo4s6vpMcLuAmdjZyfh Thu, 30 Jan 2025 14:44:34 +0000 Tue, 11 Feb 2025 10:00:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We’ve been looking for it for 50 years, and I got it back”: Paul McCartney’s long-lost Höfner returns to the stage for the first time in 50 years, as he enlists Ronnie Wood and Ringo Starr for an epic tour finale ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/paul-mccartney-ronnie-wood-ringo-starr-hofner-bass-london-2024 Ct6skDdGMuudwJWsTXkMFT Fri, 20 Dec 2024 12:32:08 +0000 Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:51:04 +0000