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Fender George Harrison Rosewood Telecaster
How George Harrison fell in and out of love with the Tele he played at the Beatles’ final performance

By Chris Gill Published

George Harrison’s heavyweight prototype Fender shaped the late-era Beatles sound, and later passed through the hands of Delaney Bramlett and, briefly, Jerry Garcia

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A close-up shot of the The Beatles performing
5 chord voicings that are a songwriter’s best friend

By Richard Barrett Published

Despite the ‘four lads from Liverpool’ tag, The Beatles used some very sophisticated chords in many of their songs, and the audience lapped them up

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Paul McCartney and Paul Mescal comp
Paul McCartney on the time he gave Paul Mescal a Beatles guitar lesson

By Phil Weller Published

Mescal is set to portray Macca on the big screen, which afforded him a guitar lesson with the man himself

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Left–Andrew Watt performs onstage during the 68th GRAMMY Awards on February 01, 2026 in Los Angeles, California; Right–Paul McCartney performs on the Pyramid stage during Glastonbury Festival
Ozzy Osbourne producer Andrew Watt on what it was like to play with two Beatles in the studio

By Janelle Borg Published

Watt waxes lyrical about what it was like to add another legend to his Rolodex of rockstars

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Paul McCartney (left) and John Lennon (1940 - 1980) perform on the set of 'The Ed Sullivan Show' at CBS's Studio 50, New York, New York, February 8, 1964
Paul McCartney explains how John Lennon is still inspiring his songwriting six decades on

By Janelle Borg Published

McCartney chats with Paul Mescal, the actor portraying him in the upcoming Beatles four-part biopic, about his songwriting process and upcoming album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane

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Eric Clapton, George Terry and George Harrison
“I woke up to Eric and George playing ukuleles at the foot of my bed”: The first time session pro George Terry met a Beatle

By Matt Owen Published

Terry was Clapton's guitarist in the 1970s, and through Slowhand he was able to meet a particularly famous face

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Jimi Hendrix performs live on stage playing a black Fender Stratocaster guitar with The Jimi Hendrix Experience at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 24th February 1969
The time Jimi Hendrix was knocked off his feet by Eddie Kramer’s tonal technique

By Janelle Borg Published

Kramer looks back on borrowing from the Beatles... and that game-changing day at the studio that forever defined Hendrix's sound

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Paul McCartney performs live on stage with Wings at Ahoy on 25th March 1976 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. He plays a Rickenbacker 4001S bass guitar
Paul McCartney’s greatest post-Beatles bassline

By Chris Jisi Published

After the Beatles, Paul McCartney wasn’t done writing killer basslines – as L.A. session and Wings guitarist Laurence Juber can attest

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: James Taylor performs onstage during The Rainforest Fund 30th Anniversary Benefit Concert Presents 'We'll Be Together Again' at Beacon Theatre on December 09, 2019 in New York City
How the Beatles launched the career of one of the all-time great songwriters

By Phil Weller Published

James Taylor’s encounter with Pete Asher led to an audition in front of Paul McCartney and George Harrison

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June Millington performs onstage with Fanny at City Hall in Newcastle upon Tyne, England on May 30, 1973
The story of Fanny, one of the world’s first all-female rock bands

By Janelle Borg Published

Fanny never topped the charts, but they made fans of everyone from the Beatles to David Bowie – despite constantly having to prove they could play

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