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“It was complete carnage... Keith and Ronnie were on their feet. The roof left the building”: Andrew Watt gifted Paul McCartney a ‘64 Höfner with a built-in Univox Super Fuzz circuit – and the Beatle used it on the new Rolling Stones album
By Matt Owen published
Once McCartney released the full potential of his new Höfner, “his eyes widened, and he just started ripping on it”

Is this the world’s most expensive guitar string? An Epiphone string Paul McCartney used to record the Beatles’ Rubber Soul is expected to fetch over $5,000 at auction
By Jonathan Horsley published
We often talk about the over-heated vintage guitar market, but the madness has come for secondhand strings now Macca’s is headed to the auction block

“You know, I've never played slide before, but it just started doing things on its own – I didn’t even have to try”: That time Paul McCartney channeled his inner bluesman – with the help of Nirvana, and a wild 4-string cigar box guitar
By Jackson Maxwell published
Matty Baratto's guitars have been played by Slash, Keith Richards, Zakk Wylde, Prince, Josh Homme, Joe Perry, and countless others. Seeing the Beatle use one of his four-string creations live with Nirvana, though, was a truly "surreal" moment for the luthier

“Someone somewhere knows what happened to this bass and where it is now”: The Lost Bass Project aims to reunite Paul McCartney with his missing Höfner 500/1 violin bass
By Matt Parker published
The organizers, including GW contributor and Höfner expert Nick Wass, say they have already received hundreds of emails about the iconic instrument

“Rocco Prestia could have held that 16th-note pattern in his sleep – it’s airtight” Halestorm bassist Josh Smith picks his top 5 bass albums
By Nick Wells published
From Tower Of Power to The Beatles, Josh Smith reveals the influences that helped shape his heavy-riffing bass style with Halestorm

“I don’t think George was too pleased with what I did with the bassline; I mean, I had to sell it to him!” Did Paul McCartney overplay on this Beatles’ Abbey Road hit?
By Nick Wells last updated
Listen to the isolated bassline on one of the most covered songs in the Beatles catalogue

Paul McCartney says the “final Beatles record” is nearing release – and it’s been created using AI
By Matt Owen published
McCartney called upon a process that was used to make Peter Jackson's Get Back documentary to complete the song

In 1965 Elvis Presley was playing bass guitar, with a little help from Paul McCartney
By Nick Wells published
Paul McCartney: “He was trying to learn bass, so I was like, ‘sit down, let me show you a few things’”
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