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'The Beatles' rehearse their song 'All You Need Is Love' for 'Our World' the first live satellite uplink performance broadcast to the world on June 25, 1967 in London, England.

Paul McCartney was in bass peak form on this lesser-known Beatles gem

By Brian Fox published

Recorded at Abbey Road Studios in February 1968, Hey Bulldog was one of the last Beatles sessions tracked as a band

Bassists
John Lennon’s Vox AC15 Twin

John Lennon’s first Vox amp – used at the Cavern and to record Please Please Me – is headed to auction

By Matt Parker published

The Vox AC15 Twin, believed to be the unit purchased by Lennon at Liverpool’s Hessy’s Music, is going under the hammer with an auction estimate of $130,000-$260,000

Guitar Amps
Ian Gillan and Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple perform on stage with George Harrison on the Perfect Strangers World Tour at the Entertainment Centre, Sydney, 12th December 1984

“He said very politely, ‘Can I get up on stage with you and use your guitar?’ It was very overwhelming to play with a Beatle”: That time Ritchie Blackmore and George Harrison jammed Little Richard at a Deep Purple concert

By Matt Owen published

Harrison had decided to check out Deep Purple while in Australia in 1984, and ended up sharing the stage with Blackmore for an eight-minute jam of Lucille

Guitarists
George Harrison's Futurama electric guitar

George Harrison’s Futurama – which starred in the Fab Four’s historic Hamburg tour – is heading to auction

By Matt Owen published

The oddball electric – which originally went up for auction back in 2019 – was also used on the Fab Four's first official Polydor recordings, having featured heavily during their early Cavern Club gigs

Electric Guitars
The Beatles perform 'Rain' and 'Paperback Writer' on BBC TV show 'Top Of The Pops' in London on 16th June 1966. Left to right: John Lennon (1940-1980), Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison

Did Paul McCartney fumble a note on this classic Beatles bassline?

By Nick Wells published

Recorded at Abbey Road Studios on October 16th, 1965, see if you can hear the bass glitch where McCartney “breaks” the main riff

Bassists
(from left) Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison, performing the Beatles' Hey Jude

“It was like an insult”: Paul McCartney turned down George Harrison's proposed guitar parts for Hey Jude

By Jackson Maxwell published

Harrison suggested answering each of McCartney's lines with a guitar phrase, an addition McCartney saw as unnecessary

Artists
Eric Clapton, George Terry and George Harrison

“I woke up to Eric and George playing ukuleles at the foot of my bed”: Session pro George Terry recalls the first time he 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

Guitarists
Multi-cam of Paul McCartney performing on stage with Andrew Watt

Paul McCartney joins Andrew Watt and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith to perform Beatles and Neil Young classics at tiny show

By Janelle Borg published

The Beatles legend also revealed that he has written an as-yet-unreleased song with Watt

Concert, Gigs & Tours
(from left) Paul McCartney, George Harrison and John Lennon perform onstage on August 1, 1964

The Beatles on their struggles to be heard over the screams of Beatlemania – and the toll it took on their performances

By Jackson Maxwell published

Technology has advanced light years in the six decades since the frenzy of Beatlemania, and the world of onstage guitar amplification is no exception

Bands
The 1962 Vox AC15 Twin, purportedly owned by John Lennon

John Lennon’s lost Vox amp – used on the Beatles’ first recordings and Cavern gigs – may have been found

By Matt Parker published

Heard on Please Please Me and Love Me Do, this unassuming 1962 Vox AC15 Twin may have just become the most valuable amp on the planet – and we’ve had the exclusive first look

Guitar Amps
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