Latest about The Beatles
“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
The organizers, including GW contributor and Höfner expert Nick Wass, say they have already received hundreds of emails about the iconic instrument
“Wings are underrated. It’s difficult to follow The Beatles. It’s like following God”: How Paul McCartney quit the world's biggest band... and triumphed
In 1971 Paul McCartney announced the formation of his new group Wings, who rose in a few short years from college level to an American stadium phenomenon
“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?
Listen to the isolated bassline on one of the most covered songs in the Beatles catalogue
Devin Townsend says the Beatles would have used digital guitar gear: “How can you imagine for a second that they wouldn’t have utilized it?”
In his latest defence of digital gear, the metal maestro suggested the Fab Four would have been fans of such tech had it been available to them in their prime
Paul McCartney says the “final Beatles record” is nearing release – and it’s been created using AI
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
Paul McCartney: “He was trying to learn bass, so I was like, ‘sit down, let me show you a few things’”
The Beatles’ “first left-handed bassist”, Chas Newby, dies aged 81
The bass player and former math teacher was subbed into the Liverpool legend’s early lineup in December 1960 and played one of the most formative shows of the era
Listen to Paul McCartney’s isolated bass on Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Paul McCartney: “That probably ended up being my strongest thing on bass”
George Benson on the time he met Jimi Hendrix, how Peter Frampton changed the course of his career and what Paul McCartney made of his Beatles tribute
One of the all-time jazz guitar greats on upsetting guitar companies, receiving praise from Frank Sinatra, and what it was really like working with Miles Davis
