How It Was Recorded

Gear · bass guitar

Höfner 500/1

Records it appears on · 3

  • Introducing... The Beatles

    The Beatles · Album, 1963

    • Bass (McCartney) · InstrumentReportedMcCartney's violin bass for the album sessions, a 1961 example.
  • Let It Be

    The Beatles · Album, 1970

    • Bass and bass amplification (Let It Be sessions) · InstrumentReportedMcCartney's bass for the sessions, a 1963 Hofner 500/1 that the guide says he used exclusively.
  • Please Please Me

    The Beatles · Album, 1963

    • Bass (McCartney) · InstrumentReportedMcCartney's violin bass for the album sessions, a 1961 example.

Sources for each use are on the record’s own page.

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