George Porter Jr Played a 'Beatle Bass' ?

BigBeatNut · #1 01-26-2011, 02:37 PM

Certainly looks possible from the above ... or was it just for the publicity shot ?

I mean, I thought he was a p-bass only man ...

Andy

BZadlo · #2 01-26-2011, 02:41 PM

Looks like an Eko bass.

EKO bass

Precisionb87 · #3 04-20-2011, 02:20 PM

I've seen pictures of him with an SG bass, and videos of him with a telecaster bass.

**StrangerDanger** · #4 04-20-2011, 02:21 PM

Tele and a P AFAIK. I think that is a publicity shot.

lbwdog · #5 04-20-2011, 05:32 PM

I know for fact he played a Tele in 1973 when I used to see The Meters every Wednesday night (I think) at the Nitecap in New Orleans.

Never saw him play that one though...

BigBeatNut · #6 04-21-2011, 01:50 AM

For sure, the Tele is well documented in photos ... the P is what he's most associated with and he's currently using a Lakland P.

Looks like that Eko Viola (or whatever) was a one-off (possibly for a photo only) though.

Andy

mccartneyman · #7 04-21-2011, 10:53 AM

Could be the photographer was going for a look where guitar and bass "matched" in the photo.

Precisionb87 · #8 07-12-2011, 05:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lbwdog

I know for fact he played a Tele in 1973 when I used to see The Meters every Wednesday night (I think) at the Nitecap in New Orleans.

Never saw him play that one though...

jkramer5 · #9 07-12-2011, 05:13 PM

Why don't ya just ask him?

George Porter Jr. | Facebook

primusfan1989 · #10 07-13-2011, 06:17 PM

http://www.georgeporterjr.com/photo_...llery1/#bottom

some pics of him w/ the eko beatle bass, a tele , and a sg