Most of his stuff was great, Beatles wrote the majority of his hits and his backing band was stellar, you can't beat that.
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All Things Must Beat. Share Anything Beatles!!
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Most of his stuff was great, Beatles wrote the majority of his hits and his backing band was stellar, you can't beat that.
They had Epiphone Casino guitars. Made in the USA at a time when Epiphone was high quality, not the economy version that Gibson later made them into.
That EB-2 Jimmy had was most likely originally Paul Samwell-Smith's, I know he passed it on to Chris Dreja who used it for a while after Paul left, Jimmy played bass for a little while in The Yardbirds too and probably got it there. An older guitarist I used to play with opened for them in 1966 when Page was on bass.
Funny, indeed, bob. John & George wanted Paul to get a Gibson EB-0 that they could use on his piano, or guitar, songs because they didn't like the violin shaped Hofner! ¹ ²
1 book "Beatles Gear" by Andy Babiuk, copyright 2001, page 55
2. book "Beatles Gear - Ultimate Edition" by Andy Babiuk, copyright 2015, page 88
There is also recent controversy about a possible Gibson, or Epiphone, bass laying on the floor in Peter Jackson's "Get Back" documentary. ³ But, again, my most rigorous 5-minute research failed to discover an authoritative answer.2. book "Beatles Gear - Ultimate Edition" by Andy Babiuk, copyright 2015, page 88
☆. Sorry, @nixdad, I was looking for EB-2 and inadvertently overlooked this mention of the EB-0. 
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G-Dog -Funny, indeed, bob. John & George wanted Paul to get a Gibson EB-0 that they could use on his piano, or guitar, songs because they didn't like the violin shaped Hofner! ¹ ²
1 book "Beatles Gear" by Andy Babiuk, copyright 2001, page 55There is also recent controversy about a possible Gibson, or Epiphone, bass laying on the floor in Peter Jackson's "Get Back" documentary. ³ But, again, my most rigorous 5-minute research failed to discover an authoritative answer.
2. book "Beatles Gear - Ultimate Edition" by Andy Babiuk, copyright 2015, page 88
☆. Sorry, @nixdad, I was looking for EB-2 and inadvertently overlooked this mention of the EB-0.
Yes, I saw that in the Get Back documentary as well. You can also see a right-handed J or P leaning against the back of the Fender guitar amp in the same photo as well. I imagine that was on hand for George or John's use if need be?
Well, seems the sunburst hollowbody bass beside Paul and the right-handed Fender bass behind the the guitar amp were just possible (unused?) alternates, since most photos and video screenshots show Paul using his Hofner and John & George using the Fender Bass VI.
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Billy J Kramer lived 3 houses away from my mother in Huntington, NY for many years. He was pulling his life back together and working as a self-employed carpenter. He did straighten himself out, and embarked on rekindling his music. He'd walk his dog past the house often. Nobody bothered him, or even seemed top know who he was, except me. The dead give away was that his Volkswagen beetle had a license plate that read, "Bad 2 Me". By the way, it was John Lennon who told him to add the "J" to his name because it sounded better.
Funny, indeed, bob. John & George wanted Paul to get a Gibson EB-0 that they could use on his piano, or guitar, songs because they didn't like the violin shaped Hofner! ¹ ²
1 book "Beatles Gear" by Andy Babiuk, copyright 2001, page 55There is also recent controversy about a possible Gibson, or Epiphone, bass laying on the floor in Peter Jackson's "Get Back" documentary. ³ But, again, my most rigorous 5-minute research failed to discover an authoritative answer.
2. book "Beatles Gear - Ultimate Edition" by Andy Babiuk, copyright 2015, page 88
☆. Sorry, @nixdad, I was looking for EB-2 and inadvertently overlooked this mention of the EB-0.
Interesting, EB-0's are great sounding basses if they're EQ'ed right, so are EB-2's/Rivoli's with the choke circuit unhooked, I wonder if that EB -2/Rivoli was used? I also wish the picture were more in focus to see if it was strung righty or lefty. Most or all of the Zombie's stuff was done with an EB-0.
made at the gibon factory alongside gibson es-330s.
Drives me nuts seeing guitars laying around on the floor and leaning against amps ready to tumble to the ground. In the 70s we always leaned the guitars with the fretboard facing the surface if it was leaning on anything. Usually it was in a really cheap flimsy guitar stand or placed in an open case on the floor. I still have that habit till this day. NEVER lean it on the back and of the neck like that P or J appears to being doing on the Fender amp. I guess guitars didn’t have that kind of value on that level to them as it did to us. Of course I’m sure that Hofner has a very nice cradle these days and is never left leaning. I wonder how much that’s worth now. Claptons Brownie went for half a million a while back.
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I've been slowly converting my best vinyl to digital. The Rubber Soul 2009 Stereo Remaster is HOT! Talk about cutting through the mix - look at Ringo's snare and George's guitar picking on "What Goes On". The recording is so much more dynamic than many modern recordings that basically look like all dynamic range has been sacrificed for the sake of pure loudness. And this is vinyl which everyone knows has crappy dynamic range! 
I just find this interesting.
I just find this interesting.
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Yeah, bob. My research says that's during the Abbey Road sessions. Find the 2nd Mike Lopiccolo post on Invalid Link Removed
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This is pretty cool:
Sgt Pepper Harpist Recalls Playing On 'She's Leaving Home' and Meets Ringo Starr For The First Time.
Sgt Pepper Harpist Recalls Playing On 'She's Leaving Home' and Meets Ringo Starr For The First Time.
200 Best Singers of All Time – Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone just recently published a list of the 200 best singers of all time. McCartney was 26th and Lennon was 12. I was surprised that John topped Paul. Although personally I prefer John’s voice usually, there is no denying that Paul is an extremely talented and extraordinary vocalist. I think Paul might be a little too low on the list. I didn’t see if Harrison charted or not, hopefully he was on there somewhere.
There is something so unique about John’s voice that I can’t quite put my finger on it or explain it. The way he expresses himself is remarkable really and the listener can feel and hear John grappling with the emotion, pain or whatever underlying issue there may be that might have preoccupied him at the time. It is a phenomenon that stirs up something deep in the soul. I just can’t explain it.
Rolling Stone just recently published a list of the 200 best singers of all time. McCartney was 26th and Lennon was 12. I was surprised that John topped Paul. Although personally I prefer John’s voice usually, there is no denying that Paul is an extremely talented and extraordinary vocalist. I think Paul might be a little too low on the list. I didn’t see if Harrison charted or not, hopefully he was on there somewhere.
There is something so unique about John’s voice that I can’t quite put my finger on it or explain it. The way he expresses himself is remarkable really and the listener can feel and hear John grappling with the emotion, pain or whatever underlying issue there may be that might have preoccupied him at the time. It is a phenomenon that stirs up something deep in the soul. I just can’t explain it.
I went through the list and I don’t think much of it. I guess it could just have been compiled by people of a younger generation than me.
John Lennon Vs Paul McCartney as singers?
I’ll skip that, but I will say that I was surprised to see -in a list somewhere a long time ago - how many of their hits were John lead vocals.
Then later to read that he was always after the studio guys to put effects on his voice to disguise it, because he hated his singing voice. It’s funny how we perceive ourselves.
