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All Things Must Beat. Share Anything Beatles!!
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"What's really difficult is to sing it and play the bass line at the same time, because your head goes this way and your hands go that way." The story of my bass/singing life! I can strum 6-string chords and sing easily enough. But, after 50+ years on bass, I still have to admit to a lot of difficulty singing while playing some lines. Hence my admiration for bass playing lead singers! I'm very glad to hear my hero admit to the same difficulty, though he handles it much, much better.
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"What's really difficult is to sing it and play the bass line at the same time, because your head goes this way and your hands go that way." The story of my bass/singing life! I can strum 6-string chords and sing easily enough. But, after 50+ years on bass, I still have to admit to a lot of difficulty singing while playing some lines. Hence my admiration for bass playing lead singers! I'm very glad to hear my hero admit to the same difficulty, though he handles it much, much better.
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I suspect that Oobu Joobu is Pauls video channel where he talks about what he wants.
https://youtube.com/@OobuJoobu?si=428z7CdtyCOFr2RE
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Exactly..."What's really difficult is to sing it and play the bass line at the same time, because your head goes this way and your hands go that way." The story of my bass/singing life! I can strum 6-string chords and sing easily enough. But, after 50+ years on bass, I still have to admit to a lot of difficulty singing while playing some lines. Hence my admiration for bass playing lead singers! I'm very glad to hear my hero admit to the same difficulty, though he handles it much, much better.
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Alkali Ike
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I've read an article where Sir Paul said he didn't want to make a big deal 50 years ago 'cause they thought it was probably taken by a roadie friend that they didn't want to get into trouble! I notice now that they are not saying who did take it back then.
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I’m sure Paul and his team are focused on how to best monetize it.
That would involve an auction, which I doubt he'll do.
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I’m sure Paul and his team are focused on how to best monetize it.
I can see interest in a book with the story, the restoration process, a blueprinting process (DC resistance of the pickups, coil winding, etc), an interview with the builders at Hofner, sales info from the Steinway store…songs with the new old bass.
It will go on tour insured for millions, fly first class in it’s own seat.
This is the article I originally read before they announced found.I've read an article where Sir Paul said he didn't want to make a big deal 50 years ago 'cause they thought it was probably taken by a roadie friend that they didn't want to get into trouble! I notice now that they are not saying who did take it back then.
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"Do you know what happened to my lost bass, the one that got pinched?" How Paul McCartney's simple 2019 query over coffee in a studio led to a forensic hunt for the iconic Höfner 500/1 violin bass
I've read an article where Sir Paul said he didn't want to make a big deal 50 years ago 'cause they thought it was probably taken by a roadie friend that they didn't want to get into trouble! I notice now that they are not saying who did take it back then.
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" ... the only question that remains is what took so long? Had McCartney reported the theft to the police when it happened, the ’61 Höfner might have been found within days rather than decades. His silence, it turns out, was an act of kindness. “The roadies were very loyal to Paul, and they were very good roadies,” Wass says. “And Paul’s feeling was that if this was published or made to be a big, big story, the newspapers would say, ‘Oh, these two idiots lost Paul McCartney’s bass!’ And he didn’t want that to happen. So he just kept the story quiet. Forever.”
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Alkali Ike
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- Jan 1, 2011
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- I never actually learned to play very well
