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He kinda did stick with the Hofner, in the Get Back documentary they show them trying to talk Paul into using the Rickenbacker and he stuck with the Hofner.
With the passing of Brian Epstein, the handshake agreement with Vox fizzled. The desirability of Vox gear in general was diminishing by ‘67; the company was beset by business woes, and they were being usurped by Marshall and all who came in after them. Amp-wise, the Fabs were already dabbling with Selmer and Fender in the studio, not to mention the dual Strats on “Nowhere Man”.
It was used on the Abbey Road sessions. I’ll have to dig out Babiuk’s book(or Lewisohn) to see what songs in particular, and, uh, get back to you on that.
How do you figure that? Before they exploded, even in the UK, Lennon had already picked up on, and was happy with, a short scale Rickenbacker guitar, inspired by a European harmonica idol of his, Toots Theilemans, who doubled on one. George was enamored of Gretsch guitars, due to his admiration of country and rockabilly players. The unusual sight of a foreign band, let alone a phenomenon like the Beatles, using Rics certainly spurred the company to seize the day and ply them with instruments, with George especially getting onboard with the 12-string(inspiring Roger McGuinn). But by late ‘65 or so, the Rics fell by the wayside in favor of primarily Epiphone, with Paul using his Ric only in the studio for the longest time. Vox instruments, which were not that well made, held little appeal to them, they just used the amps(and organ).
I do stand corrected; it was put to use during the White Album sessions.
Good luck with that. The tone was in Paul’s hands and Martin’s ears and wrists. It’s a fun exercise though trying to pick the bass.
