Did he also tell you that Paul strung his Rick up with such a high action that it almost was unplayable?
That's why I was surprised to see that his Hofner is set up with pretty low action.
he played using the neck pickup only and did a lot of muting, probably with the foam under the strings
Tried that. Flats, neck toaster soloed, tone rolled off, mute. Did not nail the Macca sound. But I'm okay with that, I like my Rics to have the clank.
By the way, in some pics it looks like the switch is in the horseshoe pickup position. I think it's possible that his '64 had a righty wiring harness in it, with volume knobs on top, and when the switch is in down position it actually selects the neck toaster.