I don't know if anyone has seen this, but I thought I'd post it.
http://guitarsquid.com/posts/lost-footage-from-the-beatles-first-u-s-concert-to-appear-in-new-documentary/9484/ (http://guitarsquid.com/posts/lost-footage-from-the-beatles-first-u-s-concert-to-appear-in-new-documentary/9484/)
far out! that was fun.
Amazing how they turned around on the stage without much help from roadies!
The best part to me though, the music is awesome!
great!
I have seen that before great stuff! to funny watching them rearrange the stage, they do it in remarkable humor. I see stuff like that and I long for the days when all you needed was a 50w amp and a Hofner.
Very cool, I really enjoyed it. Not just simple amps and guitars, look at Ringo's kit!!!! I miss those days too. The drummer from my former group must have had 7-8 drums and I don't know how many cymbals. I don't miss helping him set that crap up!!!!
GREAT!!!
They're music still sounds good after all these years. Funny how only one mic was working (or low volume?) and they managed to all three of them sing & play in it so tight.
Can you imagine a pro act putting up with those mic and stage issues today ????? Where was Mal? Axl would have had a aneurysm.
And remember: They learned all this in Germany.
And don't forget that Paul's Hofner is a product of German engineering. ;D
Don't tell me they weren't a German band!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT6xiYUtlT4
LMFAO! When The Beatles came back from Hamburg people though they were a German band. That version of I want to Hold Your Hand was done as a thank you to their German fans, recorded in France I believe and appeared on the American lp Something New.
Admittedly, the contours of the Höfner owed more than a little to the EB model of an American guitar maker whose name is lost in the mists of time.
But the Beatles haircut ("Pilzkopf") is an original all-German design. Much like our Wehrmacht helmets in fact. With just a little debt to French existentialists.
Quote from: godofthunder on May 02, 2012, 12:49:55 PM
And don't forget that Paul's Hofner is a product of German engineering. ;D
That's why the intonation was off, and he finally had it corrected a few years ago, right?
Quote from: Pilgrim on May 02, 2012, 07:04:09 PM
That's why the intonation was off, and he finally had it corrected a few years ago, right?
The Hofner had its entire fretboard replaced, by Mandolin Bros if I'm not mistaken. The original fret slots did not make it possible to intonate the bass regardless of what you did with the bridge... not the pinnacle of German engineering.
I thought it was just one lower fret he always tried to play around? I doubt it was a measurement or general fret position mistake - a lot more old Höfners would have it then. But they are prone to the worst kind of neck warpage - let's face it, no one expected these instruments to be played for decades and they were not built to last through the ages - so that might have thrown intonation off.
From what I understand his Hofner had intonation problems in the upper half of the neck from the start, and that was the primary reason for switching to the Ric (which had its own unique problems). The Hofner was not that old at the time (although it had significant mileage). Anyway it's all good now and the bass is in perfect working condition and requires very little maintenance - mainly re-positioning the floating bridge if Paul knocks it off the correct spot while playing.