Sir Paul playing a Yamaha BB series bass.

[Blazer]

Say, anyone knows whatever happen to those Jazzes?

Paul still has his, and he used it with Wings in the seventies.


Note that range of Basses behind Macca in the color picture includes his 4001S, his Jazz bass and a second Rickenbacker, I wonder what the story with that one was.

[copacetic]

I'll stick my head out a bit and venture the Ric is his original , went through a psychedelic paint job and then stripped down to the natural. It might be his one and lonely Ric. Returning to the exciting (hijacked)Fender thoughts, there was a mention several years back that Elvis's own Precision was under consideration to be possessed by whatiz name himself. Wonder what happened?

[leftybass]

I'll stick my head out a bit and venture the Ric is his original , went through a psychedelic paint job and then stripped down to the natural. It might be his one and lonely Ric. Returning to the exciting (hijacked)Fender thoughts, there was a mention several years back that Elvis's own Precision was under consideration to be possessed by whatiz name himself. Wonder what happened?

The pic in the post above wont open but I'm pretty sure I know what itis, the other Ric is a fretless and belongs to Paul, he has several Rics.
As far as Elvis's Precision being owned by McCartney, never heard that, perhaps you're thinking of Elvis's bassist Bill Black's upright, which Paul does own.

[copacetic]

I can't open that pic either.Re Presley's Precision I thought it was weird in a way also but I recall reading about it in a discussion he had about Bill Black's upright with Bass Player magazine just around the time of Chaos & Creation. I think he's have to leave that one in it's righty set up don't ya think? Actually i thought something like that should be in a museum or something just to let people know even Presley had a thing about  bass.

[Blazer]

Fixed the picture.

[Daniel_J]

Say, didn't they say something on the Anthology movie about Elvis playing a Precision when they, the Beatles, met him in graceland back in the day?

[leftybass]

I've always loved this pic:

[Highlander]

Neil Young has one of Hank william's acoustics, tours it and plays it on stage, and has done so for many years... I remember seeing Emmylou Harris declaring her love for an acoustic that used to belong to Gram Parsons...

err did I wander into the wrong thread... 

I once drove down Abbey Road...

[copacetic]

Well Kenny with that last comment I think you have nipped it in the bud and Abbey Road might be at a dead end. I mean we did go over Fender, Rickenbacker (and they even have their own forums), Yamaha & Hofner. Now before someone brings up Klira, Danelectro or Epiphone Casino's......

[Lightyear]

He could most likely make a Tiesco sound good!   The instrument is only half of the equation....

Now, I'll crawl back under my bridge....

[godofthunder]

 I know Paul's Jazz is a '66 with the oval tuners but Fenders 70's MIM Jazz in sunburst could scratch that itch nicely for a lot less dough than a vintage one. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[Highlander]

Scott, less of the "itchy fingers"... concentrate on what you've got and what you've got to finish... 

[godofthunder]

Ken you sound disturbingly like my missus.

[leftybass]

I know Paul's Jazz is a '66 with the oval tuners but Fenders 70's MIM Jazz in sunburst could scratch that itch nicely for a lot less dough than a vintage one. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

I use a MIM for the "Jazz" tunes in the set.

[godofthunder]

 Love the neck plate Nigel ! Is that the 60's MIM J bass ? Looks nice ! I have a '08 American standard that I use for our Zeppelin set, I wanted a mim 60's J but couldn't find one at the time.