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“A prototype given to George Harrison was prominently featured in the Beatles’ A Hard Day’s Night, inspiring insatiable lust for the electric 12”: How the Rickenbacker 360/12 revolutionized the sound of ’60s guitar

Introduced in 1964, the jangle of the 12-string Ricky inspired generations of players, with the likes of TomPetty, Mike Campbell and Johnny Marr all making it their own

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“I said, 'tomorrow I’m going to go into the studio, find some place, make up a tune and make this record'. So I said to Jeff ‘do you want to help?’": The story of the Travelling Wilburys, the star-studded supergroup that made it all look fun

Their first single was recorded in Bob Dylan’s garage

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'I was in my 20s ... girls absolutely loved me,' Sir Ringo Starr revealed all about life in The Beatles to Inbetweeners star James Buckley

Sir Ringo Starr candidly told The Inbetweeners actor James Buckley all the things he loved about being in The Beatles during a chat on the set of the film Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping.

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“Harrison put the SG into immediate use on recording sessions for Revolver”: George Harrison’s 1964 Gibson SG Standard is officially part of the multi-million dollar guitar club – but as a piece of Beatles history it’s priceless

Sold at auction for $2,271,000, Harrison’s SG is one of the most significant Beatles guitars

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“Why an SG? Perhaps he was fed up that his two Les Paul ’Bursts had been stolen”: The history and preservation of Eric Clapton’s The Fool SG

With its psychedelic paint job, Clapton’s iconic Cream-era Gibson SG is a guitar like no other. As it goes under the hammer as part of the Jim Irsay Collection, we take a closer look at The Fool SG

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“I freaked out. I couldn’t believe it. Nobody else was doing that at the time”: The Beatles made the Leslie speaker an iconic guitar tone. But a pioneering “all-female” rock band were one of the first to take it out on the road

June Millington, one of the co-founders of the 1970s LA-based band Fanny, heard the Let It Be demo and was set on incorporating a Leslie speaker into her rig

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“When I first met George I was just speechless. But when we started playing, he gave no direction. He liked the way I played, and I would just be myself”: Robben Ford on what it was like working with a Beatle at the age of 22

By his own admission, Ford was “green” when he was called into play on George Harrison’s Dark Horse but there was no pressure to be anything other than himself

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“David Gilmour says, ‘I will never play with Roger Waters again’, and I know what he means. I feel that way about Alex Van Halen. They’re negative people”: The two iconic musicians who left Sammy Hagar starstruck – and the guitarist he calls “an asshole”

Life according to the Red Rocker

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'F--k You John:' Paul McCartney Reveals How Angry The Beatles Break Up Really Was In New Movie

Tell us how you really feel, Paul.

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Beatles biopic: Who are the other characters and the real stories behind them

John Lennon’s first and second wife, Paul McCartney’s ex girlfriend and George Harrison’s sitar player are among the additional roles

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“Knowing that I had the other one, Eric starts calling me and asking if I would sell it. He was offering me £200 for it, more than twice what I’d paid for it”: The history and mysteries of Eric Clapton’s Cream guitars

The history of Eric Clapton’s guitars during Cream’s brief but influential existence – from Fresh Cream to Goodbye – reveals an intriguing mixofinstruments but also offers up a mystery or two

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“It was John’s original inspiration, I think my melody, I think my guitar riff. That’s my recollection”: Lennon might have written the lyrics, but as McCartney remembers it, he “wrote the tune” to one of The Beatles’ greatest and most poignant songs

It was unique in its musical and lyrical sensibilities

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Ex-Beatle Sir Paul McCartney says he often agrees with people ‘damning’ him

He also addressed former bandmate John Lennon’s diss track How Do You Sleep?

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“It’s one of the earliest heavy metal records made. Paul’s contribution was the way Ringo played the drums”: Did the Beatles really pioneer hard rock as early as 1965? John Lennon certainly thought so

From its buzzing guitar drone to its clattering drums, Ticket to Ride was certainly a step forward for the Beatles sonically - but did it really invent heavy rock?

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Richard Young tells of photographing ‘lovely’ Amy Winehouse

Young became friends with many of his famous subjects including Freddie Mercury and George Harrison after his career took off in the 1970s.

Guitar World

“A very good guitar with an evocative backstory”: Gretsch Limited Edition Abbey Road RS201 Studiomatic review

One minute Gretsch wants to be the guitar for the ‘new generation’ and the next it releases an instrument with roots in the recording studio scene of early ’60s. Help!

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Morfydd Clark, Lucy Boynton, Harry Lawtey and Farhan Akhtar join Beatles biopic

The films are due to be released in April 2028.

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"Fuelled by booze and pills, they cut their teeth delivering approximations of Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran." Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson on why the early Beatles were so dangerous

As a young teen, Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson fell in love with themop-top Beatles. But then he dug deeper and discoveredsomething darker, druggier and way more dangerous

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“Bonzo’s birthday cake was a wedding cake and George Harrison lifted the top layer straight into Bonzo’s face. Bonzo picked Harrison up and launched him into the swimming pool”: When Led Zeppelin broke a Beatles record and celebrated in style

According to Zeppelin's manager, Harrison called it “the greatest night of my life!”

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It is Important to Remember Who the Hot Beatles Were

The hot Beatles remained hot so I am SOLD.

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First-look at Fab Four in Beatles biopic revealed

The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event will be released in April 2028.

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Beatles fans react to first images of Fab Four in new biopics

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First look at Paul Mescal, Barry Keoghan, Harris Dickinson and Joseph Quinn as The Beatles

Fans are still grumbling about Quinn’s casting as George Harrison

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We Got Our First Look At The Beatles Movies In A Very Unique Way, And They Look Perfect

I'll be looking at these eight days a week until the movies come out.

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Barry Keoghan's Ringo Starr look steals the show at Crime 101 premiere

The actor stepped out with a distinctly mid-Sixties Merseybeat hairstyle alongside co-stars Monica Barbaro, Halle Berry, Chris Hemsworth and Mark Ruffalo

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