Magical Mystery Tour Paint Job

lowendbob · Post by **lowendbob** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 7:47 am

Does anyone have a decent picture of Paul's bass after he painted it?
Please email a picture, or pictures.

oreca · Post by **oreca** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 10:25 am

Someone posted this one here in the past, sadly not the best...

Scastles · Post by **Scastles** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 10:35 am

Another shot...not much better.

beefandbones · Post by **beefandbones** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 12:59 pm

Although his bass looked like that for probably a year and a half (approximately May 67 through Jan 69, if memory serves), he appeared with it only a couple of times. I don't think any 'proper' pictures were ever taken.

You can see it in the All You Need is Love broadcast, I Am the Walrus from the MMT movie, the Hello Goodbye promo video (shown above) and maybe the Lady Madonna sequence on the Anthology.

Anybody ever seen the back of it?

grinch · Post by **grinch** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 2:19 pm

Here, sorry it's not that big. I'll try to get a bigger pic!

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 4:37 pm

Lets be honest .... Paul or no Paul.... that is one ugly guitar paint job. I bet John said something like "Dont worry, Paul, we're going to get the person who did that to your bass".

jps · Post by **jps** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 4:58 pm

Nick,
I'd like a hi res version of that photo if you have one. I have been trying to determine the shape of the HS surround and that pic is the only one I have seen that would clearly show it if only it were much larger!

bottom4 · Post by **bottom4** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 5:13 pm

Is that really Macca's bass? It seems too red when compared to the Hello Goodbye photo.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 5:22 pm

Photo colors and their web repros always vary.

Anyway, it looks like a bleeder to me.

grinch · Post by **grinch** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 7:14 pm

I'm looking for another, but I can't promise anything.

iamthebassman · Post by **iamthebassman** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 3:39 am

The bass pictured above is a 4001V63 from the WITH website. They do custom work on Rics, very Beatle oriented. To be clear, it is not McCartney's bass.

jps · Post by **jps** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 4:10 am

Thanks for that info!

grinch · Post by **grinch** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 6:36 am

Here's an exact replica of Paul's bass...

lowendbob · Post by **lowendbob** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 6:51 am

Ronn, what's the WITH website?

jps · Post by **jps** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 7:02 am

That's hardly an "exact" replica, that one is a 4003!