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Posted: **Mon Mar 12, 2007 4:37 pm**

Maybe there thinking of the Rosetti that Paul tried to turn into a bass w/ piano strings.

Posted: **Mon Mar 12, 2007 7:09 pm**

Not the confetti Rosetti?

Posted: **Tue Mar 13, 2007 6:35 am**

The famous Victor "Confetti Rosetti" Spinetti LOL

Posted: **Tue Mar 13, 2007 9:42 am**

Actually if you want an excellent shot ot the Cavern backup, it is on the latest DVD of the last tour when John Hamel is showing THE Hofner and the other is on the rack behind him. Check it out, it's a Cavern re-issue.

Posted: **Thu Mar 15, 2007 11:12 pm**

What's the bass that George is holding?

Posted: **Fri Mar 16, 2007 12:28 am**

maybe the NUsonic

Posted: **Fri Mar 16, 2007 3:31 am**

Posted: **Fri Mar 16, 2007 5:10 am**

Did they ever use the NuSonic? Every now and then you see something about George playing the NuSonic on Rain and Paperback Writer, but that's obviously a ridiculous since the bass on those songs is clearly Paul's work. Maybe She Said She Said, since Paul's known to have walked out of the session?

Posted: **Thu Mar 29, 2007 8:44 am**

Larry, Sorry a little late ..

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n314/the55thbeatle/JohnWhiteSuit.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n314/the55thbeatle/JohnViolinBass.jpg

Lefty..Smashed Rick & Hofner ...here you go:

Please paste this:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/f ... eckage.jpg

(A little help posting please?)

Posted: **Thu Mar 29, 2007 8:49 am**

Thanks Greg, those are great shots. Too bad Entwistle destroyed that bass in true Who style. That's a rare bass, you can see it's just a little later than McCartney's Cavern as it's got the Hofner 'toaster' pick-ups.

Posted: **Thu Mar 29, 2007 9:04 am**

Hey Larry..
One more link added... I dunno how to post pics here:

Remember this?
Encore..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/fabgear/Miscellaneous/Wreckage.jpg

Posted: **Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:12 am**

Wow, I've never seen that one before! They placed the Rickenbacker toaster pick-ups on the Hofner bass for the photo. It's quite a waste when you think about it, but what's done is done!

Posted: **Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:48 am**

I date the 500/1 to about 1959-60.....it would have been cool to have been the guy that swept that stuff up at the end of the show, LOL....

Posted: **Thu Mar 29, 2007 12:41 pm**

That "Hofner" may have been an early Japanese clone, or an old Hofner scrapper. The pickups are definitely Rick Toasters, and the tuners look like full-size Schallers. The control panel is also cobbled up. The only things that look original Hofner to me are the tailpiece, body, and neck, but, some of the early Japanese clones were pretty good.

Posted: **Thu Mar 29, 2007 2:14 pm**

Yes John, I date that bass to 1960. My brain wasn't in gear when I wrote that. Paul, I think the Hofner pick-ups are in that pile in the case. For whatever reason somebody placed the Rickenacker pick-ups on the Hofner for the photo. I think it more than likely is a real Hofner with changed tuners and a few other problems. I suppose at the time it didn't seem like a terrible waste. You would think somebody hung on to this stuff and we'll see it auctioned one day.

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