The Beatles – Get Back (Rooftop Performance) album cover

The Beatles – Get Back (Rooftop Performance)

Album 2022

The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2022 album Get Back (Rooftop Performance).

Music from Get Back (Rooftop Performance)

Gear Used On Get Back (Rooftop Performance)

Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of The Beatles – Get Back (Rooftop Performance) (2022). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.

Bass Guitars used by Paul McCartney on Get Back (Rooftop Performance)

Electric Basses

Höfner 500/1 Bass

Avg price: $3,741.38

Paul McCartney has been using the Höfner 500/1 Bass since acquiring it in 1963, replacing his original 500/1 "Cavern" model. This bass, iconic to McCartney's image, was prominently featured during the "Get Back" sessions. Notably, he removed the pickguard and added a "Bassman" sticker. The bass still has a taped setlist from the 1966 tour, which includes songs like "Rock and Roll," "She's a Woman," "Day Tripper," and "Paperback Writer." This information is supported by a user-uploaded photo.

Electric Basses

Hofner (Höfner) 500/1 Violin Bass "Bassman" 1963

This is the same bass paul used with The Beatles on the 60s, During the "Get Back" sessions paul placed a "Bassman" sticker, also it used on The Beatles final show, at the Apple Corps rooftop, on January 30, 1969

Amplifiers used by Paul McCartney on Get Back (Rooftop Performance)

Bass Amplifier Heads

Fender Bassman Silverface Export - Amp Amplifier Head

At around 0:41 - 0:47 in this video you can get a closer look at Paul McCartney's Fender Bassman Export-Amp Amplifier Head that he used at the "Rooftop Concert". If you compare the inscription and the six knobs of this amp to the Export-Amp you will not notice any differences.

Secondary Source (speaks for the submission): McCartney was given two Jazz Basses and a Precision; and they sent 4 Fender Twins, 2 Bassman Amps, a whole bunch of effects, and picks, strings and straps. - This text is from the Beatles Gear Book -

Guitars used by Paul McCartney on Get Back (Rooftop Performance)

Solid Body Electric Guitars

Fender Rosewood Telecaster (1968-1972)

Avg price: $19,995.00

McCartney is seen playing George Harrison's Fender Rosewood Telecaster upside during the Get Back/Let It Be recording sessions along with keyboardist Billy Preston on a Fender Bass VI.

(Photo taken from The Beatles: Get Back Trailer)

Strings used by Paul McCartney on Get Back (Rooftop Performance)

Strings

Rotosound RS88LD Tru Bass Black Nylon Flatwound Bass Strings (65-115)

Avg price: $46.86

On The Product Page On Rotosound's Website It States That The Strings Where Used By Paul McCartney On Abbey Road And Let It Be.

they clearly can be seen in use on his '63 Hofner during the rooftop concert as well as on his Rickenbacker 4001s

Effects Pedals used by John Lennon on Get Back (Rooftop Performance)

Fuzz Effects Pedals

Watkins WEM Rush Pepbox

According to this article from Dolphin Music, "Another fuzz pedal the Beatles have used was an WEM Pep Rush, reportedly used on the Paperback Writer recordings. There is a photograph, taken around that same era, shows Lennon fiddling with the Pep Rush fuzz pedal." Another photograph can be found here.

Bass Guitars used by John Lennon on Get Back (Rooftop Performance)

Electric Basses

Fender Bass VI

Avg price: $1,513.45

John Played this bass for the "Get Back" sessions, as it shows on the "Beatles Get Back" doccumentary, also is seen on the "Let it be" music video

Guitars used by John Lennon on Get Back (Rooftop Performance)

Hollowbody Electric Guitars

Epiphone Casino

Avg price: $678.00

Lennon bought a Sunburst Epiphone Casino with a white pickguard and the standard Epiphone “trapeze” tail in 1965 and used it as his main guitar until his early solo year ('70s). He play it live during the Beatles tour at Japan (1966), he also used it in all Beatles' studio albums since Revolver, and during the Beatles self-titled white album sessions he sanded his Casino and removed the pickguard, this model would result in a variety of reissues known as the Revolution Ephiphone Casino. After Lennon's death, the guitar was kept by Yoko Ono.

Keyboards and Synthesizers used by Billy Preston on Get Back (Rooftop Performance)

Vintage & Electric Pianos

Fender Rhodes Electric Piano (Sparkle Top)

Avg price: $2,900.00

Billy Preston played a sparkle-top Fender Rhodes piano during the Beatles' Get Back sessions in 1969. Preston accompanied the Beatles on the Rhodes for their rooftop concert, the group's final public appearance. In April 1969, the Beatles' single "Get Back" was credited to "The Beatles with Billy Preston," the only time an artist was credited as a co-performer with The Beatles after the band started recording as independent artists. The credit was bestowed by the Beatles to reflect the extent of Preston's presence on the track; his Rhodes electric piano is prominent throughout and he plays an extended solo.

Additional photos of Preston playing the Rhodes with the Beatles can be seen here and here.

Vintage & Electric Pianos

Fender Rhodes Mark I Stage 73 (1969-1975)

Preston is seen on the Rhodes accompanying members of the Beatles during the "Let It Be" sessions.

Guitars used by George Harrison on Get Back (Rooftop Performance)

Acoustic-Electric Guitars

Fender Kingman SCE Acoustic Electric Guitar

Avg price: $499.99

From the Let It Be Sessions- Twickenham- January 8th 1969. George Playing a Fender Wildwood or Kingsman acoustic given to him by Fender, along with his Rosewood Tele, Fender Twin Amps, Fender Rhodes and PA System for the Get Back Movie

Drum Sets used by Ringo Starr on Get Back (Rooftop Performance)

Tambourines

Tamba Ching

"Here is the hi hat tambourine bar (aka Tamba Ching) used during the Get Back/Let It Be sessions."