Paul McCartney's Gear

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In the picture you can see Paul McCartney with an upright bass.

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In this photo we can clearly see Sir Paul using blue Dunlop "Straploks".

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Seen on Paul's desk with a Peterson 450 tuner and a Boss TU-12EX

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Paul McCartney's Peterson Strobe Tuner R450 is featured on his desk, as seen in the Hog Hill Mill Blog's "Amplifiers & Pedals" section.

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Specified on Keith Smith's official Peterson artist page.

Keith Smith has been Paul McCartney's instrument technician since the 1980s and is the custodian of such iconic instruments as Paul's 1962 Hofner 500/1 bass played on so many Beatles, Wings & solo hit records and his 1964 Epiphone Texan acoustic guitar ("Yesterday" was recorded on it).

These most precious artefacts of classic rock music are tuned both live and in the studio with a Peterson tuner. Keith uses an AutoStrobe 590, and there are several long-serving Peterson Model 450 strobe tuners in the McCartney gear arsenal.

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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)

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Paul McCartney uses a customized Pete Cornish SS-2 overdrive pedal in his rack setup, as listed on the Pete Cornish Client List.

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In this YouTube video, at 21:08, Paul is seen wearing the Pro/4AA while recording with Wings on a Yacht.

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Seen in 2021's Get Back Documentary Part 2. Paul's Epiphone Rivoli shows up along side his other basses when he tries out his Rickenbacker Bass

1960's model

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in this photo, you can see the minipops under the CR-78 in the background

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the CZ-1 keyboard is listed in this blog

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The FZ-1 sampler is listed in this blog

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the Hammond C3 Organ is listed in this blog

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the M-Audio Oxygen 25 is listed in this blog

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Paul McCartney is associated with the Mustel Celeste, as mentioned in the "Keyboards & Samplers" section of the Hog Hill Mill Blog.

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the Mustel Harmonium is listed in this blog

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the Oberheim OB-X is listed in this blog

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the Oberheim OB-Xa is listed in this blog

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the Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 is listed in this blog

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Paul McCartney uses a Steinway & Sons Baby Grand Piano, as detailed in the "Keyboards & Samplers" section of the Hog Hill Mill Blog.

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Paul McCartney is mentioned in the Hog Hill Mill Blog under "Keyboards & Samplers" as using the Studio Electronics Midimoog.

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Paul McCartney is associated with the Wurlitzer 200, as noted in the "Keyboards & Samplers" section of the Hog Hill Mill Blog.

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the Yamaha DX1 is listed in this blog

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the Yamaha DX7 is listed in this blog

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the Yamaha S90 XS is listed in this blog

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the Akai MPC60 is listed in this blog

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the ARP 1601 Sequencer is listed in this blog

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the Roland D-550 is listed in this blog

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the Roland MKS-70 is listed in this blog

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the Roland MKS-80 is listed in this blog

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