Tony Hicks

In this 1969 performance with The Hollies hit "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother", Tony Hicks plays a sunburst Fender Precision bass with bridge and pickup covers. It is clearly seen at 0:33.

This bass is still owned by their bassist Bernie Calvert, but for the He Ain't Heavy performances, Bernie is switched onto piano, which will be a common change in future Hollies songs. Tony was lent this bass by Bernie for the He Ain't Heavy performances, in which Bernie would also lend his Rickenbacker 4000 bass in future performances.

Throughout the 70s, when Bernie would go on piano, Tony would fill him in on bass (mainly on He Ain't Heavy and I Can't Tell The Bottom From The Top). The bass that Tony is playing here in Germany, around 1976 (according to Getty Images), still belongs to Bernie, which is a Rickenbacker 4000 with no neck pickup and only a bridge pickup.