As for McCartney's acoustic guitar parts, he used his trusty Martin D-28. McCartney's Rickenbacker 4001S and his original '61 Hofner can be seen sparingly in the film, with the '61 Hofner being stolen soon after.
It can be seen throughout the recording sporting a "Bassman" sticker, which had originally been affixed to his Fender Bassman speaker cabinet (more on that later). Paul McCartney's go-to bass for the proceedings was his '63 Hofner 500/1 Bass. The official trailer for The Beatles: Get Back Let It Be Guitars What gear did The Beatles use to make Let It Be? Find it all below. We've compiled this guide as a kind of companion and easy reference. This includes those fraught rehearsals at Twickenham, the salvaged sessions at Apple, and the full Rooftop Concert performance.įor musicians and gearheads, Get Back is a feast for the senses, displaying the band's late-period gear like it's never been seen before. Though the film crew and "warts and all" documentary approach remained, the eventual album and film-which changed titles from Get Back to Let It Be-turned out to be greatly edited down and polished.ĭirector Peter Jackson's The Beatles: Get Back-an eight-hour, three-part documentary that begins streaming on Disney+ November 25-restores the original footage, presenting the making of Let It Be in all its rollicking glory. Those sessions turned fraught, the TV idea was scrapped, and the band moved to their newly constructed Apple Studio instead. With plans still in the works, the rehearsals began on a soundstage at Twickenham Film Studios. The songs would be revealed in full to the public in a TV concert, filmed at some to-be-decided exotic location. Recording engineer Glyn Johns and filmmaker Michael Lindsay-Hogg, who had both recently worked on The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, were to capture the entire process of rehearsal and recording sessions. What was vague was how'd they document and present the work. What was clear is they wanted to "get back" to their roots-making music together, as a live band, with no overdubs. When The Beatles reconvened in early 1969 to make a new record, the concept was both clear and vague. Photo by Express / Stringer, Getty Images.
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