Bass Strings – The Great Debate

So you want your bass to sound just like McCartney’s?  I sure do. And when the man himself was asked from time to time what strings he used, Paul’s usual reply was, “Long shiny ones.” The overwhelming consensus is that Paul used the strings that were installed at the factory when he purchased his first…

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The BASSMAN Sticker Mystery

In the movie “Let It Be”, Beatles nuts and bass players in particular noticed a small rectangular sticker on Paul McCartney’s Höfner. Like many other Höfner and McCartney devotees, I had already removed my pickguards when Paul did so in 1966.  But now we wondered just what was up with that new addition to Paul’s…

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Lenie Colacino Has A New Site!

Finally I have a new website: LenieColacino.com and boy, it’s been a long time coming. It’s built on WordPress, which has a lot of great stuff under the hood compared to my old site, which was built years ago on TypePad.  Don’t get me wrong, TypePad was a great platform at the time, but the web…

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