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Post by ROCKY on Jun 17, 2014 21:56:25 GMT
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henryj
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Post by henryj on Jun 17, 2014 22:38:15 GMT
I wonder how many guitars and other equipment were given to the Beatles by the various vendors, that the Beatles never used.
At least there is as photo of John with the double-cutaway orange Gretsch 6120. But I've never seen a picture of John with this or any other Vox guitar. The Vox ads of 1966-67 had some sort of mando-guitar or something that they associated with George Harrison, but I never saw George with that one either.
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Post by ROCKY on Jun 18, 2014 0:05:31 GMT
Yeah I remember they would get tons of FREE stuff when they became the Fab Four after '63. lol John's Ric325 was a present from Rickenbacker and so was George's. Paul got a ton of stuff and still does. It must be nice, right henryj? lol
*But you know what else is funny is that John & George had to actually buy their Fender strats in '65! lol
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henryj
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Post by henryj on Jun 18, 2014 23:11:13 GMT
Well, from what I understand, it was Mal Evans who actually made the purchase of the two Daphne(?)Blue Stratocasters. Can you imagine what a ruckus it would cause if Beatles were to show up in a public place like a music store?
Which raises the question: whose money did this come out of? I'm assuming the guitars played by the Beatles were their own instruments (as opposed to belonging to the group) (sort of like playing a school-owned tuba or bari sax in the school marching band) and they came out of individual accounts created by Brian Epstein or his CPA.
Which raised more questions: Were the Beatles incorporated? A limited-liability company (LLC)? A partnership? And if it was a partnership, was it 25-25-25-25, or 30-30-25-15?
Guess I should google all this...
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Post by pothos on Jun 19, 2014 10:31:19 GMT
I can only imagine how complicated detangling The Beatles and their assets were. Didn't it actually take years after the split to sort it all out.
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Post by ROCKY on Jun 19, 2014 11:46:41 GMT
Yes the Taxman eventually got it all, right George? lol
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Post by ROCKY on Jun 25, 2014 1:07:52 GMT
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