Tony Bacon

Articles by: Tony Bacon

Paul McCartney performs live on stage with Hofner violin 500/1 Bass at Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands on one leg of his The New World Tour on October 09 1993

Paul McCartney on bass: "When we met Elvis, I was like, ‘You’re trying to learn bass, are you, son? Sit down, let me show you a few things’"

By Tony Bacon, MusicRadar published

Classic 1994 interview: "Once I got over the fact that I was lumbered with it, I did get quite proud to be a bass player"

Fender

How Leo Fender started the guitar company that changed the world

By Tony Bacon published

The early years that fuelled a golden era of guitar design

Jimmy Page

Classic interview: Jimmy Page talks Yardbirds, Jeff Beck, Led Zeppelin and his early career with guitars

By Tony Bacon last updated

"It’s hypothetical, but I may not have come up with the riff from Whole Lotta Love on the Telecaster"

On the left: the man himself; on the right: the headstock of the world's first solidbody guitar

Fender: the early years

By Tony Bacon published

How Leo Fender started the guitar company that changed the world

Jimmy promoting his autobiography earlier this year

Jimmy Page talks a life in guitars

By Tony Bacon published

"That Les Paul was a beauty. It wanted a new home, so I took it home."

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