Paul bought this hollow body made in Holland by Egmond and renamed by the Rosetti Company at Hessy’s Music in Liverpool (sometime later it was restrung with four piano strings for bass).
When he switched to the Hofner Bass in April 1961, this Rosetti was demolished.
“I didn’t want to get rid of it, but I didn’t think it was worth repairing, so all of us had a great time smashing it to bits by jumping up and down on it,” said Paul.
“Bit mad, I suppose, but we had to get rid of our pent-up energy sometimes and it seemed the ‘obvious’ thing to do at the time!”
Thank you to Boris for this post and photos.
