In 1958, Bill May, Australian guitar builder and founder of Maton guitars, introduced the MS500 Mastersound series. The MS500 is a 6-string solid body guitar with two pickups, two volume and two tone controls and a three-way pick up selector switch. The original 1950’s MS500 models feature a 24.5” scale unlike the modern models 25.5”…
NOVEMBER 21, 2003 – An acoustic guitar on which the late Beatle George Harrison learned to play fetched £276,000 at an auction sale at London’s Hard Rock Cafe by auctioneers Cooper Owen.In one account, Harrison bought this “Beginner’s Guitar,” a 1956 Rosetti 276 – Egmond 105 which was made in Holland by Egmond and distributed by…
The last photo of John Lennon, the legendary member of The Beatles and his murdered Mark David Chapman is released. On 08 December 1980, John Lennon was stopped by 25-year-old ex-security officer Mark David Chapman with no previous criminal records when he was about to leave his house in Central Park West to give an…
Did you know that Erkin Koray, one of the legends of Anatolian Rock and famous John Lennon met in the 70s? The meeting of Erkin Koray who is an important figure for psychedelic rock movement that will spread to Anatolia and Lennon happened in the hotel Lennon started and it is stated that Lennon was…
He saw them. The got from behind. He shot for five times; four bullets hit the target. The legendary singer who said “Imagine” to the whole world was on the ground. His wife was holding her head in this hand. The shooter would say, “someone in my head said, “do it, do it”.” After killing him, he…
John Lennon was born on 9 September in Liverpool. He wanted to be famous but he had no idea how it was to be famous. He didn’t have any special efforts to be a “good person”. Imagine all the people, living for today Paul McCartney says that when people whom he meets ask “What do…
John Lennon spends most of his life by asking for help. “Help!” song released in the 60s is one of the best examples. “Help Me to Help Myself” that he made in the last period of his life was another Lennon song with the same theme. The most striking, idealist and inspiring member of the Beatles had…
Various people know that John Lennon has anti-system views. Just like in “Give Peace a Chance” and “Imagine” songs, Lennon especially used his social status to raise awareness for war and discrimination rather than hiding his thoughts. John Lennon was a humble Liverpool boy and despite being at the center of attention with the achievements of The Beatles, he…
He was born on an autumn day under the shadows of the bombardment. He dragged millions after him with his music and anti-war discourse and he left this life tragically with a bullet from an insane fan’s gun. John Lennon born on 09 October 1940 in Liverpool was the legendary solo signer of the Beatles…
Paul explained: “I was sitting at the piano when I thought of it. The first few bars just came to me, and I got this name in my head … ‘Daisy Hawkins picks up the rice in the church.’ I don’t know why I couldn’t think of much more so I put it away for a…