The picture's from a Disney promo:
https://monkees.coolcherrycream.com/articles/1968/02/monkee-spectacular/how-would-you-like-to-spend-a-groovy-afternoon-with-davy-jones-and-kurt-russell
Don't underestimate McCartney's provenance, I've seen guitars Paul rented for a session go for $50,000 at auction.
If it was a guitar oriented auction I would lean towards the burst, but if it was a memorabilia oriented auction I would lean to the bass. The Rick and the casino would fall really...
We used to have a store like that in Toronto called the Millwheel. All I know is I would be happy to pay that man what ever he wanted for the burst and the Jr's
If you're curious you can run the calculations here, but 30 feet at 10 gauge will result in a power loss of .28db vs 30 feet at 14 gauge which is a power loss of .63db. Neither will be audible and neither will affect the amp negatively. Total resistance of 14 gauge is .15 ohms and 10 is .06 for...
Bishop started with Paul as a duo, then they formed the band. He played with him up until 68. That's him in the picture with the 335. Kooper was never in the band.
Fiberglass, Acrylic, Aluminum even the hybrid sonex guitars from Gibson have all been done before and never been successful. Wood is cheap, plentiful and renewable and not reliant on fossil fuels. It's easy to machine, and doesn't have any of the problems inherit in materials like aluminum or...