Paul McCartney is a great sentimentalist. Even though he has access to the latest innovations in music production, he continues to use material that he has owned for a long, long time. This is particularly the case with an amplifier that the ex-Beatles bought at the age of 14 and has never stopped using since.
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It is an Elpico A55, which we can see in a documentary filmed in 1997 and which has just resurfaced on the occasion of the reissue of Flaming Pie , his album released the same year. “This is the very first amp I had when I was 14. We called it an Elpico. As you can see, it's very 1950s. It looks like a piece of furniture from the 1950s, ”explained the artist, as the NME recalls, pointing to the small green device, barely larger than a grid. -bread.
Indestructible
Obviously, such a collector's item requires maintenance, but Paul McCartney would not part with it for the world. “It's the first thing I got and I've been keeping it ever since. I had to have it fixed because it is very old. Now when you plug an electric guitar into it it makes a pretty funky fuzz sound and I use it sometimes. It's a small thing that I have held for many years, ”he added at the time.
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Paul in armchair. Los Angeles, 1968. Photo by @lindamccartney 📷 #WorldPhotographyDay
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We do not know if the small amp has held up since 1997. But if Paul McCartney still plays, we do not see why this Elpico would have abdicated!
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