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1. Paul McCartney was the bassist for The Beatles, playing a German-made bass from the earliest days when he took over the instrument when Stu Sutcliffe left the group, becoming arguably one of the most innovative bassists of all time. Who was this iconic bass made by?
2. Canadian Neil Young, while playing in the mid 60s L.A. folk-rock group Buffalo Springfield, first developed a long-standing affection for this top of the line model from Gretsch. What model of hollow body electric guitar was it?
3. While British guitar wizard Eric Clapton has used all sorts of electric and acoustic guitars in his career, he actually played the guitar he had gifted to George Harrison to record his magnificent solo on The Beatles' song, "While My Guitar Gently Weeps". What make and model of guitar was this instrument?
4. Keith Richards used a large-bodied moderately priced brand of American guitar in the earliest days of The Rolling Stones before eventually adopting his Bigsby-equipped sunburst Les Paul. This hollow body guitar was made by which company?
5. John Lennon favored a small-bodied three pickup electric guitar made by Rickenbacker in the early days of The Beatles. By 1964, George Harrison had also adopted an iconic electric guitar also built by Rickenbacker--the main difference being that George's guitar was which of these?
6. Jim--later known as Roger-- McGuinn of The Byrds was the only member deemed competent enough as a musician by their producers to be allowed to actually record his instrument on their hit single, "Mr. Tambourine Man", while all the other instruments were recorded by studio session players. He famously used which guitar?
7. Left-handed guitarist Jimi Hendrix favored this make and model guitar above all other electric guitars, buying right-handed examples, then re-stringing them for his use. He set one of them afire during his last set and last song at the Monterey Pop Festival. What was it?
8. Mike Bloomfield helped start the craze for these vintage Gibson Les Paul guitars, noted for their sustain. Nigel Tufnel, as played by Christopher Guest, holds one up to demonstrate its sustaining properties to Rob Reiner in the movie, "This Is Spinal Tap". What is the year of this iconic instrument, according to Nigel?
9. Tommy Smothers often used a ____________ acoustic guitar during the years he appeared with his brother Dickie on their sometimes controversial TV show.
10. Texan Buddy Holly, who tragically died in 1959 in a small plane crash along with the pilot as well as rockers the Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens, regularly played a sunburst example of which electric guitar?
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