
What’s the difference between a Rickenbacker 40? He got it because, being a lefty, he’d have to turn the bass around to play left-handed, and the symmetrical body wouldn’t look odd that way. Longer answer: As others have commented, Paul was introduced to the Hofner 500/1 bass – which, of course, became known as the ‘Beatle Bass’.

Why did paul mccartney play a Hofner bass? He famously plays a left-handed Hofner violin bass and often an Epiphone Casino, which fellow Beatle John Lennon also liked to play…. Among them is Paul McCartney, who comes to Omaha on Sunday.

But some of the best guitarists of all time are lefties. Only 10 percent of the world’s population is left-handed.
