bass lines for some songs from Screaming Bloody Murder with Höfner bass Tame Impala members Kevin Parker and Nick Allbrook The Bright Light Social Hour bassist Jack O'Brien on Space Is Still the Place (2015) The Searchers bassist Tony Jackson Brian Wheat -Tesla Tom Petersson - Cheap Trick Michael Rhodes - studio bassist Leland Sklar - The Section (band), studio bassist Bob Glaub - studio musician Höfner 500/2 bass players Talking Heads bassist Tina Weymouth used a 500/2 bass Tom Petty performed with Mudcrutch playing a 500/2, and appears with a 500/1 in the liner notes for Playback Prolific session bassist Justin Meldal-Johnsen often plays a 500/2 bass Nicolas Godin of Air French Band Tony Scherr played on a 500/2 live with Bill Frisell Höfner guitar users Bert Weedon, now best known for his tutorial works, had a variety of Höfners. Hank Marvin's first guitar was a Congress. Hugh Cornwell ex member of The Stranglers used a Höfner Razerwood S7L solid-body. Eric Clapton learned to play on a Höfner acoustic. The young Ritchie Blackmore played a club 50. A Senator was Peter Green's first real guitar. Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones traded in a stack of records in order to purchase his first guitar, which was a hollow-body Höfner cut away. Folk Baroque pioneer Davy Graham played a Congress. Mark Knopfler's first guitar was a V2 solid. At the age of 13, Jimmy Page made his first televised appearance in 1957 on BBC1 playing a Höfner President. The Stone Roses' John Squire used a Höfner semi-acoustic guitar (featuring a self-applied Jackson Pollock-style paintjob). The Auteurs' Luke Haines uses a Committee. Jamie Hince' of The Kills Early Beatles bassist Stuart Sutcliffe used prize money he won in an art competition (50 guineas) to purchase a Höfner President bass. Albert Lee's first guitar was a Höfner President acoustic. Tav Falco has played only a Höfner violin guitar, with built-in factory fuzztone, since 1980. Tonny Koeswoyo used Höfner Galaxy Series & Verythin Series John Lennon of The Beatles bought a Club 40 as his first electric guitar in 1959. Chris Rea's first guitar was a Höfner Verithin 3, which he played until 1979. Bernie Marsden's first electric guitar was a Colorama. See also Paul McCartney World Tour booklet, EMAP Metro, MPL Communications 1989 References Further reading External links Höfner GmbH page at The Music Group (web archive) Vintage Höfner: a collector's site