Left to right: Danny with George's Brown Tele, Ralph with John's Casino, Randy with George's Strat 'Rocky' and Richard with Paul's venerable and famous Hofner Bass.
Penrose Lane is serious about authentically re-creating the tone of The Beatles from the early years in Hamburg right through the Abbey Road sessions. Vox amps, Rickenbacker, Gretch, Epiphone Casino guitars, Ludwig drums, Hofner basses, and of course Fender guitars and amps for the later period are all in our inventory. We hope you enjoy this visual trip back to the most magical time in music history. Please note that images are being changed continually so check back soon.
Guitars of The Beatles! Left to right: John's Epiphone blond Casino, George's Gretch Country Gentleman, Paul's Hofner bass, John's Rickenbacker 325 V 63 'Miami' and a VERY RARE Rickenbacker 325 V 59 'Hamburg' including Bigsby vibrato tailpiece that John used in the Hamburg and early Cavern years.
Next in line is the real deal right down to the natural light blue to start with
Fender Strat exactly as George painted it. Next is the special Fender Tele which
Fender made for George, immortalized on the rooftop at abby road and in the Let
it be sessions! And finally, the Rickenbacker George made famous in the Help
period!
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Drums and cymbals. Ringo heaven!
Vox amps defined the early Beatles sound. Very cool! Penrose Lane has authentic 'Beatles' guitars and other equipment. We also have 'Strats' and 'Tele's' as used in the later period. Vox amps, Ludwig drums and even some old vintage microphones from late 50's to early 60's round out our equipment inventory.
We also have just received a vintage Hammond Leslie. The Beatles used the Leslie in their later period (I Want You She's So Heavy). It is a true piece of rock history and very much in keeping with our commitment to keep early rock and roll alive in the most original way possible. You will definitely want to come check out these cool instruments at our next gig!
Vox amps from approximately the "Cavern" period.
This image shows our authentic set of Ludwig drums (the same color as Ringo's) made in 1964. Not reproductions or imitations.
Penrose Lane backline at a large outdoor stage summer 2000. Outdoors we set up so we can move lots of air! Various 4 X 12 cabinets are used from both Fender and Marshall. This is typical of Penrose Lane backline guitar setup outside if room isn't a problem. Other photographs on this page show a smaller setup for clubs etc.
When a good band sets up there is an exciting feeling in the air!
Penrose Lane performs all of their songs live. No sequencing or 'harmonizers' etc.
Randy's stage guitars are usually authentic to the time period such as Rickenbacker, Epiphone Casino and (depending on gig) a large headstock late 60's and a small headstock early 60's Fender Stratocasters. The members of Penrose Lane have a wide variety of guitars to get authentic looks and tone for the sets we are going to do. The guitars are run through 'authentic to the time period' amplifiers.
The following are shameless plugs!
Randy plays and endorses Fender guitars, basses and amps and uses them inside
exclusively except for re-creations of bands who may have used other instruments
as below. For outside gigs, Randy uses Marshall amplifiers. Randys amps use
Celestion speakers. Randy plays and endorses Korg and Yamaha keyboards. Randy
plays and endorses Tama drums, Pearl drums and Ludwig drums. The Penrose Lane
Band uses JBL and Yamaha speaker systems.
Richard plays and endorses Hofner and Rickenbacker basses, Hartke bass amps and Fender guitars and amps, Takamine acoustic guitars, Rickenbacker 12 strings electric guitars.