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dandbassplayer

03-05-2013 11:53 PM

Paul McCartney Tuning

Been hearing that Paul McCartney used to purposely tune his Bass slightly out of tune. The only thing I could find searching online was a casual mention that he would tune his A-string slightly flat by a musician who played on his first recordings after The Beatles. Anybody have any specifics?

MOTORHEADBANGER

03-05-2013 11:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dandbassplayer (Post 13984187)

Not 100 percent sure, but I thought it was John that detuned his guitar slightly so you could here him clearly on the recordings.

gavinspoon

03-06-2013 12:14 AM

I'm guessing, but it may be that his nut slot was out. I had that problem for a short while on one of my basses, and had to tune the open string slightly flat for the fretted notes to be in tune.

Floyd Eye

03-06-2013 03:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MOTORHEADBANGER (Post 13984192)

Not 100 percent sure, but I thought it was John that detuned his guitar slightly so you could here him clearly on the recordings.

This is correct.

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