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10-13-2010, 06:09 PM
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McCartney's remastered and repackaged band on The Run will be available Nov. 1. You can pre-order now and download two live tracks by Wings in 1979 -- "BOTR" And "No Words for My Love." The bass sound on the live BOTR is phenomenal and he does some great melodic noodling on the other -- I can't understand why Paul gave up the Rick. His voice is great, too.
There will be additional tracks plus the nine original tracks on the re-mastered sets.
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10-13-2010, 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by mccartneyman  I can't understand why Paul gave up the Rick. | Since Paul is now in his 60's, I wonder if it has to do with the weight of the bass (a 9+ pound Ric compared to a 5 pound Hofner).
I'm just speculating on that, of course, but I am 54 and I have found myself avoiding basses that weigh anything over 9.5 pounds. I am just not as strong as I used to be.
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10-14-2010, 07:19 PM
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Managing Editor, Bass Guitars Editor, MusicGearReview.com | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA | | | Paul gave up the Rick -- at least in the studio -- when Back to the Egg came out and he was using a Yamaha. These new live recordings -- at least the first two -- are from sometime in 1979. When I saw him in 1992, he was using a Wal five string and the Hofner, and he has said that he gave the Wal up because it was too heavy. Elvis Costello convinced him to get out the Hofner again in the late '80s and Paul had the neck reset by Mandolin Bros. so it would play in tune. Paul has said people expect to see the Hofner, and I have to admit that when he holds it up above his head in concert now, people give the bass an ovation. The Hofner sounds good on his live recordings, but the Rick sounds amazing in this remastered live stuff.
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10-15-2010, 10:10 AM
| | Pat's the best! | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Northern Virginia, USA | | | As mentioned, he was playing a Yamaha in those live clips. If you're familiar with Google and the term "Last Flight" you might be able to find that concert in its entirety. Not exactly an official release if you know what I mean.
He played a Jazz Bass for much of the Band On The Run album. |
10-15-2010, 10:12 AM
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10-15-2010, 06:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Philbiker As mentioned, he was playing a Yamaha in those live clips. If you're familiar with Google and the term "Last Flight" you might be able to find that concert in its entirety. Not exactly an official release if you know what I mean.
He played a Jazz Bass for much of the Band On The Run album. | It occurred tio me that it might be the Yamaha. Sure sounds great, whatever it is.
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10-15-2010, 10:20 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Manhattan | | | I think at this point he uses the Hofner because it's so iconic. That bass IS the Beatle bass. |
10-15-2010, 10:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Maryland, USA | | | No Ric on BOTR. It was recorded with Danny Laine's J because Paul didn't bring his basses to Nigeria.
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10-15-2010, 11:08 PM
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Originally Posted by SactoBass Since Paul is now in his 60's, I wonder if it has to do with the weight of the bass (a 9+ pound Ric compared to a 5 pound Hofner).
I'm just speculating on that, of course, but I am 54 and I have found myself avoiding basses that weigh anything over 9.5 pounds. I am just not as strong as I used to be. | I'm speculating that it may have something to do with the fact that of the 10 billion people who love Paul McCartney, only about less than 0.001%, a portion of which are TB'ers, really notice or mind the subtle differences in the sound of his bass ! And he obviously is OK with it.
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10-16-2010, 02:28 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Maine/Vermont | | | BOTR still only has one cool part, right? |
10-16-2010, 05:55 AM
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Originally Posted by plangentmusic I think at this point he uses the Hofner because it's so iconic. | Not only: it sounds good if played with the correct settings and a good amplifier (in the Macca case a Mesa Boogie 400).
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10-16-2010, 10:45 AM
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Managing Editor, Bass Guitars Editor, MusicGearReview.com | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA | | | I know he didn't use the Rick on BOTR in the studio. My OP was about the sound of the bass on the live clips from '79. It has been established that he was using the Yamaha at that time live -- even has a pic of it on a bootleg of the Glasgow concert I referred to.
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10-17-2010, 02:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Maryland, USA | | | He switched from a Ric to a BB in '79. I don't know why. Anyway, his Yamaha sounds awesome on tracks like "Take It Away."
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10-18-2010, 11:44 AM
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Managing Editor, Bass Guitars Editor, MusicGearReview.com | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA | | | The Hofner sounds much better on his last two CDs than it did previously -- it has more attack. Live, The Hofner sounds really good, too. Heard him in DC at FedEx Field last year and it was the best outdoor bass sound I've ever heard. Sounded pretty good inside in Pittsburgh this year, too. They use an SM 57 on McCartney's Mesa -- not taken direct.
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