All Things Must Beat. Share Anything Beatles!!

[Aberdumbie]

That is the venerable Fender Bass VI. It is a true 6-string bass, tuned one octave below guitar standard tuning. It is not, as some people surmise, a baritone guitar. John and George both used it from time to time,

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Jack Bruce also played one with Cream!

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Oddly, I received Geddy Lee’s Big Beautiful Book of Bass for Christmas. I went straight off to the Fender Bass VI section first.

 

[G-Dog]

Oddly, I received Geddy Lee’s Big Beautiful Book of Bass for Christmas. I went straight off to the Fender Bass VI section first.

Yes, Geddy makes mention of the Fender Bass VI in his Big Beautiful Book of Bass.

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But Andy Babiuk's book, Beatles' Gear, he goes into more detail about John & George's use of it (although he sometimes calls it a baritone guitar ).

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[DJ Bebop]

Fantastic Beatles arrangements for solo guitar.

 

[Aberdumbie]

Just a cool gift I got for Christmas.

 

[Aberdumbie]

I should add….. My twelve year old grandson was here Christmas morning and asked me how we played CD’s that big back in my day. Cracked me up.

 

[Major Seven]

I should add….. My twelve year old grandson was here Christmas morning and asked me how we played CD’s that big back in my day. Cracked me up.

In one of those hand cranked things.

 

[DJ Bebop]

 

[Hot Rats]

 

[beans-on-toast]

It seems that the Beatles broke in Canada before in the US. The explanation makes a lot of sense.

 

[DJ Bebop]

Highlights from The Music of Lennon and McCarthy TV Special




The whole thing…

 

[G-Dog]

Highlights from The Music of Lennon and McCarthy TV Special


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Hmmm, ... ... that would be very special, indeed!

 

[Major Seven]

Highlights from The Music of Lennon and McCarthy TV Special




The whole thing…

I had seen parts of this before but never the whole thing. I remember Beatlemania like it was yesterday. Watched the Ed Sullivan show with my grandma.
I vividly remember when "A World Without Love" was being played on AM radio. I loved that song. It wasn't until a few years ago I found out it was a Mcartney song. Makes perfect sense. Sound like him. I can actually remember how the air smelled the first day I heard it.

 

[DJ Bebop]

Hmmm, ... ... that would be very special, indeed!

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Damn sell pecker

 

[beans-on-toast]

The Beatles played loud in the studio to get their sounds. Here’s George with an Epiphone Casino. Note that he taped over his F-holes. This helps avoid feedback at high volume levels.

 

[DJ Bebop]

 

[DJ Bebop]

 

[Guitalia]

Macca helped make George’s song.

Harrison didn't think so. He reportedly thought the bass line was overly busy and asked Paul to simplify it. Paul refused, obviously.

Harrison was apparently still annoyed about it when he went out with a touring band in the '70's. He initially told his bass player to stick to the roots, more or less, when they played Something for the first shows. But then people told him that they missed the McCartney version, so he relented.

I used to be Team George about it. In fairness to him, McCartney certainly never played any fancy bass parts for his own slow Beatles ballads.

But at that funereal tempo, Something without Paul's lively part would have come dangerously close to being a plodding snorefest.

 

[Aberdumbie]

Harrison didn't think so. He reportedly thought the bass line was overly busy and asked Paul to simplify it. Paul refused, obviously.

Harrison was apparently still annoyed about it when he went out with a touring band in the '70's. He initially told his bass player to stick to the roots, more or less, when they played Something for the first shows. But then people told him that they missed the McCartney version, so he relented.

I used to be Team George about it. In fairness to him, McCartney certainly never played any fancy bass parts for his own slow Beatles ballads.

But at that funereal tempo, Something without Paul's lively part would have come dangerously close to being a plodding snorefest.

I once heard Macca say himself on the Sirius radio channel if I remember correctly that he wished he would have been less busy on Something.

 

[Jeff Scott]

Harrison didn't think so. He reportedly thought the bass line was overly busy and asked Paul to simplify it. Paul refused, obviously.

Harrison was apparently still annoyed about it when he went out with a touring band in the '70's. He initially told his bass player to stick to the roots, more or less, when they played Something for the first shows. But then people told him that they missed the McCartney version, so he relented.

I used to be Team George about it. In fairness to him, McCartney certainly never played any fancy bass parts for his own slow Beatles ballads.

But at that funereal tempo, Something without Paul's lively part would have come dangerously close to being a plodding snorefest.

I once heard Macca say himself on the Sirius radio channel if I remember correctly that he wished he would have been less busy on Something.

I think Macca's bass part really made the some something (no pun intended, maybe, perhaps, or not ) special.

 

[Guitalia]

I think Macca's bass part really made the some something (no pun intended, maybe, perhaps, or not ) special.

Bass players tend to love it, since it's the closest they'll ever get to being the lead guitarist when their band plays it live.

I still go back and forth on it. Maybe something more like the bass part in Whiter Shade of Pale, which is about the same tempo, would have driven the song just as well without hogging the spotlight.