Paul Mccartney tone on Abbey Road

[Ric5]

Do you know how this track was made, ie, tracked or cut live?

From Wikipedia

The song was recorded many times during sessions for the White Album. During the 18 July 1968 sessions, the Beatles recorded a version of the song lasting 27 minutes and 11 seconds,Invalid Link Removed although this version is rather slow and hypnotic, differing greatly from the volume and rawness of the album version.Invalid Link Removed Another recording from the same day, originally 12 minutes long, was edited down to 4:37 for Anthology 3. On 9 September, 18 takes of approximately five minutes each were recorded, and the last one is featured on the original LP.Invalid Link Removed After the 18th take, Ringo Starr flung his drum sticks across the studio[14] and screamed, "I got blisters on my fingers!"[5]Invalid Link Removed Starr's shout was included on the stereo mix of the song. At around 3:40, the song almost fades out, then quickly fades back in with three cymbal crashes and Ringo's scream (some sources erroneously credit the "blisters" line to Lennon; in fact, Lennon can be heard asking "How's that?" before Ringo's outburst).[15] The mono version (originally on LP only) ends on the first fadeout without Starr's outburst. The mono version was not initially available in the US as mono albums had already been phased out there. The mono version was later released in the American version of the Rarities album. In 2009, it was made available on the CD mono re-issue of the White Album as part of the Beatles in Mono CD box set.

According to Chris Thomas, who was present,Invalid Link Removed the 9 September session was especially spirited: "While Paul was doing his vocal, George Harrison had set fire to an ashtray and was running around the studio with it above his head, doing an Arthur Brown."Invalid Link Removed Starr's recollection is less detailed, but agrees in spirit: "'Helter Skelter' was a track we did in total madness and hysterics in the studio. Sometimes you just had to shake out the jams."[10]

Helter Skelter (song) - Wikipedia

 

[ggvicviper]

I'd been listening to some of the isolated bass tracks on YouTube, and I think Dear Prudence might have also been the Jazz Bass. It kinda sounds like the bass tone on Glass Onion and WMGGW:

Yeah, just listened to these again. Dear Prudence is probably the Ric. It’s more lumpy sounding than the Jazz, for lack of a better expression.

 

[Pet Sounds]

Gosh, I just listened again to George's isolated bass on Oh, Darling, and am stunned by the sloppiness and mistakes on it that I never noticed on the full track.

 

[Vanheusen77]

Golden slumber sure sounds like a scooped jazz through an amp. Lots of that twangy jazz bass sound on The White Album as well.

 

[Son of Wobble]

Gosh, I just listened again to George's isolated bass on Oh, Darling, and am stunned by the sloppiness and mistakes on it that I never noticed on the full track.

You're right, this sounds dire isolated!

 

[Son of Wobble]

From Wikipedia

The song was recorded many times during sessions for the White Album. During the 18 July 1968 sessions, the Beatles recorded a version of the song lasting 27 minutes and 11 seconds,[12] although this version is rather slow and hypnotic, differing greatly from the volume and rawness of the album version.[13] Another recording from the same day, originally 12 minutes long, was edited down to 4:37 for Anthology 3. On 9 September, 18 takes of approximately five minutes each were recorded, and the last one is featured on the original LP.[12] After the 18th take, Ringo Starr flung his drum sticks across the studio[14] and screamed, "I got blisters on my fingers!"[5][12] Starr's shout was included on the stereo mix of the song. At around 3:40, the song almost fades out, then quickly fades back in with three cymbal crashes and Ringo's scream (some sources erroneously credit the "blisters" line to Lennon; in fact, Lennon can be heard asking "How's that?" before Ringo's outburst).[15] The mono version (originally on LP only) ends on the first fadeout without Starr's outburst. The mono version was not initially available in the US as mono albums had already been phased out there. The mono version was later released in the American version of the Rarities album. In 2009, it was made available on the CD mono re-issue of the White Album as part of the Beatles in Mono CD box set.

According to Chris Thomas, who was present,[12] the 9 September session was especially spirited: "While Paul was doing his vocal, George Harrison had set fire to an ashtray and was running around the studio with it above his head, doing an Arthur Brown."[12] Starr's recollection is less detailed, but agrees in spirit: "'Helter Skelter' was a track we did in total madness and hysterics in the studio. Sometimes you just had to shake out the jams."[10]

Helter Skelter (song) - Wikipedia

Missed this post three years ago @Ric5, a much-belated thanks for your response, but at this late date I must ask that you refresh my memory, who are the beatles

 

[Beff Juckley]

It's an app for your I Phone that lets you follow Paul on all his zany adventures.

It it coming to Android anytime soon? I know it's been nearly a decade but a man can dream.

 

[P. Aaron]

It was Ringo with a Kingston.

I thought Ringo got drunk & tripped over a glockenspiel.

 

[P. Aaron]

To me this confusion over which bass Paul used on which track speaks volumes about the significance of little things like wood or high-mass bridges when it comes to tone. If so many bass players have a hard time telling a Rick from a Hofner from a Jazz in a mix, how much can those little things really matter?

We’re all at the mercy of the PA guy and the engineer running the board.

 

[P. Aaron]

I'm sure if artists back then had Pro Tools they could have edited it all out like they do now I personally could care less does zero to diminish his legacy or the song's.

There’s joy in a near train-wreck when it triumphantly recovers. Even small mistakes create a tension that I think auto-tune auto-correct devices sterilize what would be otherwise much more human feeling songs. (It’s a whole ‘nother discussion about production we’ve likely got archived somewhere on the forum).

Yeah, there’s playing perfection; if the feel is right. By the Abbey Road era, the Beatles knew feel as well as George Martin and I’d make the leap that they knew their fans too and if that track felt like Beatles, they’d just leave it well enough alone.

 

[LetItGrowTone]

I like this performance by The Fab Faux, and as it's certainly a Ric, I think it could be helpful comparison material to the above.

EDIT: Oh, it's available (in three parts @ higher quality) directly from The Fab Faux youtube account. This bassist sometimes plays a Hofner, but not in this video.