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It crops up a lot round these parts unfortunately!
I recently got to record a load of Paul's parts for a symphony orchestra in Sweden, 'Martha My Dear' amazed me the way the bass part is superbly crafted around the orchestration, the doubling with the cello parts is a stroke of genius. I don't think there can be much doubt that Macca was a really thoughtful and incredibly musical bass player, he's certainly inspired me to look at the way I come up with bass parts. My favourite is still 'Something', I often struggle to sum up what I'd consider to be a near perfect bass part but that is almost certainly one of them.
It's essentially a baritone guitar, John and George often recorded bass parts with it, although George was far more adept with one than John was.
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Ah that's a better explanation thanks!