Hobbayne Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Bloody hell, this bloke has nailed it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnEoYkAK-wE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidbass Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Nice isolated line here too from the original master tape: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5ZaR2RkYhg[/media] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oopsdabassist Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 When our drummer suggested this song I could have killed him because of that bassline, I'm still nowhere near it! I may be studying those vids for some time.............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 We all spend so much time, money and energy in trying to achieve "great bass tone" and one of the all-time greats gets a sound like a £40 starter bass from Woolworths in desperate need of a set - up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coilte Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1433579910' post='2792201'] We all spend so much time, money and energy in trying to achieve "great bass tone" and one of the all-time greats gets a sound like a £40 starter bass from Woolworths in desperate need of a set - up. [/quote] ....and here we all are decades later, admiring what he did. Just goes to show that it's not so much the tone.. but what you do with it... that matters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatboter Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Great stuff, really enjoyed it...thanks for posting ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinB Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 That's great. It really shows the bass as a harmony instrument. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1433579910' post='2792201'] We all spend so much time, money and energy in trying to achieve "great bass tone" and one of the all-time greats gets a sound like a £40 starter bass from Woolworths in desperate need of a set - up. [/quote] ... and as you may be able to confirm Jack, at that time, a new Hofner was about £40 and did need a set-up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 [quote name='ColinB' timestamp='1433581964' post='2792223'] That's great. It really shows the bass as a harmony instrument. [/quote] Harmony, melody and drive all at once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 [quote name='Coilte' timestamp='1433580807' post='2792208'] ....and here we all are decades later, admiring what he did. Just goes to show that it's not so much the tone.. but what you do with it... that matters. [/quote] Yup, my point. [quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1433584087' post='2792253'] ... and as you may be able to confirm Jack, at that time, a new Hofner was about £40 and did need a set-up. [/quote] Haven't got a price for a 500/1, but the Senator cost 31 gns (= guineas for our younger readers = £1.05) and the President cost 48 gns so the Violin would probably have been somewhere between those two: [URL=http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Other%20music%20related/Selmer%20Catalogue%201963/scan0007-1.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/Other%20music%20related/Selmer%20Catalogue%201963/scan0007-1.jpg[/IMG][/URL] But I've owned a number of 500/1s, ancient and modern, and I've never had one that sounded as Godawful as on this track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbayne Posted June 6, 2015 Author Share Posted June 6, 2015 I think its his R*********er on that track. IIRC they filmed the recording session and used it as a promo for Lady Madonna. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya87u5SfK2w Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel36 Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Hobbayne: Love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 [quote name='Hobbayne' timestamp='1433595167' post='2792399'] I think its his R*********er on that track. IIRC they filmed the recording session and used it as a promo for Lady Madonna. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya87u5SfK2w[/media] [/quote] That's never the Rick. Sounds exactly like a badly set - up Hofner. So there's a video loosely associated with that track, maybe, perhaps, I still wouldn't read too much into it. Especially since the video shows all The Beatles doing different things at different times, including both John and Paul playing piano. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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