John.. he played the bass on While My guitar Gently Weeps...for the final take. there's a sort of chugging - dink, dink, dink - which is a six-string bass. paul is playing piano and organ and singing. -Giles Martin
@@patrickschlosser8208 George played a Fender VI, Paul played a Fender Jazz Bass, and John played a standard 6 string electric guitar during the bridges
They recorded 28 takes of Ringo on drums, George on acoustic and vocals, John on electric guitar and Paul on Piano. Paul then recorded a bass part playing a thick and gritty bass line on the Jazz Bass. It's then doubled by someone either on the Bass VI or guitar. The fact the band used three Fender bass during this era has gone unrecognized by many. Paul made extensive use of the Left-handed Jazz Bass, while the Right-handed Fender Bass VI and the normal Fender Jazz Bass were played by John and
It's definitely John on a six-string Fender Bass VI. Paul's playing is a lot more melodic and fluid sounding, while a lot of this bassline is just power chords doubling the melody, which is something Paul wouldn't have done. Also it's a lot easier to play power chords on a Bass VI than a 4-string bass.
Paul Plays all with Jazz Bass or Fender VI bass And George's overdub with Rickenbacker 360 Fireglo (different to the Rick 360 used in "A Hard Days Night" Movie)
I don’t mean to revive an old comment but there’s photographs of Paul with a lefty 68 jazz bass in the studio with Clapton. I’m also sure I read somewhere that Paul commented on how he was trying to impress Clapton by being louder and heavier than Jack Bruce so he used the jazz and fender bass amp that fender sent him.
Paul actually did bass on this song, he used a Fender Jazz with a distortion pedal, he also did piano, I believed the bass was an overdub, or vice versa.
Doesn't sound like a distortion pedal -- rather like tweaking the treble on the amp (and Fender J) and using a slight built-in distortion in the amp (or in the mixing deck?)
just to be clear, it's paul on a fender jazz bass through a (most likely) 100 watt fender bassman, with john playing the bass vi two octaves higher than paul, also plugged into the bassman. They may have recorded both parts in unison, or john overdubbed the bass vi, i need to check on that
George Harrison : Accoustic Guitar, Vokal John Lennon : Electric Guitar Paul McCartney : Bass Guitar & Piano Eric Clapton : Lead Guitar And Ringo Starr : Drums
Starting to think that either George or John played the bass track for this on a Fender VI, while Paul focused on playing piano, organ and harmony vocals. The tone matches the bass of Helter Skelter, which was also played on a Fender VI by John.
Paul playing Fender Jazz with George adding Rickenbacker 12 string on the bridges. Nothing rudimentary about this bassline .... certainly not at John's skill level (!) .... as it is rhythmically on point throughout, involves playing of chords, and varies considerably especially under Clapton's solo.
I believe in the chorus John's rhythm electric comes in with Paul's fender jazz bass. The remainder of the song (all other parts minus chorus) are simply Paul's fender going through a fender guitar amplifier with guitar distortion. Its a neat trick that really works. But for the chorus, theres a guitar playing with the bass, which must be John's because he played rhythm, and George played the acoustic, and Eric with the lead, so that must have been him in this chorus bit with Paul.
Yes that's most likely. There are 3 distinct octaves on that part (which I love!). Bearing in mind Paul's left-handed and John was right-handed, they would have to have re-strung the 12-string for left-hand, if Paul played it so I think it's fair to say that in all likelihood John's double tracking Paul's bass on the 12-string which would also explain why they are slightly out of synch. Whatever the case, it's a wonderful counter melody!
Probably not, for the simple reason that octave dividers hadn't really come into being at that time or at least they were rather sludgy sounding. In this rather fabulous, isolated track you can hear 3 distinct notes in unison in 3 different octaves. I would hazard a guess that it's a 12-string double tracked with the bass so you have the bass on the lowest octave and the 12-string giving the middle and high octave. Also on the finished track they are panned apart. Nowadays an octave pedal could give a similar result, that's true.
John on Fender VI bass - the hand sounds like his rythm guitar work - the bass line appears heavy but simple - a rather dramatic approach and not very "McCartney" melodic
The "brighter" sound, which came in after the dark, chunky lead-in, has a flavor of Paul. If it was recorded as one track, that means the chunky bass has to have been either John or George. Unless someone else guested. Did Clapton play bass in those days?
For all the people commenting that John played this: The tone in this very similar to the jazz bass Paul used on Glass Onion, Ever notice how the only times the bass VI gets used is when Paul has to play another instrument? (excluding tracks like Dig It) Why would John come up with a bass line when it's been documented they overdubbed the bass later? Paul would have been free to play the bass. Ably house did a very convincing cover of the song where Paul's jazz bass is being used, and is being doubled with a bass VI, which is most likely john: ua-cam.com/video/-kCo5qwiyYw/v-deo.html
That is the Fender VI. A six string bass guitar. It is one of the Beatle secret weapons. And then when the 12 string comes in doubling the bass line it makes a great texture.They had a righty VI that George and John would sometimes play. My question....Did Macca have his own lefty version or did he play theirs upside down? This may be George on bass.
Tony Carney I think he stole it from Chicago's 25 or 6 to 4 or Led Zeppelin's Babe I'm Gonna Leave You. Then again, all three could have taken it from this song.
It's a basic chromatic chord progression. Many songs use it in some variation. The chord progression isn't really stealing considering that all pop music uses the same chord progression anyways. Their Melodies and structures are completely different.
@appmanga Ummm.. no this is not at all typical of Lennon's playing. This is actually quite typical of Mccartney's playing on the White Album in particular.. I'm So Tired.. Yer Blues.... even Martha My Dear all have this sort of trebly distorted bass sound. John played bass on Back in the USSR and may have played on the original Helter Skelter session but the version on the album is a McCartney overdubbed bassline. This is Paul's signature work on the White Album.
He means the "squeaky" sound between the notes as the fingers are sliding over the strings. Roundwound strings (which these clearly are) make that sound as the ridges in the strings make the noise. Flatwound strings are smooth, so don't squeak. The mild distortion sound on here is simply the amplifier overdriving and there is a lead guitar double tracked on the chorus playing in the high octave.
@DerIkke666 its a fender jazz, plugged into some kind of fuzz distortion. i was reading that on google. but theres pics of paul with a jazz bass on google images playing with george. but idk if this info is correct
@beatlefan247 The book is in serious error that says that the Helter Skelter on the White Album is John.. he may have played bass during the original session but somewhere before the final album mix, McCartney overdubbed. The bass here is TREBLY AND BASSY.. the characteristics of the Rickenbacker bass.i.e. Long Distance Turnaround by YES whose Chris Squire also famously played the RIC.. same sort of tone.
@LBrilliante thos are also the same characteristics on a jazz bass. you need to remember mccartney barely used the sharp punchy tone on his rick and preferedthe wooly sounded of the neck pick up
Paul did play bass in this song. But the reason it sounds so weird for Paul is because he didn't use his Hofter or his Rickinbacker bass. Paul played a fender bass. I think that this the only song he ever used it on.
Not at all, actually Paul had played the bass in this song and it was a Fender Jazz Bass, that used too in other White Album sessions, including Yer Blues and Glass Onion.
Humberto Mondaca Yep, it's a Jazz bass. Also at the :53 second mark there's a Fender VI bass being played along (not overdubbed, according to the engineer). No one seems to know who is playing the Fender VI while Paul plays the 4-string. My guess is Harrison, since until Clapton came in to do the solo, Lennon and McCartney didn't really care about working on this song.
@LBrilliante Also.. notice how McCartney plays off of Clapton's solo and even plays a fill that mirrors Ringo's fill near one of the final "Look at you all"'s. A Fender VI has a light mellow tone and couldn't get anywhere near this deep barking tone under normal circumstances. McCartney in an interview says that he plays the most melodic runs when using the Hofner.. but on the Rick or Yamaha kind of stuck to basics because they had a different feel.
@LanceHall Yeah, I never quite noticed that guitar at the "I don't know why/how" parts either--after hundreds of listens! But it's THERE in the normal stereo mix in the left channel (NOT in the right channel with the bass!), kinda subdued by Clapton's guitar, the eerie organ, and the piano. Subtle but effective.
Sound like Mc. Cartney's RICKENBACKER bass with a little help from his friend GEORGE on his 12 string Rickenbacker on occasions, doesn't it? Only the RIC bass has this "knack" sound played hard.
@gagega1 nah it was paul. the bass in this is alot "bassyer" than helter skelter which is full of treble, since a fender 6 string had strat pickups. This is definatly a jazz bass
@rothwell59 John Lennon: electric guitar Paul McCartney: bass, piano, Hammond organ, backing vocals George Harrison: lead vocals, acoustic guitar, backing vocals Ringo Starr: drums, percussion Eric Clapton: lead guitar
4:10 You made a mistake! I know you did! -Paul McCartney (He played that note 4 times instead of 3. Though it is done by both, so maybe it's intentional.)
I think I got pretty close to his tone... -Fender Jazz Bass (Bridge, Neck pickup %100 and Tone knob %45) -Just a little bit of overdrive -Foam -And I think he used flatwounds on this track EQ: Bass:7 Mid:5 Treble:3.5
@animepwn3r...you can write everything....it isn't always the truth what you reading....i also have a jazz bass and it doesn't sound like that...not even WITH muting...
While My Guitar Gently Weeps: Fender Jazz Bass Hey Jude: 6-string Fender IV bass Let It Be: 6-string Fender IV bass The Long and Winding Road: 6-string Fender IV bass All You Need Is Love: Rickenbacker Here Comes the Sun: Rickenbacker Dear Prudence: Rickenbacker Glass Onion: Fender Jazz Bass I Want You (She's So Heavy): Hofner Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (album): Rickenbacker Helter Skelter: 6-string Fender IV Something: Hofner The End: Rickenbacker Oh! Darling: Hofner
When you listen to a bass track where the 6-string Fender bass were used, you mostly hear more of a picking sound (their picking the strings powerfully).
@Grumpfff The books say only that Lennon played bass on the original session.. at some point McCartney overdubbed the bass. clear from the tone which is pure Rickenbacker... also.. McCartney is playing bass CHORDS through much of this!!! Lennon wasn't that kind of player .. check out the rythym isolate of Revolution to hear Lennon at work or his bass on Back in the USSR or Long and Winding Road
I've read a lot about beatles recording, but about this song, I just heard that its John as i heard a lot this is Paul. I always try to find by myself but its a little hard. I think its John. The tone of this bass is the same of helter skelters bass, which is john playing.
+BadComrade i think its johns electric guitar playing with the fender bass through the fender amp with distortion, just for the chorus, the rest is just the fender through the guitar amp with distortion
I'm pretty he can't do that because this track is probably ripped off from The Beatles Rock Band (a video game) according to the end which is not fading out like on the original. However, the instruments on the track are original, it's just an edited ending just for the game. But to come to the point, the song "Honey Don't" doesn't exist in The Beatles Rock Band yet... unfortunately.
This sounds like John. Paul's playing is generally more melodic. This is pretty stiff and sounds like the style of playing on Back In The USSR and Helter Skelter, which are John.
It's paul, the fender VI has too thin of a string to replicate such a thick sound, besides, they overdubbed the bass later, so Paul would have been free to play bass.
@@rewjet How can you prove the take of helter skelter that made it to the album is John on bass? Paul regularly went back and overdubbed bass parts, such as on Let it Be, The long and winding road, and Hey Jude.
Paraphrasing what Neil Candalora said in another comment, a jazz bass with flatwounds, all 3 knobs wide open, and a rubber mute under the bridge cover gets you pretty close to the tone. As far as external EQ and effects go, i dont know.
Freakin' love the bass in this song, so thick and raw.
Ched Enders wtf
Most of the album have the exact bass sound
That's what she said
John.. he played the bass on While My guitar Gently Weeps...for the final take. there's a sort of chugging - dink, dink, dink - which is a six-string bass. paul is playing piano and organ and singing.
-Giles Martin
My right ear enjoyed this
Set your phone to Mono.
My left
@@bloodromance4776 you probably got your headphones on backwards buddy
@@jaydenwhitlen1489 Or you have
@@xi3038 no he doesn't
To listen both the song and the bass part separately, it sounds like two different songs. Genius musicians.
Probably McCartney's heaviest bass line....ever.
Besides Yer Blues.
Brian Gray helter skelter?
@@blonded0532 John played bass on Helter Skelter.
@@helterskelter2927 Not really
@@helterskelter2927 john played this to
0:51- 1:25 💖💖💖💖💖 my favorite part
George is also playing the same part.
jina It reminds me of Gilligan's Island. There was similar background music on the show.
And again at 2:31
0:00-4:43 my favorite part
It sounds like early Beatles.
yo can hear mccartney's fingers sliding over strings aswome
Omg i thought same thing
It's John playing
that's john playing
Paul did the bass, the piano and a wonderful backing vocals.
Nope
@@tafilmmaker Eight years later "nope" lmao
John did the Bass
@@patrickschlosser8208 George played a Fender VI, Paul played a Fender Jazz Bass, and John played a standard 6 string electric guitar during the bridges
They recorded 28 takes of Ringo on drums, George on acoustic and vocals, John on electric guitar and Paul on Piano. Paul then recorded a bass part playing a thick and gritty bass line on the Jazz Bass. It's then doubled by someone either on the Bass VI or guitar. The fact the band used three Fender bass during this era has gone unrecognized by many. Paul made extensive use of the Left-handed Jazz Bass, while the Right-handed Fender Bass VI and the normal Fender Jazz Bass were played by John and
@@FKMDC Ringo
@@FKMDC John and george, the latter can be seen with the fender VI on the hey Jude promo video
The lead guitar was played by Eric Clapton
I'm having trouble trying to sleep
I'm counting sheep but running out
As time ticks by
And still I try
No rest for crosstops in my mind
...... oh wait
I thought the same thing
The bass is incredible as is the guy playing it.
genius. most creative bass player ever.
It's definitely John on a six-string Fender Bass VI. Paul's playing is a lot more melodic and fluid sounding, while a lot of this bassline is just power chords doubling the melody, which is something Paul wouldn't have done. Also it's a lot easier to play power chords on a Bass VI than a 4-string bass.
you are correct
John always played bass when Paul went on piano
Paul Plays all with Jazz Bass or Fender VI bass
And George's overdub with Rickenbacker 360 Fireglo (different to the Rick 360 used in "A Hard Days Night" Movie)
I always believed it was the Rick.
@@gurigran1799 no, it´s a 6 string fender bass
I don’t mean to revive an old comment but there’s photographs of Paul with a lefty 68 jazz bass in the studio with Clapton. I’m also sure I read somewhere that Paul commented on how he was trying to impress Clapton by being louder and heavier than Jack Bruce so he used the jazz and fender bass amp that fender sent him.
it could be also Lennon´s guild 12 string
Paul actually did bass on this song, he used a Fender Jazz with a distortion pedal, he also did piano, I believed the bass was an overdub, or vice versa.
Doesn't sound like a distortion pedal -- rather like tweaking the treble on the amp (and Fender J) and using a slight built-in distortion in the amp (or in the mixing deck?)
@@carlosantuckwell Dimed Fender Silverface Bassman Amp and correct Lefty Jazz Bass... pretty well documented...
That tone is absolutely amazing.
How’s he getting that raw roar on those power chords???
By using a pick
just to be clear, it's paul on a fender jazz bass through a (most likely) 100 watt fender bassman, with john playing the bass vi two octaves higher than paul, also plugged into the bassman. They may have recorded both parts in unison, or john overdubbed the bass vi, i need to check on that
@The1993HondaAccord
George played the acoustic in this song, that's John doubling Paul on electric.
George Harrison : Accoustic Guitar, Vokal
John Lennon : Electric Guitar
Paul McCartney : Bass Guitar & Piano
Eric Clapton : Lead Guitar
And
Ringo Starr : Drums
George Harrison also played bass in this song. He either played the Rickenbacker 360 or the Fender VI Bass.
@@velvetwatermelon2647 lol
@@velvetwatermelon2647 Paul Playing Fender Jazz
Raja Holden sorry my bad. Good to know though
Starting to think that either George or John played the bass track for this on a Fender VI, while Paul focused on playing piano, organ and harmony vocals. The tone matches the bass of Helter Skelter, which was also played on a Fender VI by John.
I think John played this very rudimentary bassline and Paul laid down the chorus backing line.
Paul playing Fender Jazz with George adding Rickenbacker 12 string on the bridges. Nothing rudimentary about this bassline .... certainly not at John's skill level (!) .... as it is rhythmically on point throughout, involves playing of chords, and varies considerably especially under Clapton's solo.
I believe in the chorus John's rhythm electric comes in with Paul's fender jazz bass. The remainder of the song (all other parts minus chorus) are simply Paul's fender going through a fender guitar amplifier with guitar distortion. Its a neat trick that really works. But for the chorus, theres a guitar playing with the bass, which must be John's because he played rhythm, and George played the acoustic, and Eric with the lead, so that must have been him in this chorus bit with Paul.
The guitar doubling the bass sounds like it could be a 12 string?
i believe he used an octaver pedal
Yes that's most likely. There are 3 distinct octaves on that part (which I love!). Bearing in mind Paul's left-handed and John was right-handed, they would have to have re-strung the 12-string for left-hand, if Paul played it so I think it's fair to say that in all likelihood John's double tracking Paul's bass on the 12-string which would also explain why they are slightly out of synch. Whatever the case, it's a wonderful counter melody!
Probably not, for the simple reason that octave dividers hadn't really come into being at that time or at least they were rather sludgy sounding. In this rather fabulous, isolated track you can hear 3 distinct notes in unison in 3 different octaves. I would hazard a guess that it's a 12-string double tracked with the bass so you have the bass on the lowest octave and the 12-string giving the middle and high octave. Also on the finished track they are panned apart. Nowadays an octave pedal could give a similar result, that's true.
in 1968? I don't think so. It was most likely George doubling the bass. He did that with Paul on a number of songs
Fucking Genius!
While My Bass Gently Weeps
John on Fender VI bass - the hand sounds like his rythm guitar work - the bass line appears heavy but simple - a rather dramatic approach and not very "McCartney" melodic
The "brighter" sound, which came in after the dark, chunky lead-in, has a flavor of Paul. If it was recorded as one track, that means the chunky bass has to have been either John or George. Unless someone else guested. Did Clapton play bass in those days?
For all the people commenting that John played this:
The tone in this very similar to the jazz bass Paul used on Glass Onion,
Ever notice how the only times the bass VI gets used is when Paul has to play another instrument? (excluding tracks like Dig It) Why would John come up with a bass line when it's been documented they overdubbed the bass later? Paul would have been free to play the bass.
Ably house did a very convincing cover of the song where Paul's jazz bass is being used, and is being doubled with a bass VI, which is most likely john: ua-cam.com/video/-kCo5qwiyYw/v-deo.html
Definitely Paul no debate lol
Wonder what this would sound like over the acoustic version.
@RizeKrispy obviously pitch changed
That is the Fender VI. A six string bass guitar. It is one of the Beatle secret weapons. And then when the 12 string comes in doubling the bass line it makes a great texture.They had a righty VI that George and John would sometimes play. My question....Did Macca have his own lefty version or did he play theirs upside down? This may be George on bass.
Vinnie Zummo its not the Fender VI Paul used a lefty Jazz Bass and then double with the Bass VI by George
Not George on bass according to the engineers that recorded it. Paul is listed as the bass player.
The Bass is from John
George played his Rickenbaker 12 string.
@@takitooo4 nope.
2:25 so addicting aghh
I love the bass sound at 2:04
power chords on a bass are always heavy AF...
Paul on the Fender Jazz Bass. I like the clicking sound.
That’s definitely Paul’s kind of lines
my favorite has always been the last minute and a half
@gagega1
It was Paul playing this song. Paul played the bass, George played acoustic, John played rhythm electric, and Eric Clapton played lead
3:37 fav part
Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong to grand kids : ......And that's how I stole "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" to write "Brain Stew"
Tony Carney I think he stole it from Chicago's 25 or 6 to 4 or Led Zeppelin's Babe I'm Gonna Leave You. Then again, all three could have taken it from this song.
Riiiiiight...
Really?
It's a basic chromatic chord progression. Many songs use it in some variation. The chord progression isn't really stealing considering that all pop music uses the same chord progression anyways. Their Melodies and structures are completely different.
Honestly, maybe I should learn to take a joke.
I'M HAVING TROUBLE TRYING TO SLEEP....I'M COUNTIN SHEEP I'M RUNNING OUT
@appmanga Ummm.. no this is not at all typical of Lennon's playing. This is actually quite typical of Mccartney's playing on the White Album in particular.. I'm So Tired.. Yer Blues.... even Martha My Dear all have this sort of trebly distorted bass sound. John played bass on Back in the USSR and may have played on the original Helter Skelter session but the version on the album is a McCartney overdubbed bassline. This is Paul's signature work on the White Album.
He means the "squeaky" sound between the notes as the fingers are sliding over the strings. Roundwound strings (which these clearly are) make that sound as the ridges in the strings make the noise. Flatwound strings are smooth, so don't squeak. The mild distortion sound on here is simply the amplifier overdriving and there is a lead guitar double tracked on the chorus playing in the high octave.
Trebly Bass chords from a Fender bass guitar with roundwound strings played by McCartney
Def Roundwound!!!!
But the chorus also has rhythm guitar played by John which plays exactly what the bass does just on a guitar (octave higher obviously).
Took the words out my mouth! On the chorus it sounds like a fender vI too.
+Dario Melconian sounds like a Fender XII or Rickenbacher 12/355
No Macca never used roundwounds , still doesn't nowadays
@DerIkke666 its a fender jazz, plugged into some kind of fuzz distortion. i was reading that on google. but theres pics of paul with a jazz bass on google images playing with george. but idk if this info is correct
@LBrilliante actually Mccartney is using his fender jazz bass
@beatlefan247 The book is in serious error that says that the Helter Skelter on the White Album is John.. he may have played bass during the original session but somewhere before the final album mix, McCartney overdubbed. The bass here is TREBLY AND BASSY.. the characteristics of the Rickenbacker bass.i.e. Long Distance Turnaround by YES whose Chris Squire also famously played the RIC.. same sort of tone.
Helter Skelter is John, as said in Mal Evans’ diary
@LBrilliante thos are also the same characteristics on a jazz bass. you need to remember mccartney barely used the sharp punchy tone on his rick and preferedthe wooly sounded of the neck pick up
@DerIkke666 its not that one, its the Fender Jazz bass, because its muted
Paul did play bass in this song. But the reason it sounds so weird for Paul is because he didn't use his Hofter or his Rickinbacker bass. Paul played a fender bass. I think that this the only song he ever used it on.
Excelente
This was played by Paul McCartney with a Fender Precission.
Wrong.
Not at all, actually Paul had played the bass in this song and it was a Fender Jazz Bass, that used too in other White Album sessions, including Yer Blues and Glass Onion.
Humberto Mondaca Yep, it's a Jazz bass. Also at the :53 second mark there's a Fender VI bass being played along (not overdubbed, according to the engineer). No one seems to know who is playing the Fender VI while Paul plays the 4-string. My guess is Harrison, since until Clapton came in to do the solo, Lennon and McCartney didn't really care about working on this song.
Humberto Mondaca You do realize I said "wrong" because you said Precision, right?
Yes, that's why i said "not at all", because it was a Fender bass, anyway.
CORRECTION: John played the bass and not Paul.
John played the Squier Bass VI and Guild Starfire XII, Paul played the Fender Jazz Bass.
Well, he should contribute with something.
Nope it was Paul
@LBrilliante Also.. notice how McCartney plays off of Clapton's solo and even plays a fill that mirrors Ringo's fill near one of the final "Look at you all"'s. A Fender VI has a light mellow tone and couldn't get anywhere near this deep barking tone under normal circumstances. McCartney in an interview says that he plays the most melodic runs when using the Hofner.. but on the Rick or Yamaha kind of stuck to basics because they had a different feel.
It is a Fender Jazz on this track but i think those pictures are from Long Long Long
@LanceHall Yeah, I never quite noticed that guitar at the "I don't know why/how" parts either--after hundreds of listens! But it's THERE in the normal stereo mix in the left channel (NOT in the right channel with the bass!), kinda subdued by Clapton's guitar, the eerie organ, and the piano. Subtle but effective.
@rothwell59 nah, paul used a jazz bass on this one. john used the fender 6 string on other numbers though
@DerIkke666 to me the Fender VI sounds like a more loose sound, like the strings are hitting the frets and what not
Sound like Mc. Cartney's RICKENBACKER bass with a little help from his friend GEORGE on his 12 string Rickenbacker on occasions, doesn't it? Only the RIC bass has this "knack" sound played hard.
@The1993HondaAccord That's either John or George doubling him up an octave.
@gagega1 nah it was paul. the bass in this is alot "bassyer" than helter skelter which is full of treble, since a fender 6 string had strat pickups. This is definatly a jazz bass
@DerIkke666 they do sound quite like the same bass, im just going on the info i read, but i cant really say what it was
@rothwell59
John Lennon: electric guitar
Paul McCartney: bass, piano, Hammond organ, backing vocals
George Harrison: lead vocals, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Ringo Starr: drums, percussion
Eric Clapton: lead guitar
4:10 You made a mistake! I know you did! -Paul McCartney
(He played that note 4 times instead of 3. Though it is done by both, so maybe it's intentional.)
Sometimes they deliberately left things like that. Paul himself admits these mistakes .
@DerIkke666 true that, only the beatles know the instruments they used,
If you start listening from 1:00 you cant believe you are hearing the song
George. The use of these basses contributed significantly to the sound of "The White Album".
Definitely John. This is not Paul. Paul would have done a better job for sure.
How does one get such a tone
I think I got pretty close to his tone...
-Fender Jazz Bass (Bridge, Neck pickup %100 and Tone knob %45)
-Just a little bit of overdrive
-Foam
-And I think he used flatwounds on this track
EQ:
Bass:7
Mid:5
Treble:3.5
¡Fender VI!
@LoudGJ....that's the Fender VI
I might be just a bit late hehe, but it's a jazz bass
@DerIkke666 go to google and type in "Paul McCartney Jazz Bass" and look at the 1st website
Whoa.
@Soundilike nah it was a fender jazz bass
@animepwn3r....no it's too crunchy to be a mutet bass.....listen to bass track of helter skelter....
@animepwn3r...you can write everything....it isn't always the truth what you reading....i also have a jazz bass and it doesn't sound like that...not even WITH muting...
While My Guitar Gently Weeps: Fender Jazz Bass
Hey Jude: 6-string Fender IV bass
Let It Be: 6-string Fender IV bass
The Long and Winding Road: 6-string Fender IV bass
All You Need Is Love: Rickenbacker
Here Comes the Sun: Rickenbacker
Dear Prudence: Rickenbacker
Glass Onion: Fender Jazz Bass
I Want You (She's So Heavy): Hofner
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (album): Rickenbacker
Helter Skelter: 6-string Fender IV
Something: Hofner
The End: Rickenbacker
Oh! Darling: Hofner
Oh! Darling was George on the Bass VI
Jacob Saal - as you're so sure - tell us where you 'think' you're 'sure' you read this.
When you listen to a bass track where the 6-string Fender bass were used, you mostly hear more of a picking sound (their picking the strings powerfully).
@Grumpfff no it was mccartney
May be Clapton... Sounds like his sound to me, more than Pauls Bass... or Lennon Tecnic, I dont Know, its that my heart feel
@Grumpfff The books say only that Lennon played bass on the original session.. at some point McCartney overdubbed the bass. clear from the tone which is pure Rickenbacker... also.. McCartney is playing bass CHORDS through much of this!!! Lennon wasn't that kind of player .. check out the rythym isolate of Revolution to hear Lennon at work or his bass on Back in the USSR or Long and Winding Road
I've read a lot about beatles recording, but about this song, I just heard that its John as i heard a lot this is Paul. I always try to find by myself but its a little hard. I think its John. The tone of this bass is the same of helter skelters bass, which is john playing.
Isnt it john's 5 snared bass ?
@Jcahalane Yeah, sorry! I easily do mistakes between them :p
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8 strings bass in the chorus
Nope. It's a Fender VI bass being played along with Paul's 4-string.
Interesting ...thanks !
+BadComrade i think its johns electric guitar playing with the fender bass through the fender amp with distortion, just for the chorus, the rest is just the fender through the guitar amp with distortion
I'm not guessing, I read that.
+BadComrade believe me its a guitar sound i play both bass and guitar
I'm pretty he can't do that because this track is probably ripped off from The Beatles Rock Band (a video game) according to the end which is not fading out like on the original. However, the instruments on the track are original, it's just an edited ending just for the game. But to come to the point, the song "Honey Don't" doesn't exist in The Beatles Rock Band yet... unfortunately.
Its Paul playing a Fender Jazz and John playing a Fender VI in unison. Idk whos playing the higher octave in the bridge though.
@cabfab6...hey...just listen to the bass track of "helter skelter"...and then make a sound comparison...
This sounds like John. Paul's playing is generally more melodic. This is pretty stiff and sounds like the style of playing on Back In The USSR and Helter Skelter, which are John.
@DerIkke666 Tha Bass Track from helter-skelter was played by Lennon.
Sounds like George on bass to me. Chords with a pick?
John lennon on bass, Best bass line ever
It's paul, the fender VI has too thin of a string to replicate such a thick sound, besides, they overdubbed the bass later, so Paul would have been free to play bass.
@@riogrande163Is the dame sound that Back un the usar AND helter skelter, Is John, Paul didnt sound like this
How?
@@JR7noir Paul never Said tha he played the bsas of while my guitar
@@rewjet How can you prove the take of helter skelter that made it to the album is John on bass? Paul regularly went back and overdubbed bass parts, such as on Let it Be, The long and winding road, and Hey Jude.
No, it's John. Paul played lead guitar.
Paul played the piano actually, it was Clapton on lead
And Eric Clapton?
John played bass and paul played lead guitar on helter skelter.
What type of bass did he use in this one
Paraphrasing what Neil Candalora said in another comment, a jazz bass with flatwounds, all 3 knobs wide open, and a rubber mute under the bridge cover gets you pretty close to the tone.
As far as external EQ and effects go, i dont know.
i dont hear anything ? is this broken?
turn up your volume dummy
+Michael Russo yea. it was a year ago, and i dont quite know what could happened in that moment
okarowarrior your next yearly reminder for some reason Okarowarrior
I don't think that is mistake