What guitar on Day Tripper?

revolver323 · Post by **revolver323** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 11:06 pm

Yes, but which direction did he face in the studio?

wolfgang · Post by **wolfgang** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 12:20 am

Jerry,
just one thing: John would not have used the 325 Hamburg , but the 325 Miami.
The Miami played over a Fender amp with reverb?
I am not too sure...
To me it's probably the Sonic Blue Fender with round wounds.
And McCartney on Rickenbacker bass?
Yes, we will never know. At least we have the record...

Scastles · Post by **Scastles** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 2:54 am

Left. He definitely faced left.

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 11:43 am

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 11:58 am

yup, looks like he faced left.

revolver323 · Post by **revolver323** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 1:38 pm

I guess all these recordings took place before 1966, so Geoff Emerick isn't likely to reveal anything in his new book?

larrywassgren · Post by **larrywassgren** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 2:19 pm

That picture of George 'studying' that Rick-12 headstock is priceless. Anyone that's owned a Rickenbacker 12-string has been there. You've got to admit it's not that easy changing strings and it's much better to change them one at a time or you could get lost.

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 4:18 pm

craviola990 · Post by **craviola990** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 4:32 pm

That's great! Christian

karl_teten · Post by **karl_teten** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 12:12 am

John and George didn't get their Casinos until early 1966.

Day Tripper was recorded in Autumn 1965.

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 4:33 pm

Ooops... looks like I mistook the Epiphone Casino (shown in that pix) for the for the Gibson ES-345 which is the guitar that Harrison used to play (IMHO). They're pretty much the same body, eh? The biggest give-away being the tuner headstock shape. Also the tailstock... where George has put a Bigsby. George also removed the pickguard.

kkm · Post by **kkm** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 6:24 pm

i believe the casino is true hollowbody where the gibson has a center block. the casino also had p90s which will definitely have its own sound.

i have a revolution casino and i can not get the daytripper sound on it.

jojo99 · Post by **jojo99** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 5:27 pm

I always thought the Vox hi-boost circuit was the key to the Day Tripper sound...
BTW...do they really sing "she's a big teaser" on the song? I heard it was something a bit more smutty, yet another Beatle In-Joke.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 5:36 pm

I stole a drummer from a band of younger guys when I was a senior in high school.

The lead singer in this younger band was the guy who transcribed all their lyrics from records. He never got anything right, it seemed.

I went to hear them rehearse. In "Day Tripper, the guy sang "she's a big cheese-ah". He sang the last lines of "white rabbit" as "be a man" instead of "feed your head"...

kog · Post by **kog** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 5:39 pm

Wolfgang -- of course, you are completely correct, JL would have used the 325 Miami, not the 325 Hamburg. I just made that comparison because I don't have a Miami, but I do have a Hamburg -- and I feel I'm getting the correct "sound" of the rhythm guitar with it. In reality, I know I can't make that definitive because I don't have both guitars. So my disclaimer, as always, is that it sounds right to me.

But I do agree with those who say he faced left. He didn't face right until the "White Album".