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Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 8:32 am
by teeder
At least George was into guitars, and would have known what kind his "long shiney" strings were! I think there's still a good chance that Rickenbacker would have given him a bass. Of course it would have been a right handed bass, so all the C64's would have a standard peghead. Not that there's anything wrong with the up-side-down heads they have now.
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 9:00 am
by jwr2
I was kind of thinking that given George's love for Ric guitars he might have played a ric bass as well if he had been designated as the bass player ... maybe even a 4005???
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 10:36 am
by roadrunners
in the early days, he would have played a gibson EB-0
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 11:33 am
by teeder
A 4005 would have been very cool!
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 1:21 pm
by rictified
Naw, he would have played a Gretch bass. Realistically I think he probably would have played some kind of Fender because they were so common and he has played them in the studio before. Then again it could have been a 4001 if he were presented with one which I'm sure he would have been, but he would have been a totally different type of player than Paul was too.
Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 6:22 am
by blueflamerick
We'd have "While My Bass Gently Weeps"
Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 6:23 pm
by twangs
Hey Chris - I could not agree with you more. ISHST is one of my favs EVER. I just found it interesting about the beginnings of that bass line.
I like listening to the stuff the Beatles were listening to in their youth - It's fun trying to pick out what really influenced them. They really liked good rocking music, that's for sure....