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rickaddict wrote:Good on you for doing this Richard! It would be nice if they could all be indexed on a cover page (give me an inch and I'll take a mile!)

Here are my requests:

Bass tracks from Drive My Car and Helter Skelter.

Grazie!

Jeff, If you know how to make this cover page, would you mind doing it? I have no clue and you have my full ok.

DRIVE MY CAR (BASS)

http://mp3upload.ca/music/view/30675

HELTER SKELTER (BASS) Funny to hear how a guitarist plays bass. John used the Fender Bass IV. I detest that tone, but it wouldn't be Helter Skelter without it.

http://mp3upload.ca/music/view/30677

Thanks Richard!

Unfortunately I lack the skills to make a cover page.

Maybe one of our moderators would know how?

congerz83 wrote:

rickaddict wrote:Good on you for doing this Richard! It would be nice if they could all be indexed on a cover page (give me an inch and I'll take a mile!)

Here are my requests:

Bass tracks from Drive My Car and Helter Skelter.

Grazie!

Jeff, If you know how to make this cover page, would you mind doing it? I have no clue and you have my full ok.

DRIVE MY CAR (BASS)

http://mp3upload.ca/music/view/30675

HELTER SKELTER (BASS) Funny to hear how a guitarist plays bass. John used the Fender Bass IV. I detest that tone, but it wouldn't be Helter Skelter without it.

http://mp3upload.ca/music/view/30677

Helter Skelter sounds like a jazz bass w/ flatwounds. That's just what my mid - late 60's jazz basses sound like.

maplered wrote:

congerz83 wrote:

rickaddict wrote:Good on you for doing this Richard! It would be nice if they could all be indexed on a cover page (give me an inch and I'll take a mile!)

Here are my requests:

Bass tracks from Drive My Car and Helter Skelter.

Grazie!

Jeff, If you know how to make this cover page, would you mind doing it? I have no clue and you have my full ok.

DRIVE MY CAR (BASS)

http://mp3upload.ca/music/view/30675

HELTER SKELTER (BASS) Funny to hear how a guitarist plays bass. John used the Fender Bass IV. I detest that tone, but it wouldn't be Helter Skelter without it.

http://mp3upload.ca/music/view/30677

Helter Skelter sounds like a jazz bass w/ flatwounds. That's just what my mid - late 60's jazz basses sound like.

I do not think they recieved the 4 string Jazz until the Let It Be/Abbey Road days. They were given the Fender IV at about the White Album sessions. Besides I don't think John would've been able to play a long-scale bass that fast.

When you get a chance I'd like the following:

Eight Days A Week (guitars and vocals)
Ticket to Ride (guitars and vocals)
Come Together (bass)
Something (guitars and vocals)
Here Comes the Sun (guitars and vocals)

Thanks Richard...these are awesome!!

We need to just re-upload all the tracks on mediafire or megaupload... then people could pick and choose. Most fans are gonna want every song, I'd think.

congerz83 wrote:

maplered wrote: Helter Skelter sounds like a jazz bass w/ flatwounds. That's just what my mid - late 60's jazz basses sound like.

I do not think they recieved the 4 string Jazz until the Let It Be/Abbey Road days. They were given the Fender IV at about the White Album sessions. Besides I don't think John would've been able to play a long-scale bass that fast.

I too go with the RIght-handed Fender Jazz on Helter Skelter. I'm currently in the process of pulling together info on non-Paul bass tracks for a book someone is writing. My ear tells me that it is a Fender Jazz - long ago I just assumed it was Paul, but getting some books over the past 20 years or so shows that it was far more likely John. Walter Everett's "The Beatles as Musicians, Revolver Through the Anthology" indicates that a right-handed Fender Jazz was used by John on Helter Skelter. Lewisohn indicates that only John played bass. Other sources (Tony Bacon's book on Paul's bass playing and William Dowlding's Bealtesongs) suggest John or George on Fender Bass VI.

Given that no definitive source exists, my ear and my gut tell me that it was John on Fender Jazz. Point taken about the lone-scale troubles for John, but the bassline is very scalar across strings, so the length is less of an issue.

A Jazz bass and a Bass VI are very different sounding and this track sounds like the Jazz. Sometimes I wonder if Paul played bass on this even though some of the books say it was John.

Also, the righty jazz had an early gold logo and egg shaped tuners. That would mean that it is a 66 - early 68 jazz bass. I don't know exactly when they received it but is it possible they had it earlier than 69?

Wow! That "Helter Skelter" tone is SO not the tone I'd ever want!

"Drive my Car" doesn't seem to work for me. Can everyone else hear it?

rickaddict wrote:Wow! That "Helter Skelter" tone is SO not the tone I'd ever want!

"Drive my Car" doesn't seem to work for me. Can everyone else hear it?

I can't hear Drive My Car either.

maplered wrote:

rickaddict wrote:Wow! That "Helter Skelter" tone is SO not the tone I'd ever want!

"Drive my Car" doesn't seem to work for me. Can everyone else hear it?

I can't hear Drive My Car either.

Sorry, I tried. Sometimes it's hard to grow a flower in mulch.

maplered wrote:A Jazz bass and a Bass VI are very different sounding

After a bit of research, it seems I was off on Fender's delivery dates. However, it seems like a Helter Skelter type tone can be found @ 5:56

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpLqIpDdLYs

Rhythmer wrote:When you get a chance I'd like the following:

Eight Days A Week (guitars and vocals)
Ticket to Ride (guitars and vocals)
Come Together (bass)
Something (guitars and vocals)
Here Comes the Sun (guitars and vocals)

Thanks Richard...these are awesome!!

EIGHT DAYS A WEEK (VOACLS)

http://mp3upload.ca/music/view/30713

EIGHT DAYS A WEEK (GUITARS)

http://mp3upload.ca/music/view/30714

TICKET TO RIDE (VOCALS)

http://mp3upload.ca/music/view/30715

TICKET TO RIDE (GUITARS)

http://mp3upload.ca/music/view/30716

SOMETHING (VOCALS)

http://mp3upload.ca/music/view/30717

SOMETHING (GUITAR)

http://mp3upload.ca/music/view/30718

HERE COMES THE SUN (VOCALS)

http://mp3upload.ca/music/view/30719

HERE COMES THE SUN (GUITAR)

http://mp3upload.ca/music/view/30720

COME TOGETHER (BASS)

http://mp3upload.ca/music/view/30721

maplered wrote:A Jazz bass and a Bass VI are very different sounding and this track sounds like the Jazz. Sometimes I wonder if Paul played bass on this even though some of the books say it was John.

I fully agree on both of the statements
Jazz Bass:
http://www.gospel.bo.it/albums/userpics ... erbass.mp3

Very very cool. Thanks again Richard!