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Was the Bassman amp that Paul used on the rooftop concert a 2 twelve or 2 fifteen speaker cab?

Looks like the 2x15 cab. The 2x12s weren't that big.

teb wrote:Looks like the 2x15 cab. The 2x12s weren't that big.

I do believe that it was a 2x15" cab. However, back in 1971, my band had 2 Bassman cabs of the exact same size. The slightly older cab, with a green power-on light, had 2X15" and the other cab, with a red power-light, had 2x12".

Since he is known to keep his equipment, do you think the amp he's using in Give My Regards to Broadstreet is the same one?

thanks to those Fender amps in Let it Be, it was The Beatles' worst sound ever produced by them, just horrible. not just the rehearsals but the rooftop performance too.

George's Telecaster sounded so cheesy and bubble-gummy. Paul's Hofner sounded like a bomb or blown speakers. I think the only one who got a half-decent sound was John and Ringo. Hell, even the Hammond organ sounded horrible.

And frankly my dears, I have no clue what Billy Preston was doing there.

Gee, Joe, why don't you tell us what you really think?

Personally, I've always kind of liked that rather grungy sound they got on the rooftop concert, including that raw sound on the Tele. It's hard to say on a recording though, just how much of it was the amps as that's not the end of the signal chain before it gets to the tape. What was Billy Preston doing there? It would appear that he was playing keyboards. Obviously, different people have different tastes when it comes to music and what sounds good or bad. To each his own.

I absolutely love the way the band sounded in that period. I have tons of bootlegs of that period, but i have to say I thought the Let It be Naked album was a great chance to hear those tracks properly. I have it on vinyl and I love Paul's bass tone- those black nylon rotosounds.

Zurdo wrote:thanks to those Fender amps in Let it Be, it was The Beatles' worst sound ever produced by them, just horrible...

George's Telecaster sounded so cheesy and bubble-gummy. Paul's Hofner sounded like a bomb or blown speakers. I think the only one who got a half-decent sound was John and Ringo.

I have to say I'm in agreement with much of this. I thought BOTH guitars (but especially George's) sounded terrible. There are moments when it clicked but the sound and overall bad vibes make much of these sessions tough to enjoy.

I absolutely love the sound of the two guitars opening "I've Got a Feeling." Other than that, yeah, the whole LP is kinda not so good. (Well, "I Me Mine" is another story but, then again, it was recorded after Abbey Road...)

Different strokes I guess...I think the raw sound they produced in the studio and on the roof is some of their best--particularly the leads on "Don't Let Me Down", and George's bass line with the Rosewood Tele on "Two Of Us."