Oh! Darling- The Beatles (Guitar and Bass VI Cover)
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- Опубликовано: 30 апр 2023
- Paul McCartney's brilliant song from Abbey Road (1969). This is a note for note cover of the bass and guitar, as heard on the record!
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Oh! Darling was a return to basics for the group. The only overdubs on the song were vocals. Therefore the backing track was recorded live. Here's the most likely lineup, according to the 2019 box set liner notes-
Billy Preston on organ
Paul McCartney on piano and scratch vocals
Ringo on drums
John on his Epiphone Casino guitar
George on Fender six string bass
The electric guitar was plugged into a silverface Fender Twin Reverb, the amp used for nearly all of Abbey Road. This amplifier included tremolo (vibrato) and reverb, with a footswitch to turn either off or on. John plugged his Casino into the Twin and used the footswitch to turn on tremolo for the arpeggio section of this song
I'm using my 2021 Epiphone Casino USA into a 1974 silverface Fender Pro Reverb. This amp is nearly identical to a Twin Reverb, with just less wattage. I'm using the tremolo and footswitch from the amp as well
These silverface amps are very loud and very clean, which makes them hard to distort naturally. However, on the recording John's guitar is fairly distorted. He could have been playing very loud, or George Martin added some distortion after recording was finished, with their tube consoles. Either way, I needed some overdrive pedals to get this sound right out of my amp
I'm using an Analogman King of Tone (boost side) into a JHS Morning Glory v4 (red mode) for the Epiphone Casino part. I had to turn my tremolo speed all the way down on my amp to match the speed of the original's tremolo
The bass on this song was recorded by George Harrison, who used a Fender Bass VI. This is a six string bass, the same tuning as a normal guitar but all the strings are an octave lower. Therefore the tuning is still EADGBE
He plugged his Bass VI into a Fender Bassman amp. There is also some distortion heard on the bass. I can confirm the bass heard on this record was a six string bass, because the opening high E note can't be played on a regular 4-string bass
I'm using my Squier Bass VI into a 1965 Fender Bassman amp, with an Analogman King of Tone (drive side) to get some crunch. I'm on the neck pickup only, because it sounded closest to me. It's unknown which pickup settings George used
At the end of the song, John plucked behind the bridge of his guitar to get that bell-like chime. When I tried this on my Epiphone Casino it sounded wildly out of tune. Therefore, I had to detune my guitar to match the sound of the record
My Gear:
2021 Epiphone Casino USA Royal Tan
2022 Squier Classic Vibe Bass VI
1974 Fender Pro Reverb (Casino)
1965 Fender Bassman (Bass Vi)
Analogman King of Tone
JHS Morning Glory V4
Neumann TLM-103
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What a genius idea to use a tremolo for the chorus. The secret formula for the Beatles success is to take whatever you are expected to do and do it other way. Perfect cover
My mind totally blew at that point, I always thought George was playing some clever staccato
@@collisw8302the guitar part was played by John
@@collisw8302 George was playing the bass on this song.
0:54 even that mistake! incredible accuracy
Always thought George used his Fender Jazz Bass... But the high E note at the start makes a lot of sense to be played in a Fender VI. Never noticed the tremolo at the very end of the last strum before the chorus, that just shows how much you care for every little detail, Sam! Splendid job.
I always just assumed it was some sort of harmonic, but the bass VI is quite a bit more plausible come to think of it,
@@riogrande163 that's exaclt what I tought! LOL
The Crunch of the casino >>>
also the tremolo parts and the bell chimes under the bridge sound in the end>>>>
marvelous!
(And also the Bass VI, high notes and moves)
I own a Casino and honestly didn’t know that tone could come from it! Wonderful ❤
Amazing work as always!
Outstanding as always my friend!!
Tone is on point once again, great cover!
Always the best covers on RUclips, fkn wow
Dude your covers are always the best I’ve ever heard
Outstanding as always, Sam. 👏👏
One of my favourite songs to play. Really solid job!
this is awesome. this is probably the most accurate oh darling cover on youtube. great job!
Awesome Sam; thanks for the video. I always got lost trying to play along with the guitar notes.
Wow! The tone is exactly the same! Amazing job Sam! Keep up the great work! Love it!
Woo Hoo! This is one of my favorites, can’t wait Sam!
Sounds great my man!
YAYAYAYAYAY, i remember we've talked about this one a few times. i still don't know what john has that u don't have that makes his little ending notes sound that good. but u still did great! ty for fulfilling my wishes sam:)
0:37 Impressionante , até essa nota do bass ficou exatamente igual ao original.
Belo trabalho.
Obrigado !
i used to thought that john on piano, paul on bass and george on guitar and as usual ringo and drums. great job and the guitar tone is sick🤘🤘🤘🤘💯💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥🔥
Nice Sam, The Beatles had such a great way to present music. Using different chord positions and tones.
That blackface Bassman is such a great sounding amp. You nailed it as always. Can’t wait for the next one!
@@ErikThomasMusic yeah mine is AB165 circuit like their Bassman. But George played bass on this track :)
Class as always Sam. Need to get my hands on a Casino
Simply fab-tastic
I love the tremolo pedal cuts, I had assumed he was playing real lofty at that part. The trem makes a lot more sense
Hello Sam - Beautiful - Thank you 🎯
Yes!! My request happened!
Excellent job as always my guy!! Hopefully this finally puts the "It HAS to be a LP" rumor to rest
Thanks Grant. I think so!
Guitars sounds very close to the original, amazing job dude
Thank you, Sam. Beautiful rendition, and top notch sleuthing. Ever since AR came out (yes, I’m that old) I’ve noticed the way the tremolo doesn’t *quite* match the tempo of the song, and gives it that mysterious edge.
That’s what I love about the tremolo too!
Absolutley fantastic!! Very unexpected but worth it! ;)
Great work
I loved the ending with the little notes at the end of the bridge :D
Bravo! Please - everyone - think about ALL THE TIME and expertise it takes to figure this out and recreate it the way The Beatles created it! We all thank you Sam...,
Fantastic. Even getting the mistakes!
Brilliant ! !!
lovely sam!
Excellent my friend excellent 🎉❤😮
great job
Flawless
Great video
Yesss MR. Popkin!!!
GREAT!
beautiful bassline and i had no idea george played it
That’s how you play the end? I thought it was either picking of a piano or some sort of harmonics. That’s incredible
My absolute favorite of Paul's vocal performances. Based on Geoff Emerick's book, I had inferred that Paul played all the instruments on this track. Nice to learn that the other three did contribute to make Oh! Darling a true Beatles song after all.
Geoff Emerick’s memory seems to heavily favour Paul
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Another outstanding cover from a stand up guy! And btw, first. Did I do that?
Extra points for trem footswitch cam
You like looking at my feet? 😉
@@sampopkinyes 💋
One of my favorite all time 'bass songs' only to learn it was never a bass all along!
@Alxvndro Except that the Bass VI is a bass. It's certainly an unusual bass compared to most regular four strings but besides the two extra high strings and tight string spacing it is indeed a bass as it's lower strings are even tuned the same as a regular four string bass.
I will say this about the ending harmonics. I recently installed a bigsby on my casino and likely due to the scale length and distance of the strings, when my guitar is in tune so are they. Do with this information as will but McCartney and Harrison’s casinos both had bigsby tremolos on them.
Perfect, you should cover Good Night (Take 5) 🛐🛐
I love George's bass part - it really works so well - it is so well played that all these years I assumed it was Paul playing bass - whenever I listen to OH DARLING i focus in on George's bass part, George played a Fender Jazz Bass on this song, there are photos from the recording session with George playing the Fender
Those photos are from July 1969- Maxwell’s silver hammer. This song was recorded in April
@@sampopkin According to the 2019 re-release of ABBEY ROAD, it states that Oh Darling was recorded from 20 April - 11 August 1969.
August was all vocal overdubs. Paul lead vocals and backing ooo’s
You might be thinking of the session for Maxwell's Silver Hammer. I don't know if the Oh! Darling session was photographed, but there are photos of George playing the Jazz Bass the day they laid down the basic track for Maxwell. And upon some close listening, and what Sam said of the opening note, I think I'd agree that this is the Fender VI. It has a certain gritty sound to it, though it was originally tracked with a darker tone. It sounds much brighter in this cover.
@@sampopkin Thanks for the facts. Do you know the type of bass George played on OH DARLING? Was it that Fender Jazz Bass?
The final guitar arpeggio of the original recording was filtered through a Moog Synthesizer, similar to the chorus in "Octopus Garden" in that it was meant to make it sound underwater. The large Moog and ARP synthesizer units contained a large number of inputs for their subsystems, where signals from other instruments could be sent, be they guitars, vocals or other keyboards.
That's interesting! It sounds more like the tremolo from the Twin Reverb amp to me, since he already used that in the choruses
@@sampopkin The final arpeggio sound of the original recording is much more "electronic" than the tremolo of the "Twin Rev". Several years ago, I read details about the recording of the "Abbey Road" Album posted in a Forum by people from the staff at EMI and conclusions from synthesistists, who classified said arpeggio as filtered through the Moog 3P. Such device was used much more extensively on "Abbey Road" than most people and especially musicians realize. The same can be said of the maximum number of tracks used in the Beatles recordings, everyone agrees (even the Beatles themselves) that there were 8 tracks and that this happened with the recording of "Abbey Road" but that is not so. Both "Abbey Road" and "Let It Be" were recorded in 16 tracks, said by Alan Parsons himself. Trident Studios, where part of the "Abbey Road" album was recorded, had been on 16-track machines since mid-1969 and "Let It Be" was transferred to 16-track on Trident by Phil Spector, as he did months later with the Harrison's triple album "All Thing Must Past".
interesante los acordes al final.. la guitarra hace G#6 - A6 , y el bajo Bb - A
the TONEEEEEEEE
The toad?
Fascinating. George was a very good bass player in his own right (write?, says John), especially if it's him on She Said, She Said as well.
I like his bass on old brown shoe (I know there’s room for debate on this, but this is the conclusion I’ve reached). Maybe because he seems to often play the bass like a guitar.
Paul played bass on She Said She Said, he walked out after the basic track was recorded.
@@profile2047I think it’s George on bass, piano and the guitar solo, Paul on rhythm guitar and Ringo on drums
In the end when you picked behind the bridge you needed to overdub it, because you can hear in the original guitar track that John keeps the chord ringing while he picks behind the bridge. But other than that great job!
I tried that but unfortunately doing the behind the bridge thing wasn’t in tune at all for me. I had to detune my whole guitar to get it to sound right. So it’s a separate thing here
Great video, I was always curious your process for creating these covers, how do you figure out the notes/ chords they’re playing?
I learn everything by ear and make notes so I know if they played something differently. In this song the bass makes a lot of small mistakes so I wanted to replicate all of them
Sam, You did an amazing job again!
I was wondering if you could share with us how you mic’ed the guitar for this
Neumann condenser about 6-8 inches off of the grill of the Bassman. Not centered on the cone of the speaker, gets too muddy
@@sampopkin thank you Sam! The same method was done for the casino?
Thank you! Yes, the Beatles used U87 mic's in about the same position
Who played bass? George?
There’s a lot going on in even the simplest tunes.
Great cover on both guitar and bass.
I still believe Paul did
It had to have been a six string bass because the first note is too high for a normal 4 string bass. It was either George or John on Bass VI
@@sampopkin yeah I always thought it was Paul but the cover sounds great and can make me change my mind. I know they played the 6 string bass on Maxwell but didn’t think oh darling but that’s sweet
Bass VI was on a lot of songs. Back in the USSR, Rocky Raccoon, Helter Skelter, Honey Pie, Dig It, Long and Winding Road
@@sampopkin yeah I remember those as well they did as well, could be I’m so tired as well or could be the jazz bass
i LOVED that shot of your foot 😍
“Let me roll it”
Love the 6-string bass sound. Who was the bass player on this track?
George
Amazing, how did you get that tone?
Check description
Nice cover! I always wondered who played what on this song, mostly due to conflicting sources. I remember originally reading that Paul played bass, George played guitar on his Lucy Les Paul, and John on piano, as well as some sources claiming that Paul played guitar, and other sources giving the lineup you used.
Thanks! The personnel you described was previously assumed. In 2019 the Abbey Road box set listed George on bass, John on guitar, paul on piano. For me what makes it conclusive that Paul was not on bass is that the opening note is a high E that can’t be played on a four string bass
The guitar wasn't clumsy and sloppy. Must have been anyone except John. I'd go for George on bass, simply know it's not Paul's style. If you listen to his bass playing on some solo work, you would know he was very good although in his own words, he hated the bass. As far as the song... Nice job! I really don't like the song along with 3 of the other Beatles
@@crazyantny9161 Actually, from what I've read, John actually DID like this song, but he believed that Paul did a poor job of singing it and said that he wished Paul had let him sing it instead, and claimed that the song was more of his style than Paul's.
@@crazyantny9161lol John was a great guitar player.
@@JoaoGabriel-lk9cv define great great please. He himself never considered himself that good. He once said geirge can go jam with Cream, Paul can go play... What can I do. John was a perfect rhythm guitarist for the Beatles, he was not in Georges league. His solos left much to be desired. It's funny to watch him play his get back solo every chance that he had on the Get Back movie. Players don't do that unless they aren't confident. His so called lead... Not bad, but nothing special. You can hum along with it which makes it a good lead as I was taught. What hurt it was his inability to use tonics to end some of his runs on.
Good video
Favorite Abbey Road track of mine and you did justice to it.😛😜How about a lead guitar cover for Slow Down?😉I believe George either used his Tenn or his Strat but i‘ve kinda got a suspicion it was more his TR.🤔
Might just be on the way..George didn’t have strat yet for that one. Either tenny or gent
@@sampopkin I could swear it was his Tenn Rose, i doubt he used his gent again after A Hard Day’s Night.
Hard Days Night- Gent and 360/12
Long Tall Sally EP- Gent and 360/12
Beatles for Sale- Gent, Tenny, 360/12
Help- Strat, Tenny, 360/12
Btw Tennessee Rose only refers to the reissue of the guitar, George played a Tennessean 😉
@@sampopkin Whoops, thanks Sam.😂Could‘ve never guessed that’s something different, always believed that’s quite the same.😜🤣For WHICH Beatles For Sale Songs did George actually play his CG?😉🙂
@@centoeberhardt1663 not 100% if he used Gent on BFS but possibly Mr Moonlight or Rock N Roll Music
Adore the Abbey Road/ Get Back content! I would give my left kidney for a Palace of the King of the Birds cover
Does anybody really knows who's playing on this marvellois song, appart Ringo ? I've read on a french "bible" about the Beatles that Paul was on the piano, John on the bass, and Georges on the guitar ... ?! Many thanks.
The cover is wonderful indeed !!
George Bass
Paul Piano
Ringo Drums
John Guitar
Billy Organ
@@sampopkin ok, thanks :-)
George was quite good on the bass save for a few fumbles (Which are included here) I think he used a Fender Jazz on this and Maxwell.
The only song he used the Jazz Bass on was Maxwell's Silver Hammer and possibly Old Brown Shoe.
Yeah oh darling had to be a six string bass because of the high e note
The detail is amazing the chord on the bass on the start of the second verse, and the mistake on the chorus later. BTW i never knew there was an organ on this track, can you point it out if its in a specific part of the song?
The organ is barely audible on the album release. But listen to take 4 from the box set and it’s very clear starting on the third verse
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I'm sure you saw it already. But Chris Buck did a video on the guitar tone of Let It Be using Casino and Fuzz Face. In light of that, do you think it's possible that John used the same combination on this track? And that maybe George did the same on I Me Mine?
Take a listen to the abbey road box set outtake of oh darling. John was clearly using his twin reverb without any effects (other than tremolo). I believe they were using the TG12345 consoles to crunch the guitars a lot in this period. I’m inclined to believe Let it Be had that setup (twin reverb clean, console crunch later) instead of what Chris buck described
@@sampopkinThe guitar sound on the outtake sounds practically the same as on the record. If it's anything but the one released on the Abbey Road box set, you may have to link it to me.
No I just meant the box set outtake. It’s more like Lennon’s rooftop twin reverb crunching than fuzz face, which would be very gated
@@sampopkin I tried the solo out with my Fuzz Face. And I have to concede you were probably right. Unless you turn the fuzz knob all the way up, it's fucking useless (though mine's been neglected for a long time). So your theory about post-production distortion/DI a la Revolution is probably correct.
@@elirosen1391 yeah even with the fuzz cranked, it doesn’t really get the right clipping on the waveform. Fuzzes square off the edges of the wave so much. Whereas a normal overdrive or distortion will still be a little rounded. Sounds like the solo was clipped and sustained but not squared off like a fuzz
I thought George would've used the Fender Jazz, but the Fender VI was around. Also, I thought the opening note was a harmonic, but I could be wrong
I tried doing that high E harmonic on a four string bass and concluded it’s physically impossible. I could be wrong. But I know this song was recorded very early in Abbey Road sessions, possibly before George got the J Bass
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How did you figure out the tremolo on the chorus
You mean the settings? Or that there was tremolo there at all
@@sampopkin both i never noticed on the record and never heard anyone talk about it
@@shocko77 they used tremolo with their twin reverbs often in 1969- Sun King, Don’t Let Me Down. I just was able to hear it on Oh Darling, especially right before the chorus. He kicks the tremolo on as he hits that A chord right before ‘when you told me’ You can hear it especially there
@@sampopkin you have a seriously good ear
Did the boys have any fuzz units in their arsenal that could have produced such overdrive as on record?
They tended to just overdrive the mixing desk as on Revolution and Ob la Di
They did use a fuzz face on mean Mr mustard bass. But listen to the outtake of this song. John and George’s amps sound kind of clean
@@sampopkin the Casino does have a pretty resonant sound. My guess is John turned the amp up until it really crackled, and George Martin put a limiter on the mic to control the sound.
100%
@@sampopkin I listened to the outtake of the song. The amps still sounded pretty distorted. John's in particular.
Did you have to tune the guitar to 432hz for the bridge bit at the end?
I tried to match the harmonic notes from the record. Standard tuning didn’t seem to work so I tuned up to it. Really weird sharp totally out of tune sounding, but behind the bridge it worked
Interesting, the bass 6 is featured on original?
Yep!
I know you've done a few McCartney 1 songs. But do you ever plan to do any "Ram" numbers?
Yes Ram is my fav McCartney album. Maybe tied with band on the run
@@sampopkin McCartney had some solid solo material, including stuff he did with Linda and Wings. It's a shame Jann Wenner had to defame him, robbing him of the acclaim he really deserved.
Wings had some great songs, I enjoy Paul’s 1980’s-2000’s output as well. Chaos and Creation is a masterpiece
I thought John played George’s Casino of this or was it just the end part
No john played his own guitar. The ending harmonic stuff behind the bridge is actually easier with John's trapeze style
@@sampopkin well let’s just say if you wanted to do a redo of this, it’s gonna be harder 😂
@@BeatlesWeezerFan1995 I actually just put a bigsby on my casino lol
@@sampopkin oh sweet can you do on a video on it
@@BeatlesWeezerFan1995 On the bigsby? yeah
Do you plan to cover Old Brown Shoe at any time?
Yes
@@sampopkin great! I can't wait to see your take on the argument of Paul Vs. George being on bass!
Same lol. Or I could just do guitar so I don’t have to cross that bridge
@@sampopkin I hope you'll give the bass a try at least!
Enséñame afinar el bass VI
Same as a normal 6 string guitar, but an octave lower
E B E G# B E
So George used the VI instead of the righty jazz bass? Interesting!
Yes he didn’t acquire the jazz bass until a month or two later
@Sam Popkin Didn't know that, the more you learn!
On the subject of that jazz bass then, i was wondering if you could shed some light on this:
I heard/read somewhere years ago that back in '68 they got a brand deal or something with Fender,
Included with the amps was the Bass VI, and a Jazz bass for Paul, but since Paul was a lefty he had to wait for fender to send him one, and that's how they ended up with two Jazz basses,
But if the righty jazz bass was acquired later, I would love to know the story!
@@riogrande163 yeah so Fender sent them a few shipments from 68-69. In 68 for the white album, Paul got a jazz bass, John and George got blackface fender amps, and the Bass VI. By Jan 69 they got the silverface twins and bassman for Get Back. In mid Jan 69 we see George with Rosewood Tele and the fender rhodes keyboard. Later in 1969 George gets his Jazz Bass
@@sampopkin Ah, that helps alot, thanks for clearing that up!
Sam... Did you modify the Bass VI at all?
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@@sampopkin That's a relief...lol I just bought one. The only thing I was going to change is try flat wounds on it. Love the video.........
Yeah all I did was put LaBella flats on it and give it a good setup. Thanks!
What tuning on you Epiphone Casino?
Standard
who exactly played what on this tune? anybody know?
See my description
What strings do you use on your VI?
Labella flatwounds!
Muy bien requinto el bajo no muy claro
Do you remember me?
Yes. I did baba oreilly for you 😁
George played bass on this one correct?
Yep!
The Opening note could played on a four string bass on the G string at the 9th fret
Interesting. Yeah my last thing I’ll say that still makes me think it’s a six string bass- listening to isolated bass track, when he hits that high E you hear the high e string of the bass vi sustaining underneath too haha
Was the Bass VI used on this? I thought it was Paul with his Hofner. Definitely sounds like his playing
Yeah it had to be the six string bass because of that high note in the beginning
@@sampopkinno sería el jazz bass?
First
no you're not
John should've sung this song ...