George's bloody wah wah

One thing I've noticed having listened to quite a lot of Get Back
tapes and outtakes etc, is that the instruments generally sound pretty
bad. Paul's bass, because its the old Hofner, is light and thuddy with
no real bass end. John's guitar has the same muffled tone throughout
the whole sessions, Ringo's drums are flat and dead sounding, and
George just will not get off his wah wah pedal.

I wonder how they could've thought what they were playing sounded
good. Or maybe they didn't. If the live concert had gone ahead, would
it have been a mess? Or would they have pulled it together like on the
rooftop?

For musicians with multiple guitars etc, its a wonder they didn't try
out different sounds for different songs. Or at least tell George to
give the wah wah a rest for about five minutes! Its only when they get
on the pianos and acoustic do things start to sound nice, certainly in
Twickenham; at Apple the electric stuff didn't sound too bad.

Just my random thoughts this morning...!

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