Re: George's bloody wah wah

Dr. Strangemonde <dancing@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Apr 24, 3:45 pm, Jeff <yourimageunre...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> Do you remember what other bass amps were popular back then..
>> and if so, what Amp would have given Paul a better sound?
>
> I can tell you this much: my old bass player Lucien (who was utterly
> incredible) had one of the li'l old Hofner b***** like Paul's, and he
> always referred to it as his "P.O.S.* bass.
>
>  - Dr S
>
> *(piece of sh*t)
>
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Between that bass and the Vox amps that the Beatles used, the quality of
bass tracks on the early recordings was rather poor compared with
modern-day standards.  I think George Martin has commented on the
difficulty of properly capturing the bass on recordings as well.

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