Getting Better | Lesson and Recording Process | Supplemental Video

After finishing Getting Better, Andrew and Neil go over their parts and what they discovered while recording.

[@joshscus]

Lmao Neil sounds and looks either stoned or a little drunk. Love it. Killer bass playing! I never ever knew there were two basses on this! Thanks!!

[@joshwmusic6838]

Yeah that's exactly what I was thinking he definitely took something 😂

[@justfelix6171]

He takes a lot from 70s McCartney.

[@vercality6170]

I'm a guy who just sounds/looks like that. It gets annoying answering the same question every day. "aRe YoU hIgH!?!?"

[@ThatBobGuy850]

Yet another great video! We should be calling you guys Professor Bockelman and Professor Candelora. Your collective knowledge and enthusiasm for The Beatles' music is unparalleled. It must be very tough to figure all this stuff out by ear, because I'm sure "the lads" never wrote it all down, leaving future generations to wonder, "How did they *DO* that??" Well, you guys seem to have the answers! And we're damn glad that you can show us. Keep up the great work :-)

[@kevinmoore4237]

The attention to detail and verbal explanation are fantastic - keep 'em coming!

[@robjontay5052]

Neil! Poor mic placement! Haha! Nice job guys! The people who are watching these are twice your age! We lived it. We saw the Beatles on Aug. 23rd 1966. It...was...AWESOME!

[@westfield90]

Love these extra videos. On this thanksgiving day I’m grateful for your channel.

[@Allan-et5ig]

3:03 Was under firm impression that Lennon played the rhythm on that part rather than GH. Also, I play it differently; no matter mine sounds identical. Interesting, insightful video, thanks.

[@steegosaurus]

I love these videos and the covers. Happy thanksgiving guys

[@guitarkidtj261]

You should do a cover of lovely Rita by the Beatles

[@matthewregalado9662]

Why not lovely Rita by anthrax

[@Aluisiodv]

Me.too like post em it

[@jd112412]

Was hoping you guys can do "Long, Long, Long" some day!

[@patkcorcoran]

Thanks for the inside scoop. You guys are great.

[@GuillaumePerrinLeclerc]

You guys should do “Help!”

[@user-cp4yl9of6d]

Such great video. Great quality!

[@Vincentlpp08]

Oh my, I love that bass sound

[@iwerning]

Fantastic analysis of an amazing song.

[@bretttownsend6495]

I love these videos you guys are so good at what you do

[@hiccups55]

the instrumental in this song is so cool. guitar and bass.👍

[@maurocoimbra9624]

Excellent job

[@seamusjohnson2621]

nice bass!! how did you get it painted like paul's rickenbacker!!

[@dolanmosley3416]

I would assume that it was the same people that did the bass replica. The guy has a facebook page if I recall.

[@seamusjohnson2621]

@@dolanmosley3416 ok cool!

[@dolanmosley3416]

I am no authority though, hopefully they see this and respond

[@seamusjohnson2621]

@@dolanmosley3416 cool!

[@neilcandeloramusic]

I am the authority to respond! But Dolan is right - I had it redone by Famous Guitar Replicas

[@paulgarcia9940]

Freakin greatness

[@cygnusfloyd]

Favorite track on Pepper's.

[@AndyMangele]

Where were you when I needed you - some forty years ago that is! :)

[@henryclift2302]

Hey Neil, Thanks for your reply. Rickenbacker added and then didn't add the .0047 cap for the horseshoe pickup at various times. They now have implemented the push/pull switch on all new basses. This cap is critical in the authentic rick tone. Personally, I didnt care for it at first as it really thinned out the horseshoe, however, with some experimentation I was able to capture 'that's sound. Check it out 🙂

[@neilcandeloramusic]

Henry Clift - I honestly don’t use the horseshoe too much. Just live when I roll off the tone on both pickups. But most pictures I ever see in the studio Paul has his Rick on the neck position and most times I find that setting best captures the sound - the only times on these videos I used the middle position is when I’m trying to make my Rick sound like a jazz bass

[@drutgat2]

Thanks for this, guys. Andew, the Casino has P90s, so not really true single coils like a Strat's single coils. (BTW, it is congas, not congos).

[@AblyHouse]

drutgat2 - Thanks! I heard someone else say that on the last video and didnt double check it. Either way, I wanted to get a little video of the Rocky included for the song as well

[@Shrimpy08]

Great video

[@sejrec56]

Did you have to change any of the pickups on that beautiful 4003? I love Rics myself, I have two 1978 4001s.

[@robertcooper5604]

brilliant

[@jackkastner2512]

Hey Neil , on the bass the one part of the sound I can’t figure out is the gain on the bass amp , what do you usually keep it at

[@OzTwanger]

You guys are freaky smart

[@henryclift2302]

Oh and.....the toaster should be around 5K dc resistance. Mine came with the 90s version at 13k. Carefully unwound it to about 5.3I. Again, big difference in tone.

[@felpa9742]

i have a humble condenser mic that came with a Focusrite bundle and an SM57... my room is relativley small and it has a wooden floor... what should I consider if I want to capture a neat sounding acoustic performance that sounds like a Blackbird or a Her Majesty?

[@AaronEddieHYo]

Bass dude that is open for details. A lot of this info spans a few books I have. The guitar is definitely just 1 and 2 but i get your line of thinking

[@gorgen23]

Have you guys done “I’ve got a feeling”by the Beatles?

[@sejrec56]

Also did you add ADT on vocals on this song too?

[@hamueramusic]

the open G string in the verse is actually John's part

[@JeremyHorn]

Do you guys think it’s really two bass parts or just bleed from the live take that we’re hearing? Then the final bass line was added at the end like Paul liked to do?

[@ChantixSupreme]

Hey Neil I notice you play with a pick (obviously) do you use standard picks or do you use heavy picks

[@neilcandeloramusic]

I usually lean toward heavy picks - my go to are the green tortex picks

[@AaronEddieHYo]

Yes, dude, you're right. Two basses. Done in a bathroom, not even a property reverb chamber

[@sloanchampion85]

Wish you'd do a tutorial on this song...from everything else I hear your a whole lot closer to it

[@jlcs1088]

Can you make a cover of Revolution (single)?

[@ManWithNoExpression]

Hey Andrew, I've got a question about your Vox. How do you usually use the standby switch when you play? If I remember you're using a Vox AC30 CC2, and I've been reading about how the original AC30s didn't have standby switches and the CC models have weird wiring where the standby switches don't really work the way they would on any other amp.

[@AblyHouse]

I don't know anything about it. I typically only use the stand by switch when the amp is buzzing and I'm not using it.

[@ManWithNoExpression]

@@AblyHouse Oh ok, good to hear. I wanted to make sure I wouldn't mess anything up because I've read a bunch about blown rectifier tubes as a result of the weird wiring in the CC models. Apparently the 60s AC30s didn't have a standby switch, but Vox decided to add one decades later.

[@AblyHouse]

​@@ManWithNoExpression Nice! I've never had a problem with it. I know a lot of people mix up the standby switch and turn them off in reverse order

[@brenthooton3412]

I hear what you are saying with the reverb on the RockBand isolated tracks that make the bass sound kind of muddy. I don't think that is a characteristic of the original recording though. Several of the RockBand bass tracks have that muddy quality probably because they had to process the hell out of it to isolate it from something else on the same track. I don't hear the reverb on the actual release, and I thought that Paul D.I.'ed a lot of stuff on Pepper which would also seem to contradict the muddy sound on the RockBand isolated track.

[@neilcandeloramusic]

I know what you mean about the muddy-ness. The muddy bass sound on rock band comes from when the bass needs to be digitally separated from Something on the same track. But I don’t think the muddy-ness equals reverb on any other rockband tracks, and other pepper tracks have reverb on the bass too, I think it’s apart of the “pet sounds” sonic vibe they were trying to go for. Paul’s Bass was being DI-ed, but Geoff Em said he would only ever mix it with the amp signal, though it’s obviously muddy, there is still clearly reverb that kicks in on the first chorus. It’s very clear on the rockband track (without vocals) as well. I know these are not cannon for the mixes, there are noticeable panning and reverb differences. But I do hear distinct reverb on the bass on all levels on this one - it’s not super noticeable in the final product, but neither is the secondary bass.

[@henryclift2302]

Hey Neil, Well done man. A question about your bass. You covered the mute (using softer Fender foam) but does your bass have the treble pickup .0047 tone cap installed? I also noticed you use just the neck pickup to excellent effect. Are the tone and volume on the bass max'd? Rolled back halfway? You have successfully nailed Macau's tone 😁

[@neilcandeloramusic]

I have no idea! It’s the standard horseshoe bass pickup. My tone controls are original (82) I think, but they are wired like a Gibson instead of a Rickenbacker. So unfortunately I can’t blend pickup volumes together. I usually have the volume maxed out, I’ll roll the tone off depending on the song. When I play live i sometimes pop it in the middle position and roll the tone off of both pickups - this seems to give it the darkest possible tone. And then I can open them back up to get a more clunky sound. The only song I use middle position totally open on is “with a little help” Also I rarely ever have the mutes engaged for live shows, it’s just too dead for live scenarios on certain songs.

[@BenMcDougall]

@@neilcandeloramusic Were you stoned during this video? XD

[@EliteOneTV]

Hey can you send a link for that guitar strap?

[@YoungsVlog]

XOXO

[@sampopkin]

Bill Hader plays bass?

[@dogol284]

I’m curious if you guys have ever been in a stand-alone band together.

[@dogol284]

aLsO yOu gUyS sHouLD dO “IT’s aLL toO MuCh”

[@AblyHouse]

We upload original music on this channel. We had a band in college. And for Beatles, we had a band called Beatlerama

[@dogol284]

@@AblyHouse oh, neato

[@secretagntman242]

how did you guys figure out which song this ways...

[@Usedtobebillie]

At least in the version that I hear in spotify, there's more guitar than that, there's a counter lead to go the octave and the F chord, and in the chorus there's a rythm guitar not just the octave alone

[@jessicarich7506]

4:33

[@josephambrocio4169]

Where can I find one of those rocky stratocaster's that won't cost $25,000?

[@AblyHouse]

Joseph Ambrocio - I painted a mexican strat, it was about $500 for the guitar, $60 for paint and 8 hours of painting

[@josephambrocio4169]

@@AblyHouse Thanks

[@jackkastner2512]

I just realized, no mutes for the bass on this track ?

[@jesseguzman996]

Did Paul McCartney palm mute on all or most of every Beatles song? It seems like he doesn't do it a lot from what I have seen.

[@oldchannellolz6086]

I think he have a muteing bridge (or whatever it is called). It is used for pick players because it mute the strings.

[@jesseguzman996]

@@oldchannellolz6086 So what about on Hofner? Did he palm mute with that?

[@neilcandeloramusic]

You literally can’t palm mute on the Rick bass with the horseshoe pickup on. He either used the mutes, foam or his right hand to get a muted sound. He definitely Palm muted with the hofner

[@oldchannellolz6086]

@@jesseguzman996 I am not to sure, the bridge is floating so palm muting my put it out of tune, maybe? But I think he used mutes on both, i don't see him left hand muting on the hofner, I will check soon.

[@oldchannellolz6086]

@@jesseguzman996 I found out that before sgt peppers he would palm mute past the bridge (source: rain), but in the roof top tour he use mutes like the Rickenbacker. However this it what i see.

[@EliteOneTV]

Don’t bother me next plz!!!

[@roychristopher5014]

they have done it

[@dadduorp]

Hey, guys! Love your videos and as always, totally blown away by your meticulous eye (and ears) for detail and impeccable musicianship! HOWEVER... There is no such instrument as "congos"...it's either bongos or congAs. Congos is a republic in Africa somewhere...or something like that. Just sayin.' ;-)

[@AblyHouse]

dadduorp - Oops, thats what I meant. Thanks!

[@acmullane]

@@AblyHouse don't worry, shakespeare couldn't spel either

[@AaronEddieHYo]

I think there is a plucking of a piano G string going on. Trying to figure it out for a while

[@jaydenwhitlen1489]

Everything is very accurate except for the first chord which I believe is actually just a standard F in C position because I can here a high A and no G in the rhythm part. You can hear it very clearly in the isolated drum track from rockband.

[@seventeendegree]

The part at 7:55 sounds a bit like Queens of the Stone Age - Burn The Witch ^^

[@jimsmith9731]

Not only he can act but he can also play the guitar!!! Michael Cera sure is a gifted man!!

[@boolpool6320]

What bass strings are on the ric

[@BassicVIC]

Bool Pool On the Höfner bass was always the original Höfner strings as factory issued. Some of the last pictures show the Höfner with the Beatles show black strings. The orginal Rickenbacker as given to Paul was factory issued with flatwound strings. Paul wasn’t technical at all about his instruments, so it’s assumed he continued to used the strings as they were. Later pictures at around the Abbey Road sessions you can see he used black flat wounds on thr Rickenbacker as well.

[@AaronEddieHYo]

There are only two guitars used takes 1-12. Bass got doubles way later in the mix

[@samyalburquenque7570]

Puedes hacer un cover let it be

[@georgescarlett2320]

Hey Neil! You GOTTA be a 'Sir' Paul in a BeaTles tri band right???

[@joestarr05]

He is

[@ronanfitzgerald7524]

where is the fadd9 chord on beatles for sale?

[@AblyHouse]

I Don't Want To Spoil The Party kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3aVoX1nmrh2p9k I'm A Loser kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5y6g4WEprJ0kJY (34 seconds in)

[@ronanfitzgerald7524]

@@AblyHouse thanks andy

[@dancat172]

Like dreamers do please

[@cr818]

Wher did you get the shirt…lol

[@cr818]

Neil

[@allancerf9038]

Is Neil left-handed?

[@AblyHouse]

Yes

[@forastero4ever]

You're between Beck and Craig Nicholls.

[@DaFreezeey]

Its not an Fadd2 chord... There is no such thing as that type of chord... Because you are playing an A note (3rd of Fmaj triad) it makes it Fadd9 NOT Fadd2

[@AblyHouse]

Ryan DeFrees - You can use them interchangeably, but yes you are correct. The 2 and the 9 are the same. I prefer saying 2 because the 9 often implies you are adding a b7, which is why it needs to be ‘add’ and not just F9. Fadd2 would mean the F and G are separated by a whole step vs an octave plus a whole step

[@professorhamamoto]

Interesting, but need a vocal mic; too much room reverb.

[@humphreylynne4656]

A long and very clever presidential speech in the beginning .too long... and now and then a lonely and very short chord thank you dude for your charity.

[@albertoramirezpino4501]

Yo la verdad no entendí nada, mucho bla bla bla.