Can't Buy Me Love- The Beatles (Guitar Cover): Including Lost Gretsch!

[@sampopkin]

Check out my description to learn more about the guitars used on this song!

[@rasuel2880]

When I used to listen to Can't Buy Me Love when I was younger, I always thought "Well, just an old Beatles Tune." But when I started studying music theory, it became clear to me how unusal, new and fresh this song was for 1964. Genius.

[@JE-western-rider]

Check out the back story for I Want to Hold Your Hand and take time to look over the progressions used.

[@seagullshame]

The offbeat strumming at 1:47 is very John. Nice work as always

[@BeatlesCentricUniverse]

I've ALWAYS known George played upstrokes on the 12 string part. Yet almost no one on KZbin plays it that way. Until now!

[@stevec.1802]

Some years ago I picked up some German bootleg recordings of the Beatles early sessions. You could hear alternate takes and some isolated work tracks on some recordings. Truly amazing to hear a work in progress before the finished recording. Thank you, Sam. 🎧

[@skarloeyexpress4353]

1:24 I could watch that hand synchronization all day

[@carloskiv]

🎉

[@michaelgutman4910]

It's a testament to your talent, that you can pull apart a work of genius and play each part Amazing!

[@joestarr05]

Wow, we've been playing it wrong all this time. My mind is blown.

[@LorelaiLore]

I don't think that I have gone a week without watching videos on your channel since I found it! I just keep coming back to rewatch them all!

[@sampopkin]

❤️

[@theleoherron]

awesome guitar tones!

[@thewhaleking]

this sounds way too good that the other day i played this like 100x and still can't get enough of this--your playing always on point

[@johnelphinstone810]

Everyone was looking forward to you covering this song, but I was looking forward to it the most😂

[@curtis11214]

Sam this sounds absolutely amazing, definitely worth the wait! I've always enjoyed the solo to this song because of the aggressive playing style it kinda has. Great job as always and keep up the great work!

[@herculepoirot6632]

Amazing

[@Toastybunz03]

Your covers are perfect!!

[@doctorlawrence4676]

Very cool sound

[@clamchowder5635]

Dude i love your covers. I soak them up like a sponge lol

[@chickenvasquez78]

Superb ❤

[@seid3366]

Cool you had the single tracked vocals from Take 4

[@siflex]

Busy man! Super sound as always - those twangy bends are awesome.

[@cliveexton8993]

So well done! Thank you for sharing your incredible talent.

[@patriciorosso4226]

wow, i didn't know anything bout that lost solo... thank you man incredible as always!

[@Yorkie285]

The tone is perfect.

[@LiamEnea]

The solo! I had no idea about the triple-tracking - great stuff, Sam!

[@ilijadimitrovski1789]

Great cover of a great song.

[@DrscammerRacingrush2]

Love it bro

[@aminahmed2220]

Fantastic 😊

[@EmanuelMendoza-pv5mf]

Amazing as always

[@Apo458]

Love it!

[@EduardoSilva-sm2df]

Buenísimo! In my head just now…Any time at all 🎵🎶😅

[@HeelBJC]

You and the other Beatles recreation experts should co-author a book breaking down the likeliest gear used on all their songs.

[@sampopkin]

I love that! Thanks

[@teryaj]

Bravo!!!

[@ordepsmusic]

Amazing work, Sam! As always, never knew about the guitars in this song, truly impressive how you got that down!

[@rbstems]

Sounds absolutely fantastic Sam!

[@sampopkin]

Thanks! Your isolated tracks helped as always

[@centoeberhardt1663]

Thank you so much Sam!!😍😍You know especially I‘VE been waiting very hard for this one.😊😜

[@sampopkin]

The wait is over 😁

[@centoeberhardt1663]

@@sampopkin Only Baby’s In Black and Revolution left and my requests are done.😃😜

[@thewhaleking]

@@centoeberhardt1663 yeah i agree and rock and roll music is one of my requests also because it's a controversy about how the guitar parts are actually played in the original version not gonna lie

[@centoeberhardt1663]

@@thewhaleking Feels so good to see u on Sammy‘s channel, lil bro.😃😜

[@thewhaleking]

@@centoeberhardt1663 yeah and we're doing a collab soon😍😍

[@IPSEHepatitisC]

It's crazy

[@Henry3Studios]

Never noticed before this that John was going ‘root-5th’ on the rhythm 😊

[@RingoStarr39]

Could we have a video of just John's acoustic and George's original live parts? That would pretty much replicate what they recorded at Pathe Marconi.

[@sampopkin]

Yes I might do just that

[@iwerning]

Loved it. Electric subtleties and the rhythms on the acoustic, including the off beat anticipated baseline and those downstrokes. John didn't play any of his customary dirty open string transitions here? It sounds very tight.

[@sampopkin]

I made sure every strum was right. There are definitely some interesting off beat strums here

[@michaelJ415]

Neat fun! I do the Bass tho Good job man👍🏻

[@JacobKMusics]

Almost puts the cover we did together to shame. Seriously, too hot in a hot summer already!

[@dorkle9085]

First, this was amazing

[@nicholassakamoto2455]

You did a great job, Sam. What kind of strings did you use on the Country Gentleman?

[@sampopkin]

Thomastik flatwounds

[@pennylane7411]

I want to hear michelle cover from you man

[@JobMdeOca]

What Take of the song used? 🤔

[@sampopkin]

Wdym?

[@JobMdeOca]

@@sampopkin I mean, the Pauls Voice sounds a half tone up, sounds a little bit different 🎸🎧

[@sampopkin]

@@JobMdeOca you’re right. I think I got isolated tracks from someone else and it was either the double track lead vocals separated, or just an alt vocal take 🤷‍♀️

[@EliteOneTV]

Solo must be on bridge position like ably house which sounds identical

[@sampopkin]

Yeah I tried it on bridge and it didn’t sound right. But I think it has to do with the pickup height on this Gent I’m borrowing. Ably’s version was great

[@EliteOneTV]

@@sampopkin have you tried using the mud switch with the bridge pickup?

[@sampopkin]

No

[@EliteOneTV]

@@sampopkin Well, there you go. You should do a short and compare the tones!

[@A_BeatleLad]

This is cool! The original Gretsch part is interesting. Did you Gretsch part from Anthology?

[@sampopkin]

The anthology version is great because you can hear the original gretsch tone clearly, but the song’s style is totally different at that stage

[@jacobgonzalez4419]

The Rick is going into the Vox too?

[@sampopkin]

Yes

[@jacobgonzalez4419]

@@sampopkin cool !

[@isaiah.fabela]

man and i thought ably houses video was ground breaking

[@sampopkin]

It is!

[@isaiah.fabela]

@@sampopkin gotta love wholesome sam moments

[@beatlesfan2884]

@@sampopkinFor the Country Gent parts in the solo, playing it in the middle pickup position sounds a bit off as the solo sounds better with the Bridge pickup

[@sampopkin]

I tried bridge pickup but it didn’t sound right. I might have to try adjusting pickups

[@beatlesfan2884]

@@sampopkin The middle pickup sounds too thin

[@LenniMacca]

Hi Sam!! I know it's late, but can I make you some song suggesstions?

[@sampopkin]

Of course! Anytime

[@LenniMacca]

Sorry for being late (again) I'm the same dude who commented as McLennon4everYes! but in another account! I wanted to suggest you Woman , I'm Losing You, or Double Fantasy stuff, Thanks!!

[@sampopkin]

Great idea! Love that album

[@LenniMacca]

@@sampopkin Me too Sam!

[@huaweismart2678]

Мне нужна минусовка этой песни в ми можоре. Я могу вас попросить зделать?

[@sampopkin]

I don’t usually do that sort of thing, but you can message me on Facebook or insta

[@naceves111]

What are the exact strings on your 12 string?

[@sampopkin]

Custom Ernie Ball Roundwound Set: 42/24, 32/20P, 24/11, 20W/9, 11/11, 9/9 W= wound P=plain

[@ericstewart9742]

As I watched this, I thought, “I wonder if he could duplicate the sound of the Hollywood Bowl version of Dizzy Miss Lizzy.” That’s likely something that can’t be easily done.

[@sampopkin]

I’ll have to do that on my Tenny!

[@ericstewart9742]

@@sampopkin What’s that?

[@sampopkin]

@@ericstewart9742Gretsch Tennessean, that George used at Hollywood Bowl in 65

[@ericstewart9742]

@@sampopkin Great! I think you now have a Ric 325, am I right?

[@sampopkin]

No I don’t, have been relying on other KZbinrs who have one

[@ronanfitzgerald1507]

What does original Paris mean?

[@nickm4861]

They were performing live in Paris and had been asked to record German versions of I Want To Hold Your Hand and She Loves You. They had some time left over and decided to record Can't Buy Me Love and then some lead overdubs were added back in London (I think).

[@sampopkin]

Exactly what Nick said. They recorded the song in Paris and then deleted George’s guitar track and did overdubs later. But you can still pick out what George’s Paris guitar is doing

[@isaiah.fabela]

first

[@dorkle9085]

Shoot how do we tell, mine is exactly within the same time range lol

[@isaiah.fabela]

@@dorkle9085 i'll give u the award🤣

[@mikec3777]

I play this in the key of E. Just saying.

[@thewhaleking]

so cool sam!!!