Hey Jude- The Beatles (Guitar Cover)

[@skylerwhereisthemoney746]

Despite it being so simple, I've always wondered how I wasn't able to capture the way John plays it in the recording, with all those heavy strumming in the bass notes. Now that you've shown us how it's done, it ALL makes sense now.

[@ConnorLongDVM]

I feel like Lennon had this sloppy way of playing that counterintuitively sounds better in the ultimate mix

[@crazyantny9161]

If you want to play a guitar like John Lennon, play it like you are mad at it

[@skylerwhereisthemoney746]

In particular, I didn't even think to play this song with the capo on the first fret. That was a "why didn't I think of that?" moment for me.

[@matcoffidis1135]

​@@skylerwhereisthemoney746 I agree. It makes it a lot easier to play like it's in E with capo on 1.

[@skylerwhereisthemoney746]

@@matcoffidis1135 It also sounds really close to the original! I also couldn't get the C7 the way I wanted it like how John played it, but the manner shown in this video makes so much sense. Edit: Just wanted to add that the B7 on the first fret sounds so good and matches the original in ways I never even thought of myself.

[@jesslapuz7605]

Perfectly captures Lennon's distinctive rhythm guitar work that always propelled their songs.

[@seagullshame]

Hell yeah, you even covered the shirt from the rehearsal footage! Some great jangly J160e sounds in this one. Not the prettiest sound, but so distinct and it fits in the mix so well

[@paninovevo1162]

To me it sounds beautifully

[@everythingpotatoversion1201]

Finally!🥺 My favorite song of the Beatles the first Beatles song that made me fall in love with them

[@michaelfuller34]

Na na na Naaa! 🎶!

[@everythingpotatoversion1201]

@@michaelfuller34 Heeeeyyyyyy judeeeee🎶🎶🎶🎶

[@GretschMan878]

Your guitar has a beautiful surface❤ You are the best cover man!!

[@beatlesrcool13]

Too cool! I always found it so weird watching the Hey Jude music video and seeing John playing what you played on acoustic guitar on his casino. Before I knew much about guitars, I thought thats what the casino sounded like lol.

[@cilonvaldezferreiraperusat9703]

Omg! the level of precision in this video is insane! Thank you, Sam! 👏🏻👏🏻🙌🏻

[@ignaciomartinez2102]

john played his guitar really hard in this!!! awesome cover as always 🔥

[@mattpowell5394]

JL - Best rhythm guitarist EVER!

[@wilsonrobertomarganelli7177]

As for your performance, the same perfect level as always, and as for the guitar, what a beautiful thing, a truly master piece. Thanks and greetings from Brasil.

[@matcoffidis1135]

One of my fav. songs from the later day Beatles: Paul's beautiful vocals, the lyrics of encouragementand just the good vibe of the song. John's harmony is just perfect...❤

[@DoNuT_1985]

Your channel beautifully showcases the cool, melodic and effective guitar playing behind many Beatles tracks, often buried in the mix. Last week, I saw a cover band and had good sight on "George Harrison", that guy still kills it 60 years after they started out.

[@isaiah.fabela]

the cover everyone thought nobody was gonna do right😭❤️ beautiful sam

[@sampopkin]

❤️❤️❤️

[@shawnkennedy855]

That right hand magic.

[@DRguitar918]

Completely spot on Sam!! I love the way your j160e sounds

[@mikezomfg]

Loving the channel, a great resource for learning parts - thanks! I humbly request more RAM. :)

[@ynjyc]

THANK YOU!! I learned that one 3 months ago, now ill learn in your way

[@LuisOrtizMx78]

Vaya ritmo de guitarra. Precioso cover Sam. Felicitaciones!!!!!

[@sarveshbane1609]

This is amazing and beautiful ❤❤ My Heart is so happy right now

[@imdrrich]

Sam you've done it again! Just great!

[@scuffedcovers]

Really got the heavy, jangling sound spot on

[@JeffCrowell11]

Hey Sam, your strumming is spot on. Nice job.

[@christownson]

Great Sam. Your “interesting notes” are really good. They do add a lot. Great playing as always. Brilliant mate.

[@ernstturba2458]

Thank you my best guitar player, very good sound !!!!! I try it tomorrow 😊

[@tozino54]

his guitar have a great sound 🤩 beautiful cover sam🎉🎉🎉

[@wasapelidylan2342]

that guitar sounds too good😛 beautiful cover

[@marcusdeassis9024]

Wonderful, great job dude!

[@octavianorogesmusic]

Dang man this wants me want to cover Hey Jude with my Beatles Ensemble at Berklee, you're awesome, Sam :)

[@EmanuelMendoza-pv5mf]

Love the cover and the song❤

[@Luke_Dude9]

Legendary job Sam! Was really cool hearing the guitars, especially George’s lead guitar. It’s a real shame Paul didn’t let George play more lead on the song cause I really enjoyed his parts on the song.

[@JacobKMusics]

That J160E sounds delicious! And my old Deluxe Reverb is used

[@joestarr05]

Incredible!

[@mikemcconville2495]

Well done!

[@DanRelayer_Ukraine]

So, one more capo song in Beatles catalogue! P. S. Such perfect syncopies with some of Paul's vocal improv, wow. Never paid attention to that.

[@davidmontis7259]

Congrats on 10k followers! Guitar sounds amazing and I love that shirt!

[@josephsimon534]

I could hear Sam play Beatle songs All day. I'm telling you. Sam is the TRUE BEATLES fan make no mistake he stands above all wanna be fans playing The Best band in the world. You couldn't of picked a better band to show how it was 👍a million times Sam❤️

[@paulevans9036]

Excellent as always. Didn't know John used a capo on this song.

[@rockturtleneck]

Love this--I learned it sans capo and it never sounded quite right, so I'm gonna try it your way. Such an eccentric strumming pattern by Lennon. He was a total savant. Did a lot of stuff that makes no logical sense but works incredibly well.

[@Jim5150jvc]

Perfect!!!

[@PaulMoody25]

Love this! Well done Sam. Would love to collaborate with you at some point!

[@sampopkin]

Let’s do it man

[@Merchansy]

best sounding j160e on KZbin for sure

[@claudiomontenegroz.3917]

great strumming !!

[@alexgomez_music]

The guitar sounds beautiful! I always played this song without a capo but it makes so much sense using a capo on it!

[@aminahmed2220]

What a fantastic video have a good weekend Sam ❤😊 also today is my friends birthday

[@BeatlesCentricUniverse]

Nice!

[@magraretsbane6274]

I think this is easily my least favorite song ever recorded and yet, much like what you and Sokil did with Now And Then, you’ve given me a completely new appreciation for it

[@sampopkin]

Not a fan of hey Jude? That’s a new one for me

[@magraretsbane6274]

@@sampopkin Something about it just always turned me off, but I guess sometimes you can appreciate something more when you get a look behind the curtain

[@covenant112]

Day 2 asking for Ballad of sir Frankie Crisp Cover (George Harrison) PS. Awesome video as always!!!

[@Henry3Studios]

I wanna say there’s two acoustics

[@ismaelEsc]

Great! It would be nice an acoustic mix of the song

[@opalivy739]

Nice!! ❤❤

[@EFE_sopita]

NAAAAA NA NA NANANANAAAAAAAA NANANANA HEY JUDE🕺

[@abatista78]

Fuckin hell

[@billywaghorn9942]

Please do 'its all too much', I've never heard a guitar tone like that in any other Beatles song

[@LeftyPem]

Do the 8min fan edited reconstruction with all the verses❤❤

[@RockinAllDay]

Great, as always. Interesting to see George "playing" (?) a bass VI on the officially released clip.

[@sampopkin]

Lennon also plays a casino on released music video, but that was also just for show

[@nareshnagarajan3296]

❤waaw beautiful

[@milan5079]

Amazing man. Why does every youtuber guitar teacher show it with barre chords though, this makes so much more sense

[@elirosen1391]

Sweet cover! It's shame that Paul had to put so much restriction on George's playing. Guitar really isn't the main focus of the song, but that doesn't really matter, since the song is so damned enjoyable to sing along to!

[@arturlira9898]

Wow, I'm quite surprised that i've always heard george's part but I thought it was some kind of synth/piano

[@NoirL.A.]

do you know which beatle went flat on the vocals at the 1:26 point? i know they deliberately left certain mistakes on recordings sometimes.

[@sampopkin]

Could've been George

[@rodrigocar98]

it would be amazing if you did a Take 1 cover, too see how it could've been with more George

[@gdholmfirth]

Would you consider playing it again, only this time using the Epiphone and Fender John and George used on the David Frost show?

[@sampopkin]

Maybe!

[@alessandromog5208]

Uau! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@rockyraccoon2817]

I need to know where you got that shirt from haha I should get one myself as well

[@sampopkin]

Modshoes I believe

[@LeftyPem]

Sam, it sounds like your low E action is getting down there. 🐝🐝

[@sampopkin]

Buzz buzz

[@mschiano1]

is there a spot in the rehearsal footage where you can see the neck of john’s guitar? i get that it sounds like open strings (and therefore a capo), but it’s odd that he’d play it that way on the record, but without a capo on the broadcast video.

[@milan5079]

Exactly my thought, I don't get anyway why he didnt use his j160e there

[@sampopkin]

Yes he did use the J160 without capo for the broadcast. The official recording was two days later at a totally different studio and he played very differently

[@milan5079]

@@sampopkin O sorry I meant the videpclip, with all the people

[@sampopkin]

Ah yeah well that’s a totally different thing altogether Also it’s possible that John uptuned his acoustic a half step so he could play F as an open chord too. It had to be that or capo because we hear that B7 open shape he plays on the recording

[@milan5079]

@@sampopkin interesting, one day I'd to have an ear and knowledge like you. I have to start ear training

[@MusicbyKR]

Wow, great cover! Where did you get that Lennon shirt?

[@sampopkin]

Modshoes.co.uk

[@LorelaiLore]

Hi Sam! I've got a question, I noticed this cover uses flatwound strings on the acoustic guitar and it got me thinking about what guitars the Beatles would have used flatwounds on. This song was released in the white album sessions, so I wonder if other songs with acoustic guitar from that era like Blackbird have flatwounds too.

[@sampopkin]

It’s a hot topic. They probably were using nickel roundwounds at this point but I’m loving the way the flats are sounding on mine

[@LorelaiLore]

@@sampopkin Yes! The sound you got on this cover was the acoustic guitar sound I have had in my head for a while!

[@Desaulnierspf]

Hi Sam, you still Score ! For your future string test on the j-160e (well you likely already know it ) keep in mind that nikel plated string dint exist before august 1970 before it was pure nickel or monel (mona steel) they also say that hex core dint exist before that time but i found an add for ex core Mapes acoustig strings in the gretsch catalog of 1958. Also if your tempted to try monels the Martin retro monel are quite similar to my old gibson mona steel.

[@sampopkin]

I got you. The shootout features pure nickel and monels actually!

[@Desaulnierspf]

@@sampopkin ok, lol , so when is it one and when is it the other ? Did you notice a volume difference ( well i dont think you used the pickup)

[@sampopkin]

I do use the pickup, as well as some acoustic stuff. It was less about volume drop and more a very different eq

[@Inversiondude]

Great cover man! Love that new (to you) J160e, will you still be using your old J45 for beatles covers now that you have the j160e?

[@sampopkin]

I won’t be using j45 for Beatles covers anymore, but for other bands covers. It’s still my favorite acoustic

[@NoirL.A.]

i believe THE BEATS were the first "rock band" to use jazz and even sometimes flamenco chords on their songs. that's why i've heard people who are real limited in their playing refer to them as "beatles chords" because they're tough fer beginners and unusual fer rock n' roll. since yer using the capo what key would you say the song is in? how do you think JOHN L. knew to use the capo?

[@sampopkin]

The song is in the key of F. The Beatles learned to use capos from many folk, rock, blues artists they loved like Everly brothers, Pete Seeger, muddy waters

[@thewhaleking]

Holy shit that is the closest to the original! By the way if you have the chance try create a full band cover of that fun jam the Beatles played before the actual song on the music video :)

[@sampopkin]

Thanks!

[@alonmo9]

Do you know which strings did paul use for his D28?

[@sampopkin]

Not sure. John used the J160 on this one

[@riogrande163]

J-160e, My beloved! Speaking of which, have you noticed any considerable volume drop (Acoustically) with the Pyramid Electric guitar strings, as opposed to standard acoustic guitar strings?

[@sampopkin]

Not really! I actually just finished a string shootout for the j160 I’ll be releasing soon!

[@riogrande163]

Oh, that's perfect! I always preferred the feel of flatwound electric guitar strings to pretty much everything else, so if I could get away with putting some on an acoustic without a noticeable volume drop, I will! @@sampopkin

[@sampopkin]

I wouldn’t go too thick with the flats. It is an acquired sound! Be cautious haha

[@riogrande163]

Ill take note of that! That said i bought a cheap copy of a mustang and stuck 15-56 gauge Labella Jazz flats on it, *supreme t h u n k*​@sampopkin

[@dougsharp605]

Nice... What are those next two or three chords after the A flat..... Don't know if you did Honey pie yet.... Love to know those chords.... Anyways well done as always

[@sampopkin]

I did honey pie, you should check it out. I also list the chords you’re talking about in my description

[@dougsharp605]

Thank you kind sir, I'm not real computer savvy as I'm only doing this off my phone... I will search thanks again.... Do you ever make it to the fest for Beatles fans? If so come to the one in Chicago

[@sampopkin]

I’m playing Beatlefest in nyc next weekend

[@rasuel2880]

Did John play with the capo on the first fret? Thought he used Barchords. Just wanting to know^^

[@sampopkin]

Yes 100% capo on 1st fret. You see him do this in the rehearsal footage

[@Yorkie285]

When are recording "She's leaving home"

[@paninovevo1162]

He even nailed the outfit as always (John's this time)

[@thewhaleking]

did george play bass on this on the squier vi on the studio version or paul overdub bass on fender jazz bass

[@sampopkin]

It’s debated. I think Paul overdubbed bass

[@thewhaleking]

@@sampopkin nice, but i just stick to the fact that goerge is playing his squier vi bass. due to the bassline not being as melodic. if paul were to overdub bass i reckon the bass line is going to be more melodic than this.

[@sampopkin]

@@thewhaleking I’d buy it! FYI squier was not a company yet during the Beatles time. Only fender Bass VI’s

[@thewhaleking]

@@sampopkin mhm, but did they record hey jude before the white album sessions cuz back in the ussr and helter skelter has the squier bass vi

[@sampopkin]

@@thewhaleking Beatles never used squiers. The squier company was created over twenty years after the Beatles

[@Henry3Studios]

Never understood why John was so critical of his guitar playing

[@rafita241]

I remember listening to a version of the song with an electric guitar, but there’s another one isn’t it? But played by John, when they recorded the video, I haven’t been able to find that video 🤔 Anyway this sounds amazing 😎

[@sampopkin]

The early takes had George playing electric throughout. Then Paul told him not to play and they fought These subtle electric lines did make it onto the single though

[@rafita241]

@@sampopkin yeah, I remember the first times I listened to the song was with an electric guitar, but that was like 14-15 years sho on youtube hahaha I thought I was just crazy 🤣 us there any video on YT? Haven’t found anything

[@sampopkin]

Yes you can find the video on KZbin

[@bigsby1]

Points deducted for not using a period capo! JK, excellent as always.

[@sampopkin]

😅😭

[@randallpinkfloyd]

😍😍

[@johndoe2883]

I recognise every chord except for the one that accentuates "remember " will someone please tell me what it is

[@johndoe2883]

A sus2?

[@sampopkin]

A with a low E or because there’s a capo F/Bb

[@citroterrotjb521]

Just to say that I had never thought of putting a capo in F... what an idiot I am... 😅

[@dimitreze]

wow, George barely played in the song

[@Henry3Studios]

You should refer to the chords as if the capo is the nut

[@josephkelly7881]

I never knew George was in there. I've always believed the myth

[@ClaudioRicardo-c1q]

I love George, but Paul was right. This is an acoustic song.

[@thomaspappalardo7589]

I thought there was electric guitar doubling that - it didn't sound like straight piano!

[@MateoNicolas0]

can give the chords please? 😢 I'll appreciate so much!😊

[@julian1969s]

why the capo

[@sampopkin]

John used one on the recording

[@michelottaviani3296]

Nice cover but note juste before ''and anytime you..." it's a F7 not simple F, very important.

[@sampopkin]

Certain times yes and certain times no. You’d be surprised in the isolated track how often John stays on F instead of F7

[@michelottaviani3296]

@@sampopkin Paul plays 3 notes on piano to arrive to F7 and I would be very surprised that John does not play the F7 on guitar. I will listen it again.

[@michelottaviani3296]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jaDZlnusrdaliNkfeature=shared In the attached link, please find thé chords. Kind tegards

[@danielbouju1688]

No guitar at the beginning...

[@perfectpiano1871]

...‏he didn't start in the beginning

[@elirosen1391]

Sweet cover! It's shame that Paul had to put so much restriction on George's playing. Guitar really isn't the main focus of the song, but that doesn't really matter, since the song is so damned enjoyable to sing along to!