The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Paul's Bass Isolated)

[@фан.кино]

One of the most underrated bass lines

[@aaronsoat5480]

It’s one of my personal favorites. Makes the song in my opinion.

[@dumbass298]

Apparently every Beatles bass line is underrated

[@lynnturman8157]

McCartney got a bass sound on the White Album that he never had before or since.

[@aaronsoat5480]

Paul is a beast on the bass. He is so creative and talented it’s insane.

[@Political.Commentary]

I hve always liked how Paul plays the bass more like a guitar than a bass. This one rocks aggressively and is strangely contrasting the underlying overall "soft"feeling of the song....

[@kirajlerner]

Are people seriously thinking *John* played this? I'd love to hear an example of John's bass style that nears this level of melodic complexity, multiple attacks, syncopation, and frankly skill. Paul played some of the heaviest lead guitar moments in other songs (Taxman, Drive My Car, Birthday, Back in the USSR, among others)--I don't know why some think he wouldn't be this aggressive on the bass that was his primary instrument in the band when called for. He was a chameleonic, innovative musician. As was John, of course, in different areas. That's why the Beatles were the Beatles. Regardless, if there was a pinch-hitter on the bass for some unknown reason--when they already had Clapton pinch-hitting on lead as George wanted--that substitute bassist definitely wasn't John.

[@sharps47]

John is playing, but on a fender vi

[@Henry3Studios]

George plays guitar on birthday

[@marcusphelan57]

@@sharps47 Incorrect, only one bass and that is the Jazz bass played by Paul. Absolute 100% fact. The basic track consisted of George on acoustic and vocals, Paul on piano and sharing a track with John who plays the organ (but only on the bridges), Clapton on guitar and Ringo on drums. The bass is an overdub, which is joined on the bridges with George's 12 strring. George Harrison in two magazine interviews, Guitar Player Non 1987 and Playboy Sept 1993 specifically mentions Paul's overdubbed bass.

[@justcyan123]

John's bass playing is kinda 💩 but he prove people wrong in helter skelter

[@marcusphelan57]

@@justcyan123 He doesn't play bass on the album Helter Skelter, he played bass on the slow version rehearsed two months previously. This is the version John plays bass on kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6CuZHuvfrFjm9Esi=tJDK0aWEVeK52E9l Paul plays the Jazz bass on Helter Skelter, as he does on While My Guitar. John plays guitar on HS.

[@serch.or115]

How aggressive the bass is, I love it

[@antoniovasquez9946]

What makes this song is not Clapton, but Paul on bass.

[@dearlarryband]

It’s both

[@the_singingavgeek3433]

This is the Fender Jazz Bass

[@CristhoferPinaresRamosCQ]

Paul is very good on bass

[@Raging_Granny_Gamer]

It’s not Paul. John is playing the bass in this song

[@realblackflame]

i think its both

[@justcyan123]

​@@Raging_Granny_GamerJohn and Paul played bass in WMGGW Paul plays a lefty 60s fender Jazz meanwhile John plays a fender jazzmaster Bass VI

[@aaronsoat5480]

@@Raging_Granny_GamerPaul plays the bass track on this song. I would say the style is pretty significantly his. His James Jamerson influence is showing a little bit. John doubles the bass track on a Fender VI for like 30 seconds but this is all Paul.

[@justcyan123]

Fun fact@@realblackflame , yes Paul and John play bass in this song John played just a short part and Paul carry the entire song

[@Armpitbush]

How something not so pleasing can sound so good when all the band is playing.

[@Ty-138]

You can really hear the fret hand rubbing on the strings around the 3:30. mark and I can't unhear it now. I really don't understand why he is doing it. It was certainly done on purpose. Almost sounds like a d.j. scratching. Odd.

[@gaborbanay92]

It's rather a funny finger exercise, not a characteristic bass part. Full of fret noise, rattling strings, etc.. Thanks to God, (and to Ken Scott!) in the final mix it's more or less suppressed.

[@Ty-138]

@@gaborbanay92 yeah Ive heard it be less prominent in other mixes. I really think he was doing it for timing .

[@justcyan123]

That's proof that Paul played bass here

[@Ty-138]

@@justcyan123 why? Does he do this in other songs you can think of?

[@justcyan123]

@@Ty-138 people think John Lennon played this bass part here but he only play a short part here

[@elirosen1391]

Whoa! How did you manage to eliminate the 12-string?

[@kevinmoore4237]

These isolations are very clear! Thanks! What programs are you using?

[@jeeperscreepers1090]

I hear so much 25 or 6 to 4 in this… it sounds so much like the melody and intro

[@inkey2]

it's just a descending scale used in thousands of songs

[@lynnturman8157]

Same chords. This was before 25 or 6 to 4.

[@theo_marques_]

greatest McCartney bassline, along with Something

[@lucasfernandeznabal922]

It's Paul playing bass in this song, stop spreading misinformation. Maybe played some part in any take, but this track is mainly Paul.

[@robotman5105]

There’s a bass VI being played probably by George and John played a Guild Starfire XII (12 string electric) on the bridges. But otherwise you are right, Paul is doing the main bass part.

[@marcusphelan57]

@@robotman5105 It's only Paul on bass, and George plays the 12 string. John played organ (only on the bridges), sharing a track with Paul's piano on the basic track.

[@ilovemusic7748]

John is playing a VI with Paul’s Jazz

[@joelpenazzo7248]

It's George.

[@almondbutter2006]

@@joelpenazzo7248 nah it's john

[@profile2047]

You guys are all wrong, it’s me on the electric Kazoo. I was there. I was Ringo’s baked beans dealer.

[@luminocitymusic]

​​@@profile2047 true i was the oxygen in the air

[@realblackflame]

same i was the molecules in the wall

[@advjuliaevelyn]

Please, do Day Tripper 🙏

[@juanpintoismodes4382]

Excelente

[@ahmedluther1694]

Maybe Ringo or George played bass on this song, but I'm guided by the credits on The Beatles' official channel, where it says in one of its lines: "Associated Performer, Vocals, Piano, Bass Guitar: Paul McCartney" Quizá Ringo o George tocó el bajo en esta canción, pero por lo que yo me guío es por los créditos en el canal oficinal de The Beatles, allí dice en una de sus líneas: "Associated Performer, Vocals, Piano, Bass Guitar: Paul McCartney"

[@miguelangelbedolla9823]

a caramba, ? y no decía también que el requinto también lo toco maca? y que Clapton solo le dió la idea de como hacerlo?

[@aaronsoat5480]

I would say the most likely explanation is Paul for sure, with a small part where John plays along with Paul on a Fender VI.

[@marcusphelan57]

@@aaronsoat5480 Paul on Jazz bass. Period. NO Fender VI on this recording.

[@gutgolf74]

Ringo???? Who would be foolish enough to suggest such a thing?!

[@preciousangel8721]

two things about this. Its been speculated that john is playing a bass 6. not paul on a Rickenbacker

[@marcusphelan57]

It Paul on Jazz bass. The speculation is BS. John plays organ on the bridges, that's all he does.

[@robinmendelson5512]

@@marcusphelan57John is my favorite but that sounds about right. He didn’t always play on George’s songs in later years.

[@mor5964]

How are you doing this isolation videos? What tools are you using?

[@jkbeatles]

Any source where I can extract decent quality stems, 5.1, rockband, playback sessions, etc. With a little help from AI and other kinds of deep editing.

[@mraybeck]

Spleeter

[@mraybeck]

Spleeter

[@zippovu]

2:32

It was John, playing a Fender VI bass.

[@marcusphelan57]

No

[@justcyan123]

It's wierd to hear Paul playing a roundwound string (i notice it because of the squeaks in the bass part)

[@fsolisiii]

Roundwound strings wouldn't be widespread use until years later, this is a Fender Bassman Amp dimed the controls

[@bobbystereo936]

Not true, Phil Lesh used round wounds on his Guild Star fire bass.

[@bobbystereo936]

I agree with you though, McCartney is using flat wounds on this Jazz bass!

[@fsolisiii]

McCartney would use Roundwounds on his Yamaha BB1200 and Wal Mk2 5 string with Rotosounds

[@bobbystereo936]

@@fsolisiii Do you know what he used on his Rick during Wings 76 tour?

[@tambymeatfoot4421]

Chicago ripped this off.

[@gutgolf74]

Just came here to laugh about anyone believing this is John (or George!) on bass! 😂

[@dumbass298]

Everyone knows Paul played bass on the song, it's because (apparently) there is a second bass underneath Paul's bass. Using his Fender Bass VI, John added a second bass during the bridge, which was also backed by a 12-string guitar. A bit similar to "Rocky Raccoon". On that, Paul played his guitar and he left the bass line to both John (Fender Bass VI) and George (Fender Jazz Bass).

[@marcusphelan57]

@@dumbass298 There's no second bass. John plays organ on the bridge, sharing a track with Paul's piano. That's the full extent of John's involvement.

[@dumbass298]

@@marcusphelan57 Yes John played the organ, but he also overdubbed a bass and a twelve string guitar. There is another isolation, specifically looking at the bridge and you can hear a bass without treble under the guitar and Paul's bass

[@marcusphelan57]

@@dumbass298 Sorry but that's complete nonsense. There is one Jazz bass played by Paul (and specifically mentioned by George in two interviews), zero Fender VI involvement. I'd really love to hear this second bass, I've had the isolations for 15 years and I've yet to hear it. And why? Why would you double the bass with another (sort of) bass as well as add a 12 string? How many other songs of George's on the White Album did John play on? If he didn't bother playing on any other song, why would he be playing on overdubbing sessions on George's songs? John was perhaps the worst bass player in the world and as Ringo said, he hated playing it. Why would you get a terrible bass player to play on your song if there was no need for it. They had no choice for the Let It Be sessions because the intention was to do everything live and with so many Paul songs being written for piano, and George's guitar deemed more important, John got dumped with the bass chores. Watch Paul's spirits sink while trying to get John to play the simple bass notes for The Long And Winding. This John-The Bassist myth has gone on too long.

[@dumbass298]

@@marcusphelan57 I'm not reading all of that, but they are just opinions. Don't get upset over something you can't prove. Your thoughts and my thoughts are only theories.

[@baberoot1998]

Paul's bass...but its John, playing it. Elton John...that is.

[@gutgolf74]

Paul plays the bass

[@luizcarlosrauberoliv]

1:50

[@joseluismontalvo-Music]

John toca el bajo en esta canción

[@sebaselizeche]

se supone que son john y paul, solían grabar el bajo y luego grabar otro por encima. Fuente: George Emerick. Quizás solo dejaron la parte de john, pero la documentación oficial dice que fue paul con Fender VI de 6 cuerdas.

[@ahmedluther1694]

Si hubiera tocado el bajo John, como en "The Long and Winding Road", desde 1968 se hubieran separado los Beatles

[@jbpicado]

compression!!!!

[@mateoguillermo5571]

Sorry, definitively Jack Bruce agressive and very punctual musical style not Paul's.

[@TheJayson8899]

What's your point?

[@JAK0449]

i totally agree, im a bassplayer myself, this is just an opinion

[@Smokeyodayz]

Yeah that’s Jack Cassidy 100% not paul

[@JAK0449]

i think it is jack Bruce

[@JAK0449]

look at the comment section to understand what is fanitism and religion

[@retnlvnit08]

John played bass on: WMGGW Fixing a Hole Back in the USSR Let it Be Long and Winding Road Helter Skelter AND on “I Will” there isn’t a bass, it’s John mouthing a bass line for the song. Listen to it on headphones and you’ll never be able to unhear it

[@marcusphelan57]

WMGGW; no, bass by Paul; Fixing A Hole: yes (with Paul's overdub to fix his many clams); Back In The USSR: yes (not picked but strummed like a guitar, and George and Paul play bass as well); Let It Be: yes (but also overdubbed by Paul for both the single and album versions); Long and Winding Road: yes; Helter Skelter: no, bass by Paul; I Will: no. it's Paul mouhing the bass.

[@gutgolf74]

Good luck unhearing "John", that's Paul on "I will". Marcus pointed out the rest as well, you got almost everything wrong! 😂

[@mraybeck]

Sorry. John played terrible bass on Heltrr Skelter (6 string). This is Paul playing this Fender Jazz. It's isolated, that's why it sounds odd. He was playing it gritty sounding intentionatly. Remember, Paul always plays bass with a pick. Here he was plucking very hard.

[@marcusphelan57]

@@mraybeck Yes it was so terrible, no one has ever heard it. You see, it's not there. You can find John's not-so-terrible-but-simple-one-note bass on the first, slow version recorded two months before the final, fast version on the album. kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6CuZHuvfrFjm9Esi=xgW1zqmUk3gjZCjy That this mention in Mal Evans' diary of John' playing bass was mistakenly attributed to the final version as well, has caused much confusion over the years...obviously. Rather than being terrible, for those with ears you can hear Paul's powerfully rocking going-for-it AND plucking-very-hard Jazz bass playing on the final, 21st take - and screaming a guide vocal while doing it (listen to Take 17.) After 21 takes of doing this, maybe the playing gets a tad sloppy - but nowhere near the level of Lennon's sloppy bass playing (for example, 1 see "Get Back" and 2 listen to Fixing A Hole's basic track.) Lately, there's been a plethora of revisionist KZbin clips jumping on the truth bandwagon. Here's a short one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHvLkK2Yir-Kjs0si=YCYfRtYBsaSOFbrV and here's some blokes discussing that clip lengthily: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q37aaZhrn9mmn6Msi=D1XIN8qgcYkr05Lp

[@luispineda7464]

Paul not on bass here.

[@marcusphelan57]

Yawn, yes it is.

[@therealmusician]

The real clincher is listening to any of Paul's isolated tracks of other songs, and noticing how much the bass grooves by itself. Which here it clearly doesn't (ask your friend who's a bass player)

[@aaronsoat5480]

Can you give some specific examples of songs you are talking about?

[@marcusphelan57]

Yawn. Paul's playing the bass, hello and goodnight.