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From: "RichL" 
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Subject: Re: George's bloody wah wah
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eviltimeban  wrote:
> One thing I've noticed having listened to quite a lot of Get Back
> tapes and outtakes etc, is that the instruments generally sound pretty
> bad. Paul's bass, because its the old Hofner, is light and thuddy with
> no real bass end. John's guitar has the same muffled tone throughout
> the whole sessions, Ringo's drums are flat and dead sounding, and
> George just will not get off his wah wah pedal.
>
> I wonder how they could've thought what they were playing sounded
> good. Or maybe they didn't. If the live concert had gone ahead, would
> it have been a mess? Or would they have pulled it together like on the
> rooftop?
>
> For musicians with multiple guitars etc, its a wonder they didn't try
> out different sounds for different songs. Or at least tell George to
> give the wah wah a rest for about five minutes! Its only when they get
> on the pianos and acoustic do things start to sound nice, certainly in
> Twickenham; at Apple the electric stuff didn't sound too bad.
>
> Just my random thoughts this morning...!

Remember, this is around a time when the wah pedal first began to be
popularized by the likes of Hendrix, Clapton, and Page.  In that
context, it's not surprising that George wanted to experiment with it.

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