On Apr 24, 9:18 am, 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.

They are rehearsing and instruments don't have to sound perfect for
rehearsing. Yes, it's interesting George won't get off that wah wah
pedal cause it wasn't used on the "Let it be" album.

> I wonder how they could've thought what they were playing sounded
> good.

Some of the music does sound good, like the multiple takes of "I've
got a feeling," Don't let me down," Bathroom Window, etc.

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?

The rooftop became the live performance..but Paul's idea originally,
was to go out and play small clubs again. Because of all of the
bickering, they broke up, and used the rooftop performance instead, to
release to the public.

> 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...!

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