Here is my first ever cover with the dreaded pick (gotta happen sometime, right?). I think I have learned the trick to using a pick…compressors…haha.
I was not very happy with the sheet music I was finding online, and bought the ‘official’ Beatles book, which, is officially very wrong and full of typos. So I transcribed the whole thing by ear ever so slowly. I wanted to see how close to original recording I could get, and I think I got pretty darn close.
Researching what bass Macca used song by song on Abbey Road came up pretty empty for this tune. I think most lean towards his Rickenbaker though, however, I don’t have one, so I gave my used $150 ugly green Hofner (next best Macca thing) a go. Original bass sits pretty loud in the mix, so tried to emulate tone and sound close too.
This is a very, very fun song to play.