Hi HauserPlenty, you talked about the scale length, interesting...if you played in a Fender bass before, you noticed how your left hand fingers fit so well in the low E/one octave higher A notes? (I mean, not the released low E but the E one octave higher); but some bassists like to venture more with a 22-24 frets bass, a Spector or Fodera or Carl Thompson basses for example. Les Claypool uses the Rainbow 6 strings and the 4 strings Carl Thompson's models. Paul McCartney seems to play higher notes, so a Hofner and Rickenbacker are better, they have 24 frets...(Fender basses have 20/22). Hey hold these tickets!!! If one doesn't miss a Macca concert he/she'll meet the man who helped to innovate melody and rhythm. Everybody talks on how deep are the Beatles melodies, like Revolution, Penny Lane, Strawberry Fields Forever. Some critics talk about Paul's intonation of his Hofner resembling an acoustic jazz bass, but I'm sure he never did play minding to emulate an acoustic bass. The Hofner got that intonation, that's all, simple like that. ...And what's going on in California, Hauser?! Have you seen some Macca's show there? Best wishes, let's play rock! Carlos Bill.
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RE: ~For Sir Paul Maccartney~ Fans write your messages here
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RE: ~For Sir Paul Maccartney~ Fans write your messages here
Dear Paul McCartney, I'm Carlos Bill, 46, I live in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and play the bass since I was 16 years old. I was always very amazed with the total command of the bass fretboard; the emotional lyricism of the notes in Penny Lane have no competition. Your acoustic guitar chords and piano playing, everything. They get to dense moments, like primitive acoustic ballad music which is fascinating to see. And Too Many Notes, in the Ram record, is legendary because of the high levels of energy in this unique rock. I remember saying, in the first time I heard it, "hey, the riff is so powerful"...! I played it so loud. This is what rock meant to me, full-bodied playing ever, sophistication, intensity. I'd suggest only that you released some dvd with, not necessarily "teaching bass techniques" but, showing slightly your playing with the pick, your "swing" and "comments on the road" parts (like, "in this concert I had to use a Rickenbacker or Spector bass instead of a Hofner", stuff like that, Paul McCartney...). Sure, the persona gets sometimes more acclaimed than the bass player, guitar player or piano player. But people should no forget that Paul McCartney is the impeccable bass stylist, as he is a great player in whichever instrument he plays. (As his guitar solo in Can't Buy Me, Love). In Brazil, Paul, there are countless bass players saying, "...-but I didn't find what chord was that in that McCartney's bass in that song of Chaos And Creation in The Backyard", and so on, and so on. Finish! Your Maracanã concert in Rio is still in our memories. Hello to every Paul McCartney's fans, helloooooooo, c'mooon ev'rybodeeeeey!!!!! Oooooh yeaaaaaah!!!!! Carlos Bill, bass player, composer.
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RE: ~For Sir Paul Maccartney~ Fans write your messages here
Hello dear Paul McCartney! How are you? I'm Carlos Bill, 46 (I'll turn 47 next august 10th), I play 4 strings electric bass since I was 16 years old and have always been very, very impressed with the incredible command of the bass's whole fretboard, as well as your all-around capabilities on guitar and acoustic piano. In your charity concerts, there is the same Paul McCartney. Sincerity. Musical abandonment. I was a kid when I listened to Ram for the first time; Too Many People blew me away, it was an energetic bundle of amplified energy as I had never seen before in music, even with rock artists, rock performances, you know. I was also impressed with your more folky songs. I am still very impressed with Penny Lane; your bass lines punctuate the melodies so precisely...you are a melodist, no doubts!!! Ha...! It's like a sewing machine making its job, I mean, the metallic intonation of the notes, I guess it's because of the pick. And as a guitarist and acoustic guitar player, and as a piano player...Well, superstar. Stardom, yeah...Ooooh yeaaaahh, c'moooon, nooow, rock and roooool, John Boy!!! I like Live Or Let Die, but I, speaking of my own inspired moments in music (playing the bass, singing) normally like more introspective songs. The unknown ones are always those which provoke the bigger impact onstage, I've always insisted in this viewpoint. Chaos And Creation In The Backyard is just another masterpiece. Thanks for your music and inspiration, Macca. Please feel free to contact me. I and my wife are admirers of your style and songs. And your concert at the Maracanã, in Rio de Janeiro (where we live), is forever in our memories! My best wishes, Carlos Bill, bass player, composer, journalist, music researcher.