'Come Together' | Which Bass Though Bro?

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[itsthatdudegavin]

Paul used a Rick with tape wounds on Come Together, a lot of his jazz bass was in the white album and his Hofner was in earlier stuff

[roboticfalcon]

McCartney used a Rickenbacker 4001 through a Fender Bassman on this track.

[timnossem]

Paul always used a fender rickenhofner around this time and foward

[leeland]

Love this channel, very few quality bass giys on YouTube.

[nunofernandes]

Macca used an active Fodera 6 string, Ringo took a photo on his iPhone and posted it to Instagram.Everybody knows that.

[westfield]

Thankfully there are actual photos of this session and he’s playing a Rick.

[strahdvonzarovich]

To me it sounds like a shortscale bass with the neck pickup, so probably the Hofner, but ofcourse you can use every bass with a neck pickup such a Precision

[easyandy]

It is well documented that he used the Rick 4001 predominately for this record and the only song he used the Hofner on (with Rotosound tapewounds) was I Want You (She's So Heavy) - you can hear by the intonation on the isolated track it's the Hofner. As for Come Together though, there's too much mid in the tone for it to be.

The only songs he used the Jazz bass on after he was given his first one during the White Album sessions were: YNGMYM, Glass Onion, WMGGW, Yer Blues, Sun King and Mean Mr Mustard.

From Sgt Pepper's in 1967 onwards, his main rig was his 1964 Rickenbacker 4001 through a Fender Bassman. He went back to the Hofner with tapewounds for Let It Be (as seen in the Get Back sessions), but soon after joining Wings went back to using the Rick 🙂

He used the same one exclusively on Sgt Pepper. It's worth comparing with the isolated tracks for reference, clearest IMO are A Day In The Life and Lucy In The Sky.

[jhowe]

The, "shhhup" was John in a mic and clapping in front of his mouth immediately after. Some tape delay and whalah!!😁

[anthonymorales]

the fender used in this vid sounds spot on

[lunchboxtoothpick]

Gonna say Haffner just from the get back session when he was writing it

[andrewpappas]

This was definitely his Rickenbacker, which had been his main bass since Rubber Soul alongside his Hofner and then his primary bass from Sgt. Pepper’s up to Abbey Road before switching back to his Hofner on Let It Be (and subsequently returning to his Rick for his solo career with Wings after The Beatles broke up)

[benjaming]

George was using a fender jazz. Paul on drums, and Eric George and John and Ringo on the bass on the end

[Ohnoitsthatguy-]

I am firmly a Rickenbacker nerd so I will always go with the Rickenbacker.

[GoofyJamal-jtph]

Paul used a Rickenbacker on this album.

[Stratisfied]

By the roundness of the notes I would have thought the Hofner.

[jamesboyer]

There’s a video of John and Paul recording this song and John asks Paul why he’s NOT using the Rick because he WAS playing the Horner.

[phatbassanchor]

I'm thinking it was the Hofner but I wanted to poll the web too... this is the most popular answer...
The Höfner
None more so, than on one of the most iconic basslines of all time, Abbey Road's 'Come Together'.
The Höfner may have a woody tone that feels entirely unique to Macca.
Adventure ever on my friends, Phat <3

[williamadamsmusic]

The "shoo" sound Lennon says at the beginning of the song... he actually says "shoot me"! Very disturbing when we know what happened later, December 8th, 1980!

[bradyanselmi]

I'd bet dollars to donuts he was using a 4-string bass guitar