The Beatles - Come Together - Guitar Cover

There is some amazing guitar tone on this song in both John's rhythm and George's lead! The trick is to set your amp so that when you play soft you get a clean sound and then during the choruses when you hit it hard it gets distorted. Notice how John uses the neck pickup during the verses and outro and then switches to the bridge pickup during the choruses and first solo. George plays an awesome harmony guitar solo with the neck pickup on his Gibson Les Paul and then switches to the bridge pickup for the outro solo. After the first solo there is a sort of sliding on the lead guitar from the lower region of the neck to an A note at the 10th fret. There is also some faded double stops before the outro solo.

Epiphone Casino being used for John's part was extensively modified to have all the visual and sonic characteristics of John's famous sanded Casino John played during the White Album and beyond. This Epiphone Casino was made in 2001 at the Peerless factory in Korea. The volume/tone pots were changed and the tone capacitors were replaced with Orange Drops. The neck pickup volume knob was replaced with a black one and a black "goof" washer was put underneath the pickup selector, just like Lennon's. Most notably was the replacement of the original tuners with gold, vintage-style Grover "Milk Bottle" Rotomatic tuners, the exact same kind that John had on his guitar. Interestingly, both the Inspired By John Lennon "Revolution" Casino and Limited Edition Lennon Revolution Casino do not have the milk bottle Grover tuners.

Instruments Used:
John Lennon Rhythm Guitar: 2001 Epiphone Casino (Mod)
George Harrison Lead Guitar: Gibson Les Paul Standard (2006)
Amp: 1995 Fender Custom Vibrolux with Eminence GA10 SC64 George Alessandro Signature speakers

[charleskuckel]

Hearing the individual guitar parts without the vocals is very stunning! All the little subtleties are crisp and clear.

[gsal]

I don’t play guitar ( I wish I had learned), but watching these videos and seeing how complex both the rhythm and leads are just makes me appreciate what totally musical geniuses the Beatles really were. I don’t think we’ll ever see another band quite like them. Keep the vids coming! They’re very enjoyable.

[mattconway]

SUCH A SIMPLE SONG, AND YET ITS ONE OF JOHNS MASTERPIECES 😲🤯👏👏👏

[riccardocondorelli]

John and George were amazing guitar players

[willx]

The solo tone/sound is amazing 2:16, and well produced too.
Thanks for that cover, enjoy it and learn a lot.

[SomervilleBob]

When it's broken down like this, it's such a simple song. Put it all together, sprinkle on some magic and POW.

[philf]

The bridge position on your Casino sounds incredible! It is that sound that makes the song.

[perhapsxarb]

The comments are correct in that most of the guitar in this song was played by George. Some of the overdubs, such as the first solo, may have been John (the slide up at 2:33 is a telltale sign— it's something he often did, such as those effects at the beginning of Honey Pie and whenever he played bass; I doubt George would have put in a random bit like that). However, it is certainly possible that John played no guitar, or any instrument at all, on this track, similar to Lucy in the Sky (on which he played almost inaudible maracas over the chorus). But knowing the band's dynamics at this point, I would bet he got one or two instrumental overdubs in to assert his dominance on the track.

Who played the piano is another mystery entirely.

[Acendentwrarh]

I wish in the song there where more parts like 1:12

[pageluvva]

GREAT stuff my friend. Love the B chord with the A root note. Nice playing.

[onderov]

The rhythm guitar was played by George. John did the middle harmonising solo and George did the solo fills during the outro.

[TheSteveGainesRockBand]

Nice work. On October 6, 2019 it will have been 50 years since I first heard this song.

[DanRelayer_Ukraine]

finally someone listened to RB multitracks and did probably the most precise covers I've found out there so far. Thanks!

[jesusvaldez]

When I was watching this video, automatically I started to play along with my bass, great video

[PreacherAtArrakeen]

The part in this that I really love is the electric piano. It's so subtle, but very effective for the groove. Anyways, well done! You've got a bunch of nice guitars!

[Jay-xeoz]

I read somewhere that when the band was recording the basic track for this song, it said that John sang without his guitar, which had to have meant that George was playing the rhythm guitar instead of John.

[alexo.]

Absolutely gorgeous guitar, great cover

[hammerhead]

Heavy influence of Chuck Berry and Carl Perkins with a twist of Lennon and Harrison.

[Eyeofthetiger]

That solo tone is so mesmerizing! I'm starting to suspect you're George Harrison.

[LogicShouldRule]

Great job! It's obvious that you are one with the music and not just trying to get through it and that makes a huge difference in the performance. Beautiful guitar collection too!