The Beatles Studio Sounds with Modern Gear

Jerry Hammack joins Justin Colletti to talk about what made The Beatles sound the way they did, and what we can learn from them in the studio today.

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[SonicScoop]

What are your favorite sounding Beatles songs or albums?

[OdinOfficialEmcee]

I really love the sounds of Abbey Road and Let It Be. I feel like these are their best works

[UriKleinman]

Even tho the Emerick era is the more known in terms of Sonic perspective, I think that rubber soul is one of the best Beatles sounding albums ever. It’s got incredible punch and clarity.

[mcmSEA]

My fav studio expert and my fav Beatles expert - what a great session. Excellent Q&A too. Thanks for doing it! Ordered the book.

[stripedelicstudios]

This is amazing!!! Thank you for making this video. Gonna get that book

[eitanariel]

Hell yeah! The Beatles are my favorite band so this was super enjoyable for me. For those looking to emulate their electric sound, look into the UA Ruby pedal. Its an emulation of the 63' VOX AC30. I own one and it's incredible.

Also, hate to be that guy but how is Paul an underrated bass player? His bass playing is well regarded, acknowledged, and legendary

[welshaccenttutorials]

Their most compelling sounds for me are from winter '66 to early '68 before leaving for India. Ringo's drums are crispy and full, Paul's bass is rich and prominent, pianos more evident and highly compressed, vocals are experimental with ADT and tape delays. For me the Abbey Road album sounds too smooth. The White Album is wild but it's that late 66-early 68 Redd desk J37 bouncing on 4 tracks that does it for me

[liamfitzgerald]

You should Google "Ray Davies Reviews Beatles". He reviewed "Revolver" for a British music magazine when the album came out. Fun to read a little bit of the peer attitude in that moment.

[patrickburyk]

I was surprised that there was no mention about the actual instruments that were used. For example, the combination of specific guitar types are important to presenting "the Beatles Sound" on any given Beatles song. Playing in many band that performed Beatles tunes, when the "correct" guitars were used, the results were more Beatle-ish than when any other guitar types were used. Of course, the parts being played had to be close too but the guitar sound had to be true.

[ryancrawford]

Just FYI, the podcast is only coming up as 22 seconds long on Apple’s podcast app.

[iRevolVeR]

Mmm great interview but I'm not really sure I got anything usable other than incorporating limitations. I get no one is the beatles but hour and 47 minutes? Bad Rick! Be nice! ❤

[Beenjammin.Buttons]

A bit late to this one. Gonna catch up

[Jay.Ramone]

First thing I did when I loaded a Mellotron flute sample onto the Microfreak was play this intro from the absolute best Beatles song

[piggycity]

Wasn’t baby your a rich man recorded at Olympic Sound