Can't beat that floppy fluffy Rick sound , love it.

This is literally the best cover of this song that I've ever seen! Exactly how I play it! Love the sound and that bass! Congratulations!

@robgray1999

6 жыл бұрын

patrii9100 Thanks!

Right handed Paul McCartney 😉 a really terrific cover...keep doing more of macca please 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

@robgray1999

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

This is a great cover! Please do more Paul McCartney and Wings! :)

@robgray1999

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I'll try and do a few more :)

I just picked up a 4003s in the same color. I absolutely love it. Great job.

@robgray1999

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah they're great. I'm currently converting mine to something more like a 4001s from the 60s, I just need a horseshoe pickup now and it'll be done

The best bass cover on this song I've ever heard. Great job!

McCartney's bass lines, the simple and the complicated ones are perfect. Well done, friend!

Flawlessly joyous.

@robgray1999

6 жыл бұрын

The 1101 Experiment Thanks!

Beautiful . . . perfect !!!

Yeah so that was like a perfect cover.

@robgray99

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

You are tremendously great! Please, never stop. Your videos are great. Play the bass lines the same way as the original track! That's fucking speculative! It serves a lot to study and, also, to see how it was originally recorded. Really thank you very much. Go on and never stop being absolutely wonderful with the music. Greetings from Argentina!

@robgray1999

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad you enjoy the videos

that tone is sick, bro

@robgray1999

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Beautiful bass

Amazing job!

@robgray99

6 жыл бұрын

Yuri Szirovicza Thank you !

How could you even fathom doing this without mapleglo? ;) Well done! McCartney played brilliantly on That album~

@robgray1999

6 жыл бұрын

ricky4001cs Haha, thanks, he did

Awesome!!!

@robgray1999

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks

very very< close to original !!!! this is real Paul McCartney :)))

Thank you !

keep up the great work

@robgray1999

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks

This is great

@robgray1999

7 жыл бұрын

HistoryFanatic03. Thanks :)

Really good

just sounds like the real mccoy i had one of these and a fender jazz stolen in a club in dertoit once my buddy had his custom les paul taken too 1976

My God, this tone is KILLER! I have a 4001v63 and really want to replicate this tone of yours. If you remember, what are the settings of the knobs? Also, I read the previous comment and notice that you connect your bass directly to an interface. Do you use any kind of amp simulation and compression in the DAW? Cheers mate!

@robgray1999

Жыл бұрын

Hi, I believe it was using the ‘vintage’ setting and then just straight through the interface to with all the knobs on full I believe. I always use hard picks too. Thanks

Jesus, this was just great. I really need to get back to playing bass. Took a break and played guitar. Still will play both though.

@robgray1999

7 жыл бұрын

Andrew Zataray Thanks, I can't play guitar. I like to play the odd solo on recordings or melodies etc. but I'm no good with chords

Mmm... love the tone. I use GHS precisions too. My favourite flat.

@robgray1999

6 жыл бұрын

nerkoids Thanks, yes I've seen you use them in your videos, great strings

@nerkoids

6 жыл бұрын

Which gauges are you using for your Ric?

@robgray1999

6 жыл бұрын

nerkoids I'm never very sure about gauges, I just remember reading up on them and getting the ones people recommended so i can only assume they're the most common gauge (whatever that might be)

How do you have your PU set up? Neck and Bridge full and both tones rolled back?

@robgray1999

6 жыл бұрын

ferrante9 Couldn't tell you to be honest, I tend to set it up on the spot. All I remember is I had the vintage tone pot pulled out. Sorry I can't be of more help!

You may have literally just sold a Ric 4003. So often this is exactly the tone I'm looking for. Thanks for sharing!! To sum it up - you're using DHS flats, with a pick. Straight to interface with both pickups on and push/ pull knob set to vintage. Correct? And are you using anything to mute the strings? Sorry so many questions. I'm a guitarist - not a bassist. So any chance I get to ask questions I ask!! Thanks again. (Just subscribed, also)

@robgray99

6 жыл бұрын

K W Great! Yes that's all correct. I'm using the inbuilt muting system on the bridge also to mute the strings. Thanks

Nice. I have a question. I know yours using the “vintage tone selector” here, but listening to Wings Over America or the rockshow dvd… do you think Paula bass had the capacitor removed from the circuit? (Effectively what would be the vintage tone selector off).

@robgray1999

2 жыл бұрын

Apparently Paul’s bridge pickup was broken for years so he could only use the neck pickup until it was replaced some time in the 70s. Not sure about the capacitor

Did this rickenbacker cost a lot of money ?

@robgray1999

6 жыл бұрын

OxFan Yeah but it's got a great sound, you can't really find any genuine Rickenbacker (guitar or bass) for under £1000

Fantastic! I've got a 4003 bass with flats as well. Couple quick questions if I may. Which pickup are you using and is the push/pull knob up in the vintage mode or not? Is this recording direct or with an amp? Asking to try to cop a similar sound. Thanks!

@robgray99

6 жыл бұрын

Rock And/Or Roll Hi, thanks for the comment. I generally use both pick ups with the vintage tone on. This was recorded using an audio interface rather than an amp.

@bv9434

6 жыл бұрын

Rob Gray Thanks for the response!

Excellent cover and such a beautiful bass! Did you use the mutes? Also, could you get a “ric-like” sound similar to yours with a jazz bass and flatwounds?

@robgray1999

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, yes I was using the mutes. Yes you can get a similar sound using a strip of foam under flatwounds strings on a Jazz bass. It’s not exactly the same but you can get pretty close

@ejmusicofficial

2 жыл бұрын

@@robgray1999 Okay, thank you for the info and the speedy reply. Will you release more covers in the future?

@robgray1999

2 жыл бұрын

@@ejmusicofficial No problem, and yes I might get round to doing a few more in future when I fancy it. Cheers

@nolantaylor656

Жыл бұрын

@Melomusic Band on the Run was recorded with Paul’s Jazz Bass so if you just so happen to have a Jazz Bass then you’re already 50% of the way there.

What strings are on your bass? Excellent recording?

@robgray1999

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I think at the time I was using GHS Precision flatwounds but now I use the Optima RB flatwounds. Thomastik-Infeld Jazz Flats also sound nice on Rics if you prefer very light tension

@davetuttle9701

2 жыл бұрын

@@robgray1999 Thank you very much! I have rotosound flats on my 4003. The e feels a bit loose for my liking. I have Labella's on my Hofner CT and Fender Jazz. Love your tone! That tone is what I associate a Rick to.

@davetuttle9701

2 жыл бұрын

Excellent call on the strings. I put a set of the GHS Precision Flats on the 4003. What a difference. Really opens up the bass. Thank you!

@robgray1999

2 жыл бұрын

@@davetuttle9701 Great, pleased you like them!

@davetuttle9701

2 жыл бұрын

@@robgray1999 The other sets are on back order but I look forward to trying them in the future. Stay warm, safe, and healthy

Very good, but to match the sound exactly, you need to use Thomastik-Infield Jazz Flats. They last forever (8 years so far on my 35yo 4003s). And make sure you have your mutes dialed up, which sounds like you do.

@robgray1999

6 жыл бұрын

Joe Sasser Thanks. I have Thomastiks on my fender bass so I decided to go for a different brand for this bass. McCartney would have used Optima strings which came as stock on old Rickenbackers, so I assume that would be an even more accurate tone

@bassmanluke

Жыл бұрын

Paul never used those foam mutes for wings. All in the palm. And as Rob said Paul would have used maxima/optima strings. Probably closest today is Pyramid 640/1 or the ( GHS string used in this video. Thomastiks don’t do the same tone, too floppy

Nice like you. Nice?

What a beautiful bass and some moron out there thinks that the Hoffner sounds better, unbelievable

@robgray1999

5 ай бұрын

Must admit I like both and prefer a Hofner 500/2 Club bass for playing live due to the weight and it also tends to have a punchier tone in a live mix than the Ric