Not A Second Time- The Beatles (Guitar Cover)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ย. 2024
- Thanks @MichaelSokil for letting me borrow this 2016 Gretsch Country Gentleman!
John wrote Not a Second Time in 1963 for the album With The Beatles, and recieved a lot of acclaim from music theorists for its interesting chords and melody. However, it's one of the most overlooked Beatles songs and John admitted he just was writing a Smokey Robinson and the Miracles-style tune
The song was recorded on September 11th, 1963. The backing track had the group's usual live lineup of John on rhythm guitar, George on lead guitar, Paul on bass and Ringo on drums. Overdubs included John double-tracking his lead vocal and George Martin on a piano solo
It's unclear if John used his Rickenbacker 325, or his acoustic-electric Gibson J-160e. You hear an electrified guitar going through his Vox AC-30 amp. But if you listen to the stereo mix, you also hear some acoustic string bleed in the right channel where the vocals reside
I determined that John likely used his Gibson J-160e, especially after hearing some more isolated guitar tracks. As with the Please Please Me album, John often plugged his J-160 into his Vox amp, and the acoustic strumming got picked up in his vocal mic. George without a doubt played his Gretsch Country Gentleman guitar into his Vox AC-30, although his parts are buried in the mix. Some sources don't even list George as playing on the song
George's part is interesting, consisting mostly of little fast staccato chops on the high strings. He most likely used the middle position (bridge and neck pickups together) on his Gretsch, as it produces a quackier, scoopy tone
I'm using my real 1966 Gibson J-160e into my Vox AC-30C2x. I decided not to mic the acoustic guitar itself, as you mostly hear John's electrified tone anyway. I just have a Neumann TLM-103 condenser mic positioned in the center of the grill of the amp, close-mic'd, which was the technique they used back then
For George, I'm using Michael's 2016 Gent into the same Vox AC-30C2x. For both guitars I'm plugged into the top boost channel of the amp. The master volume is up high near noon, while the vol/gain knob is low around 9 o'clock
INTERESTING NOTES:
0:01 John starts by hitting the Low E string before strumming each chord, but for the rest of the song he mostly just strums full chords up and down
0:03 George plays a syncopated four strum pattern on E minor
0:05 George plays a difficult fast flamenco-like strum on G major
0:07 Here, George plays the main pattern that he uses for the rest of the song. Three fast strums, then a fourth staccato strum after a pause
0:14 George just strums up and down here, although he mutes with his left hand
0:33 John switches to down strums here
0:40 John returns to up and down strums
0:40 George plays a soft D chord before his usual pattern
0:43 George down-strums E minor chords before the hard stop
0:46 John plays an Am7 instead of Am- X02010, then a Bm7 instead of Bm- X24232
0:50 George plays a different pattern for this G chord
1:00 John plays a D chord ONLY here as- X04232
1:01 George plays his typical pattern on Em, but a beat too early
1:19 George plays a simpler pattern here
1:21 JOHN PLAYS AN E MAJOR, not E minor. Very odd, but I confirmed it listening to isolated guitars
1:52 George switches up his strumming pattern here
1:54 John plays E major for the rest of the song, but George continues to play E minor
1:56 George plays a fast trill on Em, similar to the beginning of the song
2:02 George plays a fast 5 strum pattern
MY GEAR:
1966 Gibson J-160e
2016 Gretsch Chet Atkins Country Gentleman G6122-GE
2010's Vox AC-30C2x
Neumann TLM-103
#thebeatles #guitarcover #withthebeatles
This song must be one of the Beatles Greatest Songs
Don't think so.
very underated early tunes
yes but the song itself is really great👽
The E major and E minor together is wild, never knew that
true
always felt wierd in that part
i had absolutely no idea that harrison part even existed.
It doesnt, he didnt play on this song.
@@scarystories190 prove it. 😁
@@mschiano1 Beatles bible said Harrison did not play on it. Google it.
@@mschiano1 Just checked again, Beatles bible said George did NOT play on it.
@@scarystories190 well, like the bible bible, the beatles bible can be wrong. there are lots of videos on youtube that have electric guitar on this song. you can hear it pretty well on the isolated: th-cam.com/video/Tj-hxljvlgM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=STZqlK_sT6ZvPyZF
My entire life as a Beatles fan, I’ve only heard the J160E. Turns out, there were two guitars the whole time. I always learn new things from your covers, Sam!
between the lines "you hurt me then" and "you're back again" there seems to be a chord change in the original at 0:36, but it could be only in the piano perhaps.. this is indeed one of the most underrated songs of the early Beatles
That switch to E major at the end is so weird, lol. Great playing. It's nice to finally hear George's part, which is also a bit weird tbh.
Gotta love those aeolian cadences
Aren't those exotic birds?
@@ABC753421869aznah just miasmic climax
Straight to Spotify anddddddddd……….yes, that George part is there 😊
So good! I love the E major/Em 'mistake'. It's what makes these covers so fabulous
such an underrated song
Before this video i didn’t know the song, but now i listen to it daily!
Всегда полагал,что это была идея Джорджа Харрисона,впоследствии доработанная Ленноном и МакКартни...Очень уж "по - харрисоновски " она звучит... В любом случае,в Битлз были три музыкальных гения. Отличное исполнение,как обычно,со всеми нюансами. Шикарная гитара Гретч ! Большое спасибо за новое видео !
На мой взгляд это 100% Леннон
Harrison didnt play on this song.,
@@scarystories190 of course he did. Listen carefully
@@zyabomusic6912 its well documented that he didn't.
@@scarystories190 ok, I hear acoustic and electric guitar on the record, who’s playing the later one, maybe the guy who well documented it?
I knew there was something funky going on there, just never realised it was E major of all things! Wow! Wonder how the just let that through.
P. S. Awesome cover as always. George rhythmic jabs are wonderful.
Me encanta...
Wow, the E major-minor glitch is too much! Love it!
Thanx, Sam! Greetings from Madrid, Spain
One of my favorites. Hard to hear the guitars on the actual recording. The heavily compressed piano kind of takes over the mix.
nice job! severely underrated one
Not a Second Time in E 😆!
Still looking forward to Please Please Me (definitely in E) 😁!
Impressed that you were able to pick out any guitar from the shoddy original mix
Beautiful guitar work as always! It's always satisfying to hear these guitar parts played loud and clear.
Sounds awesome!
Idk why its so weird watching you play the much earlier beatles stuff
I know what you mean lol
Sam that's insane. I was just commenting on that song as well as It won't be long this morning. Just beautiful thank you as always A true Beatles fan you are 👍 loving every lick same a true guitar man
Maybe someday. Little Child by the Beatles off Meet The Beatles and. Not sure your familiar with Little Child Of Mine by Fleetwood Mac off the album Bare Trees. Your really great to listen to Sam. I've always looked to hear bands duplicate there songs on stage lick for lick You've got that touch always a pleasure to hear you play 👍
Absolutely perfect!!🙏🎸
Sounds amazing as always Sam!
Awesome ❤😊
Great, Sam! Can u do some Double Fantasy songs, please? I beg you haha
My favorite song from DF is I’m Losing You. I love the guitar work on it. I’m sure Sam would knock it out of the park.
a very underrated topic, thanks sam!
Fantastic. One of my favourites.
Amazing cover as always
Muito bom. Adoro essa música. Por favor, acrescente o solo de piano . Obrigado ! 😊
Another enlightening cover. This is really messing with my perception of this song! I always heard it as G to Em each and every time. I went back to listen and now I hear the E major. In fact, I'm now wondering whether the piano part is playing E major. In each verse, I'm hearing the piano playing G, Em, G, E major.
I agree the piano at the least is just doing E5 without the third
Great dualing rhythm guitars here. Don't Bother Me next? 😊
He doesn’t have a Rickenbacker 325
Amazing work Sam!
Nice work, Sam. What strings did you use on the Gretsch and J160E?
Ernie ball 11’s power slinky
Really impressive strumming at 6:00
After the song ends? 😉
@@sampopkinoh damn I meant 0:06 😂😂
Great job Sam! Do you mind sharing your amp settings for the J-160e and Michael’s Gent?
I don’t have exact settings but it’s plugged into the top boost channel. Volume knob around nine o clock, bass around 10 o clock, treble around 1 o clock
Master volume about noon
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George was doing funk well before funk was born!
What do you think of the rumours that there's no bass on this track?
That’s just totally false, you clearly hear Paul’s basslines
Never really heard George's guitar on the recording. I never would have even guessed he was strumming 16th notes under John's part. How did you pick them out?
It’s actually audible even in the album, but especially if you listen close to isolated guitar track
@@sampopkin I never heard it. I always thought it was just the sound from John's amp echoing off the studio walls
@@elirosen1391 you can especially hear it when John stays on open G, while George hits that higher b note on 7th fret
@@sampopkin I listened and you're right. It's very faint, but George is doing it. Also, it sounds like at the end of each verse, they couldn't decide what chord to end on, so they played the E major and E minor together.
@@sampopkin Beatles bible says George did not play on this song.
holy that triplet cluster at 0:05 is quite unusual. do you think george played that by accident or deliberately?
Deliberate! He was doing some really funky stuff on this song
Not a big fan of this song, but those guitars are gorgeous
First
Harrison didnt play on this song.
He did! His part is buried but there, especially in isolated tracks
@@sampopkin Just double checked with Beatles bible, they say George was not on the song.
@@scarystories190 they are quoting a Beatles author that claimed George wasn’t on the song. But other sources say he was
@@sampopkin I guess we'll never know.
@@scarystories190 I'm 100% sure George is on it because you hear that second guitar part in the isolateds
Can I make a request that you make a playlist for each album.... and organize the songs that way?
Pretty please?