The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/With a Little Help from My Friends -Guitar Cover
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- This cover debuts a specially designed, custom made Mattiboo guitar pedal, that when run into a slightly distorted Vox AC15 tube amp captures the clear and tight sound of a real Vox UL. The key to the fantastic “Pepper Tone” on the Sgt. Pepper album is the Vox UL730 amplifiers that George, Paul, and John recorded through. The UL features a solid state (transistor) preamp section and a tube output amplifier, all with unique EQ controls and an optional diode clipping fuzz. An extremely rare amplifier, the Vox UL represents the Holy Grail of 1966-67 era Beatles tone. I will go over how the “Pepper Tone” was used to create these sounds throughout the description.
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The rhythm track of “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” has Paul McCartney on rhythm guitar and George Harrison playing a “semi-lead” picking guitar part. For my cover, the rhythm guitar with the pickguard on is Paul’s part, the one without the pickguard is George’s (as was his Casino during 1967). Balance Engineer Geoff Emerick remembers that Paul knew exactly what he wanted out of the rhythm guitar, and that he would be better off to play it himself. John Lennon played bass on Takes 1-9 of “Sgt. Pepper”, a contribution that was later wiped when Paul added the final bass line.
One of the challenges in the making of this cover was selecting the guitar that I believed Paul and George played. Options available for Paul would be the Epiphone Casino or Fender Esquire, and for George the Casino or Fender Stratocaster. After testing each guitar, I suppose that Paul and George played their Casino’s due to the thick low end and hollow body-sounding nature of the tracks. The Fenders sounded too thin in my tests. More discussion on the guitar used for Paul’s fuzz overdub is included later.
An interesting aspect of these basic track guitar parts is Paul’s atypical voicings for the seventh chords. Notice how he plays the G7, A7, and Bb7 on the lowest three strings, getting a clunky sound as he chunks out the rhythm. Listening to the Sgt. Pepper Deluxe Edition’s “Take 1” reveals this driving rhythm, and also that the C7 and D7 chords feature a fifth in the bass (see 0.07). The final seconds of “Take 1” have Paul playing an open E string during the C7 chord, leading me to believe that he used his thumb wrapped around the neck to grab the low G.
During the intro, Paul’s rhythm guitar has a large slide to an open E string at (0.03). Notice how this rhythm guitar plays a series of three strums in the chorus while the fuzz overdub only plays two (0:43). The C7 to D7 at 0:35 is played staccato while the C7 to D7 at 1:18 is played legato. Not shown, Paul releases the C7 and strums the open E, A, and D at 1:38.
George’s rhythm/lead guitar part involves the picking of individual notes of the chord. He begins on an A7, adding his pinky at 0:03 to create a very dissonant sound. Notice the slight bends at 0:06 to the open G and B strings. In the first verse, George mostly sticks to outlining the chords through the note being played on the G string. He only touches the B string once at 0:19. In later verses, he picks between the G and B strings.
A slight mistake is made at 0:32 as George slides up to a D note instead of an F chord. At 0:41, George hits the D7 a bit harder.
During the chorus, George throws in a lot of bendy notes with some wild vibrato occasionally (0:55). He plays all G notes at 1:10 during the C7 to G7 chord progression. Perhaps the most unusual, but ear-catching choice is George’s use of a C9 chord at 1:23. Not shown, at 1:35, George plays a C7 chord when he technically should be playing an A7. Some sweet arpeggios at 1:47 finishes out the basic Take 9 of Sgt. Pepper!
Description continued in pinned comment below!
Instruments Used:
Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon rhythm and lead guitars: Epiphone Casino Elitist
George Harrison WALHFMF Lead Guitar: 1989 Fender Stratocaster MIJ
Amp: Vox AC15C1
Pedal: Mattiboo Custom “Pepper Tone” - เพลง
1:54 I love this part
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Who doesn’t?.
I like this part 0:51 to 0:54.
@@jaidynheadford4092 sure!!
Was waiting for this one.. you can't cover Sgt Peppers without also doing With a Little Help.. amazing work!
Very true! Some of the best opening tracks to an album!
mattiboo Nothing is more jarring than listening to the full album without these two tracks playing in order. The transition is brilliant!
Is like The Happiest Days of Our Lifes and Another Brick In The Wall Part II, perfect couples
mattiboo highway star for machine head, good times bad times for led zeppelin, black dog for led zeppelin iv, break on though for the doors, roadhouse blues for morrison hotel, the changelin for la woman, and whole lotta love for led zeppelin ii, other good opening for albuns!
don't forget: track 12 is the Reprise of track 1. But, I wonder: how did they make the animal sounds on track 11?
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On March 3, 1967, the Beatles convened in Studio 2 of Abbey Road to overdub French Horns and lead guitar onto “Sgt. Pepper”. Photos from this session show Paul with his Fender Esquire plugged into a Selmer Thunderbird Twin 50 amplifier. Upon listening to the fuzz guitar track, however, the tone sounds nothing like an Esquire through a Selmer amp. The tone sounds much closer to the hard clipping fuzz circuit of a Vox UL with a high gain guitar. I tested this with my Mattiboo “Pepper Tone” pedal and Fender Telecaster, and the output of the pickups was not enough to adequately drive the diodes into cutoff as heard on the record. I theorize that Paul overdubbed this lead guitar part with his Epiphone Casino (high output P90 pickups) through a Vox UL with the fuzz circuit activated, getting a beefy fuzz tone with lots of low end. This setup got me the closest sound. Further evidence, the Selmer amp in the photos is not miced up and Paul is not wearing headphones, meaning the photos were not taken during the actual overdub. His Casino was close at hand, and I believe this to be the most likely option.
The fuzz guitar overdub was tuned to Drop D, as heard by the low D note at 0:09. The slight bend heard on the A note of the fuzz guitar in the intro (0:01) makes it sound as if Paul plucks the string twice, but he does not. Into the chorus, the fuzz guitar fades into a D note, most likely done on the recording console during mixing (0:43). Notice the half step slides at 0:48 and 0:57. Likewise, pay special attention to all the slides and grace notes during the lead section at 1:25. Some fast finger work at 1:43!
Moving onto “With a Little Help from My Friends”, I always assumed that the rhythm guitar “stabs” were played by George on his Stratocaster. However, photographic evidence from the March 29, 1967, session and writing from “Recording The Beatles” reveal that it was JOHN who played rhythm guitar with his Epiphone Casino, middle pickup switch. Paul was on piano, Ringo on drums, John and guitar, and George on organ (during the intro, more organ was later overdubbed). However, some cowbell and tambourine can be heard on the Sgt. Pepper Deluxe Edition “Take 2” of the song (more tambourine was later overdubbed). Most previous writing assumes that John played this percussion parts, but I theorize that George played them after he was done with the introductory organ. See some of the photos from March 30 here: facebook.com/BeatlesRecording/photos/a.681253915328152/2864913383628850/?type=3&__tn__=HH-R&eid=ARAVyboq1GsIhJhEvnAVKwRgIraZLhVivS7AmMdAQysX6o9RLwvPFYTr8-kOiWJ5utmFiGN-H_rYX5s3 The Mattiboo “Pepper Tone” was also useful here due to the unique middle cut EQ control of the Vox UL730. John’s guitar was also treated with chamber reverb and some very light “flanging” provided by Waves Reel ADT.
It may be useful to play the passage at 1:54 at half speed to capture each note John played. He alternates between the G string and the high E and B strings. Notice how he plays GEGBGB during the first segment, GEGBGE during the second and third, and STRUM EGEGE. Also notice the slide at 1:56.
The chord voicings used by John were accurately recreated in this cover. It is important to have a ringing B note at the 7th fret E string in the first chorus during the E chord (2:14). Likewise, John leaves an open high E string during the A chord of the first chorus (2:17). He also plays an extra offbeat strum at 2:26. John releases the A note on the 5th fret E string to an open E after two strums of the F#m chord at 2:35 and 3:23. He adds some “lilting” strums to the E and A chords at key places (2:18, 3:28, 4:06, 4:10, 4:14).
A sweet slide to an E6 chord is added at 2:49. A small fill is added in the guitar at 2:57 as well as at 3:00. John makes the C#m and F# major chords during the bridges extra staccato (3:03, 3:12, etc). The open D and A chords during the bridges and outro chorus feature a ringing open D or A string while John chops the overall chord (3:08, 3:16, etc). A mistake is made at 3:34 when John goes to an E major chord when he should be playing a B major. A small slide to an E note is added by John at 3:39. His final note is a low open E string! (4:20).
George did add two guitar parts to “WALHFMF” at 2:27. One of these parts was added during the bass overdub, and was likely played with the neck pickup and tone rolled back. Listen carefully to the tone of the guitars during this segment, as this sound was created with the Mattiboo “Pepper Tone” fuzz on, but the Stratocaster is not hot enough to engage the fuzz totally. This creates a slightly sitar-like sound that George got on the record. Another overdub was recorded playing a similar part with the bridge pickup. The difference between these parts is that the neck pickup guitar allows the B string to ring out at 2:28 during the hammer-on while the bridge pickup guitar chokes off the B string. Since the neck pickup guitar was recorded with the bass, it does not feature much reverb. However, the bridge pickup guitar was recorded separately and has a great deal of chamber reverb on it.
nice my dude ive been looking forward for this one keep up the great work
do you have an info on when they exactly switched from flatwound guitar strings to wounds, and which guitars
Such a fantastic analysis and performance. Uncovering an replicating mistakes that were made and left to be in the recording, today an engineer would spend countless hours fixing and sanitizing any anomalies.
Thanks for shedding so much light on these recordings for us guitar geeks.
I have not seen much info regarding the Beatles strings, even in literature about their gear.
mattiboo ya all i know is early days were heavey flat pyramids, at end abbey road let it be were def rounds. to my ear i think around help /rubble soul is when tgey switch, especially hearing your videos good stuff🎸🎚👏
This guitar was played by Paul. Genius.
In Sgt Pepper; George handled With a Little Help.
So glad I'm still around to see & hear all the generations born since the dissolution of the Beatles as an active band. Loving & appreciating what a unique musical group they were & how the music is so fresh & relevant almost 50 years since they parted ways.
Beatles were genius, among other things, for mixing guitars. You, Sir, pulled it off very well. And the shirt was a nice touch!
A great performance with maniacal attention to detail wrapped up in sterling production equates to compelling content. Thanks for creating.
This is amazing. Every little lick is accounted for. I watched a dozen time but just noticed these are two different Casinos!
Same Casino, just pickguard removed on the George part!
How come nobody has mentioned the great shirt? Hmm, maybe because the total awesomeness of the playing and production overshadows everything else? Just friggin' amazing - as usual - Matty! Good God, how I/we have waited for this. Thanks for coming through for us. NOW DON"T MAKE US WAIT SO LONG FOR THE NEXT ONE, DAMMIT!
This video demonstrates how important the bass is to A Little Help From My Friends.
And piano!
Boy, that Casino is a beauty. Great playing. Thanks for sorting out these parts.
Great cover! Amazing shirt btw. Fits the "occasion". Hoping to see a full band/bass cover sooner. Keep it up!
Great work! ... and excellent detail on the Sgt. Pepper's style shirt!
I was so into this I could hear Lucy on her way at the end. well played, thank you.
This is just perfect.
Ivan G. No bass though
Agreed
It’s always good to see you okay these Beatles songs
They just make my day man
A Fresh ass pair of timbs bc okay ?? He is fuckin amazing.
A Fresh ass pair of timbs lol in germany we have 06:23 morning
Thomas Wima
Es ist Mitternacht in Amerika im Moment bin ich eigentlich Halbdeutscher
A Fresh ass pair of timbs ohhh naja
A Fresh ass pair of timbs vielleicht klingt das dumm aber ich bin anfänger gitarrist und hab vor mir ne neue zu kaufen was ist ein sustainblock?
AWESOME AS ALWAYS!!
Thanks!
hey you don't happen to have instagram do you? i wanted to message you.
I don't have an Instagram, but you can message me here on TH-cam or Facebook if you like: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100013407156959
20k subscribers!! Way to go man!!
Love when you upload!! Great cover!!✌🏻👏🏻🙌🏻
Paul is a guitar hero!!! Fantastic riffs and licks!
Great job of editing... O magnificent Gnarley headless wonder...thanks for sharing! I too get by ...with a little help from my friends!!!!!
Awesome job Matt, I was waiting for something exactly like this.❤
The quality is stunning!!!
Brilliant. Just discovered your channel. It's awesome!
Thanks, Tom!
The amount of work that must go into these is crazy
Nice! I hold my Casino's headstock at a 45° angle in tribute :) (which I bought largely because of watching your vids) Rock On!
That's awesome! Now you have to play some Sgt. Pepper, haha!
Another epic post!!! At this point, you've been together longer than the Beatles!! 🎸
Absolutely lovely! Love the tones! Don't know anything about pedals, and effects, but will look into this! It just sounds so clear and clean, and ..., wonderful!
The Vox UL is a crystal clear amp!
Really really great mattiboo. And your detailed notes are just incredibly insightful. Thank you so much for investing the time and effort it must take you to produce such marvelous videos.
1:56 Ringo's voice haunts me.....It's so quiet
starting the day with a classic!
Love you boss.
Your covers are amazing.
The LSD must have been great too...no wonder they didn't do a reunion however John told George martin in person that he wanted to remaster all the Beatles albums...1980.
Re-record, not remaster.
NICE! Pedal sounds fantastic
Thank you! It was an exciting moment to hear that fuzz!
Your covers never cease to amaze me
man i love that shirt... by the way, great cover
Been waiting for this for awhile
Your videos are just wonderful. You put very much effort in them, everybody can see it. Keep it going, I love everything you do.
Thank you for taking the time and care to do this right. There are so many guitar tutorial videos on TH-cam by second-rate players who have no idea what they are doing.
I'm still in learning after 3yrs thanks!
Always look forward to your covers
Been waiting for this so long!
I Love your covers so much keep up the good work man
Looks and sounds superb
Your stuff is really good. Thanks for posting it.
Outstanding
Amazing
Pls Golden Slumbers/Carry that weight/The end
Why not the whole Abbey Road Medley?
yesss
This was just spectacular. Great job as always! Do you think you can pull off a full band cover of Hey Bulldog?
i would love to see that
YES!
Oh Yeah
You do not understand how much I want to see that!!!
Well - I know.
This was wonderful. Liked and subscribed, thank you.
Cant wait for Hey Bulldog!
Great. The best i have seen. thank you.
Really intersting and well done.
People think that the music of the Beatles is simple.
This is why they can"t play it.
OMG YES I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS!
freaking awesome man!!!
DUDE.....Nice shirt! Loved it!!
This channel is awesome
Thank you for the masterpiece!
Excellent! Really really good!
Where can I get myself one of these pedals ;) haha. Very nice my man. Loved it. Keep it up!
I am going to produce the Mattiboo "Pepper Tone" in the future! Stay tuned!
mattiboo oh I sure will my man. Is it like a overdrive pedal?
It was twenty years ago today
Sargeant pepper taught the band to play
They've been going in and out of style
But they're guaranteed to raise a smile
So may I introduce to you
The act you've known for all these years
Sergeant pepper's lonely hearts club band
We're sargeant pepper's lonely hearts club band
We hope you will enjoy the show
Sergeant pepper's lonely hearts club band
Sit back and let the evening go
Sargeant pepper's lonely
Sargeant pepper's lonely
Sargeant pepper's lonely hearts club band
It's wonderful to be here
It's certainly a thrill
You're such a lovely audience
We'd like to take you home with us
We'd love to take you home
I don't really want to stop the show
But I thought you might like to know
That the singer's going to sing a song
And he wants you all to sing along
So let me introduce to you
The one and only billy shears
And sargeant pepper's lonely hearts club band
There’s always a guy with the lyrics XD
Sounds amazing!
Fantastic upload my friend, really nice. Big thumbs up from Spain and have a nice Day: Javier
That was brilliant
Awesome job
I seriously love watching it 🤩
Sweet sweet tone!
Wow that was excellent. Loved Sargent Pepper album.
The best band!
Super job here!!!
the dance at the end. Satisfaction :D
LOOOOOVE the Casino! THE most under appreciated guitars of all time! I'll no doubt get verbally thrashed for this but, I would rather have a Casino (and I do) than an ES 335!
I'll be referencing your channel quite often now that I've put a band together, and for the first time in over twenty years I'm back in the game!! The band is Sweet Charity, we'll be taking every last cent we earn and selecting some person, or family who's down on their luck and could use a boost, and to know there are people out here who haven't bought into the whole materialistic deal - "I'ma geet whats mines" - where women are "bitches and hoes" and the one with the most bearded clams, and toys before he/she dies wins.
Keeeripes! Why didn't you stop me bro!? No one wants to read a damned novel! lol!
I dig your skill and style bro.
I've been a subscriber for quite a while now.
Jack - Canada
One Year And 53 Likes Later...... No trash talk because it is really true
Coupé ain’t bad either.
Yup. I'm getting mine soon. So excited!
Well Done M8! Keep On Going!
Good work Carry On the legend guitar player !
wow this is a perfect cover
beautiful
Flawless!!
Excellent!
This was amazing thanks
Great reproduction, exelent! I am always a beatles freak- always trying to pick individual pieces from each instrument on their records. Thumbs up!
Very nice one of your best
Top: Paul
Middle: George
Bottom: Paul
Noah Waterman ye but mattiboo says that in desc
Wait so John didn’t contribute?
General Captain not in the guitars no, he sang
@@nate-m. No I think Paul was the singer
The Book of Eli what i was trying to say is that he sang harmonies. in the chorus, and stuff
Great job !!!!!
Great job.
Well done...
I really dig that Casino tone...I have the smallerCasino Coupe and nothing sounds like those chimey p90s. Nice job here. Love it.
Awesome.
Good as usually
great cover!!!
where did you get the shirt?
Pretty Green!
I wasn't remembering, but I already knew their Beatles inspired clothes. It was very expensive at the release but now I bought it!
Thanks!
Also, very nice cover as always.
Very nice! I hope you enjoy the cool shirt!
Mattiboo damn liam gallaghers clothing line? How much are the clothes price range
Wow I'm late
Anybody know how'd you'd look up a similar styled shirt like this?
Nice cover!!!
is beautiful i love your videos
Your shirt is cool!
Great job, as per usual, Matt! And if you do happen to produce the "UL in a box" pedal, I'll definitely be purchasing one.
Amazing
Super great!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You should do Hey Bulldog
Great!
excellent‼️
Well done
What would you think if i sang out of tune,
would you stand up and walk out on me?
lend me your ears and i'll sing you a song
and i'll try not to sing out of key.
Oh, i get by with a little help from my friends
mm, i get high with a little help from my friends
mm, gonna try with a little help from my friends
What do i do when my love is away
(does it worry you to be alone?)
how do i feel by the end of the day,
(are you sad because you're on your own?)
No, i get by with a little help from my friends
mm, i get high with a little help from my friends
mm, gonna try with a little help from my friends
Do you need anybody
i need somebody to love
could it be anybody
i want somebody to love.
Would you believe in a love at first sight
yes, i'm certain that it happens all the time
what do you see when you turn out the light
i can't tell you but i know it's mine,
Oh, i get by with a little help from my friends
mm, i get high with a little help from my friends
mm, gonna try with a little help from my friends
Do you need anybody
i just need someone to love
could it be anybody
i want somebody to love.
Oh, i get by with a little help from my friends
with a little help from my friends.