Paul McCartney - "Too Many People" (Bass Cover)

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I got a LOT of requests for this one awhile back and am finally following through. Man is this line a workout! It sort of amazes me how in the wake of the breakup of the Beatles, Paul's work was so universally panned, mostly having to do with his public perception with respect to his involvement in the breakup. It wasn't until much later that his earlier solo work was properly adjudicated. RAM is, by far, one of the best solo albums of all time.

In my opinion, for such a blockbuster year for Beatle solo records (the rise in popularity of ATMP released late in 1970, RAM in May '71 and Imagine in September/October of '71), this one many times takes the cake for me. I guess it depends on my mood, but regardless of my mood, it's a masterpiece!

I spent quite a bit of time experimenting with some of Paul's earlier Wings tones and early solo tones as well. As I mentioned in my Soily cover that I posted the other day, I am starting to be very convinced that the key to these earlier tones is a simple roll-off on the tone knob (here it's at about 30%), toaster pickup only, and something like a felt pick with light engagement of the mutes. Some gain/drive of the amp certainly adds some of that throaty character, but a lot of the tonal characteristics of Paul's sound from this period, at least to me, is quite simple.

Any of the pics I see of Paul from these sessions has him using the neck pickup exclusively (toggleswitch down for him, as he had a "righty" harness). I can't particularly see any manipulation of the tone knob from the resolution of the pictures but it's certainly audible from experimentation on my own and just as easily achieved through amp-side EQ. There are also some early photos from the '70-'72 solo/Wings era that show him either with straight up flats, or occasionally (and this is rare to see in photos), the Rotosound tapewounds. I have seen a couple photos of this. This to me doesn't really sound like the tapewounds and from all documented usages (via photos) of the Rick during the RAM sessions, he didn't have them on.

I tried to get the tone as close as possible to the original recording... throaty, raw, somewhat boxy, and aggressive. You guys are figuring this stuff out in real time as I do, so....let me know what you think

GEAR
2015 Rickenbacker 4003s (modded to McCartney spec)
Optima 4440L Flatwounds
Dunlop 3mm Felt Pick
Focusrite Scarlett
Logic Pro X "Bass Combo Amp"
Waves RS124 Compressor
Waves RS56 EQ
Waves REDD37-51 (just for slight distortion)
Waves J37 Tape Machine
IK Multimedia Sunset Sound Reverb (Iso Booth 2)