Any tips on dialing in George Harrison's tone for his solo on SOMETHING?

[Joe Bfstplk]

Loving these reactions to hearing the raw tone. Stems can be very, very surprising. And elucidating.

Like the bass on "The Burning of the Midnight Lamp", for example....

 

[Geordielad]

I thought he played that solo on Lucy.

Yup he did, Lucy was a 57 Goldtop resprayed red.

 

[axes]

Full Res IRs produce a similar effect. This is definitely not double tracked, just roomy.

 

[Andy Eagle]

Nice note choice and proof the context is everything .

 

[dr bonkers]

I always wonder if these stems are pre mixing EQ/compression or post mixing EQ/compression. Most of these stems seem to lack (from the final mix of these songs) the mastering EQ, multiband compression, and, in the era of vinyl, summing everything below 100 Hz or so to mono so the needle doesn't jump out of the vinyl grooves.

One thing people miss when trying to match stems from this era is that a lot of tracks were opto compressed and aggressively recorded to tape to maximize signal to noise ratios on a type of tape that was not as manufactured well as the tape was in the 80s or 90s in terms of frequency response and dynamic range.

 

[secondwindow]

Yup he did, Lucy was a 57 Goldtop resprayed red.

Cool - didn't know it was a respray.

 

[DougB415]

Loving these reactions to hearing the raw tone. Stems can be very, very surprising. And elucidating.

I remember an interview with Quincy Jones where he basically said you "don't try to make each instrument sound as good as possible, you find ways to make them sit in the mix just right."

 

[chris]

gear was incredibly simple back then. probably no need to overthink the details on this one.

 

[TSJMajesty]

This is really eye-opening (ear-opening?):

 

[Cooper Carter]

The new FullRes IRs are your friend on this one!