You Won't See Me - Bass Line Video
Arpeggios abound in McCartney's bass line for "You Won't See Me" from 1965's Rubber Soul. It is repetitive, but also constantly changing. McCartney finds numerous ways of subtly varying the patterns.
It's hard to imagine him playing this bass line even 6 months earlier. Not because he couldn't have, but because he wouldn't have. He certainly played some great bass lines before the Rubber Soul album, but his concept of what the bass line could be in a pop song changed so much in mid-1965. He went from playing solid, supportive lines to playing melodically, his bass offering a contrapuntal voice to sit at the bottom of the musical texture.
I am playing a 1985 Rickenbacker 4003 through a SansAmp VT Bass Deluxe. My bass is strung with LaBella flatwound strings.
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