Here's John Lennon's bass part for Helter Skelter- warts and all!

John played his Fender Bass VI six string bass guitar on this track. It's unclear which amp he used, either a Vox Foundation or a Fender Bassman

I'm using my 1965 Fender Bassman amp, mic'd up with a Neumann TLM-103. The Bass Guitar is a Squier Classic Vibe Bass VI, strung with flatwound strings

The last take of Helter Skelter was the one they chose for the White Album, and you can tell they were wired. Ringo famously shouts at the end 'I've got blisters on my fingers!' And John's bass line was very sloppy and inconsistent. I've tried my best to make this a note-for-note cover and attempted to recreate most of John's 'mistakes'. A major part of his isolated track is that the low E string is very sharp

He alternated between down-only picking and up-down alternate picking. At 1:01 he picks up and down and does a ska-like swing groove. At 2:26 he ends the doubled guitar riff on the chorus with G- F sharp- E- D- C sharp- A- B E, instead of the normal riff. 2:31 is the most blatent error, where he hits an E note very late. I personally love this little mistake! At 2:50, right before the breakdown he hits an A note early instead of an E

The breakdown part at 2:52 is just guitar feedback and noise. Then the song picks back up again at 3:04, where the bass fades in. You'll see I hit a bass note that doesn't make a sound until the fade in. He strokes an awesome intentional PLUNK upwards on the D-A-E strings at 3:06 then goes into a heavy riff on Low E that awkwardly jumps to E on the A string 7th fret. 3:12 he slides from D sharp to E instead of natural D. Around 3:29 he slows down, maybe from fatigue (it being the final take of many) then hits fast high E notes at 3:33. Playing a pentatonic riff coming out of the fast high E's he hits an open A note accidentally

I'll be doing a guitar cover of this song soon! This one was difficult to recreate so apologies for not making a video for a few weeks

Gear Used:
2022 Squier Classic Vibe Bass VI (sunburst)
La Bella 767-6F Flatwound Bass VI Strings .026-095
1965 Fender Bassman (with original cab and original Oxford 12t6 12" speakers)- I'm on the bass channel with the deep switch UP
Neumann TLM-103

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