Re: OT While my guitar gently weeps

[Charles Zwicky <cazwicky@earthlink.net>]

Regardless, the guitar was also tracked through a leslie speaker. The 
"wobble" Chris mentions is clearly audible as the slow pitch wavers 
as on the organ.


>Charles Zwicky wrote:
>>The Solo on "While my Guitar Gently Weeps" is played through a 
>>Leslie cabinet, unlike any other Beatles guitar solo.
>>This also contributes to the 'wide vibrato' you mention.
>The wobble is mostly due to hand manipulation of the varispeed.
>Monday 14 October 1968; Chirs Thomas: "So we did this flanging 
>thing, really wobbling the oscillator in the mix.  I did that for 
>hours.  What a boring job!"
>from The Beatles Recording Sessions by Mark Lewisohn.
>Previously, this book explains that an oscillator was used to 
>determine tape speed by controlling the pinch motor's speed.  We are 
>left to conclude that two machines were playing the guitar solo more 
>or less in sync but one machine's oscillator (i.e. tape speed) was 
>being manipulated to, as per Eric Clapton's suggestion, make the 
>guitar have a more Beatles sound than a Clapton one.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Bill


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