The Beatles Guitar Tone.

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   Does anyone know how the Beatles got the distortion sound on Happiness Is A Warm Gun. There is a song called Yes It Is by the Beatles, is that song using volume swells on guitar or is it another instrument.  A lot of there songs use some interesting guitar tones. 

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Beckham Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: October 28 2007 Status: Offline Points: 29	Topic: The Beatles Guitar Tone. Posted: November 04 2007 at 12:46
	Does anyone know how the Beatles got the distortion sound on Happiness Is A Warm Gun. There is a song called Yes It Is by the Beatles, is that song using volume swells on guitar or is it another instrument. A lot of there songs use some interesting guitar tones.

Sydwaters Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: October 16 2007 Status: Offline Points: 22	Posted: November 05 2007 at 01:04
	Yes It Is uses a volume pedal, something like a wah wah.. They used it on the Help album. George Harrison would play his guitar through a leslie speaker a lot to create an organ sounding guitar. George Harrison also used drones a lot on Rubber Soul, backward guitar on Revolver and extreme distortion on Revolution. Which I think the later is how they got the guitar sound on Happiness Is A Warm Gun. Don't forget about the sitar, intentional feedback and the 12 string guitar. They were not the greatest technical players but they did a lot for the guitar in rock music.

chopper Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 13 2005 Location: Essex, UK Status: Offline Points: 20030	Posted: November 05 2007 at 17:35
	"Yes It Is" is a volume pedal. Which bit of "Happiness" are you referring to - there is some fuzz guitar there.