Rickenbacker 4001S

McCartney's Rickenbacker 4001S bass - its bright, punchy, trebly tone defines the mid-period Beatles sound

songs

Analysis

By Year

Song count per year

By Songwriter

% of each member's catalogue with this tag (by writing credit)

By Era

Early0 · 0%

Mid-period48 · 55%

Late39 · 45%

By Album

The Beatles (The White Album)16

Revolver12

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band11

Magical Mystery Tour11

Book

The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions

Mark Lewisohn

Book

Here, There and Everywhere

Geoff Emerick

Software

Native Instruments Komplete

Native Instruments

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Songs(86)

Year

Album

Writer

Lead vocal(s)

#	Title	Year	Album	Lead Vocal(s)	Notes
1	Michelle	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	McCartney's bass, recorded 3 November 1965, after the bass reached him in August 1965
2	In My Life	1965	Rubber Soul	John	McCartney's bass
3	Nowhere Man	1965	Rubber Soul	John	McCartney's bass
4	You Won't See Me	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	McCartney's bass
5	I'm Looking Through You	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	McCartney's bass, recorded 10 and 11 November 1965, after the bass reached him in August 1965
6	If I Needed Someone	1965	Rubber Soul	George	McCartney's bass
7	Day Tripper	1965	Past Masters	John, Paul	McCartney's bass, recorded 16 October 1965, after the bass reached him in August 1965

8	The Word	1965	Rubber Soul	John, Paul	McCartney's bass
9	What Goes On	1965	Rubber Soul	Ringo	McCartney's bass, recorded 4 November 1965, after the bass reached him in August 1965
10	Drive My Car	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul, John	McCartney's bass
11	Think for Yourself	1965	Rubber Soul	George	McCartney's bass through Tone Bender
12	We Can Work It Out	1965	Past Masters	Paul, John	McCartney's bass, recorded 20 and 29 October 1965, after the bass reached him in August 1965
13	Rain	1966	Past Masters	John	McCartney's bass
14	Paperback Writer	1966	Past Masters	Paul	Paul's new bass - first prominent use
15	Taxman	1966	Revolver	George	McCartney's bass
16	And Your Bird Can Sing	1966	Revolver	John	McCartney's bass
17	She Said She Said	1966	Revolver	John	McCartney's bass, picked up after he walked out of the session, played by George Harrison
18	Tomorrow Never Knows	1966	Revolver	John	McCartney's bass
19	Got to Get You into My Life	1966	Revolver	Paul	McCartney's bass
20	I'm Only Sleeping	1966	Revolver	John	McCartney's bass
21	Doctor Robert	1966	Revolver	John	McCartney's bass
22	Good Day Sunshine	1966	Revolver	Paul	McCartney's bass
23	For No One	1966	Revolver	Paul	McCartney's bass
24	Here, There and Everywhere	1966	Revolver	Paul	McCartney's bass
25	I Want to Tell You	1966	Revolver	George	McCartney's bass
26	Yellow Submarine	1966	Revolver	Ringo	McCartney's bass
27	Strawberry Fields Forever	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	McCartney's bass
28	Penny Lane	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	McCartney's bass

29	A Day in the Life	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John, Paul	McCartney's bass
30	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	McCartney's bass
31	Fixing a Hole	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	McCartney's bass
32	Lovely Rita	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	McCartney's bass
33	Good Morning Good Morning	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	McCartney's bass
34	With a Little Help from My Friends	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Ringo	McCartney's bass
35	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	McCartney's bass
36	Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	McCartney's bass
37	When I'm Sixty-Four	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	McCartney's bass
38	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul, John, George	McCartney's bass
39	Getting Better	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	McCartney's bass
40	Baby, You're a Rich Man	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	McCartney's bass
41	All You Need Is Love	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	McCartney's bass
42	Hello, Goodbye	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	McCartney's bass
43	I Am the Walrus	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	McCartney's bass
44	Magical Mystery Tour	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	McCartney's bass
45	Blue Jay Way	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	George	McCartney's bass
46	Flying	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	-	McCartney's bass
47	Your Mother Should Know	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	McCartney's bass
48	The Fool on the Hill	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	McCartney's bass
49	Lady Madonna	1968	Past Masters	Paul	McCartney's bass
50	Revolution	1968	Past Masters	John	McCartney's bass
51	Hey Jude	1968	Past Masters	Paul	McCartney's bass
52	Sexy Sadie	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	McCartney's bass
53	The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	McCartney's bass
54	Cry Baby Cry	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	McCartney's bass
55	Martha My Dear	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Paul McCartney's bass
56	Revolution 1	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	McCartney's bass
57	Dear Prudence	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	McCartney's bass
58	Don't Pass Me By	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Ringo	McCartney's bass
59	Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	McCartney's bass
60	Piggies	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	McCartney's bass
61	Back in the U.S.S.R.	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	McCartney's bass
62	Why Don't We Do It in the Road?	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	McCartney's bass
63	Savoy Truffle	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	McCartney's bass
64	Birthday	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul, John	McCartney's bass
65	Happiness Is a Warm Gun	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	McCartney's bass
66	I'm So Tired	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	McCartney's bass
67	Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	McCartney's bass
68	It's All Too Much	1969	Yellow Submarine	George	McCartney's bass
69	All Together Now	1969	Yellow Submarine	Paul, John	McCartney's bass
70	Only a Northern Song	1969	Yellow Submarine	George	McCartney's bass
71	Hey Bulldog	1969	Yellow Submarine	John	McCartney's bass
72	The Ballad of John and Yoko	1969	Past Masters	John	McCartney's bass
73	She Came in Through the Bathroom Window	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	McCartney's bass
74	Something	1969	Abbey Road	George	McCartney's bass
75	I Want You (She's So Heavy)	1969	Abbey Road	John	McCartney's bass
76	Polythene Pam	1969	Abbey Road	John	McCartney's bass
77	The End	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	McCartney's bass
78	Because	1969	Abbey Road	John, Paul, George	McCartney's bass
79	Maxwell's Silver Hammer	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	McCartney's bass
80	Here Comes the Sun	1969	Abbey Road	George	Paul McCartney played a Rickenbacker bass (not his usual Hofner) on this recording, taped to track 1 of the multitrack on 7 July 1969.
81	You Never Give Me Your Money	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	McCartney's bass
82	Octopus's Garden	1969	Abbey Road	Ringo	McCartney's bass
83	Come Together	1969	Abbey Road	John	McCartney's bass
84	You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)	1970	Past Masters	John, Paul	McCartney's bass
85	Let It Be	1970	Let It Be	Paul	McCartney's bass
86	I Me Mine	1970	Let It Be	George	McCartney's bass