Run For Your Life- The Beatles (Guitar Cover)

This was the first song recorded for ‪@TheBeatles‬ 1965 album Rubber Soul. It was one of John's least favorite songs he wrote, but one of George Harrison's favorites The Beatles recorded the whole song on October 12th, 1965 at EMI Studios. The backing track consisted of John on acoustic guitar, George on electric guitar, Paul on tambourine and Ringo on drums. Overdubs included bass, several lead guitars, and lots of vocals John played his 1964 Gibson J-160e acoustic, and is even heard saying 'By the time we put something else on, there'll be no jumbo Gibson at all' in the Rubber Soul box set outtakes. He was referring to the many overdubs they planned on recording, and the fact that the acoustic guitar would be lower in the mix (after all the added elements) George played his 1961 Fender Sonic Blue Stratocaster into a Vox AC-30. On the backing track he played the twangy blues riff on the bridge pickup, and turned down his volume knob to do cleaner/quieter chord stabs during the verses and solo section. Then he overdubbed a 2nd Stratocaster that doubled the blues riff, and switched to the neck pickup for a guitar solo I concluded that George used a capo on the 2nd fret for his Stratocaster electric guitar tracks after listening closely to outtakes (takes 1-5) off of the new Rubber Soul super deluxe box set. There were two moments in particular that sealed the deal for me that he used a capo- At 1:24 of the Rubber Soul outtakes, George releases to an open D-string but an E note is heard. This can only mean he had a capo on the 2nd fret At 3:45 of the outtakes track, AND 2:00 of the official track- George accidentally sustains the open B-string but a C# note is heard    • Run For Your Life (Takes 1-5 - Instrumenta...   Therefore, George played different chord shapes- C, Am, D, F, E The capo makes particular sense when he goes from Am to D major Additionally, there is a third electric guitar playing slide riffs. I initially thought this was Paul on his Epiphone Casino, as he had played this combination on Drive My Car. But listening closer, the tone is definitely that of a Strat. It's unclear if this was John or George, but I have it as John (per my outfit- turtleneck and no jacket) As for my gear, I'm playing my 1966 Gibson J-160e, which has Ernie Ball roundwound pure nickel strings on it. The acoustic was not capo'd My Stratocaster is a 2022 Fender Custom Shop Journeyman '63 Faded Sonic Blue, which I modded with Fender Pure Vintage '59 Pickups and different pickguard/plastics. It's plugged straight into the top boost channel of my Vox AC-30C2X INTERESTING NOTES: 0:09 George turns down the volume knob of his backing track Strat, so that his signal is quieter and cleaner during the verses 0:21 John plays a normal E major chord, then adds on the pinky to make it an E7 0:29 George turns up the volume knob, and plays an alternate picking pattern with his pick on the Bm (Am with capo) 0:57 George's backing track Strat plays the chromatic walkup of B C C# D, but his overdubbed Strat doesn't. This is because the overdubbed Strat plays the guitar solo 0:58 The slide guitar lands on a D6 XX7777, a D major with a high B note 1:01 (off camera) The slide guitar accidentally plays X777XX. Intending to hit the A and D notes of the D chord, but adding the lower E note on the A-string 1:14 The backing track Strat continues to play D7 (C7 shape with the capo). This is because the solo section was a 12-bar blues structure and George was playing bluesier 7th chords 1:17 John's acoustic takes a quick pause on the Bm chord 1:20 George switches back to a regular D chord (C shape) 1:24 John does a hammer-on from the open A string to the 2nd fret (on his acoustic) while playing Bm 1:28 John plays the E chord early before the downbeat, adding some extra emphasis while strumming particularly hard 1:35 The slide guitar lightly plays an A note of the high E-string 2:01 George turns up his volume knob, and then accidentally hits the open B-string (C# note with the capo on). As mentioned above, this was one of the smoking guns that proved to me that George used a capo 2:13 John plays a syncopated strumming pattern on his acoustic, mimicking Ringo's kick drum beat (upper right screen) MY GEAR: 1966 Gibson J-160e 2022 Fender Custom Shop Journeyman '63 Faded Sonic Blue Stratocaster Vox AC-30C2X Dunlop 212 Glass Slide Neumann TLM-103 #thebeatles #rubbersoul #runforyourlife