| Costello on McCartney: Bass Playing on Veronica [Paul] McCartney went on the song last. I'd asked him specifically to use the Rickenbacker, because they don't have a tremendous amound of bass on them, but you can make them operate in a slightly higher frequency; therefore you can play a lot more notes and skip around the beat more, and part of his style is flipping between playing a counterpoint and playing a groove. He's a pretty good intuitive musician. He just finds the spot where he should play. Back to introduction |