Awesome Entwistle video

clankchris · Post by **clankchris** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 2:41 pm

Wow,

Look what a dead man started...LOL!

I read a little about Entwistle in this thread, but learned a few "other" things, haha....and I never knew he played like that....just awesome..

Someone said in this thread that McCartney was Chris Squire's main influence, but I have an inteview in Bass Guitar in which he states that it was Entwistle..

Highlighted in the article:

"I used the Rickenbacker bass because of the WHO's John Entwistle. A lot of my influence comes from him."

From the Fish' mouth..

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 4:48 am

I was listening to a cd of the John Entwistle band "Left for Live" ... the bass tone pretty much sucks ... on that CD Entwistle becomes the poster boy for too many effects on a bass ...

henry5 · Post by **henry5** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 6:09 am

Although I much prefer his Alembic tone to any other tone he used, I still prefer his Status tone to his P Bass or T Bird tone. They're ok, but a bit too clunky for me personally. Although the Status sounds very different depending on the recording; I'm not a huge fan of the sound on the Vegas Job dvd, but I love it on the Albert Hall dvd. Live I couldn't hear him at all so I couldn't tell!

studiotwosession · Post by **studiotwosession** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 6:43 am

I'm not up on the Ox's bass history. Did he go from the "Fenderbird" straight to the Alembic?

teeder · Post by **teeder** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 7:28 am

I prefer his live sound to anything he did in the studio. With Live at Leeds at the top of that list.

pekka · Post by **pekka** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 7:36 am

"I'm not up on the Ox's bass history. Did he go from the "Fenderbird" straight to the Alembic?"

Yep, around 1975. Here's a detailed history of John's gear:
http://www.thewho.net/whotabs/equipment/bass/equip-entwistlegear.html

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 9:28 am

ya ... his alembic tone was probably his best ...

iamthebassman · Post by **iamthebassman** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 11:18 am

I like his tone on "So Sad About Us" best. First time I heard it I loved it.

studiotwosession · Post by **studiotwosession** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 12:06 pm

What he said.

green_us90 · Post by **green_us90** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 12:36 pm

So Sad About Us? on Plank 66 Precision bass

http://www.youtube.com/w/The-Who---So-Sad-About-Us?v=skpeXx8hr9w&search=%22the%20who%22

studiotwosession · Post by **studiotwosession** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 12:52 pm

Had the singing and playing not been so off key, this may have made it into the Kids are Alright.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 3:11 pm

that clip is a classic example of how Entwistle carried the Who through a song ... and yes that is a great bass tone ... kind of similar to Live at Leeds ...

green_us90 · Post by **green_us90** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 4:11 pm

Yeah, he's said in interviews that he built Frankenstein (the Leeds Precision Bass) with the pickups and pots from one of his plank Precisions. The pickups according to the Ox were real hot. Great tone.

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 8:06 pm

P basses are great sounding basses, especially for recording.

henny · Post by **henny** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:09 am

Check Wetton's Precision tone here, with Roxy Music... fantastic!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iggjYlswgvM&search=john%20wetton

You CANNOT beat that P-sound... I love it.