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Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 2:41 pm
by clankchris
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..
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 4:48 am
by jwr2
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 ...
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 6:09 am
by henry5
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!
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 6:43 am
by studiotwosession
I'm not up on the Ox's bass history. Did he go from the "Fenderbird" straight to the Alembic?
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 7:28 am
by teeder
I prefer his live sound to anything he did in the studio. With Live at Leeds at the top of that list.
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 7:36 am
by pekka
"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
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 9:28 am
by jwr2
ya ... his alembic tone was probably his best ...
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 11:18 am
by iamthebassman
I like his tone on "So Sad About Us" best. First time I heard it I loved it.
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 12:06 pm
by studiotwosession
What he said.
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 12:36 pm
by green_us90
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 12:52 pm
by studiotwosession
Had the singing and playing not been so off key, this may have made it into the Kids are Alright.
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 3:11 pm
by jwr2
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 ...
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 4:11 pm
by green_us90
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.
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 8:06 pm
by rictified
P basses are great sounding basses, especially for recording.
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:09 am
by henny
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.