The Man Who Transformed Rock Bass Playing Forever
A pioneer of the electric bass guitar, let me take you through the life and bass style of one of the best bassists to have ever lived…John Entwistle.
Known as the bassist of The Who, Entwistle helped pave the way for all bassists to follow.
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0:00 Who?
1:18 Background
2:09 Bass…or Guitar?
2:25 Playing Style
4:20 Crazy Tone
4:50 Rotosound
5:17 His Basses
5:43 Live Reaction – The Who
7:05 Live Reaction – Original Band
7:30 Final Words
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Originally posted by UCazf7xBAiXehzMhsQBAXoWw at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hqpmfGQrA0
No. Me. Hables. De. Jacus. Pastirios porque. No. Existe. Al. Lado. De. Jhon. Edwist. El. Bajista. De. The. Who. Apodadado. Dedos. De. Trueno el. Jimi. Hendrix. Del. Bajo
Yeah. Maybe Deadpool actually sees Vintage play. That wouldn't shock me.
I remember the BASS SOLOS he did in the 1996-1997 QUADROPHENIA tours in London. ¡¡¡Oh, my Gosh!!! ¡Qué j0dido canibal!
Roger Glover is another Brit with skills, i prefer the Who to Deep Purple but well you know…
In fact both john entwistle and geezer butler both made me pick up the bass my influences
John le plus grand bassiste de tous les temps !!! et pour longtemps!!
John entwistle is the greatest bass guitar player of all time. the who is the greatest rock band ever ever. each one of them were the best at what they did in the band. Pete Townshend is a musical genius
This young man was spot on
I highly recommend The Ox by Paul Rees. It's a great read about the greatest bass guitarists of all time.
He even has the voice of a bass man.
toomany words too little music. come on.
One of my favorite quotes: "If Keith Moon's drumming was the crime, Entwistle's bass was the getaway car."
Thems freaky fast fingers, for sure.
I picked up John's Secrets of ROTOSOUND Roundwounds, using more treble, through a HIWATT 200 Bass Amp
and SUNN amps, Using Fender P-Bass, Jazz Bass, way back in 1969. So i had this sound before Chris Squire had
it, and Geddie Lee had it and i still have it. Bass players like Greg Lake also. Could never afford the Alembic Bass
and Amps but you get the same sound from the original setup.
I've seen the isolated "Ox Cam" in it's entirely and honestly to goodness, he's playing such a wicked bass line but his expression looks like he is thinking whether to have fried chicken or steak after the show.
I believe Geddy Lee cited John as his greatest bass playing influence.
Thunderfingers
Too bad Cocaine was more important than playing Bass.
The Who was the most musically talented band of the first wave of the British Invasion. That's not saying I didn't like the other bands' music. And that they weren't good musicians. They just weren't on the level of playing ability as Townsend, Entwhistle and Moon all assembled all in one band.
take what he consumed n u´ll go to hell with him
My number one favorite rock bass player John entwistle made me pick up the bass
Best Rock bass guitar player.
His playing all over Quadrophenia was his high point for me.
Il più grande bassista della storia del rock…la sessione ritmica degli Who non ha eguali, soprattutto live.
Paul McCartney and John Entwistle invented rock bass!
This man is bass…
He was definitely unique. I love listening to his solos. He played bass like lead guitar.
very cool video. JE was incredible. In their prime, they were special.
Peter Townshend was very disrespectful to departed band mates John Entwistle and drummer Keith Moon after they had died. Townshend said "thank God they’re gone“ "Because they were fucking difficult to play with." I lost all respect for Peter Townshend after hearing those comments.
Fantastic. I had the luck of talking with him a couple of times. A real gentleman . My favorite.
The tone with that Buzzard blows dead goats compared to the Alembic..
even his voice lives in the low end
Definably Legendary! ????????????❤️
Crazy to think each member of The Who is considered one the best ever for their respective instruments (including singing).
Simply genius!!!
I'm not sure if he was the best bass-guitarist in the world but I've never seen anyone better!
The "Buzzard" bass is a Warwick FYI. CHEERS!
NO1 could butcher The OX! Untouchable, NEVER see the likes of him ever again!
1 of a kind musician!
I forgot who said this – it might have been Eric Clapton – “John Entwistle is to the rock bass what Jimi Hendrix is to rock guitar”.
Looks like he's playing four fingers, not three. Sometimes he liked to use his thumb depending on the sound he wanted to get.
He didn’t just use round wound strings, he conceived round wound strings and got Roto Sound to engineer and produce them. He invented round wound strings.
Growing up in the 60's and 70's, our crappy stereos could never convey the incredible amount of notes and chords John was playing. All you could sense is that there was all this sound, and a plinky guitar part mixed into it. You could play great rock and roll back then without any guitars at all, but all must have bass.