John Entwistle Alembic Bass

For simplicitys sake the bass John played as shown above is a Buzzard bass.

John entwistle alembic bass. These two Bass guitars are from John Entwistles personal collection that he sold at auction in April of 1988The one on the top is a Peter Cook customized Bass. These two Bass guitars are from John Entwistles personal collection that he sold at auction in April of 1988The one on the top is a Peter Cook customized Bass. While Reverb doesnt have an auction feature it.

Entwistles collection of guitars and basses was auctioned at Sothebys in May 2003. This Alembic 8 String Spyder Bass is 5 of 25 made by Alembic circa 2002. His bass was so loud that the band and road crew would move away from his side of the stage.

Here is the video of John Entwistle autographing the Alembic Exploiter bass that I now own. The Spyder basses are similar to the Johns personal Series II basses. The WhoJohn Entwistle A 1976 Alembic Bass guitar.

John Entwistle with The Who during the Who Put The Boot In tour in May 1976 playing one of a number of Alembic Series 1sThe drinks bottles contained rum and coke by the way. If you want to talk about custom basses the one that John Entwistle played in his later career as in from 1985 until his passing is pretty much as custom as it gets. In mid-1963 a 1961 Fender Precision his first proper bass.

Later sold at Rogers behest who thought it kept blowing up speakers. John Entwistle a friend and two Alembics. John Entwistle with The Who during the Who Put The Boot In tour in May 1976 playing one of a number of Alembic Series 1sThe drinks bottles contained rum and coke by the way.

Read moreIf you want to talk about custom basses the one that John Entwistle played in his later. We were shocked and dazed to hear of John Entwistles untimely death last year at the start of The Whos tour. KFS - not to morph this thread too badly into something else but Harry Shearer who plays Montgomery Burns in THE SIMPSONS and was also in This Is Spinal Tap apparently really IS a bass player.