Category:Alembic John Entwistle Explorer-shaped bass
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References[edit]
- Ward Meeker (2002). John Entwistle 1944-2002 - Ode to the Ox 1944-2002."The Ox’s Axes ",
" As The Who gained prominence, John Entwistle’s tastes developed and he made the de rigeur progression through various makes and models of bass guitars. By the mid ’70s he’d developed a liking for the Fender bass feel, but favored the low-end tone of Gibson’s Thunderbird through Hi-Watt and Sunn amps. Ever one to resolve a quandry, he had Fender Precision necks fitted to Thunderbird bodies – creating what he called his “Fenderbirds.”
[photo 6] One of Entwistle’s “Fenderbird” basses. It sports a P-Bass neck and an Explorer body. ",
" By the late ’70s he had taken to custom-made (and often elaborate) Alembic basses. Through two decades he was often seen in concert and video playing an Alembic with an Explorer-shaped body. By the late ’90s, though, he was playing Status basses with all-graphite necks.
[photo 7] Alembic bass with inlaid silver spiderweb. "
Further reading[edit]
- John Entwistle’s Gear: 1975–1985 (wiki). WHOtabs (thewho.net).
- Alembic Explorer bass." John worked with Alembic to design these basses. There were at least two of this model made, plus a “V”-shaped headstock model and an 8-string. Starting with the final leg of the 1976 North American tour on 6 Oct. in Phoenix, Arizona, “No. 1” became John’s main stage bass guitar through 1982, with its last use at Live Aid in 1985.
[image 1] One of the three four-string Alembic Explorers. " - 1980 Alembic Explorer four-string with a “Vee”-shaped headstock."
- As seen on the cover of Too Late The Hero
- Not used on stage with The Who (see photo at right for 1983 television appearance performing with this bass guitar. h/t Wil Bogantz)
- Serial no. 80-1742, impressed to body end of fingerboard.
- “Weighs a ton.”
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[photo 2]: 1981 video for Another Tricky Day with the Alembic with “V”-shaped headstock.
[photo 3] " - Alembic Explorer 8-string."
- As used on Trick of the Light and You.
- Identical “Explorer”-shaped body as above, with “A”-shaped headstock.
- Same specs and electronics as above.
- Used on stage ca. 1979 for Trick of the Light.
- Serial no. “MINE”
- Owned by David Swartz.
- On display through October 2019 at the Play It Loud Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
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- Alembic Explorer bass.
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