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Learn from the Best – John Entwistle

Study the Best – Learn from the best – John Entwistle

John Entwistle Best Bass Guitar Players of All Time
John Entwistle – from Bass Guitar Magazine

Improve your bass playing by learning from the best. Part of learning to play bass should include listening to and watching other great bassists. Try to incorporate their techniques, skills, styles, and sounds in to your own playing. In this Learn from the Best series we highlight John Entwistle – undeniably one of the greatest bass players of all time. .

John Entwistle – Career Highlights

Learn from John Entwistle – Skills, Methods, Techniques and Innovations

Learn to approach your bass playing like John Entwistlewith confidence! He saw the bass as a lead instrument with the responsibility of driving the band in his direction. This was during a time when bassists were seen as having merely a supporting role. Entwistle’s basslines were audible and they stood out even amongst highly animated bandmates Roger Daltry, Pete Townshend, and Keith Moon.

Pay attention to Entwistle’s complex combination of rhythms, fills, and countermelodies. In particular watch his right hand technique that includes a rapid mixture of plucking, picking, and tapping. Appropriately nicknamed “Thunderfingers” he developed what he called the “typewriter” technique – using all four fingers to tap percussively on the strings to create a distinctive twangy sound. Often playing near the neck of the bass, his forceful fingering style delivered a hard-driving signature tone which defined the sound of The Who. Entwistle is also known for his left-handed hammer-ons which he used to create harmonics and percussive sounds. In addition he used a multitude of effects to create overdriven, distorted, “guitar sounding” basslines that were often the melodic, lead parts of a song.

John Entwistle – Impactful Quote

“I set myself up to be a bass guitarist, and bass players get a lot more work than people like me.”

Instruction by John Entwistle:

Bass Guitar Master Class DVD – Instruction from John Entwistle himself!

John Entwistle Bass Instructiond DVD

John Entwistle – Videos of a Legend

Thunderfingers: A Tribute to the legendary John Entwistle - promo
Thunderfingers: A Tribute to the legendary John Entwistle – promo
The Who- Won't Get Fooled Again - John Entwistle's isolated bass (live) HQ SOUND
The Who- Won’t Get Fooled Again – John Entwistle’s isolated bass 
The Who - Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 (1080p)
The Who – Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970
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