This very distinctive Status Series 1 Buzzard bass has one gold tuning key and
three black ones along with 4 chrome tuning knobs instead of five (One is a dual
input selector). This is the only one ever produced for John with the one gold
key and
was played extensively with The Who and John Entwistle Band from 1997 to 2002.
In addition, John is seen here wearing the Skeleton guitar strap with this bass.
At other times he would alternate with the Buzzard strap. This was one of John's
favorite basses and can also be seen on the Royal Albert Hall DVD of 2000 on the
song 5:15.
This 1962 Fender Precision Bass was one of John's earliest
basses. It can be seen in many early photos of the time. Originally sunburst in
color, John had it refinished white sometime around February of 1966. This bass
is distinctive in that it has the Rosewood fret board and the tortoise shell pick guard.
This bass
came with a letter from John stating that it was from his collection and that
he had it refinished white.
Here is a great shot of John with this bass before he had
it refinished white.
May 1, 1966 The NME Poll Winners
Concert
Recording at CBS Studios Oct. 3, 1966
These two Bass guitars are from John Entwistle's personal collection that he sold at
auction in April of 1988.The one on the top is a Peter Cook customized Bass.
This was the highest priced Bass of all the ones that John sold fetching
approximately 33,000 Dollars. John stated in the catalog that this was used on the U.K. Television show Top of
the Pops in the early 1970's. The one on the Bottom is an Alembic bass guitar
that was used on stage in 1975 and 1976. This was John's second Alembic
that he bought.
JOHN USING THE ALEMBIC ON STAGE IN 1976
Here is another shot of John playing the Alembic on stage at
the Winterland Auditorium on March 28, 1976. Copyright
whocollection.com 2003. Photograph by Dennis McCoy.
The Alembic is currently on display at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
in Cleveland, Ohio from April of 1998 to the present.
This very distinctive Status Series 1 Buzzard bass has one gold tuning key and
three black ones along with 4 chrome pots (potentiometers) instead of five (One is a dual
input selector). This is the only one ever produced for John with the one gold
key and
was played extensively with The Who and John Entwistle Band from 1997 to 2002.
In addition, John is seen here wearing the Skeleton guitar strap with this bass.
At other times he would alternate with the Buzzard strap. This was one of John's
favorite basses and can also be seen on the Royal Albert Hall DVD of 2000 on the
song 5:15. This was lot 112 of the John Entwistle sale at Sotheby's.
These two custom made straps were made by Fosters leather
in 1999 from ideas supplied by John. The skeleton arm was copied from a skeleton
in John's house. The Buzzard strap is full of little Whoisms including a spider
and of course the buzzards. John's head can be seen peeking over the end of the
strap on the right. Both straps can be seen used extensively in concert
from 1999-2002 on the bass above as well as others.
This is John's last stage rig that he used with The Who and
the John Entwistle Band. The cabinets were delivered to John just prior to the
band's performance at the Royal Albert Hall in 2000. The rest of the rig is a
consolidation of his preferred outboard gear and amps at the time. This exact
rig was used on the 2000 Who tour as well as John's last tour with the John
Entwistle Band. It was also used on the Japanese tour known as "A Walk Down
Abbey Road" with Todd Rundgren, Nancy Wilson and Alan Parsons. This rig
consists of:
Four- 2 X 12 Ashdown Engineering speaker cabinets
Two- 1 X 15 Ashdown Engineering speaker cabinets
Control rack mounted in flight case consisting of:
Furman PL Plus Power Conditioner & Light Module
Korg Tone Works Large Display Tuner
Digitech 2120 Artists Series Valve Guitar System programmable
pre-amp processor
Digitech Studio quad 4- 4in 4 out multi effects processor
TC 1128 programmable 28 band graphic EQ/spectrum analyzer
Ashdown Engineering-Klystron Bass Pre-Magnifier
Custom designed input router.
Furmen PL Plus Power Conditioner & Light Module
Trace Elliot professional power amp PPA 600
Trace Elliot professional power amp PPA 600
Trace Elliot professional power amp PPA 600
Trace Elliot professional power amp PPA 600
Furman Power Conditioner AC line regulator model AR-Pro
5 flight cases for speaker cabinets and Control/Power rack
Here is a photo of John with the Gold Key Buzzard and
his Ashdown signature line. This ad appeared in the June 2001 issue of Bass
Player magazine.
These great photos were all taken by Terrence McBride. All
show John with this bass and the Buzzard strap.
This trumpet was from John Entwistle's personal collection that was sold at the same
auction as the two guitars above. In the catalog it was described as: John
Entwistle's Olds Recording Trumpet by F.E. Olds and Son, Serial Number 718130.
According to the catalog this trumpet was used by John Entwistle on all of The
Who albums until 1975.
