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Old 11-28-2005, 06:26 PM
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John Entwistle technique "typewriter"

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Hey all, been a lurker in these forums for a little while and decided to register.

I had a question about my favorite bassists technique.
John Entwistle was a god of the bass and though I consider myself to be pretty good; I think I would benefit from learning his typewriter technique.

Does anybody here know of it? If so could I get some tips, videos, books or anything of the sort on it?

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Old 11-29-2005, 05:02 PM
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If you can find his Hotlicks video, he demonstrates this technique there. It's not overly helpful, he shows off really. He solos a bit and then gives a brief breakdown of what he was doing. I felt there was more to be learned from watching his hands than from listening to what he said, but that is the best (and only) video I can think of with him doing it in. It's worth seeing though, for the meagre educational merit it has.
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Old 11-30-2005, 12:17 AM
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Alright thanks, i'll look for that!

Is a true shame he died a few years back; getting a chance to see him in action live would have been amazing.
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Old 11-30-2005, 02:12 AM
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All hail the king!!!!

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Old 11-30-2005, 08:16 AM
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Entwistle HotLicks video

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If you can find his Hotlicks video, he demonstrates this technique there.
http://www.hotlicks.com/bassguitar.htm
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Old 11-30-2005, 08:46 AM
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If you can find his Hotlicks video, he demonstrates this technique there. It's not overly helpful, he shows off really.
Yeah, I have that vid floating around somewhere. It's entirely useless as an instructional tape, IMHO - and quite frankly, I don't feel that the video does a very good job of making him look like all that accomplished a bassist, either.
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Old 11-30-2005, 01:31 PM
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Not to side-track here, but I have that video and it is rather amusing. I love where he is riffing and the musical notation just flys by at a hundred miles per hour on the bottom of the screen. He also is using, I believe, some sort of Marshall guitar amp for the overdrive tone (my tape stopped working a while back). Yeah, it's not very helpful.
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Man I need to find somebody near me who can teach that to me, that would be awsome.
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Folmeister, is that the holy J.R. "Bob" Dobbs from the Church of the Subgenius in your avatar?
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