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08-17-2006, 01:21 AM
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I watched them play my generation and im just wondering how entwistle gets that tone, anyone know his settings or what effects he used?
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08-17-2006, 01:29 AM
| | | | I know he didn't use any pedals. Sounds to me like he just cranked up the treble a lot. He also played through guitar amps. I saw a picture of him playing through a "hiwatt" amp, i don't know much about them though. He also used a "typewriting" technique. I don't really know what that means, but i can get his sound by playing with my fingers really close to the neck.
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08-17-2006, 01:57 AM
| | | | I'd say typwriter and Hiwatt is good advice.
I plugged my bass into my guitar POD once, and dialed up the Hiwatt patch and, "whammo", that seemed to nail it. |
08-17-2006, 09:21 AM
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08-17-2006, 10:51 AM
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They even commisioned him Gold strings later on in his life. Dont know how much he used them or how much of a difference in tone they gave him but have seen a few shots of him playing gold strings before.
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08-17-2006, 10:55 AM
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08-17-2006, 01:49 PM
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German made, about $50-100 a set.
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08-17-2006, 01:59 PM
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Originally Posted by tplyons His gold string were Optima's.
German made, about $50-100 a set. | thats what i thought, there cheap over here  (naanananana)
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08-17-2006, 02:01 PM
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Originally Posted by vindy500 thats what i thought, there cheap over here (naanananana) | Lucky you. I know a guy who places a BIG order for them every once in a while to save money on shipping, then selling them here in the states. Good idea. I got some for abour $35 this way.
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08-17-2006, 05:40 PM
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Moderator for EHX Forums | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Houston/Nacogdoches | | | For most of his early live tone: Precision Bass. He used slab bodies mainly. Also, extremely low action. He used to say something like "The strings should touch the palm behind the neck". He switched to solid state in the 70s also I believe. He used distortion on the Highs, and clean on the lows. Lots of 15s and 12s. On the amp, crank the treble also. Play with a very light touch, let the amp do the work is another catchphrase of his.
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08-17-2006, 05:58 PM
|  | put a bird on it | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Minnesota | | he also biamped, and put distortion to the highs...
a cool story about My Generation is that the bass solo was to show off the danelectro bass, but John kept breaking the strings and since you couldn't just buy new dano strings, he had to buy a new dano bass to get the strings but then gave up and just went to fender |
08-17-2006, 11:07 PM
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Originally Posted by superbassman2000 but then gave up and just went to fender | ...strung with LaBella flats, no less! 
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08-18-2006, 01:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Sebring, FL | | I remember an Enwhistle quote. When he was asked about his tone, all he said was "full volume, full treble." 
First get a P bass with Roto SB 66's, then EQ a nice and meaty tone, crank the treble and the gain on your all-tube (or hybrid) amp through 12s and 15s (or even 18s), play near the neck with extremely low action, thus causing the strings to hit the frets much like when slapping, but using the fingertips instead. |
08-19-2006, 06:06 AM
| | | i think its in the right hand technique..he punches the strings hard with each didgit and pulls up on the hit to twang off the fretboard...i seem to naturally gravitate to playing this way and you do tend end up like it or not sounding like entwistle. A bass not plugged in can sound like enwistle ..the signature is all in the fingers ..nothing else.  The solo on my generation once you get the technique is really quite straightforward.
Obviously volume at eleven is required but who cant do that.
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