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John Entwistle!

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Found it! its in natural Zebrano, IMO these bass should be black or red :p and its infact the 2003 LTD model, not the current JE Signature buzzard, what the difference is, i realy dont know, but this is a LTD, and im led to believe that most LTD's are handsigned by Hans Petter Wilfer. otherwise, it looks realy nice.
http://www.warwickbass.com/basses/buzzard_ltd.html

but for some reason i cannot find the buzzard Bolt on and the Buzzard JE Sig on warwicks american site?
 
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Dr. Eagle said:
If you can figure out a way to finance it... (and you want it) get it! In some ways I wish I'd have gotten that bass instead... but in on the other side I really feel the need for a 5 string... did you say what color it was?
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the color is identical to yours, i think. i know that it would be the prettiest bass in my collection if i got it.
 
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Thunder_Fingers said:
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Found it! its in natural Zebrano, IMO these bass should be black or red :p and its infact the 2003 LTD model, not the current JE Signature buzzard, what the difference is, i realy dont know, but this is a LTD, and im led to believe that most LTD's are handsigned by Hans Petter Wilfer. otherwise, it looks realy nice.
http://www.warwickbass.com/basses/buzzard_ltd.html

but for some reason i cannot find the buzzard Bolt on and the Buzzard JE Sig on warwicks american site?
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ill find those basses and edit this post with links. they had better be there.
my search has produced no luck. :bawl: :crying: im calling Hans.
 
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but the Stryker havent been updated to its current state either.

i think warwick.de is a safer place to update on their models

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my personal favorite Buzzards that aint status :p

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this is how the stryker is looking these days..

So, yeah, i got a thing for red basses.. dont ask why i have a natural and a white one, and why my next bass gonna be black..
 
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Thunder_Fingers said:
but the Stryker havent been updated to its current state either.

i think warwick.de is a safer place to update on their models

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my personal favorite Buzzards that aint status :p

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this is how the stryker is looking these days..

So, yeah, i got a thing for red basses.. dont ask why i have a natural and a white one, and why my next bass gonna be black..
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i have a thing for basses that are pretty. is Warwick.de in German?
 
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Thunder_Fingers said:
nop, its the real warwick website, warwickbass.com is just to the american distrubiator(sp?)

when i see em like that, i think the quilted one is my fav.
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Jawol, this is the REAL web site from Deutchland... Invalid Link Removed

I got myself a membership on the forum before I bought my Buzzard last year and completely forgot about it... I just didn't get back there much.

I agree on the quilt, that bass is DOPE! And I'm really liking the Stryker... ME LIKEE... ME WANTEE...I need to look into that one a bit more with my friends down at Bass Central.:hyper:
 
#773
Yeah, im feeling myself wanting that Stryker alot..

John knew his taste in basses, and it was truly a quality taste. i will actually say that the buzzard is one of the worlds true custom models, its body shape is like no other, the closest i can thing of is explorer, and that is only becouse its tale give the same shoulder rester function. but it serriously looks like no other. and all other "custom" basses have a regular shape they are based of, most often the jazz bass.

im also a member there, from when i was hunting a used buzzard. (6 months ago, and then i ordered my custom bass)
 
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Dr. Eagle said:
Jawol, this is the REAL web site from Deutchland... Invalid Link Removed

I got myself a membership on the forum before I bought my Buzzard last year and completely forgot about it... I just didn't get back there much.

I agree on the quilt, that bass is DOPE! And I'm really liking the Stryker... ME LIKEE... ME WANTEE...I need to look into that one a bit more with my friends down at Bass Central.:hyper:
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that is the site that i have recently started going to. the Stryker is on the list for me as a next bass possibly.
 
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Thunder_Fingers said:
Yeah, im feeling myself wanting that Stryker alot..

John knew his taste in basses, and it was truly a quality taste. i will actually say that the buzzard is one of the worlds true custom models, its body shape is like no other, the closest i can thing of is explorer, and that is only becouse its tale give the same shoulder rester function. but it serriously looks like no other. and all other "custom" basses have a regular shape they are based of, most often the jazz bass.

im also a member there, from when i was hunting a used buzzard. (6 months ago, and then i ordered my custom bass)
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John had a very good taste. i too have never seen many basses that are True custom basses. i am really big on the Stryker because of the armrest that you can get from the bass.
 
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moogboy said:
John had a very good taste. i too have never seen many basses that are True custom basses. i am really big on the Stryker because of the armrest that you can get from the bass.
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Have you seen the alembic dragon bass?[Invalid or Expired Link Removed][Invalid or Expired Link Removed]


The write up from Bass Central

"Deluxe Dragon Wing 4 Birds Eye maple Top and back, Walnut core, 20th Anniversary Electronics, Dummy Humcanceller pick up, 3 Purple Heart Neck Hearts Neck Laminates, Head stock Veneer in Vermillion, Light Amber Finish, Aft Strap Pin in Center Behind Bridge, Side LED's, Master Volume Teardrop Knob Lower front horn With Plates, Hat Knobs As On Spyder Basses Abalone Inlay, Red Side LED's, Dragon Claw Headstock, Custom Case. This Is Fashioned After The Bass That John Entwistle Had Custom Ordered From Alembic Before His Tragic Death. Retail $10,750. Call Or Email For Price.
*Sold to well-know Alembic Owner/Lover, Oliver Baumann of Germany! "
 
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i have a feeing you can cut 2000 dollar of it if you remove the leds :p it is a very nice bass, but for that price you are closing in on what the Status Buzzard 1's go for used.

moogboy: The Stryker is a very expensive bass, is twice the price of my custom. they better be making theses basses for hand by wilfer himself. (same goes for the J.E buzzard)

I taught you the armrest :p (and i again learned from John) ah, anything that man cant teach you?
 
#778
During a six month period in (I think 1964) we played as a warm-up band with the High Numbers, later called the Who every two or three weeks. Originally I'd known John Entwhistle's mum, Queenie Watts, as she was my mentor when I'd worked in the same office as her in Acton (West London). It was through John I'd got the gig as a guitarist in a band that later on backed them at quite a few venues. John was always such a nice guy, quiet and considerate; he was the only one in the Who with a regular girlfriend, Alison.

The big changes to John's sound in these early days of The Who (a change in name we all thought was pretty naff BTW) was a move from the Epi Rivioli Bass with it's one HB PU to a Rickenbacker. And also the change from ordinary tape wounds to round wounds from Rotosound. The Rotosounds and the Rickenbacker was a huge contributor to the live sound of The Who at that time. (Experiments with guitar amps came to nothing - the basic rig was always 2 x 4 x12's Marshall closed back cabs and 45 watt amps). The early recordings however had a Precision on them because the recording engineers didn't want to take a Rickenbacker onto the master. So that was John's first outing with the Precision - which he quite liked - but it wasn't the right look for the band. We were round John's house once when he had the demo of what was later called "I can't Explain". On this first version it was "I Think it's Spring" (not very Rock and Roll in retrospect - good change.) Another bit of trivia - if you listen to the High Numbers recording "I'm the Face" (I think it's this one anyway) you'll hear Daltry start the harmonica solo with it upside down - an easy mistake to make(!). John was always the sensible one - Pete Townshend however introduced us to the game of "See how far along the road you can drive with your eyes closed" Our driver was doing quite well till Pete wrenched the wheel round.

I was so shocked to hear about John passing away in the USA - being so calm, nice, considerate and focused, I always expected him to reach 100.
 
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Tactician said:
During a six month period in (I think 1964) we played as a warm-up band with the High Numbers, later called the Who every two or three weeks. Originally I'd known John Entwhistle's mum, Queenie Watts, as she was my mentor when I'd worked in the same office as her in Acton (West London). It was through John I'd got the gig as a guitarist in a band that later on backed them at quite a few venues. John was always such a nice guy, quiet and considerate; he was the only one in the Who with a regular girlfriend, Alison.

The big changes to John's sound in these early days of The Who (a change in name we all thought was pretty naff BTW) was a move from the Epi Rivioli Bass with it's one HB PU to a Rickenbacker. And also the change from ordinary tape wounds to round wounds from Rotosound. The Rotosounds and the Rickenbacker was a huge contributor to the live sound of The Who at that time. (Experiments with guitar amps came to nothing - the basic rig was always 2 x 4 x12's Marshall closed back cabs and 45 watt amps). The early recordings however had a Precision on them because the recording engineers didn't want to take a Rickenbacker onto the master. So that was John's first outing with the Precision - which he quite liked - but it wasn't the right look for the band. We were round John's house once when he had the demo of what was later called "I can't Explain". On this first version it was "I Think it's Spring" (not very Rock and Roll in retrospect - good change.) Another bit of trivia - if you listen to the High Numbers recording "I'm the Face" (I think it's this one anyway) you'll hear Daltry start the harmonica solo with it upside down - an easy mistake to make(!). John was always the sensible one - Pete Townshend however introduced us to the game of "See how far along the road you can drive with your eyes closed" Our driver was doing quite well till Pete wrenched the wheel round.

I was so shocked to hear about John passing away in the USA - being so calm, nice, considerate and focused, I always expected him to reach 100.
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wow, very cool. I could only imagine what those times must have been like.

Did you have the sense (then) of the enormity of what The Who would become or JE's influence (on the development of electric bass role in popular music and on bassists)?
 

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