Entwistle owned and used one, most notably in the Sally Simpson scene of "Tommy". As far as any notable recordings with it, not too sure.
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Warwick Jack Bruce Rockbass
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Entwistle owned and used one, most notably in the Sally Simpson scene of "Tommy". As far as any notable recordings with it, not too sure.
Jack played Warwick longer than he did the EB-3.
Regarding the EB (later EB-1)- John Paul Jones used one, it's on the cover of III. There's photos and I believe videos of Little Richard's bassist playing one. And likely the most iconic and best-known EB-1 player was Jack's friend Felix Papillardi, who prduced Cream, and was in Mountain.
Regarding the EB (later EB-1)- John Paul Jones used one, it's on the cover of III. There's photos and I believe videos of Little Richard's bassist playing one. And likely the most iconic and best-known EB-1 player was Jack's friend Felix Papillardi, who prduced Cream, and was in Mountain.
In the old Guitar Player interview, JPJ explained his EB went through Little Richard's band and James Brown's band before it arrived in England.
@40Hz Jack was best know early on for playing an EB-3, that's what he used in the Cream days. The EB-1 was much later with BBM and at the 2005 Cream reunions.
@Jeff Scott Yes as far as i know it was Felix Pappalardi's and he played in honor of his friendship and professional relationship with him.
I got the Warwick JB Rockbass (fretless) this summer. It's beautiful and the pickups are cool but so far disappointed with overall playability. It was unplayable out of the box... Too much time on the boat from China? Had to adjust truss rod and bridge to get into a reasonable playing range...The g string sounds thin...with action low enough for mwah g string sounds kind of weird to me... Going to try it with flats. My Tony Franklin kills it frankly, no pun intended. It really can get a Jack Bruce grunty sound IMO, but for some reason my Tony Franklin is a lot easier to play in tune in the upper registers and just feels like a higher quality instrument. The electronics are cool on the Jack Bruce and it can operate virtually hum free, which is kind of an issue on the TF when you solo the bridge pup. The Warwick pickups can get pretty nasty if you dig in, which can be a good thing depending on what you are playing... But I really feel it is more of a rockbass than a jazz bass if that makes any sense. Still hoping to make better friends with it with flats perhaps, but my Tony Franklin was love right out of the box...and i'm a much bigger Jack Bruce fan than Tony Franklin Franklin fan, Just sayin'.......want to love this bass but it's not quite everything I was hoping for..
Are they really still made in China? Like does it say made in China on the headstock or somewhere else?
Thanks, I guess I assumed that when they upped the quality of the RBs they also moved production to a country with a better rep when it comes to making instruments.
Yep, made in China sticker on heel of the neck. I ordered it in March and got it in July.
Yeah I agree, I'm sure they're pretty nice, I guess I'm just surprised is all.
Put some flatwounds on it and continued tweaking setup....loving it now! I still find I'm more comfortable on my Tony Franklin but the Bruce is a pretty cool bass. The pickups and preamp offer lots of versatility...I may still end up taking it to a tech for final setup, the Bridge system is one of the trickiest I've ever worked with. Got the action nice and low now though, nice mwah. The fingerboard is more narrow than on the Franklin P, and the mahogany gives it a rather Gibson like tone...though with the active eq it can certainly put out crystal clear highs. The thing that suprised me most is it actually can cop an Eb3 ish tone not unlike Bruce's late 60's early 70's sound...with the blend rolled towards the bridge pup and digging in this thing barks. Rolled towards the neck it is super deep. I think this bass takes some time to get to know.. Whereas my Fender is basically plug and play..
Sweet! Thanks for the review - I'm thinking this bass will be my first venture out of the Fender family - who did you order from?
I thought these were made in Korea?
I an seriously close to pulling the trigger on one in the next day or so.
I've heard a couple of hints that they are neck divers?
Does it feel like a quality instrument now you have the set up more to your liking?
I an seriously close to pulling the trigger on one in the next day or so.
I've heard a couple of hints that they are neck divers?
Does it feel like a quality instrument now you have the set up more to your liking?
Anyone else have any info/experience on the fretless warwick jack bruce (either the china made or other)?
I am also considering one, but I´ve never come across one in the flesh... I´ve seen the Andy Irvine demo of the MIG edition on Youtube, so if its anything close to this then...
I am also considering one, but I´ve never come across one in the flesh... I´ve seen the Andy Irvine demo of the MIG edition on Youtube, so if its anything close to this then...
There was somebody last year on here that had a fretted one made in China, he posted a great review and then in a week or two it was in the classifieds (?) I have my eye on one too (the fretless) it seems to be hard to find these, I've emailed the bass place in Arizona (warwick dealer) twice with no response (?)
