Monday 30 December 2013

John Entwistle's Wal JG Series Bass, JG1128



Classic Wal Basses - The John Entwistle Wal JG Series Bass, JG1128




John Entwistle playing one of his Wals at a celebrity gig with
Rick Wakeman, members of Status Quo and others


 The Ox, Thunderfingers, just plain John... call him what you like the Who's bassist wasn't averse to picking up the odd bass or two. Indeed, the Sothebys auctions of his private collection have passed into rock and roll history – for the scale, scope and just plain weirdness of the basses he had accumulated. However, amongst his beloved Fenders, Alembics and Warwicks nestled a couple of classic, custom build period Wals. Well, you'd probably expect that he'd have managed to pick up a couple of everything, wouldn't you? However, Entwistle's relationship with Wal was closer than many of the brands in his collection. In fact, close enough that he agreed to appear in adverts and other promotional literature for the brand.