I’ve been reading Paul Rees’s John Entwistle bio, The Ox, so I’ve been paying close attention to Entwistle’s playing and sound. This is the My Generation bass on loan to The Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art.
He really loved that Jazz Bass growl. Often he got what I think of the JB sound with other basses too.
He was more than a bassist; he was a musical wiz. His horn playing and arrangements are often significantly featured but overlooked because of how well the fit the songs.
Of course, he was another sad example of the excesses of fame and wealth. A pity. He might have been The Ox to us, but he had a family whose hearts were broken.