Reposted from @thelegendsofmusic “With bass, especially bottom end, the vibration has to happen on stage otherwise the feel is wrong. This is why you can’t scale the equipment down too far.” Remembering the legendary John Entwistle on what would have been his 78th Birthday! This is a excerpt from a documentary called “Thunderfingers: A Tribute to the legendary John Entwistle” As the bassist of The Who, John developed a style of playing that he called “typewriter”. It involved him positioning his right hand over the strings so all four fingers could be used to tap percussively on the strings, causing them to strike the fretboard with a distinctive twangy sound. It gave him the freedom to play three or four strings at once, or to use several fingers on a single string. It also allowed him the ability to create passages that were both percussive and melodic. Don’t confuse this technique to “Slapping” or “Tapping” because it’s the furthest thing from it and in fact it predates it. iiii]; )'