Baba O'Riley...Epic!

[slinkp]

Rockschool!  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockschool

I watched the American version on PBS when it was on... pretty cool stuff for a young musician.

Unfortunately it appears nobody has rereleased it. Maybe considered too dated for too small an audience?

[Dave W]

In the early days of the Dudepit, there was a guy who had bought Entwistle's other Alembic Exploiter -- it had a darker top than this one. He was also looking for a video that had Entwistle using that bass. I located a video that seemed to fit what he described, he bought the video and it turned out to be the one he was looking for. It's been a dozen years and I can't remember but it may have been an instructional video. Now I wonder if it was the Rockschool video.

[slinkp]

I remember two Entwistle exploiters - this one with a headstock that came to a single point, and one that was split into a V from this album cover:

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Late_the_Hero_(album)#/image/File:TooLateTheHero-Poster-JAE.jpg

[Chris P.]

[Dave W]

D'OH!

My memory of the guy at the Pit was about as far off as you can get. What he bought was a Series I from the Sotheby's John Entwistle Auction. Thread here.

Either he was looking for a video of Entwistle playing that Series I, or it must have been someone else who was looking for a video of Entwistle with a different Exploiter.

Sorry about that.

[Chris P.]

This Alembic 8-string is not mine, but it has a darker top and it's ex-Entwistle. I played it for half an hour. Killer tone, but a really wide neck.  Not just 44mm P neck, but really wide. Haven't measured it.

[hieronymous]

This Alembic 8-string is not mine, but it has a darker top and it's ex-Entwistle. I played it for half an hour. Killer tone, but a really wide neck.  Not just 44mm P neck, but really wide. Haven't measured it.

That 8-string surfaced recently, didn't it? Can't remember if it was here or the Alembic forum. Kind of jealous that you got to play it - nah, happy for you, but REALLY jealous! 

[4005]

In the early days of the Dudepit, there was a guy who had bought Entwistle's other Alembic Exploiter -- it had a darker top than this one. He was also looking for a video that had Entwistle using that bass. I located a video that seemed to fit what he described, he bought the video and it turned out to be the one he was looking for. It's been a dozen years and I can't remember but it may have been an instructional video. Now I wonder if it was the Rockschool video.

 Pretty sure I have Rock school around here somewhere that I Downloaded as VLC files, there were two series one with 8 & the other with 9 episodes, I also know I taped some from PBS when they were shown here in the USA, not the best quality but better then nothing,