‘Alan Entwistle Pickups’ Artist

Will Clayfield

“I started playing bass in 1978, after being a KISS fan and wanting to be in a band.”

GENRE(S): Rock / Pub Rock / Aussie Rock

INFLUENCES / FAVOURITE ARTISTS: Rose Tattoo, Cheap Trick, Cold Chisel, Iron Maiden, KISS, Judas Priest. My earliest influences would include Gene Simmons, Steve Harris, Phil Small (Cold Chisel) Greg Macainsch (Skyhooks) Geezer Butler, Peter O’Doherty (Mental as Anything)

BANDS – ACTIVE: Black Whiskey

BANDS – PREVIOUS: VICE, Whyte Widow, The Mack Band

PREFERRED PICKUPS, AND WHY: The PBX and JBX vintage will certainly suit my 1986 Ibanez RB830 Roadstar II., and the PBXN modern will slot straight into my Fender P bass

PRIME CUTS / STAND-OUT CAREER MOMENT SO FAR:

Opening for Stryper as our first gig for the Brisbane show on their Australian tour..

Playing with many local and international acts such as Sisters, Doll and Faster Pussycat.

Becoming a Rotosound strings, JHS Vintage bass and Alan Entwistle Pickups endorsee.

Our single ‘Wild & Free’ reaching #1 status in several countries , and staying in the Australian Radio Indie listeners charts for over 244 days and retaining the #1 spot several times.

DISCOGRAPHY:

Black Whiskey

EP – Rebel (2022)

Album – Last Temptation (2024)

Singles – Wild & Free, Whiskey & Rock N Roll, Down (Devils Highway), Eat You Alive

BIOGRAPHY:

I started playing bass in 1978, after being a KISS fan and wanting to be in a band. I started learning on a Fender P-bass copy, then moving on to my first quality bass and amp, being an Ibanez Destroyer II and a Peavey Mk IV head with a 1×15 Black Widow cab. I also had several years of formal tuition on keyboards which helped me develop my sense of playing by ear. With this, and a few years of garage jamming to Iron Maiden, KISS, Cold Chisel and anything else at the time, with my long-time friend on guitar.

VICE, my first band, was formed in 1984, which went on to have a successful career even after my departure. Taking several years off to live life and world-travel, I returned to music in the form of Black Whiskey after dabbling in several uneventful short-term ventures. In 2018 Black Whiskey had its first rehearsal, and within 6 weeks, we were opening for internationally renowned rock band STRYPER. Joining Black Whiskey made me look at myself as a bass player, and I began to revisit old influences as well as finding new ones to inspire me to not only play better, but to make the ‘engine room’ a more productive and cohesive unit. I began to listen to the likes of Alan Spenner and Carol Kane. deep diving into the playing of my early heroes Phil Small and Greg Macainsch.

I am also a bass player that is constantly trying to improve my sound and tone, and one way to achieve this is by using quality pickups to replace a lot of ‘factory fitted’ ones. This along with my chosen amplification seems to get the job done.

“Joining Black Whiskey made me look at myself as a bass player, and I began to revisit old influences as well as finding new ones to inspire me to not only play better, but to make the ‘engine room’ a more productive and cohesive unit.“

GUITARS / AMPS / GEAR:

I have a vast collection including vintage Japanese Ibanez and Greco basses, vintage Gibson, fender, and JHS Vintage basses, Hofner, Epiphone basses. HARTKE LH500 head, Peavey 800w 4×10 bass cab 2 x Sovtek vintage bass cabs 4×10 and 1×15, Behringer rack tuner (used also as a signal splitter) 2 x Samson CR88 wireless systems and a Furman power conditioner.

‘Alan Entwistle Pickups’ Artist

Will Clayfield

“I started playing bass in 1978, after being a KISS fan and wanting to be in a band.”

GENRE(S): Rock / Pub Rock / Aussie Rock

INFLUENCES / FAVOURITE ARTISTS: Rose Tattoo, Cheap Trick, Cold Chisel, Iron Maiden, KISS, Judas Priest. My earliest influences would include Gene Simmons, Steve Harris, Phil Small (Cold Chisel) Greg Macainsch (Skyhooks) Geezer Butler, Peter O’Doherty (Mental as Anything)

BANDS – ACTIVE: Black Whiskey

BANDS – PREVIOUS: VICE, Whyte Widow, The Mack Band

PREFERRED PICKUPS, AND WHY: The PBX and JBX vintage will certainly suit my 1986 Ibanez RB830 Roadstar II., and the PBXN modern will slot straight into my Fender P bass

PRIME CUTS / STAND-OUT CAREER MOMENT SO FAR:

Opening for Stryper as our first gig for the Brisbane show on their Australian tour..

Playing with many local and international acts such as Sisters, Doll and Faster Pussycat.

Becoming a Rotosound strings, JHS Vintage bass and Alan Entwistle Pickups endorsee.

Our single ‘Wild & Free’ reaching #1 status in several countries , and staying in the Australian Radio Indie listeners charts for over 244 days and retaining the #1 spot several times.

DISCOGRAPHY:

Black Whiskey

EP – Rebel (2022)

Album – Last Temptation (2024)

Singles – Wild & Free, Whiskey & Rock N Roll, Down (Devils Highway), Eat You Alive

BIOGRAPHY:

I started playing bass in 1978, after being a KISS fan and wanting to be in a band. I started learning on a Fender P-bass copy, then moving on to my first quality bass and amp, being an Ibanez Destroyer II and a Peavey Mk IV head with a 1×15 Black Widow cab. I also had several years of formal tuition on keyboards which helped me develop my sense of playing by ear. With this, and a few years of garage jamming to Iron Maiden, KISS, Cold Chisel and anything else at the time, with my long-time friend on guitar.

VICE, my first band, was formed in 1984, which went on to have a successful career even after my departure. Taking several years off to live life and world-travel, I returned to music in the form of Black Whiskey after dabbling in several uneventful short-term ventures. In 2018 Black Whiskey had its first rehearsal, and within 6 weeks, we were opening for internationally renowned rock band STRYPER. Joining Black Whiskey made me look at myself as a bass player, and I began to revisit old influences as well as finding new ones to inspire me to not only play better, but to make the ‘engine room’ a more productive and cohesive unit. I began to listen to the likes of Alan Spenner and Carol Kane. deep diving into the playing of my early heroes Phil Small and Greg Macainsch.

I am also a bass player that is constantly trying to improve my sound and tone, and one way to achieve this is by using quality pickups to replace a lot of ‘factory fitted’ ones. This along with my chosen amplification seems to get the job done.

“Joining Black Whiskey made me look at myself as a bass player, and I began to revisit old influences as well as finding new ones to inspire me to not only play better, but to make the ‘engine room’ a more productive and cohesive unit.“

GUITARS / AMPS / GEAR:

I have a vast collection including vintage Japanese Ibanez and Greco basses, vintage Gibson, fender, and JHS Vintage basses, Hofner, Epiphone basses. HARTKE LH500 head, Peavey 800w 4×10 bass cab 2 x Sovtek vintage bass cabs 4×10 and 1×15, Behringer rack tuner (used also as a signal splitter) 2 x Samson CR88 wireless systems and a Furman power conditioner.