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Post by levon on Jan 20, 2016 0:25:53 GMT -6
And concentrate on her playing, ferrchrissake
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Post by tasteliketape on Jan 20, 2016 2:49:20 GMT -6
And concentrate on her playing, ferrchrissake She has a bass ? Lol
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Post by Ward on Jan 20, 2016 4:13:00 GMT -6
Lee SKlar
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Post by jayson on Jan 20, 2016 6:16:30 GMT -6
I can never single individuals out on lists like this without forgetting a lot more people than I site; it's always going to depend on musical context for me. I think I'd start off giving the nod to Carol Kaye, Tony Levin, Phil Lesh, Jack Casady, John Paul Jones, Ken Gradney, Bill MacCormick, John Entwistle, Billy Sheehan, Stanley Clarke, Charles Mingus...kind of an endless list in one way or another.
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Post by tonycamphd on Jan 20, 2016 9:09:28 GMT -6
This one always kicks my ass...
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Post by Martin John Butler on Jan 20, 2016 9:22:44 GMT -6
I've been fortunate to have worked with some of the world's finest bass players. Unfortunately, I couldn't afford to keep them around for very long. Guys who've played with more A list artists than I can list. Of those players, two stick out to me. One was John Kumnick, "John K". He was in Cyndi Lauper's band, and then joined David Bowie for many years, ( he's in the Fashion video) John had this freaky ability to anticipate chord changes when showing him a song. He'd go to a note before you moved your hands, and he was always headed to the right note, even if it was an unpredictable one, like he was musically psychic. He was such a joy to play with.
That said, I have to get personal here, my favorite bass player was Busta Jones, sometimes known as Busta Cherry Jones. He recorded as a solo artists as well as a top session musician with Brian Eno and David Byrne as well as with Talking Heads and Gang Of Four, Sharks, Escalators, Michel Pagliaro (Canada), among others. He was asked to join The Rolling Stones, but talked his way out of the deal, foolishly wanting to be made a band member.
That said, Busta used to play with me. He worked with my drummer, Paul Duskin in lots of situations, so that's how we met. Busta played on some of my late 80's commercials, and he played on my song demos then. We started a band, but he got called away by bigger offers. Here's the reason he's my personal favorite. You'd play a song for him, he'd think for 2 seconds and say, "I think it should go something like this", and proceed to create a riff that was an instant brain worm. You could no longer hear the song without that riff. He did it every time.
That was my friend Busta Jones, RIP.
One more thing, for me, it's gotta be a Fender Jazz bass, although I'll cave and work with someone using a Precision. My two favorite bass tones are John Paul Jones', and Michael Visceglia, from Suzanne Vega's "Solitude Standing". Have to mention that Edgar Meyer is my all time upright bass player, he's beyond beyond.
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Post by jimwilliams on Jan 20, 2016 9:49:41 GMT -6
Ron Carter, Stanley Clark (acoustic AND electric) Alphonso Johnson, Byron Miller, Nate Watts, Brian Bromberg, John Entwistle, Patrick O'Hearn, etc.
Many of those guys I've worked for and installed circuits into their basses like Nate Watts, Aphonso, Byron, Patrick, etc. Hear that stuff on their recordings.
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Post by dfh on Jan 20, 2016 10:25:44 GMT -6
Joey Spampinato of NRBQ Marc Johnson Charlie Haden
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Post by ragan on Jan 20, 2016 10:36:00 GMT -6
Whenever I think of bass playing that I really love, Gabe Nelson from Cake always springs to mind. I don't think the guy has ever played a note that I didn't think was perfect. Incredible sense of groove and even when playing busy parts, he doesn't step on anyone else. I love his playing.
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Post by henge on Jan 20, 2016 10:47:31 GMT -6
Tony Levin, Jaco, Geddy Lee, Wooten, Meldal Johnson, Alain Caron, Rocco Prestia, JPJ. So many amazing musicians...
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Post by chasmanian on Jan 20, 2016 10:51:01 GMT -6
noel redding, billy cox.
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Post by Guitar on Jan 20, 2016 11:30:17 GMT -6
My Jazz bass is unfortunately badly under the weather (neck problems), so I'm trying to make the P work for now, even though it's quite a different thing.
It's amazing these stories of who some of you have worked with. There's nothing more exciting as a songwriter to me than hearing songs instantly come to life with a talented, rock solid rhythm section. Feels like driving a race car, playing alone feels like holding up a cardboard sign on the side of the road.
It's nice to see so much appreciation for players of an instrument that sometimes gets taken for granted, or lost on tiny speakers. I feel like I could spend days looking these guys up.
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Post by ragan on Jan 20, 2016 12:18:20 GMT -6
It's nice to see so much appreciation for players of an instrument that sometimes gets taken for granted, or lost on tiny speakers. I feel like I could spend days looking these guys up. Hell yeah. If you don't have a great bass player you don't have a great band.
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Post by warrenfirehouse on Jan 20, 2016 12:18:59 GMT -6
Whenever I think of bass playing that I really love, Gabe Nelson from Cake always springs to mind. I don't think the guy has ever played a note that I didn't think was perfect. Incredible sense of groove and even when playing busy parts, he doesn't step on anyone else. I love his playing. Cake is such an amazingly underrated band all around. Love these guys. Such cool relaxed music and great lyrics/melodies/harmonies
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Post by ragan on Jan 20, 2016 12:30:09 GMT -6
Whenever I think of bass playing that I really love, Gabe Nelson from Cake always springs to mind. I don't think the guy has ever played a note that I didn't think was perfect. Incredible sense of groove and even when playing busy parts, he doesn't step on anyone else. I love his playing. Cake is such an amazingly underrated band all around. Love these guys. Such cool relaxed music and great lyrics/melodies/harmonies Totally. Cake electric guitars are a benchmark for me in terms of sonics and arrangement.
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Post by Guitar on Jan 20, 2016 17:21:57 GMT -6
Cake, or Greg Brown rather, is the reason I bought my Guild Starfire II, which I've written some of my best tunes on. They (Cake) are recorded so well, too, kind of a benchmark for me also.
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Post by mobeach on Jan 20, 2016 17:23:15 GMT -6
And concentrate on her playing, ferrchrissake Huh? she was playing something?
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Post by Guitar on Jan 20, 2016 17:28:50 GMT -6
And concentrate on her playing, ferrchrissake Huh? she was playing something? My heart strings at least... hahaha, btw check the YouTube comments on that one, they're hilarious.
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Post by mobeach on Jan 20, 2016 17:30:44 GMT -6
I have a thing for fretless, especially Pedulla's! Jeff Schmidt has them make his basses with an upside down nut. He won the 2005 Bass Extremes International Bass Solo Competition judged by Victor Wooten and Will Lee.
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Post by joseph on Jan 20, 2016 17:40:58 GMT -6
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Post by tasteliketape on Jan 20, 2016 18:00:21 GMT -6
Quote from a Little Feet album "Do not take lighlty this bit of musicanship one dismisses simply as "bass"."
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Post by Guitar on Jan 20, 2016 18:41:08 GMT -6
Quote from a Little Feet album "Do not take lighlty this bit of musicanship one dismisses simply as "bass"." I was just telling my former bass player, "man, there is a whole lot more to the bass than I thought." and he said, "add another one to the list of guitar players who have said that." haha. Paul McCartney is so good, unforgettable, I especially like this Wings stuff where his bass is way forward in the mix. He's another one that plays bass on the lower guitar strings when he plays guitar.
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Post by channelcat on Jan 20, 2016 19:46:50 GMT -6
Glad someone finally mentioned Mike Watt! IMO he is to punk/hardcore what Jamerson was to pop/rock/funk...creating a foundation for guys like Flea and Col. Claypool to build on. And I'll add Darryl Jenifer (Bad Brains) and Joe Lally (Fugazi).
Stu
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Post by Guitar on Jan 20, 2016 20:35:23 GMT -6
Glad someone finally mentioned Mike Watt! IMO he is to punk/hardcore what Jamerson was to pop/rock/funk...creating a foundation for guys like Flea and Col. Claypool to build on. And I'll add Darryl Jenifer (Bad Brains) and Joe Lally (Fugazi). Stu Oh man, I keep playing the "Waiting Room" bassline every time I pick up the bass lately. So addictive. I've been jamming some Flea riffs too.
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Post by Ward on Jan 20, 2016 20:43:22 GMT -6
I Wooten think a group like this would leave 4-time Grammy winner Victor out.. but there you go.
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