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'All About That Bass' - Favourite Bass Guitarists

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  • Moe_ZambeekMoe_Zambeek Frets: 3419
    edited November 2017
    Royston Langdon
    Norman Watt Roy
    Jack Bruce
    George Young
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  • Paul Gray (The Damned)
    Algy Ward (The Damned)
    Captain Sensible (The Damned)
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  • ReverendReverend Frets: 4974
    'Dave' from Chas & Dave, seriously check him out.



    Chas was no slouch either.
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  • AlexCAlexC Frets: 2396
    Steve Severin from The Banshees. Bass as melody and creative use of fx. Ahead of his time IMO.
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  • James Jamerson
    Jimmy Lea
    George Porter Jr.
    Bernard Edwards
    Garry Gary Beers
    Geezer
    Geddy
    Chris Squire
    Greg Ridley
    Ronnie Lane
    Andy Fraser
    Wes Claypool
    Peter Hook
    Mani

    loadssss.

    "A city star won’t shine too far"


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  • cruxiformcruxiform Frets: 2533
    John Entwhistle. All of the others wish they were him. 
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  • stickersticker Frets: 869
    cruxiform said:
    John Entwhistle. All of the others wish they were him. 


    what ? dead after snorting a mountain of cocaine in a Vegas hotel room with a bunch of hookers?


    ok fair point ! :)

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  • NeillNeill Frets: 941
    Great thread.  Can't argue with any of the above but here's a few no-one has mentioned yet:

    Don Was - probably better known as a producer but a great bassist 

    Dave Pegg of Fairport convention - possibly the fastest player I ever saw

    Trevor Burton - started off on guitar with The Move but a really inventive melodic bass player.

    Danny Thompson - found fame with Pentangle but now the go to session man for the double bass  
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  • scrumhalfscrumhalf Frets: 11262
    Didn't we do this ages ago?

    Jack Bruce
    Jean-Jacques Burnel
    Martin Ace
    Phil Lynott
    Geezer Butler

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  • munckeemunckee Frets: 12255
    More votes for Kim Deal and Mani and would add Roger Waters
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  • SchnozzSchnozz Frets: 1927
    All these names just make you smile - So many wonderful tunes!!

    Jack Bruce
    Chris Squire
    &
    Jaco Pastorius

    HOWEVER

    When I played in a band I aimed to be like Geezer Butler because he hits the balance spot on.

    Norman Watt-Roy...Again, amazing.

    All of Jethro Tull's Bass Players are incredible, but many forget the late John Glascock (Brittledick to his friends etc)

    https://img.discogs.com/civ7R5R7S0cKt5b_wiGWxHkYWC8=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/A-447336-1403046148-1638.jpeg.jpg  
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  • Bruce Foxton


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  • tampaxbootampaxboo Frets: 487
    edited November 2017
    from ye olden days, John Entwhistle. the bass solo in the who's 'my generation' is landmark for the bass coming out of the shadows. it seemed to be used as supporting cast until then.

    but my favourite ever are Hooky (Peter Hook) and (Steve) Severin. they both totally define the 'less is more' thing for me. they made it front and centre by making economy and repetition and space the whole thing.
    in a way they are the anti-Entwhistles. breaking his idea of 'bass right out front' down and reassembling it for a new time and spirit.

    i am actually madly in love with both of them, in that strange way that it's possible for a musician to completely fall in love with another musician through their playing.
    they are like great lovers. i flirt with others for amusement and novelty, but always come back to Hooky and Severin because they are the best. heroic and for all seasons.


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  • MickeyjiMickeyji Frets: 108
    Jaco Pastorius, Percy Jones, Tal Wilkenfeld, Andy Fraser, Jack Bruce, Phil Lesh...
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  • DesVegasDesVegas Frets: 4510
    edited November 2017
    Simon Gallup (The Cure) and Stuart Coleman (The Music)
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  • prowlaprowla Frets: 4896
    I was out last night chatting with a BC member (Kev) and some other folks and someone asked who was our favourite bass player, to which Kev replied Chris Squire.

    It got me thinking and I would say I agree; there are lots of very good and impressive players about, technicians (Jeff Berlin), tricksters (Geddy Lee, Billy Sheehan), noodlers (Jaco Pastorius, Jack Bruce), but Chris Squire is the one game-changer - he reinvented the instrument (though I reckon he heard a lot of McCartney whilst he was developing).

    I guess the other major reinvention was slap, pioneered by Louis Johnson, which was then picked up by others (Mark King).

    So, for me, it's Chris Squire and Louis Johnson.
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  • AlexCAlexC Frets: 2396
    Anyone said John Deacon yet? Responsible for some of the most famous bass lines of all time.
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  • Norman Watt Roy
    Paul McCartney
    Norman Watt Roy
    Jaco Pastorius
    Norman Watt Roy
    Danny Thompson
    And Norman Watt Roy
    If you must have sex with a frog, wear a condom. If you want the frog to have fun, rib it.
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  • I could list loads but I prefer just to focus on the one who probably influenced me the most - Mike Mills from REM.

    I love his bass playing (my own playing copies him. Badly) and his backing vocals are regularly my favourite part of REM songs. An absolute hero to me. 
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  • 'Dave' from Chas & Dave, seriously check him out.



    Actually the piano player Chas Hodges is even better. 

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