Page 1 of 10 123 ... LastLast
Results 1 to 15 of 141

Thread: Great Bass Players

  1. #1
    Senior Member Krunchy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2007
    Location
    New York
    Posts
    1,224

    Great Bass Players

    Chest Pounding Bass!
    Dont know if we already have/had one of these threads (nothing came up on search?) but how about the Lowly BASS.
    As always the bass player rarely gets much attention and without them the Groove just wouldnt sound the same.

    Lets not limit it to Rock for Jazz has had some great talent as well -
    and besides...We All Love Really Good Bass!

    I'll start, one of my favorites has always been Stanley Clarke (kind of obvious but what the hey!) more of a jazz fusion thing but his early stuff is really amazing. Has featured a lot of great guitar players to complement his style...Jeff Beck, Bill Connors and John McLaughlin to name a few. His more recent stuff is a little tame, his 70's stuff is the ticket



    Just Play Music.

  2. #2
    Senior Member BMWCCA's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2006
    Location
    Virginia
    Posts
    7,743
    Far from my field of expertise but, never being short on opinions, I'll offer two of my favorites:

    Michael Manring: http://www.manthing.com/

    Andy Frazier: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Fraser

  3. #3
    Senior Member richluvsound's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2006
    Location
    london england
    Posts
    2,060

    Andyoz !

    Tony Levin

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcbSjC9tAY8

    Andyoz and I saw this guy with Gabriel last summer. Amazing to watch this man play. Stanley Clark can rock the boat too ! "Illegal" from East River Drive Krunchy, You wait till the 18" start pumpin this at ya

    Rich

  4. #4
    Senior Member rs237's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2006
    Location
    Germany
    Posts
    397
    Quote Originally Posted by Krunchy View Post
    Chest Pounding Bass!
    Dont know if we already have/had one of these threads (nothing came up on search?) but how about the Lowly BASS.
    As always the bass player rarely gets much attention and without them the Groove just wouldnt sound the same.

    Lets not limit it to Rock for Jazz has had some great talent as well -
    and besides...We All Love Really Good Bass!

    I'll start, one of my favorites has always been Stanley Clarke (kind of obvious but what the hey!) more of a jazz fusion thing but his early stuff is really amazing. Has featured a lot of great guitar players to complement his style...Jeff Beck, Bill Connors and John McLaughlin to name a few. His more recent stuff is a little tame, his 70's stuff is the ticket
    Hello Krunchy,

    Yes, I agree with you. I love him since 1975.

    Regards
    Juergen
    Attached Images Attached Images  

  5. #5
    Senior Member Fred Sanford's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2005
    Location
    Shenandoah Valley
    Posts
    1,608
    I'm gonna type this quick, and not check name spelling...these are influences & inspirations, very random styles.

    Wilbur Bascombe
    Geezer Butler
    John Patitucci
    Phil Chen
    Larry Graham
    Les Claypool
    Sting
    John Deacon
    Geddy Lee
    Norwood Fisher
    Mike Watt
    Stu Hamm
    Paul McCartney
    Graham Maby
    John Paul Jones
    Marcus Miller
    John Entwistle
    Victor Wooten
    Lee Sklar
    Dave Hope

    ...I'll kick myself later for forgetting others, but that's a start.

    je

  6. #6
    Senior Member Ducatista47's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2005
    Location
    Peoria, Illinois
    Posts
    1,886
    Electric, if those no longer with us count, Jaco Pastorius. Stand-up, Ron Carter.

    Jaco needs no explanation.

    Carter is capable of much more melodic soloing than his peers. He can do this partially because his intonation is better. His sense of swing and blue notes is unbelievable.

    My new kid on the block award goes to Tal Wilkenfield.

    Peter Washington with the Bill Charlap Trio is the best I have heard live in many, many years.

    I have no qualifications to even hold an opinion on this other than having played the bass myself, pretty badly I would say.

    Clark in Peoria
    Information is not Knowledge; Knowledge is not Wisdom
    Too many audiophiles listen with their eyes instead of their ears


  7. #7
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Mar 2004
    Location
    Sanger, Texas
    Posts
    559
    Jeff Berlin ain't too shabby either.

  8. #8
    Senior Moment Member Oldmics's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2003
    Location
    Between Venus and Mars
    Posts
    872

    I"m with Harvey-Berlin is Amazing

    I also want to nominate Jerry Peeks.

    Played with the Steve Morse trio for awhile.

    First bass player I ever saw who tastefully used a whammy bar.

    Oldmics

  9. #9
    Senior Member diamondsouled's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2007
    Location
    Yukon Territory
    Posts
    112
    For rock Glenn Hughes is awesome, can sing decently as well. For jazz-funk Jamaaladeen Tacuma.

    http://www.glennhughes.com/

    http://www.jazzdimensions.de/intervi...en_tacuma.html

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaaladeen_Tacuma

    Lar

  10. #10
    Member KromeDome's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2007
    Location
    Downeast Maine
    Posts
    43

    First names out of my head...

    Chuck Rainey
    John Entwistle
    Leland Sklar

  11. #11
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Mar 2004
    Location
    Sanger, Texas
    Posts
    559
    And don't forget Abe Laborial.

  12. #12
    Senior Member greyhound's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2006
    Location
    netherlands
    Posts
    284
    jaco pastorius
    les claypool

    the discussion wich one of them is better continues to pop up every time me and my best friend get drunk

    i say Les he says Jaco
    finally i have a pair of 604 8g's....there not easy to find in the netherlands

  13. #13
    Senior Member oznob's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2005
    Location
    Northern California
    Posts
    1,116
    How about two Rock and Roll Hall of Famers?

    Donald "Duck" Dunn

    Jack Bruce

  14. #14
    Senior Member Jakob's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2003
    Location
    Sweden
    Posts
    311
    What about the late self-taught Bernard Edwards from Chic. His grooves are some of the worlds most sampled ones.

    Louis Johnson (One of the Brothers Johnson. Played with Michael Jackson on "Thriller", "Off the wall" and "Dangerous" and with George Benson on the "Give me the night" album etc... Nicknamed Thunder Thumbs!

    Steve Harris from Iron Maiden. Writes all their stuff.

  15. #15
    Senior Member Krunchy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2007
    Location
    New York
    Posts
    1,224
    Very Cool! I knew there would be a lot of names that I was not aware of and hopefully that would be of interest to many of us as well.

    If you guys get a chance could you recomend an album or two if you have the time to do so, that would be very helpful as well. Thank you!

    Rich, i remember you or Andyoz (Heather too) talking about Tony Levin and I got my wife the peter gabriel dvd and the guy was pretty amazing.
    I got East River Drive, there are some great songs in there but not the whole album like in the old days,
    "when its cold outside" from Hideaway if pretty hot as well, too short, he could do a 15min jam on that one

    JE, its interesting that you mentioned sting and paul McCartney in your list and rightly so, sting is a really talented player as is paul (super talented bastage ), a lot of names Im not familiar with.

    Oldmics
    "First bass player I ever saw who tastefully used a whammy bar."
    Now that is intersting, can you recommend an "album" that showcases this?

    rs237, like the vinyl Stanley Clarke...nice!

    Jeff Berlin, Jaco, Ron Carter, any particular cd's guys? Thanks!

    dont forget Mr. Mingus!
    Just Play Music.

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Similar Threads

  1. Bass for my Fender Jazz Mod Roscoe Beck
    By audiophile.1963 in forum Lansing Product DIY Forum
    Replies: 13
    Last Post: 06-30-2007, 02:21 PM
  2. Sub bass extension gets extended to play lower and louder than before!
    By JBL 4645 in forum Lansing Product DIY Forum
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 02-09-2007, 05:15 PM
  3. Dumb audio questions
    By SEAWOLF97 in forum General Audio Discussion
    Replies: 10
    Last Post: 12-15-2006, 11:55 PM
  4. JBL 4425: oiling the veneer, and bass boom
    By carolax in forum Lansing Product Technical Help
    Replies: 29
    Last Post: 07-06-2003, 07:29 AM

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •