xilddx Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 I think mine are, in order of who spring to mind, when I'm writing a bass line on the spot are .. [b]Scott Thunes Paul Simonon Geddy lee[/b] So who are yours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Bruce Foxton JJ Burnell Nikki Sixx - I do like a one-note bassline! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 [quote name='silddx' post='1018307' date='Nov 10 2010, 01:24 AM']I think mine are, in order of who spring to mind, when I'm writing a bass line on the spot are .. [b]Scott Thunes Paul Simonon Geddy lee[/b] So who are yours?[/quote] [b]Ashley Hutchings Dave Pegg Rick Kemp[/b] Can't work out if that lot makes me enigmatic or sad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_bass5 Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 (edited) John Taylor was my first and biggest influence. John Deacon because i love his bass lines Bruce Foxton. I really got in to his bass line when i had to learn a load of Jam covers for the tribute thing i did a few years ago. So much energy. ....and who ever played the bass line im learning at the time. Ive never listened to Jaco, Wooten or many of the highly respected bass masters, especially the virtuosos. I find their sort of music just doesn't interest me in the slightest and in fact i find someone doing all that noodling very boring. Guess ive lived a sheltered life. Edited November 10, 2010 by dave_bass5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 [quote name='dave_bass5' post='1018393' date='Nov 10 2010, 09:22 AM']Ive never listened to Jaco, Wooten or many of the highly respected bass masters, especially the virtuosos. I find their sort of music just doesn't interest me in the slightest and in fact i find someone doing all that noodling very boring. Guess ive lived a sheltered life.[/quote] Know exactly what you mean, I feel I [b]should[/b] like them because people say how good they are, but just can't quite stay interested long enough to sit and listen to an entire tune. I think it's cos they only play the verses and leave all the choruses out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 John McVie Pino Palladino John Deacon If I think how they all played on records through the years, I know i'm doing something right, and tasteful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Geddy Lee, Stanley Clarke and David Margen. Just wish I sounded like any of them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicman20 Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Recently, Brian Robinson from A Wilhelm Scream. Paul Turner Flea I dont play in a funk band, but I love funk players (more so the finger funk, less slap). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Peter Hook Mick Karn As far as I am concerned there are no other bassists interesting (to me) and distinctive enough to be a conscious influence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_bass5 Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 [quote name='icastle' post='1018407' date='Nov 10 2010, 09:33 AM']Know exactly what you mean, I feel I [b]should[/b] like them because people say how good they are, but just can't quite stay interested long enough to sit and listen to an entire tune. I think it's cos they only play the verses and leave all the choruses out... [/quote] Yeah, i sometimes feel im not a real bass player because i dont know even 50% of the names banded about on here. The way some poepl go on about them make me feel liek i nee dot go and listen but liek you i just cant stay interested. Maybe its because its not really relevant to my playing as im much more of a basic driving bass line/rock player and i hate being asked to play solo's etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomEndian Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Danny Thompson Pino Palladino John Giblin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 (edited) [quote name='dave_bass5' post='1018430' date='Nov 10 2010, 09:51 AM']Yeah, i sometimes feel im not a real bass player because i dont know even 50% of the names banded about on here. The way some poepl go on about them make me feel liek i nee dot go and listen but liek you i just cant stay interested. Maybe its because its not really relevant to my playing as im much more of a basic driving bass line/rock player and i hate being asked to play solo's etc.[/quote] LOL - I'm the same with films... If something has picked up Academy Awards or worse still... [i][b]Oscars[/b][/i] then I just [b]know[/b] it's going to bore the arse off me Edited November 10, 2010 by icastle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTUK Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 I don't usually have heroes or influences as such..just all sorts of references and I nick little things from anyone and everyone but in the interest of this thread... Andy Fraser Marcus Miller Anthony Jackson I am surprised I could get 3 .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charic Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Hmmm... 1. Dave Ellefson 2. Matt Freeman 3. John Entwistle or Steve Harris 2 and 3 are pretty uncertain if im honest... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk8 Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Duff Mckegan Cliff Burton Steve Harris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Probably whoever I'm listening to at the time but I don't consciously think of other bass players when I'm working out a new line. I tend to think in terms of chords, scales, and passing notes, and whether it sounds right/good with what the rest of the band are doing - especially the vocal melody and the drums. I'm sure I'm influenced by the bassists I was hearing as a teenager in the 1960s. In fact I came off stage at the end of a gig a couple of years ago and a bassist I vaguely knew who was in the audience but who had never heard me play before came up to me and said 'I'm hearing Paul McCartney, Jack Bruce, and Jack Casady'. I've got a standing bet on with a guitarist that, at every gig, I can somewhere slip in the main bass phrase from Green Onions or from Billie Jean whatever songs we play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_bass5 Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 [quote name='EssentialTension' post='1018455' date='Nov 10 2010, 10:07 AM']I've got a standing bet on with a guitarist that, at every gig, I can somewhere slip in the main bass phrase from Green Onions or from Billie Jean whatever songs we play.[/quote] Funny that, I also slip a bit of Billie in when i get bored. Normally if a guitar solo goes on for too long (when will they learn), its normally his cue to finish up. The other one is groove is in the heart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunderbird13 Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 [quote name='dave_bass5' post='1018430' date='Nov 10 2010, 09:51 AM']Yeah, i sometimes feel im not a real bass player because i dont know even 50% of the names banded about on here. The way some poepl go on about them make me feel liek i nee dot go and listen but liek you i just cant stay interested. Maybe its because its not really relevant to my playing as im much more of a basic driving bass line/rock player and i hate being asked to play solo's etc.[/quote] I'm exactly the same, as I hobby player I'm only really interested in music that speaks to me rather than someone who makes music which may be technically brillant but leaves me cold. Back on topic I would like to be influenced by Paul McCartney, Andy Rourke and perhaps a bit of Geddy Lee. However all my fingers can produce is Adam Clayton and Bil Wyman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 [quote name='dave_bass5' post='1018463' date='Nov 10 2010, 10:12 AM']Funny that, I also slip a bit of Billie in when i get bored. Normally if a guitar solo goes on for too long (when will they learn), its normally his cue to finish up. The other one is groove is in the heart.[/quote] Funny that, because I've also used Billie Jean to cue the drummer to end that solo now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_bass5 Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 [quote name='EssentialTension' post='1018467' date='Nov 10 2010, 10:13 AM']Funny that, because I've also used Billie Jean to cue the drummer to end that solo now.[/quote] If my drummer even attempted to do a solo i would just throw my bass at him, in bar one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 [quote name='dave_bass5' post='1018472' date='Nov 10 2010, 10:17 AM'] If my drummer even attempted to do a solo i would just throw my bass at him, in bar one.[/quote] We don't allow it any more. We only ever allowed so that we got a cigarette break. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleblob Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Stanley Clarke Geddy Lee Jonas Hellborg And unfortunately I can neither play like them or sound like them, but I often hear bits in my playing that I could attribute to all three. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Cass Lewis - note choices and attack Stuart Zender - timing, legato and muting Myself - general cack-handedness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 [quote name='BottomEndian' post='1018432' date='Nov 10 2010, 09:53 AM']Danny Thompson Pino Palladino John Giblin[/quote] Tasty! Do you have an allergy to frets or something Owain? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomEndian Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 (edited) [quote name='Conan' post='1018564' date='Nov 10 2010, 11:08 AM']Tasty! Do you have an allergy to frets or something Owain? [/quote] You know what? I hadn't even noticed that they're all fretless*. What can I say? I'm a sucker for mwaah. * In their most well-known roles, anyway. Edited November 10, 2010 by BottomEndian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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