Your Ultimate Desert Island Bass Tone

[thegummy]

If you could pick one track that has your ultimate bass tone, which would it be?

Rush - YYZ for me

[Painy]

Glenn Hughes - Push (or pretty much any song off the feel album).

[CrackerJackLee]

Rod Hicks on an Ampeg fretless bass, with Paul Butterfield.

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Edited November 25, 2016 by CrackerJackLee

[ezbass]

John Entwistle on The Real Me from Quadrophenia. It sounds so good in the context of the whole production. I have heard it isolated; not so good, but that's not how it was meant to be listened to.

[Geek99]

I actually love my own tone - it sounds great too me (and probably just me). I would pick johnny cashs bass player in Folsom prison blues

[BigRedX]

If you are on a desert island by yourself it doesn't matter what tone you have. They all work.

[deanovw]

There are so many but one that always stands out to me is on the Album 'Aliens ate my Buick' by Thomas Dolby.

The bass player was Terry Jackson I believe

[thegummy]

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There are so many but one that always stands out to me is on the Album 'Aliens ate my Buick' by Thomas Dolby.

The bass player was Terry Jackson I believe
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I'm liking this music so far!

Never heard of Thomas Dolby but I'm pretty sure it was him who does a keytar solo dressed as the teacher in Roger Waters' live version of The Wall

Edited November 25, 2016 by thegummy

[JapanAxe]

Bruce Thomas on Elvis Costello's stuff.

[Pow_22]

The Fratellis - Look Out Sunshine

[Cosmo Valdemar]

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If you are on a desert island by yourself it doesn't matter what tone you have. They all work.
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That's the spirit!

[DarkHeart]

Lemmy on Motorhead - Motorhead

[T-Bay]

Peaches by the stranglers, doesn't get better than that for me.

[White Cloud]

Easy - "Big Money" by Rush. Waltastic!

[MattM]

'Nard, Good Times, 2EQ 'Ray, well aged flats. Doesn't get any better IMHO

http://youtu.be/M1APFyc_QtQ

[la bam]

Probably an old 70s style lo fi Roxy music sound. Rich and deep with a bit of growl.

[Digestive10]

My absolute favourite: Robbie Shakespeare's deep punch on Grace Jones' "Private Life"

Honourable mentions, McCartney's fat thwack on "Hey Bulldog" & Alan Spenner's raw as cold steel sound on Roxy Music's "Same Old Scene"

[Graham]

Justin Chancellor on Tool's 10,000 Days, specifically, Jambi

Also, Joe Lally on Fugazi's Repeater album.

Edited November 27, 2016 by Graham

[Funky Dunky]

Probably either 'Nard, or Marcus Miller's tone. Honourable mention to Paul Turner on 'All Good In The Hood' - a glorious, beautiful, woody Jazz Bass tone.

[JTUK]

Alex Al with a jazz for me, atm

[SpondonBassed]

Nate Watts on Stevie Wonder's "I wish". I heard him say he liked a slack string with a high action. He seems to get the slackness from tuning to Eb.

[Lozz196]

There are too many that I go through phases of liking, but my current fave is Bubbles of Booze & Glory, his Fender Jazz/Orange BassTerror sounds great, plus his playing is really melodic.

[thegummy]

The tone itself is pretty generic but the actual playing by Pino Palladino on John Mayer's Try album is one of the most beautiful things in the world.

P.S. Great to see all the answers and hear how different peoples' favourite tones are. Will get round to listening to the rest soon

[dafonky]

Lars Denmark Danielsson , on all Michael Ruff albums and Nils Landgren Funk Unit !

[nikon F]

circle of hands Gary Thain ,,,,,well all of D and W's really 🙂