Barking Spiders Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Typically our fave players tend to be from genres and bands we like listening to but what about those you've come across whose playing grabs you by the cojones despite the music itself wanting to make you cut off your ears and then stick your head in a tub of offal. For me the first that springs to mind is Dave La Rue. Some bloke I used know reckoned I'd rave about the guitar work but it was the bass lines that I honed in on. Tasteful but skilled throughout. Right on the money. Billy Sheehan and Stuart Hamm. While I struggle to get to grips with the music I find these are go-to guys on YouTube when it comes to refining fingerstyle technique. That said Hamm's live rendition of 'Country Music' is great fun esp when his slapping goes mad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 I only really listen to jazz-funk / acid-jazz for the bass, so you could say Jamiroquai and Incognito for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolo Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Most of you guys really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidbass Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Roger Waters - Pink Floyd Chris Wolstenholme - Muse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_bass5 Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Geddy Lee. Love his playing but cant stand his vocals. Makes listening to Rush for a long period of time a bit of a struggle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Mick Karn - liked his bass playing but music was a bit bland and samey. Just couldn't really get into Japan. John Myung - another very talented bassist but Dream Theater just bore the hell outa me. Probably more that will come back to me as i've bought many albus just to hear the bassist. MAYBE THAT COULD BE THE NEXT THREAD ON BC - Albums you've bought just to hear the bassist. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted March 1, 2017 Author Share Posted March 1, 2017 Yep, indeed I have owned albums bought just for the bass playing e.g. Stuart Hmm's Radio Free Albemuth. Cant say I cared for the classical pieces transposed to bass - all a bit poncey to me - but the regular tunes have top notch basswork. Ditto the debut by Winery Dogs, some Dream Theater album, a Steve Morse effort and a Rush compilation. It was hard going but I managed to get through all of them once but that was enuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visog Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Mark King in Level 42 when they went mainstream Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamd Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Claypool is the bomb, Primus bit hard work 😜 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thodrik Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 It might be sacrilege to say this, but if Jon Stockman wasn't the bassist in Karnivool, I probably would never listen to them. I think that I would nearly add Flea to this as well. I don't really like The Who that much either, but John Entwistle was fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenzuwin Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 [quote name='thodrik' timestamp='1488411949' post='3248816'] It might be sacrilege to say this, but if Jon Stockman wasn't the bassist in Karnivool, I probably would never listen to them. I think that I would nearly add Flea to this as well. I don't really like The Who that much either, but John Entwistle was fantastic. [/quote][quote name='thodrik' timestamp='1488411949' post='3248816'] It might be sacrilege to say this, but if Jon Stockman wasn't the bassist in Karnivool, I probably would never listen to them. I think that I would nearly add Flea to this as well. I don't really like The Who that much either, but John Entwistle was fantastic. [/quote][quote name='thodrik' timestamp='1488411949' post='3248816'] It might be sacrilege to say this, but if Jon Stockman wasn't the bassist in Karnivool, I probably would never listen to them. I think that I would nearly add Flea to this as well. I don't really like The Who that much either, but John Entwistle was fantastic. [/quote][quote name='thodrik' timestamp='1488411949' post='3248816'] It might be sacrilege to say this, but if Jon Stockman wasn't the bassist in Karnivool, I probably would never listen to them. I think that I would nearly add Flea to this as well. I don't really like The Who that much either, but John Entwistle was fantastic. [/quote] Agree on The Who.. used to love them but realised they only have maybe 10 or so really good songs at best. Entwistle is great though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Rock Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Stanley Clarke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted March 2, 2017 Author Share Posted March 2, 2017 Agree re the Who. Should've been my first example in the OP. Like the Stones, a way overrated, half-decent singles band in the 60s with a bass player who didn't move much on stage. Unlike them, they had a bass player who often tops greatest polls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle psychosis Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 If I don't like the band, why would I like listening to the bassist? I don't listen to individual instrumentalists in isolation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiophonic Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Entwistle - Can't stand the Who, or much other so called classic rock. Geddy Lee - Ditto for Rush, apart from Moving Pictures. I can take the singing at a push but the lyrics and the drumming I find incredibly annoying. Flea - Same story with the singer and what he has to say i.e nothing. Primus - Annoying self conscious 'weirdness' sets my teeth on edge. Also, Rush covers. I just don't see the appeal, but I'd be an idiot to say Les Claypool isn't a great player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowhand_mike Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 (edited) [quote name='grahamd' timestamp='1488400639' post='3248709'] Claypool is the bomb, Primus bit hard work �� [/quote] [quote name='radiophonic' timestamp='1488470422' post='3249243'] Primus - Annoying self conscious 'weirdness' sets my teeth on edge. Also, Rush covers. I just don't see the appeal, but I'd be an idiot to say Les Claypool isn't a great player. [/quote] right i think you know where the door is, please leave Edited March 2, 2017 by lowhand_mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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