Bassist's Basses That You Liked?

[EssentialTension]

On 22/09/2021 at 10:56, Skin Lewis said:

Ronnie Lane's Zemaitis:

 

Noow owned by Bob Daisley ... https://bobdaisley.com/gallery/bobs-guitars ... and scroll down

[12stringbassist]

Three basses that melted my mind and set me off on expensive paths..

 

 

[AndyTravis]

@joeystrange absolutely love the Melissa Auf Der Maur Precision.

[Musicman666]

I like this one

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[jazzyvee]

Aston"Familyman' Barrett's Fender Jazz ( though i've never wanted to own one)

 

Stanley Clarke's Alembic. (I had to get one of those.)

Edited September 27, 2021 by jazzyvee

[AndyTravis]

35 minutes ago, Musicman666 said:

I like this one

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These were up for auction recently 

[paul_5]

On 21/09/2021 at 15:24, christhammer666 said:

Lemmy and his ricky 

 

Lemmy’s ‘Rickenbastard’ has to be one of the most iconic basses ever.

[paul_5]

I always loved this, even before I’d heard the album. 
 

 

Not sure I’d pay money for it though.

[paul_5]

This, on the other hand, is a thing of beauty…

 

 

Les Claypool’s ‘Rainbow’ 6 string fretless Carl Thompson.

Edited September 23, 2021 by paul_5

[4000]

On 22/09/2021 at 00:43, Cow said:

 

Alex from Ned's Atomic Dustbin's Rickenbacker (not that Matt's stingray isn't a looker too)

I always used to wonder if that was mine that was nicked around ‘86. 

[Geek99]

On 22/09/2021 at 11:05, Skin Lewis said:

 

Maybe. But he played a Rickenbacker in the late 60s Beatles, and in Wings.

He got better … the sickness went away eventually and he stopped tooling around with agricultural machinery 

[Geek99]

13 hours ago, dmccombe7 said:

For me these guys deserved a signature bass.

 

 

Doesn’t geddy lee have one already ?

[dmccombe7]

14 minutes ago, Geek99 said:

Doesn’t geddy lee have one already ?

So dId jack Bruce hence my comment "deserved" to have theirs, whereas Percy Jones deserved one as in should have had a WAL signature.

Dave

Edited September 23, 2021 by dmccombe7

[jimmyb625]

On 21/09/2021 at 19:08, NJE said:

I am currently loving everything Lee Sklar. His two basses seem like they could cover everything. So shocked Fender haven’t jumped on the band wagon with his precision, and this Dingwall shape in a solid colour is incredible.

 

 

 

Not forgetting of course, his signature Warwick...

[tegs07]

Not sure if he has been mentioned already but always loved Dusty Hills playing even though I’m not really a ZZ Top fan. The sound and look of the bass was perfect for the band.

Edited September 24, 2021 by tegs07

[SteveXFR]

21 minutes ago, tegs07 said:

Not sure if he has been mentioned already but always loved Dusty Hills playing even though I’m not really a ZZ Top fan. The sound and  look was perfect for the band.

 

That looks like it's been painted by a hot rod pin striper, I know all of ZZ Top were hot rod owners.

I rarely listen to ZZ Top but they've definitely influenced a lot of my favourite bands. 

[NancyJohnson]

Isn't this thread more about your favourite basses that well known players play, isn't it?  😂

 

I'll admit that I was drawn to Thunderbirds because of Overend Watts and Rickenbackers because of Steve Priest, but I'd cite the one-offs or rarer instruments than stock/off the shelf/you-can-buy-these-at-any-music-shop Precisions/Jazz/whatever basses; so I'd err with Mick Karn's later model Travis Bean (wide horns, so any post-600 serial number) or Gene Simmons doublecut Lobue bass. 

 

 

[dmccombe7]

It has taken a side stream but the original question was more about what famous bass players basses do you like. 

When i started reading the thread and was about to comment i mistakenly took it as signature basses. 

 

I have the Thumb NT that Jack Bruce had and have the Geddy Jazz signature. I did have the WAL fretless in 80's when i was into Percy Jones.

 

Now i'm looking at Geddy's Ric bass more for the tone and look. Might even sell my Thumb NT to fund it as not using it these days.

Dave

 

Edited September 24, 2021 by dmccombe7

[Linus27]

Yeah, the thread is about the basses you saw that you liked regardless of if you like the bassist or their music. For example, I included Jaco's Jazz as its a gorgeous looking thing but I'm not really a Jaco fan or listen to his music at all, I just love the look of his fretless Jazz bass. So it's not about signature basses, who has the most iconic bass, its purely about what basses YOU like that you've seen other bassist play.

[Reggaebass]

I’ve always liked Robbie Shakespeare’s bass here, I believe it’s a 1986 prs custom, I very nearly bought one a few years back 

[4000]

[Guest]

On 21/09/2021 at 23:41, drTStingray said:

The wonderful Bernard Edwards - 1977 Musicman Stingray (I know the bass has been mentioned before - no disrespect to John Taylor, but you can’t beat Bernard playing it). 

 

I thought it was more honest of me to show it with John Taylor, because it was thanks to BE leaving it to JT in his will that I first heard and learnt about BE.

 

Though obviously when I was a child I was enjoying Sister Sledge at the same time I was enjoying Duran Duran

[dmccombe7]

2 hours ago, 4000 said:

Think there's a wee Ric theme going on there. 

Dave

[4000]

43 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said:

Think there's a wee Ric theme going on there. 

Dave

There were actually other Rics too but I bottled including them! 

[Skybone]

No pics here but...

 

Geddy's Ric(s)

Lemmy's Ric(s)

Geezer's P, BC Rich Eagle & JayDee Roadie (though I do recall watching the "Never Say Die" tour vid on TV many years ago, with him using Glenn Hughes Ric)

Cliff's Ric & the Aria Pro II Elite

Scott Reeder's Ric

Ron Holzner's BC Rich Mockingbird