Famous Bassists who might do better playing a different bass to their usual one

[Lfalex v1.1]

As per the title,  recommend and discuss alternative bass choices for your favourite famous bassists based on... well, anything really!

 

(Credit for this idea due to a picture of Tony Levin playing a Dingwall)

 

I'll kick off with;

 

Someone get Dave Ellefson (ex-Megadeth) a Musicman Bongo.

I think the tone would suit him down to the ground. 

[cetera]

I always thought that Verdine White should play a white Spector.... would look and sound awesome!

[SteveXFR]

Jerry Only of Misfits would sound better with anything but the bass he uses. Maybe the older Ibanez SR800 with PJ pickups would work for him

[Lozz196]

I always thought that Sami Yaffa of Hanoi Rocks sounded better with his Thunderbirds than with his Jazzes.

[diskwave]

John McVie. Poor guy can hardly play and he's twanging some fancy shmancy thing which you can never hear. A P bass would do him a huge favour.

[Richard R]

On 03/02/2023 at 21:48, greavesbass said:

John McVie. Poor guy can hardly play and he's twanging some fancy shmancy thing which you can never hear. A P bass would do him a huge favour.

Mick Fleetwood said in an interview that his drumming was so inconsistent that the only bassist who could play with him was John McVie! So maybe John just thought "sod it, I'll buy what I want"? 

[Dr.Dave]

On 03/02/2023 at 21:48, greavesbass said:

John McVie. Poor guy can hardly play .........A P bass would do him a huge favour.

He's well known for playing Precisions but clearly , judging by the other comment  ,  you were joking anyway.

[tauzero]

Alain Caron. Jaco only needed four strings.

[nilorius]

On 03/02/2023 at 14:37, Lfalex v1.1 said:

As per the title,  recommend and discuss alternative bass choices for your favourite famous bassists based on... well, anything really!

 

(Credit for this idea due to a picture of Tony Levin playing a Dingwall)

 

I'll kick off with;

 

Someone get Dave Ellefson (ex-Megadeth) a Musicman Bongo.

I think the tone would suit him down to the ground. 

I am afraid we are not the ones who can decide this thing. 

[gjones]

Any old bass would be an improvement on that flipping Hofner Paul McCartney plays. He should have stuck with his Yammie.

 

Edited February 6, 2023 by gjones

[Lfalex v1.1]

3 hours ago, gjones said:

Any old bass would be an improvement on that flipping Hofner Paul McCartney plays. He should have stuck with his Yammie.

 

 

Or maybe even the Rick..

[Chris2112]

Imagine if Tony Butler had used a Spector to record the classic Big Country hits. It would certainly sound amazing. 

[Lfalex v1.1]

47 minutes ago, Chris2112 said:

Imagine if Tony Butler had used a Spector to record the classic Big Country hits. It would certainly sound amazing. 

 

Agreed. Or maybe a Warwick Thumb?

[Chris2112]

14 minutes ago, Lfalex v1.1 said:

 

Agreed. Or maybe a Warwick Thumb?

 

He actually did have a Warwick Thumb around the 'Buffalo Skinners' era, although he didn't seem to use it that much.

[Passinwind]

Jamerson would have sounded immensely better with an Alembic. Or better yet an upright. And no, I'm not joking.

 

Or am I? 😉

[Doctor J]

Get Flea back on a Wal - not a Stingray, not a Jazz, not his Jazzray, not his Modulus, not an Alembic - his Wal.

Edited February 7, 2023 by Doctor J

[cetera]

2 hours ago, Doctor J said:

Get Flea back on a Wal - not a Stingray, not a Jazz, not his Jazzray, not his Modulus, not an Alembic - his Wal.

Yep.... or his Spector NS2J