Your BASS or Guitar player Influences

[Bass4real]

Your top 5 Bass players and Guitar players both past and present that at first, challenged you and had a major influence on the Bass player you are today . 

 

Here are mine 

(Bass players)

Brandon Michael  (Allegaeon/

Steve DiGiorgio 

John Myung

Chris Squire 

Billy Sheehan 

 

Guitar players that have influenced my bass playing 

Yngwie 

Andy James 

Marty Friedman and Dave mustaine

John Petrucci

 

 

 

 

 

[Geek99]

Adam Clayton #controversial 

garry beers of inxs 

justin currie of del amitri 

duck dunn

mr Jamerson 

[Lozz196]

Bass

Bruce Foxton

JJ Burnel

Duff McKagan

Glen Matlock

Paul McCartney

 

Guitar

Steve Jones

Malcolm Young

Izzy Stradlin

 

 

 

 

[bigthumb]

When I started playing back in '88 aged 15 

Adam Clayton 

Steve Harris

Bruce Foxton

Paul McCartney 

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

In no particular order and probably with some major omissions:

 

Iain 'Thump' Thompson (I first noticed the bass as an isolated instrument on the intros of a couple of Darts records)

Willie Dixon

John Paul Jones

Carol Kaye

David J

Duck Dunn

Bob Babbitt

James Jamerson

 

Nile Rogers

Billy Gibbons

Philip 'Snakefinger' Lithman

Malcolm & Angus Young

[JohnDaBass]

Old skoool

Jack Bruce

Paul McCartney 

Andy Fraser 

Duck Dunn

John McVie

Martin Ace

James Jameson

Willie Dixon

Tommy Shannon 

Gerry McAvoy

 

 

 

 

Edited December 19, 2024 by JohnDaBass
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[Reggaebass]

bass
Aston Barrett 

Flabba Holt

Robbie Shakespeare 

Val Douglas 

Sean Hurley 

 

guitar

Ernest Ranglin
Peter Tosh 

 

[itu]

Niels-Henning Ørsted-Pedersen (while listening to him, from the name you may believe there are two persons - jazz)

Stanley Clarke (I started listening to him as a youngster, and his playing led me to play bass seriously, well, sort of) 

Mark King (slapping fun)

Pekka Pohjola (composer)

Jeff Berlin (attitude)

Tom Kennedy (what a sideman!)

Abraham Laboriel (sessions)

Tommy Shannon (lays down that feel)

James Jamerson (The Sideman)

 

g-word players...

Barney Kessel (jazz)

Paco de Lucia (flamenco, incredible!)

Allan Holdsworth (different)

Al Di Meola (flashy)

Wayne Krantz (jazz)

Oz Noy (jazz and effects)

[Hellzero]

Me, myself and I. 

[Bass4real]

1 minute ago, itu said:

Niels-Henning Ørsted-Pedersen (while listening to him, from the name you may believe there are two persons - jazz)

Stanley Clarke (I started listening to him as a youngster, and his playing led me to play bass seriously, well, sort of) 

Mark King (slapping fun)

Pekka Pohjola (composer)

Jeff Berlin (attitude)

Tom Kennedy (what a sideman!)

Abraham Laboriel (sessions)

Tommy Shannon (lays down that feel)

James Jamerson (The Sideman)

 

g-word players...

Barney Kessel (jazz)

Paco de Lucia (flamenco, incredible!)

Allan Holdsworth (different)

Al Di Meola (flashy)

Wayne Krantz (jazz)

Oz Noy (jazz and effects)

I know of a few of these names  -

Jeff Berlin , Allan Holdsworth,

Stanley clarke of course.

And Tom Kennedy , He's my Uncle  :?D

[Bass4real]

4 minutes ago, Hellzero said:

Me, myself and I. 

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[Bass4real]

6 minutes ago, Hellzero said:

Me, myself and I. 

Good choices 

[Steve Browning]

First influence was Denis Dunnaway (Alice Cooper).

 

Main influence was John Deacon. It was his sound and approach I sought to draw on mostly. 

 

There are many other players I admire but these two shaped me as a bass player. 

[ezbass]

Pino Palladino

Tony Levin

Roscoe Beck

Chris Childs

Chuck Rainey

 

Six stringers:

Eric Johnson

Robben Ford

Brian Setzer

Carl Verheyen

Jimmy Page

[bassbiscuits]

As a 12 year old picking up a bass in 1986 my bass gods were:

 

Gene Simmons

Steve Harris

Duff McKagan

Billy Sheehan

Tom Hamilton
 

I’ve ripped off a few ideas from all of them along the way. 
 

Started guitar at 14 in 1988 so my main influences were:

 

The Beatles

John Martyn

Mark Knopfler

Paul Weller

Angus Young

I’ve also always loved Matthias Jabs from the Scorpions but can’t say I’ve ever managed to play like him. 

[paul_5]

Bass:

Geddy Lee

Les Claypool

John Paul Jones

John Giblin

Billy Sheehan

(there are MANY more, but you only wanted 5)

 

Guitar:

Ler

Zappa

Andy Summers

Tom Morello

[chris_b]

I could list a thousand players. I've stolen from them all, but these guys are the top of my list:

 

Bill Wyman

Willie Dixon

John McVie

Duck Dunn

Reggie McBride

Hutch Hutchinson

Nathan East

[NAS Bass]

Stand out early bass influences in order that I heard them:

 

Dennis Dunnaway - his playing on the whole Schools Out album blew me away and still does

Jim Lea

Richie McCracken - live Taste

John Paul Jones

JJ Burnel

 

All of these have truly influenced my playing and inspired me. Many others would be on a "favourite" bassists list.

 

Whilst there are many I enjoy, I cant say any guitarists have inspired my playing

Edited December 20, 2024 by NAS Bass
typo

[uk_lefty]

Influence in the broadest sense, I don't play anything like most of these:

 

Jack Bruce

Noel Redding

Geezer Butler

Jeff Ament

Bruce Foxton

Dave Ellefson before he went a bit weird

Colin Greenwood

Duff McKagan

Marcus Miller

Jaco

Mark King 

John Taylor

 

Probably missed loads but those are the ones I either aspire to play like, or hearing them makes me want to play.

Edited December 20, 2024 by uk_lefty

[Peejay]

Bass:

Martin Turner

Sting

Macca

Kenny Passarelli - loved the simplicity of his playing but his tone on fretless P is awesome.

Dee Murray

Could add John Taylor, Pino and loads more.

 

Guitar:

Joe Walsh

Nils Lofgren

Chris Rea (slide)

Mark Knopfler

Gary Rossington

[christhammer666]

for me

 

bass.

Lemmy

steve harris

jason newsted

cliff burton

rex brown

 

 

guitar

dimebag

dave mustaine

john petrucci

yngwie

james hetfield

 

[Leonard Smalls]

Bass:

Bootsy

Jamaaladeen Tacuma

Bill Laswell

Flea

Larry Graham

 

Guitar:

Marc Ribot

James Blood Ulmer

David Fiucyznksi

Christophe Godin

Derek Bailey

[AMV001]

Lemmy (pre-Motorhead)
Geezer Butler
Paul Gray
Cliff Burton
Tracy Pew

 

J Mascis
Geordie Walker
Andy Gill
Tony Iommi
Huw Lloyd Langton

[Reggaebass]

I’m enjoying reading through this, there’s  many bass players I’ve never heard of  so I’m looking them up 

[oldslapper]

Who got me started?

 

Bass:

Dee Murray

Kenny Pasarelli

Pierre Brock

Percy Jones

Andy Fraser

 

Guitar:

Paul Kosoff

Davey Johnstone 

Tommy Bolin

 

Singing: (Because it’s as important an influence on me as the above)

Paul Rogers 

David Coverdale

Glen Hughes