The only that come to mind are Steve Harris of Iron Maiden and David Ellefson, ex-Megadeth bassist. Did I miss any?

...i think thats about it...odd, p basses have a good metal tone

to me, its like this:

metal = esp, spector, ibanez, rick, warwick
'normal' rock = pbass, jbass, rick
jazz, solo bassists etc = boutique basses, jbass

I use my Jazz and a Precision in my metal band, haha. I love my Fenders :)

Jason Newsted has some PJ Sads.

Do I count? :D

Most of the time I'm a metal bassist and I rip my fretless Fender P out any chance I get. It's black on black and looks and sounds metal enough for me.

Noone seems to mind - I've auditioned with it and jammed with it with metal bands and I'm yet to be asked to remove it in favour of my usual ESP F104.

Then again, I've yet to be asked to take the ESP off when jamming 70's Rock N Roll tunes either.

Duke Erickson from Metal Church
Frank Bello from Anthrax (though he has a new sig model out which is more Aerodyne than Precison)
Mac from Acid Reign
Frank Watkins from Obituary
Joey Vera from Armored Saint
Bob Daisley (played on most of Ozzy's albums)
Steve DiGeorgio from Death, Sadus, Testament and more used to play a fretless P
Mike Kirkland from Prong

there are loads and loads more

I read that list ^ and think to myself...

Who?

:p

Then you, my friend, need to be educated in metal :)

Then you, my friend, need to be educated in metal :)

+1. I didn't know those guys all used P's, but I knew a lot of the bands :)

I only know Anthrax and Death from that list :hmm:

gezer butler early black sabbath
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Mike Labadie of Gojira.

Heavy + P-bass = Melvins

Newsted has a couple, uses them in recording.

Yep, newsted uses Ps in recordings. Bob Daisley from ozzy, Geezer Buttler from Sabbath. Theres this one dude who recorded an album with dio too, who played a p bass, and he had a sweet angry p bass tone.

The guy from HIM uses a p-bass most of the time.

Yep, newsted uses Ps in recordings. Bob Daisley from ozzy, Geezer Buttler from Sabbath. Theres this one dude who recorded an album with dio too, who played a p bass, and he had a sweet angry p bass tone.

If it's from early Dio, it would be Jimmy Bain. Bob Daisley enjoys his old P-basses. He has an awesome tone and a pedigree a mile long, which speaks volumes for his talent.

that guy from bauhaus (or something like that) has a black fretless p bass ('72 i think)

jazz, solo bassists etc = boutique basses, jbass
I'm really backward - I use Roscoe's for metal :D

The guy in Jon Oliva's Pain plays a P: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiSm1VZZvhc

gezer butler early black sabbath
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I can't believe it took 12 posts before someone added Geezer... thank you Fenbass! ;)

I can't believe it took 12 posts before someone added Geezer... thank you Fenbass! ;)

So why didn't you post it after 4? :hiding:

Oh and if anyone in Perth is reading, I think Dave Harrison from Allegiance used a black P IIRC. But I could be wrong most of those concerts were a blur lost between the hair and the floor rapidly approaching my face a lot... :D :D

So why didn't you post it after 4? :hiding:


...slow and lazy, but it's ok, I work for the city. :p

Doesn't matter if its says "Fender Precision Bass" most of those Ibanez , Bc rich and Jackson "metal" basses have a P bass pickup in there, it will sound pretty much the same .

rob trujillo uses a pbass or two with Black Label Society... and on the other metal side... Nikki Sixx uses a pbass at times too

EVERYBODY used a P or J at some time or another back in the day, that's all there really was. Even Gene Simmons who was famous for having weird basses used P's in the studio a lot. What about:

Ian Hill
Cliff Williams
Roger Glover
Mel Schacher
Rob Grange

Heck there are only FIVE guitars and basses available to players:

A Tele
A Strat
A Les Paul
A Pbass
A JBass

All the rest are just minor variations on these 5.

If it's from early Dio, it would be Jimmy Bain. Bob Daisley enjoys his old P-basses. He has an awesome tone and a pedigree a mile long, which speaks volumes for his talent.
he was a lefty, jimmy brain wasnt a lefty.

Jeff Pilson of dokken played a P Bass.

he was a lefty, jimmy brain wasnt a lefty.

Just FYI, Bob Daisley isn't a lefty. I also thought Jimmy Bain played Yamaha basses.

http://www.dio.net/pictures_gallery/982910_bob_2.jpg

Yep, newsted uses Ps in recordings. Bob Daisley from ozzy, Geezer Buttler from Sabbath. Theres this one dude who recorded an album with dio too, who played a p bass, and he had a sweet angry p bass tone.


Jimmy bain also used a BC Rich eagle with Dual P Pickups

Scott n Dallas, i didnt say it was bob daisley, and yes, jimmy brain plays yamaha bbs(who also have p pickups).

il try to figure out his name, hes a great player.

Though not metal by today's standards... Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy played a P-bass

Scott n Dallas, i didnt say it was bob daisley, and yes, jimmy brain plays yamaha bbs(who also have p pickups).

il try to figure out his name, hes a great player.

Oh oh oh oh. Okay. I misunderstood, my bad. You must be talking about Teddy Cook because UIM all of Dio's other bass players were right handed.

Yep its teddy cook.

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/7107/teddycooktp7.png

hear him here :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hBGj_jIIqM&mode=related&search=

you can hear him beter hear:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrhcI9wj7Jo&mode=related&search=

I've seen Paulo Jr. from Sepultura using a P-bass.

I use my Jazz and a Precision in my metal band, haha. I love my Fenders :)

Steve's first bass in Maiden was a J bass.

Shavo from System of a Down uses a 62' P in the studio

ME!!
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l302/tunghookbass/DSC_0023.jpg

Heck there are only FIVE guitars and basses available to players:

A Tele
A Strat
A Les Paul
A Pbass
A JBass

All the rest are just minor variations on these 5.

I have to disagree, I'd say 6. Stingray and other basses with humbuckers are different than split coil P or single coil J.

Yep its teddy cook.

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/7107/teddycooktp7.png

hear him here :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hBGj_jIIqM&mode=related&search=

you can hear him beter hear:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrhcI9wj7Jo&mode=related&search=

Whoa... not positive but I think that's my friend Rowan in this Dio pic, jamming in the studio in the early '90s. He was the 17 year old guitar prodigy who only played on one Dio album... still pretty cool.

EDIT: not trying to suggest it's someone other than who you all said it is, I think Rowan would be the one playing guitar here. thought i should clarify

In my opinion, the P-bass just won't cut it for metal. J-basses just have that fat tone which gives the extra oomph necessary. I think that for metal, the best bass is warwick. It just has a powerful tone, which can cut through the mix.
And, although I haven't played a lot of Fenders, but those I have... Well I play in a metal band and they simply won't work. They're okay, but they don't have the edge, what Warwicks or Spectors have.

does the bassist for deftones use a p?

Duuudes. Martin Mendez is usually a Jazz Bass guy, but IIRC he has a P in his collection.

Jason Newsted played one during recording, and used to live back in Flotsam & Jetsam. He also currently has a few Sadowsky P/J's.

I read that list ^ and think to myself...

Who?

:p

That list only reminds me of how old I am as I actually recognize those names. :hiding:

Whoa... not positive but I think that's my friend Rowan in this Dio pic, jamming in the studio in the early '90s. He was the 17 year old guitar prodigy who only played on one Dio album... still pretty cool.

EDIT: not trying to suggest it's someone other than who you all said it is, I think Rowan would be the one playing guitar here. thought i should clarify

Yup, that's Rowan... you should check out the second link he posted, it has alot of good footage of that band in the studio for the Lock up the Wolves album with Rowan. That was always one of my favorite Dio albums...

that guy from bauhaus (or something like that) has a black fretless p bass ('72 i think)

David J. Yes he used a fretless Precision in Bauhaus but I wouldn't say their music is metal.

The bassist in Queens of the Stone Age plays a precision also, but still I don't think that's metal either.

Nick Olivieri(spelling?) if that counts :hmm:

I only know Anthrax and Death from that list :hmm:

I think you've heard of Ozzy, pal.

Don't forget the master Alex Webster from Cannibal Corpse, he used a P bass on Eaten back to life.:bassist:

Whoa... not positive but I think that's my friend Rowan in this Dio pic, jamming in the studio in the early '90s. He was the 17 year old guitar prodigy who only played on one Dio album... still pretty cool.

EDIT: not trying to suggest it's someone other than who you all said it is, I think Rowan would be the one playing guitar here. thought i should clarify

Yep its him, Dio says in that vid we got this new 17 year old guitarist and stuff like that.

YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO PLAYED FOR DIO omgomgomgomg :hyper:

k.

The only that come to mind are Steve Harris of Iron Maiden and David Ellefson, ex-Megadeth bassist. Did I miss any?

First we have to agree on the term "Metal"... one man's metal is another mans AOR... do we limit it to the last five years or only bands that are currently active? do we include heavy metal from the 60's and 70's? NWOBHM? Does stuff by Green Day or Linkin Park count as metal?

The Gossip? What I saw of them on saturday night on BBC Three put them into the metal class. Great Drum and Bass there with fantastic vocals over the top... mind you, she needs to keep her clothes on...

You've opened a can of worms here my friend... :hiding:

First we have to agree on the term "Metal"... one man's metal is another mans AOR... do we limit it to the last five years or only bands that are currently active? do we include heavy metal from the 60's and 70's? NWOBHM? Does stuff by Green Day or Linkin Park count as metal?

The Gossip? What I saw of them on saturday night on BBC Three put them into the metal class. Great Drum and Bass there with fantastic vocals over the top... mind you, she needs to keep her clothes on...

You've opened a can of worms here my friend... :hiding:

I don't think anyone considers green day metal....


James Lomenzo of Megadeth plays a Warwick Buzzard with 1.5 p bass pickups :smug:

does the bassist for deftones use a p?

Yup. Chi Cheng uses a '57 P-Bass reissue and a '57 Jazz bass reissue.

Also the guy from Arch Enemy, um, what was his name, Sharlee D'Angelo uses a P-Bass in their video, Nemesis(not sure but i think it is a P-bass). :bassist:

Duuudes. Martin Mendez is usually a Jazz Bass guy, but IIRC he has a P in his collection.

Martin Mendez is fantastic, and yes, he is all about the Jazz Bass. I play in a metal band as well, and I primarily use my deluxe P. I must admit though, the Jazz pickup in it rounds the tone out perfectly.

Oh and also the guy from deftones uses (or has used) a P live (mind you I'm not familiar enough with them to call them metal... are they? It's just that the songs I've heard by them are heavy).

The bassist in Queens of the Stone Age plays a precision also, but still I don't think that's metal either.

Kyuss are definately metal though (the band before Queens of the Stone Age) so I'd count Nick Oliveri...but then he used Rics in those days

The name of the Dio bassist is,i believe,Teddy Cook.He played on Lock Up The Wolves.

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The name of the Dio bassist is,i believe,Teddy Cook.He played on Lock Up The Wolves.

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I know that at least one Dio bassist played a P on a Dio record. The studio video was posted on the second page. Great tone. The Jis probably more flexible, but depending on the player, the P can sounds very good in metal.

Yup. Chi Cheng uses a '57 P-Bass reissue and a '57 Jazz bass reissue.

Also the guy from Arch Enemy, um, what was his name, Sharlee D'Angelo uses a P-Bass in their video, Nemesis(not sure but i think it is a P-bass). :bassist:



I thought Chi was using a P Deluxe?
I know Jordie White (Marilyn Manson, later A Perfect Circle) used a P Deluxe, at least in the Perfect Circle phase.

Jim Sheppard from Nevermore uses 5-string P-basses, with Bartolini pickups. He also plays with a pick. He pulls off an interesting tone too - which makes for a good mix IMO, especially since Jeff Loomis started to down-tune more.

Heck there are only FIVE guitars and basses available to players:

A Tele
A Strat
A Les Paul
A Pbass
A JBass

All the rest are just minor variations on these 5.

I don't think that a Rickenbacker bass (or guitar for that matter) is a variation on any of these. How about hollow bodies (I know, this is mainly guitar)?

Heavy + P-bass = Melvins

Yessssssssssssss.

the (most excellent) bass player for 3 inches of blood (a power/viking metal band) plays an old school red fender p-bass.