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05-27-2009, 08:06 PM
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I hope we can have some fun with this. Which bassist(s) influenced your bass purchase(s)?
For me, Graham Maby & Mike Kroeger for my Spector through-neck 5 string bass:  
Kevin Rosen of Dark Star Orchestra convinced me that I needed a Fender P-bass: 
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05-27-2009, 08:14 PM
| | | John Campbell, Made me want a Peavey Cirrus 
Fieldy, Made me want That extra B string, now stringing my basses B E A D 
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05-27-2009, 08:54 PM
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05-28-2009, 07:01 AM
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05-28-2009, 07:10 AM
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Originally Posted by PaulMacCnj  I hope we can have some fun with this. Which bassist(s) influenced your bass purchase(s)? | Somewhat off-topic, but those guys all have a serious case of bass face goin' on. 
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05-28-2009, 11:11 AM
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John Paul Jones inspired me to get my first Jazz bass. |
05-28-2009, 11:18 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Providence, Rhode Island | | I guess I'm probably speaking for 80% of the members on this forum, but here goes: 
By the way, +1 on the Louis Johnson for me too.
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05-28-2009, 03:29 PM
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05-29-2009, 04:13 PM
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05-29-2009, 05:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Lichtaffen I guess I'm probably speaking for 80% of the members on this forum, but here goes:
By the way, +1 on the Louis Johnson for me too. | +1 on Jamerson. After starting to study his work, I went out and bought a P-bass & strung it with heavy gauge flats.
My other main electric bass, a StingRay5, was influenced a bit by Tony Kinal, Tim Commerford, and Flea. I think Tony is the only one of those 3 that played a 5. They are the guys that I listened to a lot when I first started. In 2002ish, when I first played a StingRay5, I knew I had to have one. I think it's a safe bet that part of it was remembering the tone of those guys from several years earlier.
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