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12-28-2007, 01:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Central Valley | | | Which Players inspired you to pick up a Bass
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For me it was in no particular order...
Steve Harris of Iron Maiden, Chris Squire of Yes, John Deacon of Queen, Mike Rutherford of Genesis, Geddy Lee of Rush, Andy Fraser of Free, Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath, John Entwistle of The Who, Pete Way from UFO.
anybody else?
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12-28-2007, 01:32 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York City | | | I don't think there were any bass players who initially inspired me to pick up the bass, it was more the old "okay, now that we've decided to form a band which one of you guitarists wants to play the bass?" scenario.
But the bassists who were my earliest inspirations when I was first starting out, the guys who inspired me not to put the bass down once I'd already picked it up, were Chris Squire, Mel Schacher, & Stanley Clarke...plus, I suppose subliminally, Bill Wyman & John Paul Jones.
And maybe Joe Schermie. |
12-28-2007, 01:44 PM
| | | | Rudy Sarzo and Gene Simmons. |
12-28-2007, 01:45 PM
| | ????????????? | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Lexington KY | | | I'm another "we need a bass player...you're it," guy. First person who made me want to be a bass player rather than a guitarist who also played bass was Wooten. Saw the Flecktones live in 91 and never been the same since.
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12-28-2007, 01:49 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Kane, PA | | | my older brother inspired me to play
my parents noticed me always playing his bass
so they decided to get me one as a gift
they ended up buying me a guitar
so after a year on that, i realised it wasn't a bass and made the switch
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12-28-2007, 01:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: London, UK | | | John Entwistle, Simon Gallup, JJ Burnel, Sting. |
12-28-2007, 01:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Napa, CA | | | Jerodie White (Twiggy Rameriez) Of Marilyn Manson.
He just wrote some simple awesome Basslines (along with the Guitar Lines)
He got me into the Bass.
From then.... Les Claypool, And Geddy Lee.
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12-28-2007, 02:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mechanicsburg, PA | | | Well, as much as I hate to say it, Gene Simmons of Kiss (hard to believe coming from a Christian musician, eh? --- hey, I was young at the time). Of course, it was fine players like Abraham Laboriel, Sr. (especially), Glenn Hughes, Peter "Mars" Cowling and Leland Sklar who kept me interested.
Craig
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12-28-2007, 02:09 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: New Jersey | | | I picked up bass because I couldn't afford a bass clarinet (figure that one out).
But. The bassists who made me love playing bass and got me to where I am are:
1) Chris Squire
2) Jack Bruce
3) Jonas Hellborg
Speaking of Jack Bruce, usually when I'm trying to figure out a bass line for a song that I haven't written, I think WWJBD. Works every time. |
12-28-2007, 02:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Rockville, MD | | | Entwistle
Ryan Martinie
Flea
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12-28-2007, 02:18 PM
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12-28-2007, 02:18 PM
|  | Registered User | | | | Stanley Clarke, Bunny Brunel, Alphonso Johnson, Ralphe Armstrong, Anthony Jackson, Larry Graham, Abraham Laboriel, Chuck Rainey, Nathan East, Louis Johnson, Nathaniel Phillips (Pleasure), Mark Adams (Slave), Oscar Alston (Rick James, Teena Marie, Mary Jane Girls), Randy Jackson (American Idol), Jerry "Wyzard" Seay (Mother's Finest) and Danny Wilson (Jeff Lorber Fusion).
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12-28-2007, 02:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ventura County | | | Tim Commerford
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12-28-2007, 02:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Atlanta, Ga | | | For me, it wasn't a particular player, it was a tune. When I heard Sly and the Family Stone do "If You Want Me to Stay", I had to learn bass asap. I was already playing tuba in Middle school band, so I was listening to bass stuff anyway.
I took my money I had saved up mowing yards and bought a Fender Jazz the next day.
And hear I am playing the same bass 33 years later |
12-28-2007, 02:21 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Ellenwood,Ga. | | | Mel Schacher. He is no doubt my biggest influence.Glad to see someone else here appreciates his work too.
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12-28-2007, 02:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: San Diego, California | | | It was Alex Webster, Stefen Fimmers, and Dallas Toller-Wade. Although Dallas is mostly a guitar player, the bass work he did on Annihilation of the Wicked was very nicely done. |
12-28-2007, 02:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Indianapolis | | | My older brother got a guitar back in '93 and naturally me being the younger brother didnt wana be labeled as the copy cat so i asked my mom to get me a bass, the rest is history.. and a little les claypool, victor wooten, and john paul jones. |
12-28-2007, 02:34 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College Station, Texas | | | Steve Harris. |
12-28-2007, 02:35 PM
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McCartney
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Dee Dee Ramone (Hey, I started off learning Ramones songs.  )
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12-28-2007, 02:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Ashburn, Va | | | My inspiration came from my curiousness in playing some kind of musical instrument. I remember the first time I picked up a bass, I hated it!! I put it back down and was like, no way!! I want a guitar instead. Then years later, my uncle was selling his Ibanez Roadstar II, amp and some effects. I was hooked from that point on.
But after I got into, the players that inspired me were first- Les Claypool and second- Flea. As I have grown into more of a typical bass player role, I would say Jamerson, Steffan Lessard and all of the guys who just lay it down.
Peace,
Chris
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