Tone, Tone, Tone...

Stewmc5222 · #1 03-16-2005, 10:21 AM

Whose sound just blows your mind?

Here are some of my favorites:

Steuart Liebig
Mick Karn
Anthony Jackson
Jaco
JohnPaul Jones
Mark King
Larry Graham, Jr.
Tom Kennedy

Percy Jones gets points, too, 'cause he's so easily recognizble.

how about you cats and why?

from the lows,

Stew

the ombudsman · #2 03-16-2005, 10:29 AM

One man, many great tones: Tony Levin.

Juneau · #3 03-16-2005, 10:36 AM

Baghiti Khumalo (of Paul Simon fame) - Best fretless tone I can imagine.
Les Claypool - some may argue, but I actually really dig his overly midrangy tone.
Reed Mathis - Just cause he does so much weird stuff with his effects. Its neat to see someone pull something different out of an old standard bass.
Taylor Propp (Meteorite) - His Ken Smith sounds so nice hehe

Just a few hehe...

Mojo-Man · #4 03-16-2005, 11:02 AM

Pino Palladino-fretless MM, or P-bass-flats.
Jack Bruce farty gibson-Cream
Jonas Hellborg ABG-The Word-
Steve Swallow-metal pick- 5-string-High C.

Stewmc5222 · #5 03-16-2005, 11:04 AM

great nominations. I don't know Reed Mathis and Taylor Propp, though. are there samples of their playing online?

Juneau · #6 03-16-2005, 11:14 AM

Sure, actually Stew, Ill send you a PM, since the link Im giving isnt for the general public (as I have a lot of copyrighted material on there that I dont want made available).

I'll go ahead and add one more...

Aaron Bellamy on Alan Evans' (drummer for Soulive) album, Let It Ride, has a really sweet tone. Deffinantly an album worth picking up if you dig the funk and jazz jam type stuff.

GSPLBASSDC · #7 03-16-2005, 11:35 AM

Some of my personal favs:

Juan Nelson (my new "main homie")
"Buddah"
Louis Johnson
Terrance Parker (Fred Hammond's bassist)

Juneau · #8 03-16-2005, 11:36 AM

Ahh I forgot "the Man" Juan Nelson, good call

Check the "Who the hell is..." thread if you havent yet. I posted some live stuff in there you might be interested in.

**Vorago** · #9 03-16-2005, 11:40 AM

The bassplayer from Graceland by Paul Simon, superb tone.

Juneau · #10 03-16-2005, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Vorago

The bassplayer from Graceland by Paul Simon, superb tone.

See my first post hehe - Baghiti Khumalo (don't feel bad, with a name like that I can never remember it and always have to look it up before posting hehe.)

James Hart · #11 03-16-2005, 12:00 PM

Great thread Stew!

for me...

Tyrone Brown (on the live Grover Washington Jr disc)
George Porter Jr, any day, any time
Lucky Scott (on Curtis Mayfield's "Curtis Live!")

Tony Levin
Anthony Jackson

Many more....

#12 03-16-2005, 12:05 PM

Matt Garrison, Victor Wooten, Anthony Jackson, Mike Pope...hmmm I see a trend.

GSPLBASSDC · #13 03-16-2005, 12:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Juneau

Ahh I forgot "the Man" Juan Nelson, good call

Check the "Who the hell is..." thread if you havent yet. I posted some live stuff in there you might be interested in.

A TERRIFIC thread!!!!!... I would have never heard about Juan if it wasn't for Juneau's update. Y'all should really check this guy out!!!

Wilbyman · #14 03-16-2005, 12:55 PM

Off the top of my head, I love John Patitucci's tone (with his old Smith BT6C) on his first self-titled record. Probably my all time favorite sound.

Additionally, I like Jimmy Haslip's tone (Red Heat...think that was the MTD), Avishai Cohen's wicked 70's jazz bass sound on "Lyla", and some I probably forgot...Gary Wills, Ed Friedland's piccolo bass, etc.

Not a big Victor Wooten guy but he's got a pretty sweet tone too!

Stewmc5222 · #15 03-16-2005, 01:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Juneau

Sure, actually Stew, Ill send you a PM, since the link Im giving isnt for the general public (as I have a lot of copyrighted material on there that I dont want made available)...

looking forward to it, man!

thanks for all the replies, cats! I'm really into the names I don't know yet: new stuff to check out!

JimK · #16 03-16-2005, 01:40 PM

Chuck Rainey

TRIPSTER · #17 03-16-2005, 02:22 PM

For me today, it's:

Doug Pinnick of King's X.
Percy Jones
Mick Karn
Billy Sheehan
Steve Swallow
Anthony Jackson
John Taylor
Geddy Lee

**j-raj** · #18 03-16-2005, 02:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Juneau

Aaron Bellamy on Alan Evans' (drummer for Soulive) album, Let It Ride, has a really sweet tone. Deffinantly an album worth picking up if you dig the funk and jazz jam type stuff.

w00t!!!!

yo Juneau, Are you talking about this cat?

Never realized he had made it big...That is completely news to me! I used to jam with him (he dbls on gtr, killer player) when I was living in Boston. His older brother Luke is a badass drummer, very much like Alan Evans... Except a scary looking cat when he plays.

The oldest brother Joe went to UMASS with me long long ago....

Man, it's a small world.

Juneau · #19 03-16-2005, 02:32 PM

Well the pic doesn't work, and 2ndly I have no idea what he looks like, but he sounds damn good hehe.

And I don't know about how "big" they are, as no one I know even knows who Im talking about hehe, but he's big with me anyhow lol

Im a big soulive fan, and got Alan's album as soon as it came out and actually like his solo stuff just as well or better than soulive hehe.

EDIT - Looks like he is one and the same: http://aaronbellamy.com/page/a1.html

Stewmc5222 · #20 03-16-2005, 02:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Juneau

... Im a big soulive fan...

then you probably know Sam Kininger who plays sax for Soulive sometimes. he came out with us on the last Brotherhood of Groove tour and we got to hang a ton. the bass playing on his album is awesome, both tonally and in terms of the groove playing. real funk!

from them lows,

Stew