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08-06-2011, 02:19 PM
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Probably gonna get so much crap for this.. Pete Wentz. This was back in 5th grade when i had no clue about music. I just thought it looked so cool and sounded cool. As I got older it was Mark Hoppus, which I have respect for still. And the bassists that inspire me to get better are Marcus Miller, Johnny Christ, and still Mark Hoppus. |
08-06-2011, 02:24 PM
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mike gordon
john paul jones |
08-06-2011, 02:26 PM
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Then...all the rock/pop/R&B bands I wanted to play in but wasn't cutting it with my upright... |
08-06-2011, 02:27 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Loves Park, Illinois | | | entwistle.
gouche.
matt rubano.
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Christian P&W club #658 sXe Bassist Club #14.
Acoustic Amp Club #173. Metal bassists club #94
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08-06-2011, 02:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Apple Valley Ca. | | | Geddy Lee |
08-06-2011, 02:36 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Myrtle Beach S.C. | | | Mostly bass players on AM/FM radio, circa !970, then I discovered a band called Weather Report and that was a revelation as to what bass could do... very influential stuff!
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08-06-2011, 02:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: North Carolina | | | Stanley Clarke
Jaco
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08-06-2011, 02:49 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Airdrie, Alberta | | | I remember my dad blasting Primus in his truck when I was 12 or so, and I asked him what that crazy sound was and he said "it's a bass guitar". Ever since then I wanted to be a bass player. I didn't actually start playing for another year or so, but I will never forget it.
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Originally Posted by Funky Ghost  ...So it's like an auditory root canal. My nerves are frayed and I'm mostly numb and I'm still not sure if it did me any good... | |
08-06-2011, 02:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver, BC | | | Flea, also John Paul Jones, Bootsy Collins, James Jamerson, Aston Barrett, Jack Bruce, Geezer Butler |
08-06-2011, 02:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: East Midlands, UK. | | | No-one. Too many people play guitar, i wanted to be different, but im really influenced by Duff Mckagan and Steve Harris
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The talent is in the player not the gear. :)
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08-06-2011, 02:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: ohio | | | Krist Novoselic
As soon as i heard the nirvana sound, i finally heard through my ears what what is in my head for years.
Very underated as well, perfect example of playing to the songs needs instead of your own.
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08-06-2011, 03:08 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Cohasset, Massachusetts | | | Nobody really inspired me to play bass. I was playing in guitar in a band without a bass player. One night, the other guitarist said that every time I did a fill it sounded like a bass line. The next day, I started playing around with different fills and realized that he was right. My fills were based on bass lines. I decided to buy a bass. It came very naturally to me. I still play guitar and also taught myself keys. My favorite bassists are:
Paul McCartney
James Jamerson
John Entwistle
Jack Bruce
Geezer Butler
John Paul Jones
Mel Schacher
John Deacon
Craig MacGregor
Bruce Hall
Marcus Miller
Phil Lynott
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08-06-2011, 03:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: State College, Pennsylvania | | | Flea. And he still does.
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"The music gave you back your beat so you could dream. A whole generation running with a fender bass..." -Lou Reed
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08-06-2011, 03:11 PM
|  | Registered User | | | | | John Deacon, Cliff Burton, Steve Harris, James Jamerson, amongst others.
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08-06-2011, 03:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Dallas, TX | | | There were many, but Chris Squire was the one that put me over the top.
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08-06-2011, 03:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Narvik, Norway | | | Mike Rutherford and Chris Squire |
08-06-2011, 03:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Chile | | | Mark hoppus |
08-06-2011, 03:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado | | | John Paul Jones.
That's it.
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08-06-2011, 03:26 PM
|  | And I went BING BOP. BINGA BINGA BING BING BOP. | | Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Waukesha, Wisconsin | | | Wow, back in the day. Like in...the very early 80s.... it was Geddy Lee and Steve Harris. A little later it was Sting. |
08-06-2011, 03:32 PM
| | | | Inspiration to play bass.
+1  I agree with all the bass players cited by Rockmusician and his story. I was 16 when I started in 1966. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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