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02-03-2008, 01:05 AM
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I know, it's an odd thought...
But for me, it's Phil Lesh. He's a great bass player. I was a major Deadhead as a teen. Yet I never really "got" his playing, never felt inspired to play like him.
Rocco , Entwhistle, , Jamerson, Jack Bruce - those guys hit me in the guts.
Lesh, it was like "well that's interesting..."
Anyone like that for you?
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02-03-2008, 12:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Earth | | | Yeah, lots. For me it's Geddy Lee that first comes to mind.
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02-03-2008, 12:09 PM
|  | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | | Les Claypool, really want to like him, but just can't get into Primus.
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02-03-2008, 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Sneckumhaw Yeah, lots. For me it's Geddy Lee that first comes to mind. | same here. great bassist but does nothing for me as a player. love to listen but....... |
02-03-2008, 12:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Mumbai , India | | | Wow , this is actually.....very interesting idea for a thread . I think the entire thing comes from the fact that you might like other things about the band or the people of the band as people and respect them as skilled musicians , but cant really like them as inspirations ;
I'd mention Trent Reznor . I love what he does, what sort of musical ideas he has , how he composes and what kinda philophy he lives by , but I cant listen to NiN tracks .
Oh , and John Myung too....
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02-03-2008, 12:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Dallas-ish Texas | | | Same here with John Myung. I love Dream Theater, but when it comes to inspiration, he's near the bottom of the list.
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02-03-2008, 01:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Toronto Canada | | | Anyone that is overly technical...I like melodic bassists.
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02-03-2008, 01:10 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Harpers Ferry WV | | | Jaco. |
02-03-2008, 01:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: COLORADO | | | I would have to say all of the regular superstars - Jaco, Geddy, Vic, etc...
Don't get me wrong, I dig their talents and abilities but when it comes to "inspiring me" I always fall back on my standard heros - Jamerson, Dunn and Weeks.
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02-03-2008, 01:27 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Marathon Man | | | I suppose the ones that come to mind are Entiwistle and JPJ. Everyone rants on about how good they are but I just don't hear it. |
02-03-2008, 01:29 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Upland, CA. | | People tell me that John Myung and Les Claypool shuold, but...meh... 
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02-04-2008, 01:13 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: New York, NY | | | I get really weird looks whenever this comes up, but Jaco leaves me totally cold most of the time. |
02-04-2008, 01:20 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Perth | | | Geddy Lee. I just think "meh". |
02-04-2008, 01:30 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Maine/Vermont | | | Here's another vote for Jaco. I'll give him my respect, but he doesn't get me all hot and bothered about playing bass. |
02-04-2008, 01:39 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Woodinville, WA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by nortonrider I would have to say all of the regular superstars - Jaco, Geddy, Vic, etc...
Don't get me wrong, I dig their talents and abilities but when it comes to "inspiring me" I always fall back on my standard heros - Jamerson, Dunn and Weeks.
Oh, and I can't forget Bootsy! | I think that this makes a good point. For me, it's Stanley Clarke. When I was in High School, I listened to a couple of his albums because of the type of jazz it was at the time, but style-wise, my tastes changed and he's not in my "pocket", so to speak. I think that there are so many fantastic players out there, but the ones that "inspire" are the ones that appeal to a person's love of the style of music, too. For me; Nathan East, for example, or bassists from somewhat "obscure" groups like "The Producers", a band out of CA in the 80's, whose 2nd bassist had an awesome sound and great ideas for the music they were putting out. (Check out the album "Coelacanth".) Really changed the sound of the band! These players inspire and direct my playing because they're doing the type of music that I want to do and they're pioneering in it at this time.
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02-04-2008, 01:49 AM
|  | TalkBass' resident Bongo + Cowbell player | | Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Bucaramanga, Colombia, South A | | | Cliff Burton for me. Of course I respect his legacy, but I can't tell a single time in which I've felt a bit enthusiastic about his contributions to bass playing (The only possible exception is "Orion"). |
02-04-2008, 03:41 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia | | | Jaco
Myung
McCartney
JPJ
Burton
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02-04-2008, 06:21 AM
|  | Why Can't We All Just Get Along? | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Somewhere near Raleigh | | | Jaco. I just can't listen to that music (with the exception of "All American Alien Boy"), therefore, he's totally not an inspiration to me at all.
McCartney and Burton also fit the above descrption for me, but I really can't stand that Weather Report-type stuff.
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02-04-2008, 07:18 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota | | | I like technical bass playing, but I have to say Victor Wooten. I liked him when he first came on the scene in the early 90s, but so much of his stuff is lacking teeth. I respect him and his abilities, but get real bored real fast.
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02-04-2008, 08:36 AM
| | | | john myung for me. he just bores me. dunno why
cliff burton. 'the greatest metal bass player' doesn't seem to do anything other than follow the guitars. orion is the only song which really impressed me. his solos where just noise
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