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04-05-2011, 01:44 AM
| | | | Who's sound made you want to try the bass?
For me its Dusty Hill and ZZ top, at the age of ten. It was probably the first time I ever really noticed the bass. Wondering if anyone else can remember the first time a bass tone struck them. |
04-05-2011, 01:48 AM
| | | | Ray Brown, James Jamerson, Joe Osborn, Paul McCartney, Sting and a local bass player.
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04-05-2011, 01:52 AM
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Unofficially Endorsing Genz Benz, Fender, Avatar TB-153 Cabs, Musicman | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Scottsdale Az | | | Well....at that time for me...you know...1992..it was Eric Avery from Janes Addiction. |
04-05-2011, 01:53 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Melbourne, Australia | | Flea.
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04-05-2011, 01:55 AM
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04-05-2011, 04:23 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Camarillo, CA | | | Who made me want to play bass first: Geddy Lee. Who made me want to be a full time, resolute bass player: Victor Wooten.
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04-05-2011, 04:25 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Dublin | | | Steve Harris on The Clairvoyant and These Colours Don't Run. That sound was what I wanted to do, and 3 years on form hearing them, I can just about get there.
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04-05-2011, 04:33 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Ireland | | | Ah, I remember it well.. It was John Paul Jones and the tune was When The Levee Breaks..
There were others that sparked my interest in bass playing. Rob Wright, Jamerson, Colin Moulding, Bruce Thomas, Norman Watt Roy to name a few. But I was destined to play bass after hearing JPJ.. |
04-05-2011, 05:16 AM
| | | Mr Cliff Burton of course  |
04-05-2011, 05:16 AM
|  | Supporting Member | | | | | Having my first decent home record player may have been part of it, but it was when I heard McCartney's low notes cutting through the mix on the early Beatles records.
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04-05-2011, 05:20 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Ghent, Belgium | | | Flea's intro to Around the World sparked my first interest in bass.
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04-05-2011, 07:36 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Jacksonville, NC | | | Geezer Butler on War Pigs.
The whole thing scared the crap out of me. 37 years later and I'm still hooked! |
04-05-2011, 07:36 AM
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04-05-2011, 07:41 AM
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04-05-2011, 07:42 AM
|  | Registered User | | | | | Jason Newstead from Metallica. |
04-05-2011, 07:47 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Minnesota - Twin Cities | | | My first teacher plugged in a bass to a pa in a huge room.. then played a guitar chord.. I played an E..
Instantly hooked.
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04-05-2011, 07:48 AM
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Originally Posted by swspiers Geezer Butler on War Pigs.
The whole thing scared the crap out of me. 37 years later and I'm still hooked! | +1
Same musician, same line, circa 1978. |
04-05-2011, 07:51 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Swansea | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Low Sound Love Flea's intro to Around the World sparked my first interest in bass. | THIS.
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04-05-2011, 07:56 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Here we are... | | | Larry Graham/Chris Squire
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04-05-2011, 07:56 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Tampa | | | actually, my junior high band director "made me" play bass, at age 13 (and I'm forever grateful), so there was no point when I heard a bassist and decided to play bass. At the time, I was listening to Chicago a lot, so I guess Peter Cetera's lines were the first bass influence. Listened to Chris Squire a lot at the time, too. And Entwistle. Not too much later, I started listening to a lot of fusion, so then it was all Jaco & Stanley. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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