Bass influences

[Erikthejunkie]

Hey you guys whats up
Now since ive been on here ive seen some very open minded intelectuals so i have one question to ask?
Who has influenced you?
and whats your stlye of music
my style is funk,and metal
My influence are:
Cliff burton
Flea
Fieldy
Larry graham
Bootsy
Marcus miller
Victor wooten
Mark king
Tom Araya

So let me know Id likee to try diffrent styles and diffrent people

[EdHunter]

First and foremost, I'm an old-school metal bassist with prog pretentions. Steve Harris, Geezer Butler and Geddy therefore have been the biggest influences on me so far: gallops, pentatonic fills, chords, a ton of treble, use of higher octaves and an abusive technique. All of this results in my No.1 bass - Fender P Deluxe with rounds and a Gotoh bridge.

But of late, I've been playing a lot of various styles for school productions, for friends' projects etc. which has meant I've kinda looked at players like Robbie Shakespeare, Bernie Edwards and Andy Fraser. These guys introduced me to a mellower style, hence my T-Bird now wears a set of flats.

[poorbassist15]

I'm a prog bassist through and through, but I'm equally at home playing classic rock or R&B. I play much the same as a prog bassist would. I use a Fender Jaguar with whatever decent roundwounds I can afford to put on it, that is soon to be modded heavily, in addition to the BadAss II I already have on it. I'd LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to have a Rickenbacker 4003 and an SVT, but I make do with what I have.

Influences:
Geddy Lee
Chris Squire
John Entwistle
Jon Paul Jones
John Myung
Victor Wooten
Micheal Manring
And Jamerson

I try to find a balance between the styles.

[Erikthejunkie]

@Edhunter:Can you teach me more about these pentatonic fills
@Nice influences you should mention whats genre they are steve harris is a decent influence of my my "riffs" pertain of slapping,fills,double thumping,and i try to incorprate the gallop

[JetBlackJazz]

BBBUUURRRTTTOOONNN
Larry Graham
Dave Ellefson
Al Cisneros
John Paul Jones
God
Jonh Myung
Steve Harris

[Erikthejunkie]

@jetblackjazz:hhaahahaha ones (; but i would have thought youd slipp some jazzy men in there x)

[colcifer]

It's the jazz guys, Paul Chambers and Ron Carter especially. My teacher was a student of The Judge so I got a lot of that too. People say my phrasing is just like Jaco's which means it's just like the Groovemaster's but I think a lot of that was developed independently (though I am a big JJ fan).

[MikeyFingers]

My biggest influences:
Jaco Pastorius
Victor Wooten

Those 2 right off the bat seem to have had the biggest effect on my playing. When I'm slapping, people say I sound like Wooten (although I never double-thumb, can't even do it right). And when I'm not slapping, they say I sound like Jaco.

Other than that:
Flea
Larry Graham
And just about every uncredited and unnamed motown/R&B bassist. That is probably my favorite style of bass playing.

As for my style. I lean towards funk and soul, which mixes surprisingly well in my funk/ska band. You combine Jaco-esque playing with heavy R&B influences, and you have one smooth-ass bassist.

[EdHunter]

Originally Posted by Erikthejunkie

@Edhunter:Can you teach me more about these pentatonic fills

YouTube - Never Say Die Bass Cover - Live - 3:00

[funkinbottom]

Into Funk, R&B, old fusion, anything heavily groove oriented. Biggest influences: Chuck Rainey, James Jamerson, Gerald Jemott, Rocco Prestia, Larry Graham, Jaco, Stanley Clarke Willy Weeks. I'm sure I'm forgetting a few.

[Erikthejunkie]

@edhunter:how about a more specific example please

[Rockmusician]

Paul McCartney
James Jamerson
John Entwistle
Jack Bruce
Mel Schacher
Craig MacGregor
Bruce Hall
Tom Hamilton
Geddy Lee
John Deacon
Ross Valory
Marcus Miller
John Paul Jones
Phil Lynott

[Erikthejunkie]

Ive heard of getty lee's work :O but what style is he ?

[Shakin-Slim]

Jack Bruce
Paul McCartney
James Jamerson
JPJ
P.C
Mingus
Jaco
Noel Redding
too many to name really.

[EdHunter]

Originally Posted by Erikthejunkie

@edhunter:how about a more specific example please

There's a few in here:
YouTube - Orion Quicky

If there was a video of "Walking on Sunshine" from the school play I bassed for a couple of weeks back, then I could be of more help....

[Shakin-Slim]

I forgot one of my biggest influences: Carl Radle