5 string bass players in "famous" bands?

[PurpleDrank]

Wait, pedos aren't allowed to go Platinum?

Not anymore. "The Gary Glitter Rule" has been in effect for some years now. :scowl:

 

[Global Citizen]

Steve Digiorgio

 

[E.J. T.N.T.]

Stuart Zender, even though he mostly plays a 4 nowadays.

 

[bradjonesbass]

I posted the question not so much because I care as I was curious. I play 4s, 5s and even an 8 string bass so I'm certainly not biased against basses with more than 4 strings. Just curious because I don't see them often in the bands that have gone big that are on MY radar. Admittedly my radar is in a narrow range.

Some folks seem to have assumed the thread was an attack on 5 string players but that certainly wasn't intended.

That was intended to be a light hearted joke Stupid Internet hides the smirk on my face...

 

[natw42]

Old Incubus...when they were good.

lol and +1.

I don't know if this fits the OPs criteria, but Nathan East is pretty much always sporting a fiver. And he's got enough Platinum to blind ya.

 

[Faultline]

P-nut from 311
Flea on bssm rhcp album

 

[Stick_Player]

Not when he was a Beatle. He played a five in some recent concerts for some songs only. I think it was a Yammy.

I already covered this in post #27.

Beatles, Free as a Bird, Anthology 1, 8 x Platinum (RIAA US Sales), 5-string (Wal?) and upright (Bill Black's).

 

[Nightlyraider]

Mike Gordon is the five stringer that sticks out most prominently in my head. Phil Lesh takes the six string's throne though.

 

[bradjonesbass]

Mike Gordon is the five stringer that sticks out most prominently in my head. Phil Lesh takes the six string's throne though.

Hippie...

 

[TL5]

What about Nathan East?
He's played with a lot of different artists, but when I think of him I think of his five string work with Clapton in the 80s 1st and foremost.


Abraham Laboriel seems to favor five strings as well and he's been on a ton of pop records.

 

[Faderoktopus]

90% of the jam band scene's bassists play 5 or 6 string basses. TBH, I'm not all that concerned what famous people who own instruments play, but I do take note of what musicians are using... There are lots of the latter using 4s, 5s, and 6s... Who cares what some famous hack uses, really? Odds are he's not the bass player on the record anyway......

So famous musicians are hacks?

Note to self, do not achieve success in musical endeavors, respect and admiration resides in the jam scene.

 

[BrandonBass]

The 'rockstars' eg. flea, steve harris, nikki sixx, gene simmons tend to be more traditional and stick to 4. You see alot more fivers and sixers amongst sessionists and jazzers compared to mtv.

I myself stick to 4 since I prefer the narrower neck and tbh has not much use for a 5string. For my needs, nothing a d tuner cant do

 

[Kitsapbass]

Does this guy have enough platinum for you?
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Obviously photoshopped...

After all, he's been dead for a while....




Couldn't help it really.

 

[Kitsapbass]

The guy in Maroon 5 did. Chris Squire (Yes) did.

 

[corinpills]

So famous musicians are hacks?

Note to self, do not achieve success in musical endeavors, respect and admiration resides in the jam scene.

Oh yes, that's one of the cardinal rules of talkbass: anybody who actually succeeds in music automatically sucks. This is a forum for people who don't play bass for a living and it's important to maintain the proper amount of negativity. I'm surprised you hadn't figured that out by now.

 

[KwinS]

Oh yes, that's one of the cardinal rules of talkbass: anybody who actually succeeds in music automatically sucks. This is a forum for people who don't play bass for a living and it's important to maintain the proper amount of negativity. I'm surprised you hadn't figured that out by now.

This is almost absolute truth! Some of us do play for a living, though!