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Bassist with most UNIQUE tone
- Thread starter Matt Till
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Fieldy. What bassists do you know that slap a lot the the low B string tuned to A. He has the most unique tone. It's amazing, popping and cracks... it's sweet.
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After seeing The Melvins/Big Business last week I gotta say, Jared Warren's tone is unique, huge, and brutal!
"RED" era John Wetton.
The sound of Zeus, in a fit of rage, stepping down from Mount Olympus.
Un-mistakable.
Chancellor fans should give listen to "RED" by Crimson sometime to hear where it all began...which brings me to another guy, Paul D'Amour - another influence on Chancellor's "10,000 Days" tone.
The sound of Zeus, in a fit of rage, stepping down from Mount Olympus.
Un-mistakable.
Chancellor fans should give listen to "RED" by Crimson sometime to hear where it all began...which brings me to another guy, Paul D'Amour - another influence on Chancellor's "10,000 Days" tone.
I don't know if anyone has said this yet, but Mike Gordon of Phish has developed a pretty unique tone. Picked Modulus with halfrounds I believe. But it's more his picking style that has to do with the tone. It's quite percussive, and at times sounds like knocking on wood.
Check him out if you get a chance, you may be pleasantly surprised.
Check him out if you get a chance, you may be pleasantly surprised.
Even when playing session for others I can always pick out marcus miller no matter what he's playing. It's just sounds like marcus.
A standard J bass with a preamp and a BA. The tone is all from his abilities IMO. And he just delivers big.
No special this and that gear head BS. Straight forward equipment and monster chops.
A standard J bass with a preamp and a BA. The tone is all from his abilities IMO. And he just delivers big.
No special this and that gear head BS. Straight forward equipment and monster chops.
Billy Sheehan for compressed, unique tone
Mick Karn, my kind of fretless sound
Zuzo Moussawer full yet crisp and defined tone
Mick Karn, my kind of fretless sound
Zuzo Moussawer full yet crisp and defined tone
+1 , have been trying to nail the Mccartney tone for ages , have never quite been able to
Mark King has a unique tone. It doesn't matter what he uses, Status, Jaydee, Alembic, he still gets that unmistakeable sound, even if the variance of basses does alter "that" sound dramatically, at least to the trained listener!
Faith No More's bassist, Billy Gould (I think...)... Who ever it was who played "Epic", "Falling to Pieces" - the sound of the bass on those songs was quite unique to me.
And of course - Geddy & Chris - very unique bass sounds even if they are similar in some ways to each other, they different enough to be considered truly unique.
And of course - Geddy & Chris - very unique bass sounds even if they are similar in some ways to each other, they different enough to be considered truly unique.
Holy crap, 93 posts before anyone mentioned Mick Karn?!?!?!?
His tone is so unmistakeably him and no one else, they had to make him the free Gimme Round in the new "I Can Name That Bass Player In One Note" reality TV show.
How could I forget to mention him - that guy's tone from "The Real Thing" has been one of my pursuits since I was 15 years old
Hie tone is really killer in the title track - it's coupled with delay and flanger, and is out of this world...I was really sad when he went to a Zon w/Bartolinis - his bass lost that edgy, glassy *zing*
I agree, I can distinguish Primus or Claypool's tone/style anywhere. Stands out VERY much.
Alphonso Johnson...not so much nowadays, but back in the 70's when he was playing his fretless Lobue most of the time, everything he played had this very distinctive tone: every note would go "pom". Very cool, very distinctive.
But I'd agree that Mick Karn probably has the most unique tone in terms of being able to identify his playing instantly.
But I'd agree that Mick Karn probably has the most unique tone in terms of being able to identify his playing instantly.
Haven't waded thru the whole thread, so these may have been covered...
Jaco
Tony Levin
Mick Karn
Percy Jones
Phil Lesh
Jack Bruce
Chris Squire
Geddy Lee
spring quickly to mind.
Jaco
Tony Levin
Mick Karn
Percy Jones
Phil Lesh
Jack Bruce
Chris Squire
Geddy Lee
spring quickly to mind.
