Bassist with most UNIQUE tone

[kilum]

I say Mr. Miller. No matter what genre of music he's playing, you can ALWAYS tell it's him. Hell, people even have a name for his tone, that "Marcus sound".

+1

 

[jsbass]

Geddy and Jason Newsted.

 

[Thaxt]

Jack Casady's Alembicized Guild SF B II on things like "Crown of Creation" "Mexico" "Blows Against the Empire" & "Baron Von Tollbooth" .

I've never heard anything else come near that one - it's the Sound of Planetary Motion itself.

Totally in awe, still.

 

[eedre]

Ryan Martinie of Mudvayne has a really weird clacky - yet cool Warwick/DR sound.

Tim Commorford of Rage Against the Machine has a sound I've been trying to emulate for awhile...

Sam Rivers of Limp Bizkit had a really interesting sound on Three Dollar Bill Ya'll

And Fieldy... yeah yeah

 

[tyggis]

The first one I can think of with a real unique tone was Pastorius.

 

[santucci218]

The first one I can think of with a real unique tone was Pastorius.

and he only needed 4 =]

 

[afinalfantasy]

Jaco to had the most unique tone. McCartney also had one to me as well, pretty easy to recognize it as well.

 

[Coelho]

Unique tone = Billy Sheehan / Mark King / Stanley Clarke piccolo / Steve Harris

 

[mikeypbass]

You can always tell its Les Claypool

 

[LowBSix]

A lot of bassists have stand out bass playing, but what bassist (or wannabes of said bassist) can you tell just by their tone.

My vote goes for Norwood Fisher from Fishbone. The only fishbone album I own is Give a Monkey a Brain. But his tone is unlike any bassist I've heard. Very... poppy. I don't know how else to describe it.

I played a gig with Chet McCracken Jazz Orchestra opening for FORPLAY and possibly to greatest compliment I ever recieved was when Nathan East told me>>>> "I want that tone!"

 

[PilbaraBass]

I don't know about "unique", but most recognizable tones:

Mark King
Geddy Lee
Chris Squire
Les Claypool
Tommy Shannon

Guys who can change their tone readily to suit the bill:
Tony Levin
Leland Sklar
Graham Maby
Larry Graham

 

[Marcury]

Steve Swallow

 

[Spoonology]

JJ Burnell gets no love round here.

Everyone recognises the intro to Peaches.

Also a great player.

 

[Vakmere]

Stanley Clarke comes to mind. Lets go back a ways...Phil Lesh, Jack Casady, Jack Bruce, although not the virtuoso player by todays standards, you could always tell who was who by the lines they used and the tone of their gear.

 

[Mikio]

well...... FIELDY!!!!!!!

 

[Stone Age]

well...... FIELDY!!!!!!!

Yep, love it or hate it, it's as unique as it gets.

 

[Hoover]

Jack Casady's Alembicized Guild SF B II on things like "Crown of Creation" "Mexico" "Blows Against the Empire" & "Baron Von Tollbooth" .

I've never heard anything else come near that one - it's the Sound of Planetary Motion itself.

Totally in awe, still.

Okay, now you've made me want to go out and buy some Jefferson Airplane albums... something I never thought I'd hear myself say!

 

[Mayers]

Les Claypool
Fieldy
Bunny Brunel
John Patitucci solo tone
Jaco
Steve Bailey
John Myung
Geddy Lee

 

[SanDiegoHarry]

I'm not the only person who has said "Most Unique", am I???

right?

RIGHT?

 

[Stickk]

Stanley Clarke's Alembic tone. Well, then again you can get just about any tone out of an Alembic... 8 controls!