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Bassist with most UNIQUE tone
- Thread starter Matt Till
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Jaco, Dominique di Piazza, Marcus Miller, Abe Laboriel are the first names that come to my mind.
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.
Gotta agree. The extended ride-out on "A Child is Coming" from "Blows Against the Empire" not only demontrates JC's mastery of the the bass guitar as an electric instrument, it also showcases some pretty cool licks.
The other part of the JC tone equation is the Versatone amp. When you combine a Hagstrom pickup Guild with a Versatone, that's the s**t!
+1 his sound/tone is totally unique, sounds like a skeleton's bones rattlingFieldy.
Roger Waters, especially in "Live in Pompeii," though I have come to understand that part of his deemed "gritty" tone had a lot to do with his usage of Hiwatt guitar heads through the WEM guitar cabs you see an abundance of in the video. I know, the whole classic, David Gilmour played so and so, and he did, and a great job at it as well.
Maybe it is because I am a die hard Floyd fan, but to me, both Roger Waters and David Gilmour have very unique bass tones, because to me, it is always easy to tell who is truly playing the part.
Maybe it is because I am a die hard Floyd fan, but to me, both Roger Waters and David Gilmour have very unique bass tones, because to me, it is always easy to tell who is truly playing the part.
A Name We Don't See Enough here that comes to mind would be Chris Squire. Very unique sound and you always know it's him even though Billy Sherwood is copping a similar sound especially in the studio.
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"IMHO les claypool doesnt have a unique tone as I dont find him a very unique player .Just a very strong expressionist but sloppy player IMO"
He plays so cleanly live...complicated slap/tapping/strumming and never misses a note/never looks at his hands. I don't get this one. I have always thought that he played "lead bass", and his playing has very little to do with the traditional concept of bass. He more fills the role of a rhythm guitarist.
He plays so cleanly live...complicated slap/tapping/strumming and never misses a note/never looks at his hands. I don't get this one. I have always thought that he played "lead bass", and his playing has very little to do with the traditional concept of bass. He more fills the role of a rhythm guitarist.
I was happy to see that someone mentioned Graham Maby- his tone on Look Sharp and I'm the Man was very very cool. I saw him with They Might Be Giants and he was great there too.
Also, Someone mentioned Rick James, it is my understanding that he did not really play bass, that it was Oscar Allston on most of that stuff, at least according to Oscar Allston's interview in bass player a few years ago.
oh yeah, I forgot about him, he was probably the first bassist to have a unique tone ever.
