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Bassist with most UNIQUE tone

#86
StupidMatt said:
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.
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Sorry I got in on this too late to save you some embarrasment. The property of uniqueness is an absolute: Something is either unique or it's not. The are no degrees of uniqueness. Unique means "one of a kind." It's a lot like being pregnant. Either you are or you're not. It's binary. A one or a zero. Voltage or not. One of a kind, or not.

Proud to be of service.
 
#88
FiXeR said:
I agree. I love Paul Barker's tone. Especially on songs like So What and Burn Inside. Great tone. :cool:

Do you know what his rig consist of usually?
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I remember reading an interview somewhere that mentioned him using a Marshall(?) Stack In A Box distortion pedal, and Gibson EB-2 basses. I think the New World Order video has him using an EB-2, as well. I have no idea what Barkers current set up may be, however...
 
#97
Munjibunga said:
Sorry I got in on this too late to save you some embarrasment. The property of uniqueness is an absolute: Something is either unique or it's not. The are no degrees of uniqueness. Unique means "one of a kind." It's a lot like being pregnant. Either you are or you're not. It's binary. A one or a zero. Voltage or not. One of a kind, or not.

Proud to be of service.
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Frankly, I'm constantly embarrassed, so it's no big.

What are you basing this statement on? The fact that these unique bassists might have tonal wannabies? Regardless of who wants to sound like a certain bassist, they will, odds are, get the "hey your tone is very similar to _________'s tone" So they were not the innovators of the tone. Jaco wannabes not only try for his feel/style/playing but they try for his tone, etc etc.
 
#99
StupidMatt said:
Frankly, I'm constantly embarrassed, so it's no big.

What are you basing this statement on? The fact that these unique bassists might have tonal wannabies? Regardless of who wants to sound like a certain bassist, they will, odds are, get the "hey your tone is very similar to _________'s tone" So they were not the innovators of the tone. Jaco wannabes not only try for his feel/style/playing but they try for his tone, etc etc.
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I'm basing my statement on the definition of "unique." As far as tone goes, it's the novelty of tone to which you are referring. So perhaps your question should be, "Which bassist has the most novel tone?"

I am, as always, muh hut tuh suh (merely here to serve).
 

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