Biggest P inspiration?

[Kukulkan61]

A lot of the famous Cats like Jamerson D. Dunn etc. but in these more modern times Jamario Artis From Bruno Mars he is so smooth!!
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[5StringBlues]

 

[smeet]

John Wetton.

 

[sloppy_phil]

^
What that guy said

 

[JimmyM]

Joe Bouchard from Blue Oyster Cult and Dave Hope from Kansas were the big players for me.

 

[Philibuster]

 

[nostatic]

Ready Freddie Washington

double win for favorite slap tone

 

[_godspeed_]

Pino!

 

[1bassplayinfool]

Duck

 

[BurtMacklinFBI]

Lots of great P'ers past and present. But this guy probably inspired me the most.

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George Porter Jr.

Who inspired you to P?

It’s not where most players know him from, but George Porter Jr’s work on Tori Amos’ Under The Pink absolutely blew me away despite being 180 degrees away from how I usually like to play. Unbelievably smart and tasteful playing.

 

[5StringBlues]

Calvin "Fuzz" Jones

Played with Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, James Cotton, and Elmore James.


Nice cat too.

 

[Snakeman1066]

Geezer Butler!

 

[biguglyman]

Geezer Butler!

 

[OllyW]

I was gonna say Jamerson and Pino and Freddie Washington but... Nobody makes me wanna grab a P Bass more than Paul Simonon actually. I can’t see the cover of London Calling and not wanna play my Precision really loud.

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I think my love of the P Bass also comes from the punk / new wave era of the late 70's when most of my favourite bands had a bassist with a low slung P Bass.

And the king of the low slung bass was the late, great Dee Dee Ramone.

 

[Chickenwheels]

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My initial thoughts, too!

 

[Andy Daventry]

Most of the bass players who have inspired me to play a P bass are little known session players on countless tracks. I was not directed towards the P bass by any particular guy who I admired. More by the fact that whenever I hated the bass playing - it wasn't a P.

 

[onamission]

Chuck Rainey is probably the biggest, and so many more including John Glascock of Tull.

 

[garp]

 

[Rib 13]

interesting thread....although many of the names mentioned are known for playing a number of basses, not necessarily associated as a signature P player

 

[pie_man_25]

I just try to stay hydrated, never thought about needing inspiration to P.