Blown away by the bass tone

[HG1180]

Geddy Lee's Rickenbacker rock tone on Exit Stage Left. One of my favourite Rick rock tones ever recorded. I'm not sure what the backline was, maybe Ampeg.

I have that album on cd!

 

[BrentD]

I love John Deacon's big, fat P-Bass tone.

 

[Basshappi]

Aston "Family Man" Barrett - Bob Marley & The Wailers - THE sound of Reggae. That is not to take anything away from Robbie Shakespere and others, but Family Man is to reggae as Larry Graham is to Funk. Listen to the entire "Kaya" album (once again, YT doesn't sound as good as the actual recording).

 

[BobDeRosa]

Did I miss something or has this thread been going for more than 5 hours with no mention of Pino?

 

[Hambone70]

 

[Bajo Clarkko]

@BobDeRosa, Pino was mentioned back in post #38

 

[bassfreakah]

Love me some Phil Lesh
great early bass tone in the Dead!!!!

 

[Thumpin6string]

I found this guy's video on YouTube when looking into getting my Markbass Compressore. Probably not the best for fitting into a mix, but it's my type of tone.

 

[Doner Designs]

This whole album blew me away the first time I heard it.

Chris Squire on his Ric is with rounds is about as cool and iconic as a signature sound can get. Many other great players but Squire might be my favorite tone. Unfortunately I can't stand the string noise I make when I use rounds so I play flats and will never have the Squire tone.

 

[kev451]

Two bass players have influenced my playing for the last 20+ years and still till this amaze me
Davide Gentile


Craig Setari


Live these guys reproduced their tones damn near exact.

 

[Basshappi]

Tommy Shannon - Stevie Ray Vaughn & Double Trouble - Tommy and drummer Chris Layton comprise one of the great rhythm sections of all time. Although Mr. Shannon would be quick to credit all the greats before him, he is a masterclass of blues bass in his own right. Playing primarily Fender basses, switching between Jazzes and Precisions, it is his Jazz bass tone I have always admired most. When people ask about "growl" in relation to the Jazz bass I point to Tommy as a great example.

 

[BillyBA]

A lot of good stuff on here.

Here's some I try to emulate...

Geezer from Heaven and Hell album


and I believe Bob Daisley

 

[Basshappi]

Sting - The Police - Sting had such consistently great tone no matter what he played. On recordings he often doubled his lines on upright bass. He had a great fretless Precision sound and that was always my favorite of his tones.
Combined with his sparse playing style and fabulous voice along with the unique styles of his bandmates, it is no wonder they were the most popular band in the world at one time.

 

[Thumpin6string]

Another one that I've heard live and she can get some killer tones.

 

[Tim Skaggs]

Tommy Shannon - Stevie Ray Vaughn & Double Trouble - Tommy and drummer Chris Layton comprise one of the great rhythm sections of all time. Although Mr. Shannon would be quick to credit all the greats before him, he is a masterclass of blues bass in his own right. Playing primarily Fender basses, switching between Jazzes and Precisions, it is his Jazz bass tone I have always admired most. When people ask about "growl" in relation to the Jazz bass I point to Tommy as a great example.

Tommy Shannon is one of my favorites. He's so perfect in what he plays and it fits the song so well.

I'm sure he's probably direct into the house system in that recording, but I noticed he also has eight aluminum cone 10s behind him. I'm sure that rig sounded great on stage. I guess he might have been blended direct & mic'd, bit I didn't see a mic. Still sounded great.

 

[Charlzm]

In addition to the usual suspects (G. Lee, C Squire, J. Entwistle) there were these:

This is probably just a P Bass played with a pick through Ampeg, but I always loved the tone of it. Easily heard early in the track:



I think this was an Ibanez Destroyer played with a pick, again, probably through an Ampeg. There's a break at 2:38 when the bass is clearly audible:



Stick around for the bass lead at 1:13 -

 

[unresolved]

So many great tones. Here's one that I love:


And here's David Dyson in 1997:


Pino in 1984:


Flea in 89 (?)

 

[Afc70]

Dave hope's P bass w/ a pick tone on the early Kansas stuff..
Eddie Jackson of Queensryche on "Empire" a Spector w/Emg's
Geddy Lee's studio Wal bass tone on Power Windows- Roll the bones era
Also love Jimmy Johnson's Alembic tones...

 

[BobDeRosa]

@BobDeRosa, Pino was mentioned back in post #38

So I did miss it. Thanks.

 

[imdkoz]

Michael Spencer from Flotsam and Jetsam has one of my favorite new bass tones.