Carole Kaye is a great pick bassist and the most famous studio bass player from the 60's and early 70's, but to my ear you can't beat the sound of Joe Osborne. Some of it had to do with the large pick he used with the 1960 Fender "stack-knob" Jazz Bass. Somehow this resulted in a distinct but smooth attack and a natural, full range tone. His bass lines were usually interesting and he wrote or personalized many of them even though he was a studio musician and often worked from charts.
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Famous Pick Bassists
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JPJ played with a pick SOMETIMES, just like Entwistle. Are you asking more about exclusive pick players? Mike gordon, Phil Lesh.
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Randy Jo Hobbs
First name that popped into my head.
Played with Johnny and Edgar Winter, McCoy's.
And, speaking of Johnny Winter, he once played a mean pick bass. Check out what happens at about 3:25, ya gotta love it!
First name that popped into my head.
Played with Johnny and Edgar Winter, McCoy's.
And, speaking of Johnny Winter, he once played a mean pick bass. Check out what happens at about 3:25, ya gotta love it!
yea pretty much any bass player from popular rock bands of the 90s.
also: Mel Schacher!
sorry for the double post but..
you left squire off that list. also greg lake (ELP), john wetton (king crimson/ASIA), jeffrey hammond/john glascock (Jethro Tull), mike rutherford (Genesis), and ray shulman (Gentle Giant), all played with a pick.
you left squire off that list. also greg lake (ELP), john wetton (king crimson/ASIA), jeffrey hammond/john glascock (Jethro Tull), mike rutherford (Genesis), and ray shulman (Gentle Giant), all played with a pick.
Just went back through this thread and...have one slight addendum here;
Pete T is mostly pick (90% pick range) on the Transatlantic stuff.
Tony breaks out the pick from time to time w/ Peter.
Pete T is mostly pick (90% pick range) on the Transatlantic stuff.
Tony breaks out the pick from time to time w/ Peter.
I read an interview with Stanley clarke in Guitar Player mag back in the early 80's where he sited Chris Squire and Anthony Jackson as his favorite pick players.
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