Famous Pick Bassists

[WuvMuffin72]

Phil Lynott

 

[WOOFMAN]

I think I mentioned Phil once before

 

[JumboJack]

Mike Gordon...Phish

 

[ccbass71]

I've seen Larry Graham use a pick.

 

[bobknowsbass]

Peter Hook of New Order and Joy Division
Created a style all his own
Also Andy Rourke and as mentioned before, Simon Gallup.

 

[IanMartinAllison]

Bobby Vega, funkiest pick player I know.

+1000

Bobby Vega just oozes funk, musicality and authenticity.

 

[cnltb]

carles benavent.

 

[MusicBokonon]

James LoMenzo-Megadeth
Mike Gordon-Phish
and of course...Mark Wilson.

 

[Beginner Bass]

Nikki Sixx

He's (In)Famous.

 

[Rushlover13]

Chris Squire is aboslutly amazing, every other picker is usually a hack bassist. Bothers are good too.

 

[SBrown]

I like the tone Pete Farndon got on the 1st and 2nd Pretenders albums. Never got to see them before he died.

 

[stringman]

Chris Squire is aboslutly amazing, every other picker is usually a hack bassist. Bothers are good too.

"every other picker is usually a hack bassist"

Really? WOW!! you must not get out much..... or you're just ignorant....

 

[milktrey]

Mike Gordon is an AMAZING bass player that plays with a pick!

 

[Leftybass12]

Just wanted to say this....all famous bassist have probably experiment with a pick at one point in their career. I'm sure even Vic Wooten or Michael Manring have experimented with it at one point.

 

[bassman1987]

Mike Gordon of Phish and Dave Schools of Widespread Panic have already been mentioned...

I also really dig Joe Principe of Rise Against, Mike Herrera of MxPx, and Deon Rexroat of Anberlin.

 

[Dan H.]

Why, oh why has no one yet mentioned Sir Paul McCartney?

 

[eddievanbassman]

No one's said Bob Daisley yet.

 

[eddievanbassman]

Just thought of another one Dennis Dunaway from Alice Cooper he's a badass pick bass player

 

[Simo98]

Paul Simonon of The Clash played with a pick most of the time to my knowledge.

 

[Rezdog]

Greetings from the North,

Greg Lake from King Crimson (21st Century Schizoid Man) & Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Lucky Man etc). Great chops that one. Woops...I just saw that Ric5 mentioned him but I guess it bares repeating lol......

Rezdog