Title says it all. Just who and why. My favorite is easily Chris Squire. His orchestral style is perfect with his monster tone.
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Favorite Prog Bassist
- Thread starter theobass416
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Your so right. Wetton is pretty close to chris squire for me. I love wettons work on starless. Leaves me speechless every time.
Lars K. Norberg
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Sean Malone.
YouTube - ‪Gordian Knot - Rivers Dancing‬‏
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Sean Malone.
YouTube - ‪Gordian Knot - Rivers Dancing‬‏
For me:
Percy Jones
Hugh Hopper (Soft Machine)
Richard Sinclair (Hatfield & The North, Caravan)
John Greaves (Henry Cow, National Health)
Janick Top, Bernard Paganotti, Phillipe Bussonet (Magma)
Ray Shulman (Gentle Giant)
Colin Hodgkinson (Back Door)
Helmut Hattler (KRAAN)
Chris Squire
John Wetton
Tony Levin
Percy Jones
Hugh Hopper (Soft Machine)
Richard Sinclair (Hatfield & The North, Caravan)
John Greaves (Henry Cow, National Health)
Janick Top, Bernard Paganotti, Phillipe Bussonet (Magma)
Ray Shulman (Gentle Giant)
Colin Hodgkinson (Back Door)
Helmut Hattler (KRAAN)
Chris Squire
John Wetton
Tony Levin
While John Wetton remains my personal favorite in this camp, I'm pleased to see people I also loved like Percy Jones and Jannick Top turning up. One player who's less well remembered, but who definitely had a place in developing that 1970's Brit proggie Rickenbacker bass sound, is Ray Bennett, of Flash.
For prog of the more rock variety, I'd say Dave Meros of Spock's Beard. His tone is like angels peeing on my face.
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(if you've never heard this tune and don't feel like listening for 16 minutes, check out the first couple of minutes for his Rick OD sound, then skip to 14:33 for some sick bridge PU finger style funk! He plays a modded Rick with the Rick PUPs and J PUPs!)
On the prog metal side of things, I love Louis Jucker of The Ocean. Unbelievable band that more people should know. Monster player with chops for days on fretted and fretless, comfortable with a crunchy overdriven sound or clean, but never succumbs to the prog curse of overplaying.
YouTube - ‪The Ocean - Roots and Locusts‬‏
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(if you've never heard this tune and don't feel like listening for 16 minutes, check out the first couple of minutes for his Rick OD sound, then skip to 14:33 for some sick bridge PU finger style funk! He plays a modded Rick with the Rick PUPs and J PUPs!)
On the prog metal side of things, I love Louis Jucker of The Ocean. Unbelievable band that more people should know. Monster player with chops for days on fretted and fretless, comfortable with a crunchy overdriven sound or clean, but never succumbs to the prog curse of overplaying.
YouTube - ‪The Ocean - Roots and Locusts‬‏
