Favourite Prog Bassist?

[desert_rain]

John Myung

 

[rohi]

This has been an awesome thread for finding new music. Thanks dudes.

 

[ihaveaquestion]

Julie Slick





Her solo work is not my cup of tea but she's amazing on Adrian Belew power trio

 

[PaulJSmith]

So many to choose from:
Chris Squire - Yes
Geddy Lee - Rush
Dave Hope - Kansas
John Myung - DT
Mike Lepond - Symphony X
Dave Meros - Spock's Beard
Steve Babb - Glass Hammer
Billy Sheehan - Niacin, Sons of Apollo, etc.
Dug Pinnick - King's X
Glen Cato Møllen - Circus Maximus
Gary Strater - Starcastle

Not sure I have a single favorite prog bass player.

 

[CGremlin]

Why don't you use the search button before you post Skillet.

Actually, the bass he's playing the video is his custom 34" instrument that Ed Roman made for him several years back. Same pickups/wiring as the Fendenbacker, but in recent years he went from the original 2+2 neck it came with to Fender-style Jazz necks. As I understand, the Fendenbacker was sold as part of a fairly recent Kickstarter campaign and he doesn't have it any longer. He also had a bog-standard white 4003 with a D-tuner that he used for most of the early albums, but I believe that one was sold also, as it shows up in the artist collection on tuneyoursound.com. I haven't seen him use anything but the Ed Roman bass with Spock's Beard in many years. A great example of the flexibility this pickup arrangement offers is on the tune "I Know Your Secret", where Dave plays on the Jazz pups fingerstyle and gets a nice burpy Jazz tone at the beginning of the tune, and switches to the Rick pups and a pick when the harder verse starts.

I don't think I really have a single favorite bassist, but an outstanding one that I've recently heard and haven't seen mentioned is Randy George, who is the Neal Morse Band's bassist and seems to keep up with Mike Portnoy quite easily.

 

[NorseBear0903]

Great list, Im going to try and add someone Dan Briggs from BTBAM

 

[tlite]

Glad to see Dave LaRue mentioned here! I'm lucky to live near Dave, and am one of his students- he is a true talent and a phenomenal bass teacher and music educator.

He doesn't showboat- especially during lessons, but when I listen to him play professionally it is mind-blowing stuff. Oh, and Dave is a good guy, too.

 

[40Hz]

Lordy! There were so many excellent progger bassists…

Colin Bass - Camel
Dave Paton - Alan Parsons Project
Mike Rutherford - Genesis
Greg Lake - ELP, King Crimson
David Pegg - Tull, Fairport Convention
John Glascock - Tull
John Lodge - Moody Blues
Helmut Köllen - Triumvrat
Rick Kennell - Happy the Man
Ray Shulman - Gentle Giant

 

[Thumpin6string]

I tend to put progressive and fusion in the same category. So my votes are for:
John Patitucci
Alain Caron
Kim Stone

 

[dls59]

Greg Lake.

 

[Gluvhand]

Richard Nolan from It Bites and Pete Trewavas.

 

[hieronymous]

I love the classics - Geddy Lee and Chris Squire were huge influences, as well as John Wetton and Mike Rutherford.

Hugh Hopper, the second bassist of Soft Machine during their most well known period (Volume Two through Six), is a very innovative unsung bassist, though I personally prefer Roy Babbington who replaced him on Seven.

For more obscure bassists, I love the bassists of Magma. Jannick Top is probably the most well known, but Francis Moze (on the first two Magma albums, as well as Gong's Flying Teapot & Gazeuse), Bernard Paganotti and current bassist Philippe Bussonnet are great as well.

 

[Tony In Philly]

It's funny - almost two years ago I went on the prog "Cruise to the Edge" and a number of the players mentioned here were onboard!

 

[lowplaces]

See my avatar

 

[AztecViking]

Not sure if Mick Karn was mentioned. If so I missed it.

 

[Spirit of Ox]

Larry Boothroyd from Victims Family.

 

[Chrisk-K]

John Wetton
Chris Squire

 

[Skillet]

Julie Slick

Her solo work is not my cup of tea but she's amazing on Adrian Belew power trio

She's a great player, but she needs to hire a better painter....

 

[Bassndrums73]

I never really thought about it.

 

[Yango]

Chris Squire.