Favourite recorded bass tone

[odysseios]

Adam Clayton (U2) on "The Joshua Tree"
Colin Moulding (XTC) on "English settlement"
Mike Mills (R.E.M.) on "Supernatural superserious"
James Jamerson on "Standing in the shadows of love" (Four Tops)

 

[mulambo]

Geddy Lee on "Signals"
Cris Squire on "Fragile"

 

[FiveStringsNme]

Jaco's sound got me everytime with that nasally bridge plucking and mwah.. so ahead of it's time, it still sounds revolutionizing in my opinion.

 

[FilCo]

Here are a couple of my favorite tones...

"More Love" by Victor Wooten for the clarity and modern type sound.

"Peg" by Steely Dan performed by Chuck Rainey for the punchy smoothness.

"Alphabet St." by Prince performed, I think, by Levi Seacer, Jr., for the percussive effect.

"Son of a Preacher Man" by Dusty Springfield performed by Tommy Cogbill for the warm old school tone.

This is the stuff that makes me want to play better.

 

[overdrivethree]

did i say Mike Watt on the Minutemen's "Double Nickels On The Dime"?

if i have, then i'm reiterating.

if not, then i'm staking the claim for that album having the best bass tone EVAAARR.

 

[GLEN18INCHSPICA]

Eric Avery's tone with a P bass through an Ampeg SVT2 non pro on Nothings Shocking and Ritual De Lo Habitual with a pick. I'm a finger style player but that has always been my favourite rock tone.

 

[SurrenderMonkey]

RHCP - BSSM
Jamiroquai - Emergency On Planet Earth

and a random entry

White Zombie - Supersexy Swingin' Sounds - El Phantasmo and the Chicken-Run Blast-O-Rama [Wine, Women and Song Mix]

 

[flagstaffcharli]

Tony Levin on Lennon's Double Fantasy record. Especially on the song "Woman" - for some reason I always notice that bass. I'm really a guitarist, but listening to Levin on those tracks makes me want to play bass. Nothing flashy there, just great tone!

Lots of McCartney tones like "Michelle" and "Something" too...

Cheers

 

[big_bertha]

Mc Cartney on "Yer Blues", "Helter Skelter" and rest of the Beatles White album. Pure gritty fat tone. John Paul Jones, Led Zep III, The Immigrant Song. Entwistle on the Whos Next album, "Wont Get Fooled Again" and "Getting in Tune" pure P-bass tone from that frankenstein bass. Also greg lakes tone on "The Barbarian" and "Knife Edge" from ELP is quite nice.

 

[Kink Rimson]

Entwistle on the Whos Next album, "Wont Get Fooled Again" and "Getting in Tune" pure P-bass tone from that frankenstein bass. .

It's a wonderful tone definitely but I'm sure it's the Tbird on Who's Next. JE himself said it was Frankenstein, but on the Classic Albums DVD, you get to hear some bass tracks on their own, and it ain't no Precision!

 

[CharlieCraver]

Edison Glass' bass tone on both their cds is one of my all time favorites

 

[pinkzepphish]

add my name to the blood sugar list, it really is something else.
Also, Nate Edgar's sound on the new John Brown's Body record, Amplify, is amazing. this reggae bassist knocked it out of the park!

 

[Krügmeister]

Eyes without a face - Billy Idol
London calling - The Clash

 

[Ezbass]

Pino's tone on John Mayer's Continuum
Tony Levin on Peter Gabriel's Secret World Live, especially Red Rain.
Chuck Rainey with early Steely Dan

 

[gillento]

...
Tony Levin on Peter Gabriel's Secret World Live, especially Red Rain.
...

That's an early MM SR5 with Alnico PUs played with "Funk Fingers".

I wonder how he gets the Stingray growling like this

 

[s_wood]

Entwistle definitely used a T-Bird on Who's Next and Quadrophenia. He switched during the rehearsals for their London shows in 1971, which is where The Who first played the "Lifehouse" material that ultimately became "Who's Next."

 

[The Professor]

Natalie Merchant's bassplayer's tone on Tigerlily's "Carnival"

 

[MascisMan]

Tom Blankenship (My Morning Jacket) - Okonokos.....more specifically "It Beats 4 You"

 

[Eric!]

Gentle Giant - Free Hand (album)
Primus - Tales From The Punchbowl (album)
Frank Zappa - Ship Arriving Too Late (album)

 

[Eric!]

oh yeah and John Entwistle during Live at Leeds, gotta be my number one favorite.