Great bassist with a pick...

[autodidact]

If you're looking for a pick exercise in speed check out "Death Toll" by The Causalties. Lots of fast, accurate playing with smooth fills. All aggressive picking and it sounds awesome...if you're into punk that is.

Also a lot of stuff by Rancid is fun to play, all pick.

 

[Bassbubble11]

Graham Maby comes to mind.

 

[stubborne]

Andy West!!

 

[Calaverasgrande]

Of course Phil Lynott. Though 9/10ths of his technical ability is being able to sing like he did while playing bass. His meter for his voice and his bass are so different it's crazy!


For instance.

Super fun song to play btw.

 

[Nick Dilley]

I meant to say Geezer Butler, too. Too many people miss all the incredible stuff he's doing in, like, EVERY song. It's like jazz bass without the swing. One of my favorite characteristics of early Sabbath.

 

[Rockin Mike]

The stuff that's easy with a pick is easy with a pick. single string rides, linear scales, chords.
The stuff that's hard with a pick are things that are more easily done with fingerstyle, such as:

Staccato single string rides (play all downstrokes and mute each note with left ring finger)
Rebel Yell - Billy Idol

String jumps:
Good Times Bad Times - Led Zeppelin
Any disco song with octave basslines
Two Tickets to Paradise - Eddie Money
All Right Now - Free
Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin

Gallops: (bump badadump badadump badadump)
Diamonds and Rust - Judas Priest

Rolls:
Alternate up and down strokes with the very tip of the pick really fast, barely touching the string so it sounds like a smooth extended sustained note. The fresher the pick the smoother it will be.

Sorry the songs are all oldies, but you know old man gonna give old man answer.

 

[Stumbo]

+1 for Barry Oakley and Peter Cetera.

 

[Herrick]

Yeah, some of the bass parts on Rust In Peace were so difficult Dave Ellefson couldn't even play them... Marty Friedman played them instead... since he rips the guitar to pieces I imagine he can do the same to a bass with a pick.

Source?

 

[noetical1]

John Entwistle
Carol Kaye
Mike Watt (for part of his work)
Bruce Foxton

 

[Mr. Sound]

For record sales, a bloke named McCartney did alright with a pick!

 

[Alkali Ike]

Old man gonna give old man answer.

That made me lol.

 

[4001]

Chris Squire

 

[JoseNeville]

If you want to sound really good as a bass player, in term of technique and sound.
STEVE SWALLOW

I never hear anyone with the sound, technique and scary solos.

 

[SunnBass]

David Wm. Sims

 

[Mr L]

My favorite bassist who uses a pick is probably Nick O'Malley of the arctic monkeys.

Some really fun lines, not the most challenging but super fun to groove to.

 

[dedpool1052]

roger glover on deep purple's "machine head"

 

[Journey55]

The guy from August Burns Red is a monster with a pick, I'd check out White Washed or Internal Cannon

 

[noetical1]

Ray Manzarek's left hand...oh, wait, that wasn't a pick...

 

[GeezerDeacon69]

BOB DAISLEY.

 

[IronLung1986]

carles benavent