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Great pick players?

#64
Sean Yseult (The chick from White Zombie)

Jason Newstedd. Obviously he wasn't as technically proficient as Cliff Burton, but he had far better tone, was much tighter, and brought kickass backup vocals to Metallica - something Cliff didn't. Very underrated player imo.

And yes, David Ellefson is a badass. Listen to the song "Trust". Megadeth's best song, by far. Awesome bass intro.

Also, Mike Starr of Alice in Chains. The bass tone on their first album is, to this day, the best bass tone I have ever heard. Nothing says "grind" like a Spector through Ampeg SVT.
 
#65
Dustin Teel said:
Sean Yseult (The chick from White Zombie)

Jason Newstedd. Obviously he wasn't as technically proficient as Cliff Burton, but he had far better tone, was much tighter, and brought kickass backup vocals to Metallica - something Cliff didn't. Very underrated player imo.

And yes, David Ellefson is a badass. Listen to the song "Trust". Megadeth's best song, by far. Awesome bass intro.

Also, Mike Starr of Alice in Chains. The bass tone on their first album is, to this day, the best bass tone I have ever heard. Nothing says "grind" like a Spector through Ampeg SVT.
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Re : Trust

Disagree. Gotta go with My Last Words for precision speed-metal picking at it's finest.
 
#70
Paul Mccartney
Chris Squire
Mike Dirnt
Mark Hoppus
David Ellefson
Rachel Bolan
Jason Newsted
Krist Novoselic
Duff Mckagan
Lemmy
Dee Dee Ramone
Roger Glover
Carol Kaye
Phil Lynott

And these guys occasionally have/do use picks:

Entwistle
JPJ
Robert Trujillo
Flea


Hope that helps ;) :bassist:
 

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