If you could take lessons from any bass player...

[grimjim]

Geezer Butler-Black Sabbath.
Steve Harris- Iron Maiden.
I'm a metal guy and these two are big influences for me.

 

[Koshchei]

If you could take lessons from any bass player who would you choose?

Leave your "I'm not worthy" behind. Would you pick a teacher based on their style, know-how, or material you'd like to learn?

I think I'd pick Tony Levin because of his wide variety of style / material and knowledge. I wouldn't expect to come away from it playing like him, but having some insight into how he creates his bass lines is what I'm after.

Gary Willis.

 

[Ace Of Bass]

Paul Turner....outstanding on J and P Basses...

 

[Rojd]

Geezer Butler

 

[Nobis17]

Vic Wooten

 

[Thegrandwazoo]

I think probably Gabe Nelson from Cake. I've ALWAYS wanted to be able to play that much, have that good a time, and yet ALWAYS remain that tightly locked and NEVER overplay the song/rest of the band. That dude's just a genius at creating super busy yet ultra rock solid lines that complement everything beautifully and are fun as hell.

 

[Bass4Gsus]

With enough practice I often surprise my self at how close I get to some of my heroes but I don't know where to even begin with Tom Kennedy!!!! His articulation plus speed plus feel are a beautiful mystery to me.

Everyone brings themselves into the equation. Doesn't "everyone" say "it's in the fingers"? If your that close, that's probably as close as you can get without being a clone. I think that's great. Of course never stop trying.

Now that would be a fun debate, would your clone sound absolutely exactly like yourself, or where they were cloned from?

 

[RumbleBot]

Easy. Trevor Dunn from Mr. Bungle and a million other projects.

 

[SturmUndDrang]

Laura Lee from Khruangbin. I bet she smells good.
On a serious level, Jim Stinnett.

 

[Plectrum72]

Bootsy Collins
Dee Dee Ramone
Duff McKagan

More for the stories/hang than the lesson.

 

[JakobT]

Gail Ann Dorsey. Great bass lines, and a humble soul. Plus, we are the same age, so I think we could relate to the same musical things.

 

[LoTone]

Carol Kaye. I would like to learn to play with a pick.

 

[DeepHz]

Hands down Victor Wooten and his brother Reggie who taught Victor how to play!!

 

[Wfrance3]

Willie Weeks for sure. Dude has deep pocket, knows how to play appropriately, and is band superglue.

 

[James Dikes]

Jeff Berlin, Beaver Felton, Abraham Laboriel, Lincoln Goines, Dave LaRue, Richard Bona

 

[Sursonique]

John Deacon - I love his mellodic bass lines and would love to learn about their construction
Carol Kaye - Same as with Deaky and also add to learn to play with a pick because I'm really bad at it

 

[mikewalker]

If you could take lessons from any bass player who would you choose?...

Easy - I'll choose "future me", circa 2050 (by that time I will have this down to a fine art...)

 

[Auspuff]

John Entwistle.

 

[City]

Roger Glover

 

[moe.moe]

For me it would have to be Peter "Mars" Cowling (Pat Travers Band).
He blended funk,blues and rock all in one tune!
Plus, I also loved the way he held his bass like a violin!

R.I.P. Mars.