Pick virtuosi?

[marchone]

Ron Wood in The Jeff Beck Group on Truth and Beck Ola 1968/1969.

 

[rickwrench]

James Dewar, Mel Schacher, Shuffle Steele.

Rick

 

[Basvarken]

Herman Deinum!

 

[Dluxe]

Mel Schacher

 

[Jazz Ad]

All these, I'd add Benoit Vanderstraeten and Joey DeMaio

 

[Basvarken]

And Paul McCartney of course!

 

[FritzM]

Steve Swallow - the ONLY bass player that has brought me to tears (in a good way). He is the most melodic bassist I have ever heard. A REAL improviser. Steve Swallow and Scott Lafaro are two of my favs.

 

[soundsupport1]

Phil Lynott used a pick.

Peace, SoundSupport

 

[Unmost]

On the contemporary side, Adam "Nolly" Getgood.

 

[Polkatronixx]

It seems to me the most admired bsssists, tecnique wise, are finger pickers. Just wondering if any pick players would make it into that category according to you...

Adam Clayton - but to be fair, he is a triple threat (pick, fingers and slapping - sometimes in the same song).

 

[Polkatronixx]

Lots of great pick work from Lynrd Skynrd’s Larry Junstrom.

Did he really play on any Lynyrd Skynyrd records? I think of him as .38 Special's Larry Junstrom.

 

[farfadet]

Hellmut Hattler is pretty handy with a pick


Check out his bands, Tab two, Kraan, Hattler, etc... The guy has been playing for a while.

 

[HubbardsFate]

I think Roger Glover plays with a pick pretty much exclusively, and has done so for decades...I don't know that anyone considers him a virtuoso, but he is one of the great heavy rock bassists in my opinion.

 

[bobfarabaugh]

I think I can name more players I enjoy that use a pick than don’t.

 

[maxschrek]

They've both been mentioned numerous times earlier in the thread but Stanley Clarke's favorite "pick" bassists are Anthony Jackson and Chris Squire. They're mine, too.

 

[Kevin Teed]

I didn't read through everything so I apologize if he was already listed, but John Paul Jones did quite well with a pick (or fingers).

Actually, most of my favorite players used a pick. I prefer the punch and definition of a pick.

McCartney
Jones
Entwistle (don't care for his "fingers" stuff as much) Much prefer Live at Leeds - Pick and a P!
Squire
Oakley

To name a few.

 

[gpTron]

Paul D'amour. He's why I wanted to play bass in the first place.

 

[bobyoung53]

I agree. The long suite that closes the album is epic. I think they had the bad luck to find themselves in the middle of the grunge wave.

Also their big radio hit was kind of a melodic soft rock ballad, in fact they sounded a lot like the Everly Brothers on that single.

 

[Mo cowbell]

Well, except for everyone mentioned in this thread; No, there are no great pick players.

Dee Murray and Dennis Dunaway also come to mind.


Not sure how many people even on Talkbass are familiar with (or remember) that band, but that entire album is a jewel. Cupid's Dead is a seriously tight track. Worth a listen.

Pat Badger has been mentioned a couple times. And deservedly so.

 

[bobyoung53]

Member
NewBobbyVega has the unique style of using the broad end of the plectrum instead of using the pointed end. It works for him and can work for you if you work at it. He can play very funky if that’s an incentive for you

When I saw his last BP column he talked all about using the broad end of the pick which I had never thought of and I tried it and always pick like that now when I use a pick.