The Iconic P-Bass

[SactoBass]

Dee Murray

Big +1. Dee is one of my all-time favorite bassists.

 

[Arthur U. Poon]

Big +1. Dee is one of my all-time favorite bassists.

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Same here! Dee Murray was my first big influence on bass guitar. And he still is to this day.

 

[dougjwray]

Carl Radle!!!

 

[Kyle_S]

Daniel Lorca of Nada Surf gets such a killer tone with a P-bass played with a pick.

 

[Michedelic]

Any number of bassists in bands with some small measure of success on the Top 40 charts(as opposed to the developing FM “underground” radio scene)before Woodstock…

Jim Grant…


Ron Gilbert…


Brian Cole…


…and so on.
Then the bands who straddled the AM/FM cultural divide…

I can’t believe I didn’t think of him right away, not only did I cop some licks when I was learning bass, I ended up buying an amp from him decades later…Larry Taylor…


Stu Cook…


Then later on, just standard FM rock before increasingly restrictive playlists set in…

Greg Ridley…


Gerry McAvoy…

 

[Dan1985]

Pretty much everyone then.

 

[Michedelic]

Pretty much everyone then.

Not exactly…if you look at the old school country scene(new stuff I couldn’t care less about), besides uprights and Danelectro, it seems like Jazz basses were the norm…


…plus outliers:

 

[58kites]

Sid Vicious....LOLOL.

 

[Paul New]

Robert Mercurio
Chris Wood
Ron Blair
Michael Rhodes

We’ll never name them all!

 

[edmidlifecrisis]

I didn’t see George Porter listed here!!

 

[smatanovic]

Colin Greenwood

YES! One of my bass playing idols. Along with Ben Shepherd from Soundgarden and Eric Avery from Jane's Addiction.

 

[smatanovic]

Kim Deal, I love her playing:




And then Paul Simonon:

 

[Lowbrow]

Pete Farndon

 

[Dasgre0g]

Both bassists from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

 

[Ritter667]

J.J Burnel!

 

[FretRiff]

 

[bassfreakah]

Karl Alvarez
The Descendents
All

 

[Michedelic]

I’m at a Psychedelic Furs show right now; Tim Butler is currently playing one…

 

[FretRiff]

Glen Matlock, Sex Pistols

“I used exactly the same gear as I’ve got now, which is a Fender Precision; and I’ve got an old Fender Bassman, which I bought for £99 in a sale. I’ve never found a better-sounding amp, and I take it gingerly all around the world. And if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. It’s straightforward, simple, and it works.”

 

[Michedelic]

Glen Matlock, Sex Pistols



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Oddly enough, he used an original slab style Gibson EB-0 in his band with Midge Ure, Rich Kids, as well as on an album/tour with Iggy Pop circa 1980, plus in a short-lived band, the Spectres.
But, besides a dalliance with a Ric during the Pistols, the white P has always been there. Saw him recently with Blondie.