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Tim Commerford!!!

#2
There's been a lot of threads about Tim and he's mentioned many times in threads about favorite ,overrated , underrated bassists.

Personally I like him and he's one of the bassist's that really got me interested in playing . He might not be the greatest player but I think his style and ability to mix it up really fit RATM's music , though I'm not a big Audioslave fan. Some people like him ( I think mostly people in my age group late teen's - mid 20's) and others don't. Most of the dis-like might be because of Rage's rap/hard rock sound or Zack's lyrics or their political view's , I dunno. I dig his sound and Rage's too if that counts for anything.


Rich
 
#7
Timmy C has one of the best distorted bass sounds around. Gear geeks love to pick apart the convoluted process of how his tone is generated. As a player, some think he's way over-rated, some idolize him. Personally, I like what he does. He lays down heavy, solid grooves with a distinctive tone that fits (and defines) the music he's playing - what more do you want from the guy?
 
#9
duckbutter said:
Killer tone.
His name should be Tim "in the pocket" Cummerford, he lays down some sweet groves.
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Exactly what I was going to post - TimBob/C/Tim2K lives in the groove, and his tone is to die for if you like J-bass based overdrive/distortion. ;)

I also think he's somewhat limited in his role in RATM/Audioslave. I'd love to hear some of the fretless work he did with Juan Alderete ("John" from his Racer X days) of The Mars Volta on Juan's "Big Sur" project.
 
#11
I really dig both Rage and Audioslave. A big portion of that is Tim's sound and playing style. He's not Wooten but if everyone was Wooten wouldn't be special :D

The first complete song I've learned so far is 'I am the Highway'. It's not real complicated but fun to play.

I started with 'Gasoline' and it was just too tough at the time.
Learning and playing the easier song help alot and last time I played thru with the band I made no mistakes, I also got thru the largest portion of Gasoline with very few mistakes.
It has a pretty fast and fairly technical line (at least at that speed) and it changes up quite a bit.
 
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Ian Perge said:
Exactly what I was going to post - TimBob/C/Tim2K lives in the groove, and his tone is to die for if you like J-bass based overdrive/distortion. ;)

I also think he's somewhat limited in his role in RATM/Audioslave. I'd love to hear some of the fretless work he did with Juan Alderete ("John" from his Racer X days) of The Mars Volta on Juan's "Big Sur" project.
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Jaun played fretless in that project, and before Tim left the project he was playing fretted, according to Juan in an interview.
 
#16
RAGE/AUDIOSLAVE said:
Sorry But reading through great bassists etc. Tim commerford of Rage and Audioslave isn't considered. Come on he has a really cool sound!

Opinions please
More like reasons!!! come on!

I think he is a really cool guy
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well, you have to be realistic about this. as far as bassists in general, tim (and most other rock bassists) don't hold a candle to the fusion/jazz players out there(ala wooten, miller, clarke, bailey, manthing etc etc). this is just a general observation based on what is heard and played at concerts and recordings.

however, there are several rock bassists who would be equally as good as the jazz guys, such as the Ox, Geddy Lee, Chris Squire, Flea etc etc. these guys really let rip on some recordings, and a possible reason that they SEEM better as bassists than the other rock players is that they actually play in a certain way to showcase their cops on their recordings.

basically, no one knows what tim crommerford can do because i am yet to hear him let loose like the Ox or Geddy. does that mean he can't do it? probably, but not necessarily.

So, you don't hear much about Tim because he is an Ok rock bassist. thats it, he's nothing special and he doesn't really stand apart from the average rock bassist the way the Ox did.
 
#18
I think he's quite a good bassist, and his tone is one of the few modern rock bass tones that you can actually pick out while listening to RATM/Audioslave on the radio through a crappy sound system. If you can hear the bass even through that, something's gotta be right ;)

And yeah, he's a major reason I picked up/still play bass. He may rarely just totally let loose, but let's face it--he doesn't need to.

-Dash
 

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