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What bass player inspired you to start playing?

#141
My faves are in no particular order:

Tina Weymouth
Kim Deal
Tony Levin (Papa Bear plays a mean Stick,too!)
John Myung (also a Stickplayer)
Geddy Lee
Les Claypool
Me'shell Ndegeocello
Joey Vera (Armored Saint/Fates Warning)
Martina Axen (ex Drain STH)
Sting
Stu Hamm
Doug Wimbish (ex Living Color - I miss that band :snif: )

and some others I can't remember right this second..

Some 'likes':

Jason Newsted
John Taylor (ex Duran Duran)
Flea
Tony Kanal
Robert Deleo (there's something about the bassline to 'Sour Girl', 'Sex Type Thing', and 'Vaseline' that tickle my ears big time)

On a 'personal' note, my friend Jason S. Though primarily a drummer he plays bass VERY competently and it's largely due to his patience w/ me when I ask music-related questions that encourages my musical education.


Vivian
aka RomperStomper

:D
 
#143
Even though i know im gonna get a bunch of pissed off ppl replying to this...i would have to say that my reason for starting to play bass is Ryan Martinie (Ryknow) of Mudvayne. I bet alot of you are tired of hearing about him but after seeing him once(im going to see him again this sunday) and watching loads of live footage off the net..... i'd have to say he's my fave because of not only his skill but how much he jumps around and acts like and ass without messing up at all. Flea is the same way though. But as far as Ryknow goes, if anyone wants to see just what the hell im talking about then go search for a live video (with one of many illegal programs we all use) "mudvayne - under my skin live n.y.c."
One of the best "bass solo's" ive ever seen/heard. Thanks for the time and space to post this big message.
-Tha F3Z
 
#144
i was inspired by..
mike from green day
dirk(i think thats his name) from incubus
mark(this might be strang for some people) from blink-182
flea from chill peppers


sorry if i dont have like any old timers on here, but im only 15 so i have like new bassits on my list
 
#145
Stu Hamm was the one that inspired me to pick up the bass. My brother wanted to learn how to play slap bass, so my dad had borrowed a bass and an instructional video "Slap Pop & Tap For The Bass". So when they were watching the video I caught a glimpse of it. And I had never heard such cool ****!

My brother never started playing though, so I picked it up instead. :D

That was about 1 and a half year ago, I hope to be able to impress myself someday :rolleyes:
 
#147
Hi,
When I was growing up during the 80's I was into Euro pop and soundtrack music.The first basslines to catch my ear was probably Duran Duran's Rio or Save a prayer.I also remember liking the fretless bass part to ABC's Be near me and Ocean blue.At that time,I had no idea what a bass guitar or a bassline was.It was much later that I found out.But I still do not know who played the beautiful fretless parts in ABC!
 
#150
Originally posted by CJ_Marsicano
Jah Wobble. The tone on that first Public Image album was one I searched for for 15 years, and found it by accident when I started using half-wound strings!

Jean Beauvoir, because of his phat basslines on the second Plasmatics album Beyond The Valley Of 1984. Not many people heard them because they saw the band's stage show first, went :eek: EEK! :eek: and didn't go past that.

Mike Watt. Enough said.
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Wobble, heck yeah. I don't know for sure how he sounded in Public Image, but I love his lines on in Damage Manuel. So full and catchy.
 
#151
I would have to say that Les Claypool is the greatest bassist. He may not be the fastest or anything like that, but he has great creativity. He doesn't just do the same thing over and over. It's like he makes up techniques (Which I'm sure he does) and then applies them to a wierd ass song. He's awesome.
 
#156
Originally posted by nymph
Cliff Burton, Feildy, Sam Rivers, and Jason Newsted, can't forget steve lawson
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nymph, seeing as your new here, NEVER mention fieldy as even close to being a good bass player, or you will get endless threads from all these crazy solo jazz junkies about how he is a percussionist, not a bassist. so, like him in private...

but, my was mostly i just hate conformists, and everyone i know plays the geetar, so i wanted a bass. it wasnt till i heard lounge act by nirvana that i really tried to get one. so i told my parents, and BAM, turn 15 with a bass and amp for bday present. year and a half later, still lovin it. which brings me to my next point: they should put warning labels on basses, like on smokes, saying they are extremely addictive. when i broke my E string, and couldnt get a ride to the nearest music store to buy new strings, i felt like dieing... after 3 days of not playing!
 

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