Searcy Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvxyyuZHM3U Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Searcy Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 The master http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipjTvRe7-Zg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq8VZDz5lEc&feature=related ... is there any point in going on after Larry...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searcy Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 I love the sound of a Ric but I don't like the feel of the neck. If it's got a wide flat neck like a P-Bass I can usually get into it. The only bass Gibson ever made that I liked was The Ripper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvillRob Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 The master http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipjTvRe7-Zg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq8VZDz5lEc&feature=related ... is there any point in going on after Larry...? Gotta LOVE Larry Graham! (but he's STILL a distantance from Entwistle). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvillRob Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Paul McCartney James Jamerson Carol Kaye Danville Rob HAHA, Cookie! Let's face it.... I couldn't carry these guys lunches! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searcy Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Gotta LOVE Larry Graham! (but he's STILL a distantance from Entwistle). I would have mentioned The Ox if you guys hadn't alrady covered it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPguitarman Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Geddy Lee, Chris Squire. Rickenbacher 4001 and Fender Jazz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzag Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Jaco Pastorius or Ron Carter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Milt Hinton and Carol Kaye... Hinton especially... He was doing slap bass before most slap bass players were born - perhaps before their parents were born. Milt was class act respected by other legends. This is one when he was older than doodoo and gives some insight into a sense of humor, talent and professionalism that made him, to me, THE bass player. It's not his fanciest bass playing, but more insight into an old pro talking about his years in the biz. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNMvIUQw2kY&feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SG FAN Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 No one has said Les Claypool yet, he's a visionary, IMO. Edit: I just noticed Andy mentioned him, I guess great minds think alike :) x2 on the Geezer and Entwhistle, also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Steve Harris / Cliff Burton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzoboy Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 My favourite bassists are the OX and Paul McCartney-how Paul could sing melody and play those complicated bass lines while he was singing never ceased to amaze me.I have a Vox Astro IV model V-273 violin bass with built in fuzz,treble/bass boost and G-tuner.This bass has a neck as slim as a broomstick and the action is super low all the way down the neck,it's just a dream to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Who is it? Don't recognize him. Carl Radle. On the Dominos live things he is the coal along with Whitlocks water fueling Gordons steam loco that Eric could barely hang with. He also did metric tonnes of other things with loads of peoples. I was lucky to see him a couple times with Eric for them One In Every Crowd shows and I think 461 as well. rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searcy Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 No one has said Les Claypool yet, he's a visionary, IMO. Edit: I just noticed Andy mentioned him, I guess great minds think alike :) x2 on the Geezer and Entwhistle, also. Ohhhh yes I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searcy Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Milt Hinton and Carol Kaye... Hinton especially... He was doing slap bass before most slap bass players were born - perhaps before their parents were born. Milt was class act respected by other legends. This is one when he was older than doodoo and gives some insight into a sense of humor, talent and professionalism that made him, to me, THE bass player. It's not his fanciest bass playing, but more insight into an old pro talking about his years in the biz. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNMvIUQw2kY&feature=related Very nice! I'll have to put Cachao right there if we're going to include standup bass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiamondJig Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Chris Squire & his Rickenbacher 4001, love the riffs and the sound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelvinator Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Gibson Les Paul Standard (heavy but great!) Gibson Double Cut - both excellent basses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searcy Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 A true innovator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Nothing at all against modern electric bass players. I've done a little myself so I have no inclination to suggest they neither know nor care about good playing. But I also have a hunch that a lotta the old slap fiddle players from the swing and 50s era in all styles of combos have tended to have musicians with a broader set of skills and knowledge of music than they're credited with. I remember watching Sunnyland Slim's blues band in concert in the early '60s and the bass player had expected an electric, but since he'd trained originally on the upright, after a bit of complaint proceeded to have at it with a miked upright. Nowadays most bass players in rock/country/jazz sorts of combos tend to have begun either with guitar or electric bass. I'm sure there are exceptions especially in communities where Bluegrass and other acoustic styles are common - but that's likely a minority. Bottom line, I guess, is that even the basic concepts of plucked bass playing and plucked bass lines owe everything to the old slapfiddle guys. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S t e v e Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 bass is for people that can't play a 6 string...jus sayin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 bass is for people that can't play a 6 string...jus sayin Not really, there are 6 bass string guitars and 10 string bass guitars....and 12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Versatile Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Good basses...Rickenbacker, Fender P and J I love my Fender Jazz Fretless... Great bassists Jaco Pastorius Carol Kaye Sting Paul McCartney Jack Bruce John Paul Jones Ray Brown Niels Pederson V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S t e v e Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Not really, there are 6 bass string guitars and 10 string bass guitars....and 12. you know what i mean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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