Squonk
another Bassist that Plays with Lee Ritenour a bit is Melvin Davis
CornFlakes
I really dig John Myung!
Renesongs
Anyone one heard Bela Fleck
Avant Garde Jazz Banjo player - very interesting stuff
Satriani
Anybody who knows the name of the bassist on most of ABBA's songs, I'd be interested to know. I know for a fact it was a session guy tho, they never used a permanent band. Whoever he is/was, he was a sh*t hot bassist imo. Listen to songs like Money Money Money for a good example ?
AlanRatcliffe
Renesongs wrote:
Anyone one heard Bela Fleck
Avant Garde Jazz Banjo player - very interesting stuff
Been meaning to check him out. Is Future Man still his "drummer"? The Dude with the modified SynthAxe with all the trigger pads instead of strings?
iceman83
Hey
to add to XL's question "Where's Stu Hamm and Cliff Burton?"
most didn't like him all that much, but I quite liked Jason Newstead as well - very smooth and easy player
made basslines look easy, he did...
Bob-Dubery
This may be cheating a bit, because the guy I dig plays bass but not bass guitar. But he fills that role (and doesn't use a synth). Danny Thompson - played bass guitar with Roy Orbison decades ago, but has stuck to double bass ever since.
Marvellous player - huge chops, very distinctive style. One of those players who comes up with parts that make you wonder "where did THAT come from" and yet fit beautifully. He has a great groove, can really give a song impetus.
He's probably best known for his work with Pentangle in the 60s and John Martyn in the 70s, but he's played... well on lots of things. Nick Drake fans will have heard him on Drake's first album. His bass parts give a lovely sense of movement and purpose to Cello Song and Three Hours.
These days his highest profile gigs are with Richard Thompson (no relation) and Eric Bibb.
I think the key to Danny's marvellousness is that he can play ANYTHING - and has. Loads of rock/pop session work with a wide range of artists (Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, Drake, Incredible String Band, Everything But The Girl, Cliff Richard), movie and TV soundtracks, world music, folky things, loads of jazz (he played in the house band at Ronnie Scott's for a couple of years), blues/rock power trios (Bibb, Darrell Scott).... so he can play great parts in all kinds of styles, yet his own musical personality always shines through as well.
AlanRatcliffe
One of those players who comes up with parts that make you wonder "where did THAT come from" and yet fit beautifully.
I know exactly what you mean! It seems a common trait with those bassists who play (or learned on) upright - it's one of the reasons I like Tony Levin so much.
Riaan-Combrink
Watched a
Big Sky gig last week, and Schalk Joubert played the first set with an upright double bass, and electric during the second rockier set. Was amazing to hear the contrast so markedly in the same show, and nice to see the younger guys hauling out the double bass. ?
BTW, Schalk is an amazing player.
Five string solo:
A little more detail:
http://www.bassplayers.co.za/interviewschalk_joubert.html
Matt-White
Djeezz doods! We really gotta get Flea on that voting roll!
Have u seen the DVD he made on technique? Where Chad S. plays drums for him and he gets interviewed by a very stoned River Phoenix in between? Mindblowing and a blast.
Matt-White
Alan Ratcliffe wrote:
Funk Fingers - Tony's own invention. He used to sell them from his site. They never really took off as you need a really wide string spacing to use them effectively. Tony uses a 3-string Musicman bass when he uses them.
The man is a monster. He uses it on the Peter Gabriel concert DVD Secret World Tour. Check it out, not only for him, but for killer drums as well, and how to conceptualise and pull off a brilliant show.
lightspeedchili
FLEA FLEA FLEA!!!
Stu Hamm's pretty cool aswell, saw him play in 1 of the G3's for satch.
also Ryan Martinie from Mudvayne, may not be to many ppl's taste but this guy flys over the fretboard and pulls some wild slaps and tapping for a metal bassist
George-Troupe
Just stumbled across the Forum, enjoyed reading the posts. Probably showing my age but I'm surprised nobody has mentioned James Jamerson, the original Motown bassist who also started on acoustic. I found the book 'Standing In The Shadows Of Motown' in the UK; it gives a detailed biography and comes with 2 cd's of backing tracks played by famous name bassists. The bass can be balanced out to enable the listener to fill in. The DVD of the same name features all the original Motown musicians. Many big name bassists credit Jamerson as their biggest influence. Ok, I'm 61 years young but nowadays spend more time listening than playing!
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Instruments: Fender 62 P Bass, 73 P Bass, 93 P Bass, 62 Jazz Bass, 96 50th Anniversary 5 string Jazz Bass (no.116 of 500), 76 Stratocaster.
Amp: Hartke 2500
Explorerlover
Watch the Brian Setzer Live in Japan DVD and be amazed at his bassist playing the upright bass like a demon on heat... After a while, he starts "riding" the bass...AMAZING!!!!
iceman83
I remember you showing me that ?
that dude is APE SH!T CRAZY!!! (thanks, uncyclopedia)
he's a properly good player, that man... wonder what his name is...
he's got a set of cartoon eyes on the belly of his double-bass cello which you can almost see as
he spins the thing around at like 5000rpm - the man is a hero, I say
Bob-Dubery
George Troupe wrote:
Just stumbled across the Forum, enjoyed reading the posts. Probably showing my age but I'm surprised nobody has mentioned James Jamerson, the original Motown bassist who also started on acoustic.
Yes! Jamerson laid down so many great bass tracks. He was part of the house band at Tamla Motown and played, uncredited, on many of the early Motown hit singles and albums.
I love that early Motown sound, great grooves and arrangements.
Another session bassist (though more often credited on the sleeves) whose playing I enjoy is Jerry Scheff. He's probably best known for playing in Elvis's vegas-era band, but don't hold that against him ? (And in fact that was some band, Elvis basically hired all the guys he considered best so that nobody else could hire them)
George-Troupe
Agree entirely Bob, he was probably the first 'genius' of the electric bass. Interestingly, Jamerson went through a couple of Fender Precisions (both stolen) before acquiring his 62 stock sunburst Precision with which he recorded all those hits. He carved 'Funk Machine' on the neck heel. This bass was stolen from his house just before he died in August 1983 and it remains probably what is the Holy Grail of electric basses, undiscovered to this day. It will obviously be worth an awful lot of money. Unfortunately it's not my 62 Precision, mine is white with a brown tortoise pickguard. I didn't get a sunburst until 1993 (I lie, I bought a sunburst Jazz Bass in Hong Kong 1969 but I sold it after my brother gouged the back with a buckle) but it is fitted with vintage US hardware, eg., reverse tuners, red tortoise pickguard, thumbrest, chrome covers and temporarily a DiMarzio pickup just for a sound variation. My 73 Precision is an interesting beast. It's all natural with a narrow all maple neck (not quite as narrow as the Jazz neck). It was a Christmas present to myself, bought at Sam Ash's in New York. It's even been to the top of the Empire State Building!
lightspeedchili
George u have some impressive gear!! have you got some pics u can share with us perhaps?
George-Troupe
lightspeedchili wrote:
George u have some impressive gear!! have you got some pics u can share with us perhaps?
Hi there! I'll get around to taking some digital photos of the guitars at vga resolution to keep the size of the files down. Apart from the 93 Precision all the basses are as original. The 76 Stratocaster (black with maple neck) at present has a DiMarzio SDS at the bridge, DiMarzio FS at the neck and a Seymour Duncan Quarterpounder in the middle. Also a DiMarzio brass Trem and bridge and 5 way selector, but I have the original parts stored away. Seems a waste but I'm not really a 6 string person! I bought the Strat in New York at Alex Axe because it had become the 'in thing' to have a Strat. I grew up musically in the UK prior to and with the Mersey era and saw most of the big name groups live. I recall seeing my first 'live' Strat and Precision in the window of one of the town's 2 music dealers in 1962, the year before I left school, and I was hooked, especially on the bass. I'd heard the Precision of Jet Harris (The Shadows) on a high quality system at the Earls Court Radio show in 1961, the bass solo from 'Nivram' on their first album being unprecedented for a pop group. I just returned from a UK trip last month. In the window of that same dealer was a Burns Bison Bass (named because of the cutaways) and a 1963 Fender Jazzmaster - in a glass case! The Burns dates back also to the 60's and was called the Black Bison. This one was in white but also stunning. If it hadn't been impossible to transport it I would have bought it!
