voodoo_chile Posted November 1, 2006 Report Share Posted November 1, 2006 No but im 90% sure i could if need be.Cryptopsy - thats some hard bass lines. Victor Wooten - Show of hands, Insanely hard to play.Jean Beudan(sp?) - Some hard stuff.p.s Any bass player who plays with a pick relegates themselfs from 'top 3 bass players'the guys an absolute monster...tapping on a fanned fret 10 string...shame his music is pish tho.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoodyRATM Posted November 7, 2006 Report Share Posted November 7, 2006 heres the link to billy sheehan vid i mentioned earlier in this threadhttp://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7123164409752792753&q=one+bass+soloignore the silly faces. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeC Posted November 7, 2006 Report Share Posted November 7, 2006 bass techs accross the land will testify to this after blowing up their speakers by soundchecking his basses and playing in a normal fashionWhat are you on about?1. he'll have his own bass tech2. how would their speakers blow, he'd be playing through his own and i'd be 100% sure they would have ample head room.3. I would imagine he'd do his own sound check, and play in his normal fashion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeC Posted November 7, 2006 Report Share Posted November 7, 2006 p.s Any bass player who plays with a pick relegates themselfs from 'top 3 bass players'What utter pish!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeC Posted November 7, 2006 Report Share Posted November 7, 2006 1. Richard Keith Lewis2. Jimmy Trapp3. Stanley Clarke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
empty-words Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 What utter pish!!Sorry... in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonie Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 agreed on G's comment about playing with a pick. it's as much about what you do as it is about how you do it. /x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Mulhern Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 Entwhistle (The Who)Laurent (Gatechein)Billy Talbot (Crazy Horse) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeC Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 Sorry... in my opinion.Sorry, slight over reaction, but your comment smacked of bass player snobbery, there are many good bass players who use a pick.Thats like saying your not a real guitar player unless you finger pick, its obvious nonsense, I would be happy to bet that all the great and good among bass players have used a pick at some time, for a start you just cant get the same attack as you get using a pick.G... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhoj Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 1. Billy Sheehan (who plays for Steve Vai for the guy at the top)2. Stu Hamm3. Duff MacKagen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonie Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 damn straight. some of your favourite bassists would surprise you with their pick usage if you looked into it. even the likes of flea, at times. /x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 Personally, I've always found YYZ much more do-able than Donna Lee....maybe thats just me..That's no' a bad bit o' poetry there...Personal-leee, I've always found YYZ(ee) Much more do-able than Donna LeeMaybe thats just me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeC Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 A few pick using bass players of note...Jay Bentley Paul Grey Lemmy Kilmister Greg Lake Paul McCartney Jason Newsted Shavo Odadjian Chris Squire StingG... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 Geddy Lee (Rush)Laurent (Gatechien)Markus Grosskopf (Helloween)The above all have comedic aspects to their playing too. Having said all that, I know hee-haw about the bass guitar and am probably wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marsh Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 A few pick using bass players of note...Jay Bentley Paul Grey Lemmy Kilmister Greg Lake Paul McCartney Jason Newsted Shavo Odadjian Chris Squire StingG..............................Matt FreemanSaw him last week and he's up there with the best EVER! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidm Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 I know very little about bassists, but the bloke from Crashdown is nothing short of incredible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volta Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 Bill Wyman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeC Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 Bill WymanI do actually quite like Bill Wyman but legend has it that all the good Stones bass lines were played by Keef... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
empty-words Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 Sorry, slight over reaction, but your comment smacked of bass player snobbery, there are many good bass players who use a pick.Thats like saying your not a real guitar player unless you finger pick, its obvious nonsense, I would be happy to bet that all the great and good among bass players have used a pick at some time, for a start you just cant get the same attack as you get using a pick.G...Fair comment, mabye it is my bass player sobbery but something about playing with a pick that just kills it for me. i can help but feel like the stuff i see played with a pick would be better if playd with fingers.I dunno why but the sound of a pick just sounds bad to me, the clicky sound you get. just not for me.each to there own Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeC Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 I dunno why but the sound of a pick just sounds bad to me, the clicky sound you get. just not for me.Are you refering to the sound you get, or what you believe you hear when you hear someone else use a pick.From my point of view I have never experienced this, yes a higher level of attack like I said before but "clicky" never.Can you point me to examples of what you find "clicky"G... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonie Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 if you play bas with a plectrum yourself and use the wrong gauge of plec, it can sound clicky to the player but i've never heard that on recorded work. /x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartmaxwell Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 fingers for technical and faster stuff (but most players seem to get their bass compression totally wrong and you make out 25% of the ACTUAL notes they are playing)pick for harder, abrasive stuff. i.e. not really playing bass guitar as such, more attacking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Stax Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 Ain't got a scooby as I haven't read this thread but surely there aren't folk on here slagging off bassists for using plectrums?!!!!! Tell me this isn't true!!!!What the... When the shoe fits.I may be biased but my cpmpadre Andy 'Bass' Stephen (staccato set and the belated Downroads) has his stuff nailed in knowing what's best and most suited for a tune and that's all there should be to it no? Fingers for this, plec for that, blah blah. What does the song need, or not need? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 i always liked bill wyman as a bass player for his no nonsense attitude to said job. le peep from the much missed maple had the same attitude as well, and nick from real shocks/the videos/kill baby... kill also had that same killer attitude. bass players are not to be messed with - silent but deadly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RF Scott Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 There's no "H" in Entwistle (at least, that's what the coroner said...)*ahem*My top three would be;Willie Dixon Tina Weymouth (Talking Heads/Tom Tom Club)Rick Danko (The Band)Those two plus Mike Watt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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