Bass guitars

[5150]

Obviously this man has never played a Richenbakher 4001 through an Ampeg SVT420

Rickenbakhers are nice sounding, but I don't like the look of them. Ampeg amps and cabs are pretty much industry standard work horses as far as rock and metal goes.

[Big Dave]

Dunno - he never called me either.

'Herbie Flowers' according to Wikipedia - but my recollection of the liner notes says Klaus Voorman played Bass.



And the legendary Donald 'Duck' Dunn:

[iYRe]

I've played bass for 20 something years.. been in a band.. made an album, blah blah..
http://www.facebook.com/v/47661233612 (I'm not that fat any more.. but still ride bikes :P)

bass is awesome... especially if you are a team player (I love anything that involves team work). You are the interface between drum and melody, its awesome.

Favorite bass players.. hmm Jaco Pastorius, James Johnson, John Entwhistle, John Paul Jones, Will Lee (you can see him playing in the Letterman show band.. he is like.. freakishly good), flea (who is really a genius), and the master of them all.. Geddy Lee (Rush). Who else can sing, play bass, guitar, keyboards and switch sequences at the virtually same time, whilst playing the most amazing riffs?

Add to that Geezer Butler (Sabbath, Ozzy, etc), Jack Bruce, Phil Lynott.. oh the list goes on..

[Big Dave]

[MisterD]

My favourite bass players: Lemmy from Motorhead. Yes I am serious. 90% of their sound is his bass rig.

+1 for that, what's not to like about power chords on a bass?

I'd add Kim Deal (Pixies) and Krist Novoselic (Nirvana) and Ben Shepherd (Soundgarden)

[HenryDorsetCase]

see if you can talk to this guy,

http://www.youtube.com/peeteey
If anyone is interested in Guitar or Bass lessons, please get in touch. Kids to Grandparents, Rock to Jazz and folk, any style you like. Professional teacher for many years.

A rider from chrictchurch who might help you.

thanks a bunch for this: it might be the kick in the arse I need to take it up again after many many years.

[nudemetalz]

thanks a bunch for this: it might be the kick in the arse I need to take it up again after many many years.

Well I'm having a heap of fun with mine and the beauty is you can plug in headphones and enjoy singularily,...unlike drumming to the neighbourhood...!!!!!!!!

[yod]

Plenty of good bassists mentioned so far but I didn't see Steve Harris (Iron Maiden) included(?), total legend.

And of course, no bass thread is complete without the exquisite skills of a certain Mark King (Level 42):

[riffer]

I'd be keen to hear you play the drums at some stage, Simon.

I'm no James Deuce but I'd like to think I can hold my own in an average rock band.

We could have some fun here...

[iYRe]

Plenty of good bassists mentioned so far but I didn't see Steve Harris (Iron Maiden) included(?), total legend.

Oh yeah.. tryin to play those triplets he does with 4 fingers, yikes.

I play a Steinberger bass.. I dont really have an rig atm, as I sold it because I was moving to the USA (which never happened :s)

[Crasherfromwayback]

I like this too...

[yod]

Oh yeah.. tryin to play those triplets he does with 4 fingers, yikes.

I play a Steinberger bass.. I dont really have an rig atm, as I sold it because I was moving to the USA (which never happened :s)

Mine's a Riverhead (same as the one on the far left)



with a Fender 160W combo


I've had both for over 20 years now.

[iYRe]

Nice, I had a Hartke 200x200 AMP, a 15" and a 4x10 cab. Bummed i sold them it had an awesome sound.. I could get a nice taktak sound or a really low smooth jazz sort of sound and anything inbetween.

I had:



But it got stolen, so now I have:



I far preferred the first one. It had a graphite neck and a wooden body (which was unusual as they are nearly always fully graphite or fully wood).
The new one plays nice and was only a grand imported (as opposed to 6k for the other at the time).

[HenryDorsetCase]

Well I'm having a heap of fun with mine and the beauty is you can plug in headphones and enjoy singularily,...unlike drumming to the neighbourhood...!!!!!!!!

My brother is building a house at present (stupid earthquakes) and he sent me the plans and there is this room off to the side with no windows and I am like "whats that for? man cave? dead hooker storage?" but it is for his son to set up his drumkit in. in the house where they are, apparntly they can all hear when Jack is practising. And his sisters are not fans. ....

[yod]

I far preferred the first one. It had a graphite neck and a wooden body (which was unusual as they are nearly always fully graphite or fully wood).
The new one plays nice and was only a grand imported (as opposed to 6k for the other at the time).

Luvverly