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The Bass player you like most can have a great deal of influence on your playing. That person can be the reason why you started playing bass in the first place.

 

  I started playing the bass, because my band didn't have a bass player, but as i explored, there were a lot of these amazing artists who changed the way i look at a  Bass, how i play it. They stand as a big reason for why i still play it. 

 

We might have a few similar favorites; Victor Wooten, Jaco Pastorius, Larry Graham, Steve Harris, Flea, Paul McCartney, Cliff Burton, Stu Hamm, Billy Sheehan, Bass player of Jamiroquai, etc..

 

But there are a lot of other bass players that i look up to. They might not be as famous as the others, but they are the masters of their craft and architects of Bass insanity.. 

 

Panagiotis Andreou : This greek born Bass master plays with bands like New York Gypsy All Stars, Now vs Now and a lot of other Bands.

 

Steve Zerlin : Or otherwise known as 'Z Man' has harmony embedded in his fingers, yes "Fingers" not "Brain". Dont be fooled when i use the word "harmony". If you see him improvise on Indian Ragas, i swear you'll s#it in your pants.

 

Bill 'The Buddha' Dickens : Just watch a video, you'll know why!

 

Mohini Dey : This girl gives me nightmares and makes me cry like a little girl when i see her playing. She is just too much. She is like 16 or something, but if you see her skills ""HOLY MOTHER OF GOD"". I saw her playing first on MTV Coke Studio with A.R.Rahman, and a big fan since then. She is the singlemost biggest source of practice inspiration for me.

 

Seth Govan : This guy put the bass lines on Guthrie Govan's "Erotic Cakes". He is also Guthrie's brother and that explains a lot. I probably love everything on that record maybe because its one of the three favorite albums of mine, the other two being "Tenacious D" and "The Pick Of Destiny".

 

Michael Manring : One Word "Hyperbass"

There are a lot of other bass players that i like and follow, this is just a short list. You can like a bass player for their techniques, attitude, the kind of bass they play, they band they play for and so on.

 

 Let us know your favorite and why you like em.! 

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  • 1 year later...

John Entwistle comes to mind. I'll never play anything like that. So - Can he be an influence?

 

Jim

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  • 2 weeks later...

Paul McCartney. So simple and straightforward.

Chuck Rainey

Leland Sklar

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For me ,that would be a toss up between Stu Hamm or Dave LaRue.

I know there are many,many more that are awesome,but either of those would fit into a lot of what I play.

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  • 4 weeks later...

Stanley Clark and Alphonso Johnson come to mind for jazz for players not mentioned yet.

For rock, I second Entwhistle, Lee, Sting, Sheehan, and Squire. There are also John Paul Jones (Led Zep), Les Claypool (Primus), Christopher Wolstenholme (Muse), and James Jamerson of Motown fame.

Peace,

TC

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  • 11 months later...

Dave Holland would be my favourite.

 

 

Phil Lesh plays unorthodox bass. He trespasses away from the bass role, but I love his playing. (Here with Mike Gordon)

 

 

For minimal iconic lines, I can’t leave out Sting. It’s almost a form of bass perfection.

 

 

 

I’m not a bassist either, but my admiration for them grows every time I pick up mine to lay down a bass track.

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