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For me, Chris Squire's sound has always been one which makes me go 'wow'.
Other bass sounds that I love include Jaco, Bruford era Jeff Berlin (hate his sound now), Jimmy Johnson, Steve Swallow and Anthony Jackson. I never really tried to emulate the tone of any of this group, though.
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Squire usually gets a good tone... although some albums he's killed by the mix - Topographic and Relayer cases in point: killer playing but mushy. Fragile however is just stunning in terms of his tone and presentation in the mix.
Agree with the Jeff Berlin point - he had that lovely P-Bass Barts sound on Bruford and also Holdsworth's Road Games; the latter really show-casing his dense chordal playing really well. Today however, he's just got this sour chorus tone. Lovely Jimmy Johnson too who get's that cavernous Alembic fundamental tone. I think this comes out best on Chad Wackerman's first solo album, also with Allan Holdsworth. Steve Swallow's got that weird Parker & felt pick thing going on. Anthony Jackson for me is a bit 'emperor's new clothes'. Sometimes I think he ain't that good and then I think maybe he is. Currently I'm erring towards astounding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rxYw7Y45Eo