Hands down JJ Burnel for me the stranglers were the first band I went to see in 1977 when I was fifteen.
I said to this man who was stood next to me what type of guitar is that ? And he answered a fender precision bass son and that was it for me. I saved up the money to buy a fender p bass black and maple of course £135 brand new I think.
lve seen hundreds of bands over the years but JJ's sound has never been bettered IMO I've see the stranglers dozens of times now and his sound still to this day flaws me.
i spoke to JJ once and we discussed his sound he's big fan of British made products that's why he uses rotosound strings Ashdown amps and a John shuker Bass.