merello Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Who qualifies? Pino? Geddy? I was listening to Spirit of Radio and the bass sound is just so distinctively Geddy. You also hear disparate 80s tunes and immediately go "Oh...That's Pino playing for Henley/Collins/Clapton..." Are there other examples of distinctive sounds? Tame studio version... Pino... Live version.... (Danger - may be someone else copying Pino!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 I suppose the distinctive players are influential, so makes it hard to say it’s actually them. But I’ll say Peter Hook. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Bassy Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Andy Fraser, exxcept that, in many cases, it could also be Neil Murray (And Vice Versa). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velarian Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Jean Jacques burnel 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeystrange Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Jerry Only. Nobody sounds like Jerry Only. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreadBin Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Les Claypool 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newfoundfreedom Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 I know when it's me coz it's stinky poo! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upside downer Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 (edited) Jah Wobble. Edited January 3, 2022 by upside downer 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Bootsy Collins. You always know when it's Bootsy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 (edited) Fieldy. (Sounds goddam awful) Edited January 4, 2022 by EBS_freak 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 2 hours ago, merello said: Who qualifies? Pino? Geddy? I was listening to Spirit of Radio and the bass sound is just so distinctively Geddy. You also hear disparate 80s tunes and immediately go "Oh...That's Pino playing for Henley/Collins/Clapton..." Are there other examples of distinctive sounds? Tame studio version... Pino... Live version.... (Danger - may be someone else copying Pino!) I've always thought that the studio version of Spirit of Radio has a distinctly uncharacteristic Geddy tone, very clean and tight. Of course, the playing and notes give him away anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Steve Harris 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 Mick Karn. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazed Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 Flea - Young MC, Alanis Morissette 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahambythesea Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 Jack Bruce Mark King Dave Pegg Jaco Pastorius 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 I'll know the bass player from the song long before I've worked out their tone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplumber Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 Herbie Flowers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky 4000 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 Larry Graham. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 12 hours ago, Velarian said: Jean Jacques burnel "Down in the Sewer" came on in the car once and I spent a good 3-4 minutes waiting for Jon Anderson to start singing so I could work out which Yes song it was. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doddy Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 Most of the players mentioned are recognisable because of their bands too. You're not going to really hear Geddy outside of Rush. What about the guys like Nathan East, Will Lee, Anthony Jackson, and Marcus Miller? All have their own sound that you can hear with a wide variety of artists. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldslapper Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 Out of context with the artist/song, I wouldn’t have a clue. I’m impressed that anyone could. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velarian Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 18 minutes ago, BigRedX said: "Down in the Sewer" came on in the car once and I spent a good 3-4 minutes waiting for Jon Anderson to start singing so I could work out which Yes song it was. Note to self: must listen to some Yes stuff in that case. 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 Put many of these bass players in the context of guesting on someone else's song and you probably wouldn't guess it's them. The only ones that come to mind are Peter Hook and Mark King. I used to have a 12" of an early 80s song by Leisure Process called A Way You'll Never Be. Initially I thought it was a Level 42 song with a guest singer but it was the other way round. Also some players don't always stick with the same tone. I mean J-J Burnel had a very distinctive tone on the first 4 albums but from then on as The Stranglers mellowed, so did his sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldon Tyrell Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 Jon Stockman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velarian Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 2 minutes ago, Barking Spiders said: Also some players don't always stick with the same tone. I mean J-J Burnel had a very distinctive tone on the first 4 albums but from then on as The Stranglers mellowed, so did his sound. Good point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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