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Who was the earliest influence that you tried to sound like


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2 hours ago, Coilte said:

Glenn Cornick/Tony Reeves/Jack Bruce/Peter Cetera.

 

I'm giving away my "vintage" here !!  😄

Na course your not, Jack Bruce played with Graham Bond Organization. At the time might have been the daddy of us all. Oops ducks missiles.

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9 minutes ago, Rich said:

Mark King. I hadn't been playing all that long when I saw Level 42 on the telly playing 'Foundation and Empire'. I was stunned by what I was seeing and hearing.

 

So was I. he was better than many guitar WRISTS oops

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5 hours ago, Franticsmurf said:

Chris Squire - generally from the first Yes album I owned, Yesshows, and specifically this bass solo from Ritual. At the time (way before the Internet) I only had the audio recording and I was convinced this was a guitar solo because in my limited experience, no bassist played like this.

 

 

I don't think I've come close in terms of technique and I don't own a 4001 but I do tend to play at the dusty end of the neck, often play with a pick and I like that gritty sound (where appropriate).

 

Me too, although I’m sure as a callow 15year old with a Kay precision copy that I never came close, despite jacking up the VS on my HH amp and playing round wounds with great speed and gusto with a nylon pick. 

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Stan the man... the first solo record from 1976. I bought it used from some record auction for less than £2 somewhere in the late 80's. And then: Lopsy Lu! What? Then I got my hands on School days and that was it. Bass it is!

 

I had a 1976 black 4001 which I had to restring to CGDA like Stan was playing. No, I couldn't play anything he can, still can't. But I am still playing bass. Yesterday was a rehearsal, and while I am very far from all super solo bassists (does not matter), I am so happy to support the bands I play with.

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The first album I listened to over and over was Under a Blood Red Sky and I was struck by Adam Clayton’s live tone. Being 16 I didn’t realise that recorded live tone wasn’t like studio bass tone… it just sounded immense..especially on loud 

 

For the melodic part I loved, but could not name,  Duck Dunn and Bob Babbitt

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9 hours ago, PaulThePlug said:

^ Prefer Lemmy's more articulate Lead Bass tones from his Hawkwind days...

 

 

The first song I ever covered was Motörhead, which was originally a Hawkwind song. But the version I had was the Motörhead version.

 

Though, to be honest, with me on vocals (I was only 12…) it sounded more like the Lawnmower Deth version.

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Steve Harris from Iron Maiden.

 

Maiden were the band that got a teenage me into proper music, so naturally when I started playing bass it was Steve I tried to emulafe.

 

My music tastes have had a couple of fairly drastic changes of  direction since then and I no longer listen to Maiden or any 'heavy' music but my default right hand setting when noodling on the bass is still the Harris gallop.

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