Your favourite bass line
Discussion
6th Gear said:
Bernard Edwards.
http://youtu.be/pyqKmUgkMOs
http://youtu.be/aYYhl2AwNK4
http://youtu.be/NUvkhbyVG-E
And the list goes on. Best bass player ever.
RIP
Can't argue with that, those great Chic albums done at Electric Lady and the Power Stationhttp://youtu.be/pyqKmUgkMOs
http://youtu.be/aYYhl2AwNK4
http://youtu.be/NUvkhbyVG-E
And the list goes on. Best bass player ever.
RIP
Matt UK said:
http://www.partridgegetslucky.com/Vanin said:
I used to be obsessed with Stuart's playing (I suppose I always will be). I had two of those Kubicki Ex Factor basses, though I never did get one with a blue/black flip front paint like Stuart has there. I gather from what he was posting on Facebook the other day that he is recording a new album. Raygun said:
6th Gear said:
Bernard Edwards.
http://youtu.be/pyqKmUgkMOs
http://youtu.be/aYYhl2AwNK4
http://youtu.be/NUvkhbyVG-E
And the list goes on. Best bass player ever.
RIP
Can't argue with that, those great Chic albums done at Electric Lady and the Power Stationhttp://youtu.be/pyqKmUgkMOs
http://youtu.be/aYYhl2AwNK4
http://youtu.be/NUvkhbyVG-E
And the list goes on. Best bass player ever.
RIP
Legendary.
Here's one. Eric Clapton, the great Steve Gadd and Marcus Miller.
Not a bad combo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h5BctlQKWY
Not a bad combo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h5BctlQKWY
Hard. So many over the years. Most 'popular' has to be John McVie on 'The Chain', especially for F1 PHrs.
Earlier McVie anchoring bass on many Fleetwood Mac records but for me, 'I'm so Afraid' and 'Oh Well, Pt 1 & Pt 2'.
Shows my age. I had hair and beard like Green and Buckingham in the 70s, not any more!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5kOzGwsHXw
Earlier McVie anchoring bass on many Fleetwood Mac records but for me, 'I'm so Afraid' and 'Oh Well, Pt 1 & Pt 2'.
Shows my age. I had hair and beard like Green and Buckingham in the 70s, not any more!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5kOzGwsHXw
The most haunting track ever. The Cure..Sinking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6mzdZXok5U
Not the most advanced playing but does exactly what it's meant to!
Not the most advanced playing but does exactly what it's meant to!
Here is a favourite of mine. Love the bass guitar in this 70s classic. Narada Michael Walden/TM Stevens.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkCLG7xUn3k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkCLG7xUn3k
Phatboy317 said:
Another mutha of a bass player: Etienne Mbappe
It's funny you should post a link to The 4th Dimension group. I was just watching some of their videos the other day. Whilst I don't think it's the best stuff McLaughlin has ever done, they are a fearsome group and Etienne is a serious player. I was also quite surprised by the sound he gets of those F Basses, which I have always found to be quite soft sounding with a low output. I also think it's a little odd having the best drummer on the stage playing keyboards, but then Gary Husband is a wizard at both instruments. Although I'm not a massive fan of Kai Eckhardt's music as a whole, he was absolutely incredible with John McLaughlin. I much prefer Jonas Hellborg's playing in general, but I've never heard a bassist really gel with McLaughlin like Kai did in the John McLaughlin trio in the late 80's. He also had an incredible sound coming from those headless Schack basses he was using at the time. Sadly, Schack basses have always been hard to find in the UK. Clover, another German bass manufacturer, also made a headless, carbon fibre laden headless bass around that time.
Anyway, John and Kai at their best...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwEs27ycIP4
Baryonyx said:
It's funny you should post a link to The 4th Dimension group. I was just watching some of their videos the other day. Whilst I don't think it's the best stuff McLaughlin has ever done, they are a fearsome group and Etienne is a serious player. I was also quite surprised by the sound he gets of those F Basses, which I have always found to be quite soft sounding with a low output. I also think it's a little odd having the best drummer on the stage playing keyboards, but then Gary Husband is a wizard at both instruments.
Although I'm not a massive fan of Kai Eckhardt's music as a whole, he was absolutely incredible with John McLaughlin. I much prefer Jonas Hellborg's playing in general, but I've never heard a bassist really gel with McLaughlin like Kai did in the John McLaughlin trio in the late 80's. He also had an incredible sound coming from those headless Schack basses he was using at the time. Sadly, Schack basses have always been hard to find in the UK. Clover, another German bass manufacturer, also made a headless, carbon fibre laden headless bass around that time.
Anyway, John and Kai at their best...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwEs27ycIP4
Thanks, I'd forgotten about that one - lovely stuff!Although I'm not a massive fan of Kai Eckhardt's music as a whole, he was absolutely incredible with John McLaughlin. I much prefer Jonas Hellborg's playing in general, but I've never heard a bassist really gel with McLaughlin like Kai did in the John McLaughlin trio in the late 80's. He also had an incredible sound coming from those headless Schack basses he was using at the time. Sadly, Schack basses have always been hard to find in the UK. Clover, another German bass manufacturer, also made a headless, carbon fibre laden headless bass around that time.
Anyway, John and Kai at their best...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwEs27ycIP4
Speaking of headless basses, I had a Hohner for a while - nice, compact and easy to carry around, but I didn't like it. The neck just felt too long, which sounds strange for someone accustomed to a Fender, but I kept on landing on the A fret when I was going for G - just felt wrong.
aside from Bernard, Larry Graham here's some left field ones
Rocco Prestia - Tower of Power.
Only so much oil in the ground
Check out his finger funk videos.
Often overlooked
Mark king - love games
John deacon - millionaires waltz
Bootsy Collins - for his 'on the one' feel
Rocco Prestia - Tower of Power.
Only so much oil in the ground
Check out his finger funk videos.
Often overlooked
Mark king - love games
John deacon - millionaires waltz
Bootsy Collins - for his 'on the one' feel
Edited by Simes205 on Monday 29th December 21:56
Was just rummaging through the cupboard and Little Ex found a box of old vinyl, we've pulled a few albums out for listening but this one really caught my eye and reminded me of this thread.
The bass over the whole album is ace. It's now playing at eleven!
Please enjoy!
Violent Femmes
You can all thank me later
(Can't believe we missed this one!)
The bass over the whole album is ace. It's now playing at eleven!
Please enjoy!
Violent Femmes
You can all thank me later
(Can't believe we missed this one!)
Edited by TheExcession on Friday 2nd January 16:29
TheExcession said:
Violent Femmes
(Can't believe we missed this one!)
No one listened yet?(Can't believe we missed this one!)
When you listen to this and some of their other stuff too and check out the dates and time lines, surely VF were one of the bands that seeded half of the Seattle grunge scene?
Nirvana anyone? Big Black? Mudhoney? NoMeansNo? Jesus Lizard?
If nothing else try the song 'prove my love' about 19:09 in that link.
Edited by TheExcession on Friday 2nd January 17:29
Simes205 said:
Mark king - love games
It's a good one but Foundation and Empire may be his best. It really has it all:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-P0my7yYkM
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