Who was your first bass idol?

[Bassr0ck]

I don't know about you guys, but when I first started I had some different idols than I do today.

My first was Fieldy.:upset:

But since then I have moved on to Wooten, Claypool, Hamm, and what have you.

[Orange Fog]

Flea, typical I guess.

[Left Shoe]

wooten, not that he was the first bassist i noticed but he was the first one that made me want to practice

[roee_co]

Flea
and he still is my biggest idol

[FenderJazz]

The first bassist that really inspired me was good ol' Mr. Jaco Pastorius.

[e p]

stefan lessard

[Rawb]

my very FIRST bass idol?

i guess tre(sp?) of green day back when dookie came out.

[pukeboy66]

my very FIRST bass idol?

i guess tre(sp?) of green day back when dookie came out.
*mike

[Alma]

The Ox. John Entwistle.

[Mr_Soup]

John Paul Jones.



He's still one of my favorites.

[vashts80]

I guess Cliff Burton, and then Steve Harris

[victor_claypool]

Les Claypool, he is just brilliant

[bottlerocket]

Flea, Dirnt, and Hoppus...they definitely inspired me.

Now it's Matt Rubano, Marcus Miller, Alex Madara (RIP)/Colin Bartoldus/Steve Roache, P-Nut, and Victor Wooten. Oh how things change. :lol:

:thumb:

-Gav

[e p]

how could I forget dirk lance

[Its all gravys]

my first was John Deacon of queen... i used to think he was really amazing

[bassistuvdoom731]

Chris Wolstenholme...wonder if i spelled that right.

Hysteria convinced me to pick up bass, and it was the first song i learned on bass.

[Shnobbert]

Hoppus...

[Rawb]

*mike

lol, sorry. that WAS a long time ago. :thumb:

[EADG]

Flea, I used to think he was the most amazing ever. Times change.

[SLKBassist]

Flea, Mike Dirnt, Chi Cheng, Dirk Lance, Jason Newsted, Geezer Butler
They were my firsts and still my main bass playing influences

[BenJammin]

Like most people: Flea. I still he's an awesome bassist, though. I just know that there are tons of people better than him.

These days, I'm mostly influenced by Hamm, Manring (not that I could ever match his craziness), and Chris Wood.

[Munky_Jam]

Jeff Ament, Mingus, Paul Chambers Ray Manscerick and Timmy C

[Munky_Jam]

each one of those still is by the way (sorry the edit never works on my work computer). I still don't like wooten and sheehan and anyother of those technically brilliant but sterile as horse piss artists

[godzillarator]

I think mine was Wooten but now its more Jaco

[Pinhead13]

Paul Simonon.

[Bitchwax]

I was really influenced by Ryan Martinie(sp?)(Mudvayne), Les Claypool, and Cliff Burton in the beginning.

Now it's not so much Ryan anymore, but the other two are still a major part of why I practice, along with Victor Wooten, Jaco Pastorius, Steve Harris and Geddy Lee.

[JDC III]

wooten, not that he was the first bassist i noticed but he was the first one that made me want to practice

true but lets give it up to Stanley clark and how about rick james and shavo from soad

[bottlerocket]

^ :lol: at Rick James...

:thumb:

-Gav

[darkstar02]

Geezer Bulter and still one of my idols

[Left Shoe]

current bass idols : steve bailey, alain caron, wooten, hamm

[Yman]

my first idol was flea. i wanted to stand out in a band situation like he did.

however i wanted to stand out with a similar style, not by wearing a sock and having a wierd name.

[funkyhoney]

Joe Escalante

[Caleb3221]

My first bass idol was definatley Bootsy Collins, and I can't say I don't still love him.

[JDC III]

:D lol

[turbogeek421]

dirk lance all the way

[Jabawanga]

flea and geezer.

now it's ryan martinie and justin chancellor.

[Merridew]

chris squire
and the guy from Muse

[e p]

:D lol

its funny because rick james didnt play bass. you was only featured w. one on one of his albums, street songs

[chili peppers are gods]

Flea is the god

[Sammy_L_D]

None. I never started bass after hearing certain bassists play.

For the first few years of playing, I was actually under the impression Flea was pretty mediocre.

[thelowsoundofbass]

its funny because rick james didnt play bass. you was only featured w. one on one of his albums, street songs

thats really funny, rick james is a very good bass player. mine was timmy c and now its geddy leee

lowsound

[lifesavermike]

Hi all, first time here and it looks cool. My main influence was Geddy Lee, but The Ox, Squire, John Paul Jones, and whoever else I pick apart daily all have an influence.

[captainhowdy]

John Paul Jones, Geezer and Timmy c.

[TheBassman238]

yeah... mine was Hoppus:upset: ... we all gotta start somewhere but soon after i changed over to Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath... now there are too many to list....

-TBM

[Az_Holl]

Billy Sheehan. First bass player and solo i ever heard. Elephant Gun still rox my sox.

[Mr. Pickle]

mike dirnt and i still like him a lot. flea also

[Quest]

Jason Newsted. He just looked really cool playing on stage.

[MuRd0K]

Les Claypool and Jaco Pastorius.

They are still my favorites, even if I have heard some other impressive ones such as Wooten, Hamm or Miller.

[Jody LeCompte]

I was really into Duff McKagan

My first influence was claypool, because that was the first time I heard bass and thought the instrument had an awesome tone. I put off playing bass instead of guitar because I didnt think there was bass in rock, but good ol duff..

[Az_Holl]

I was really into Duff McKagan

My first influence was claypool, because that was the first time I heard bass and thought the instrument had an awesome tone. I put off playing bass instead of guitar because I didnt think there was bass in rock, but good ol duff..
Duff rocks my socks

*points to avatar*

[NoCompromise3]

Robbie Merill - Godsmack
Fieldy
Ryan Martinie

These are my current.

[NoCompromise3]

Robbie Merill - Godsmack
Fieldy
Ryan Martinie

These are my current.

[Jody LeCompte]

Duff rocks my socks

*points to avatar*
Sexy aint he?

I want a white fender jazz special :(

[Az_Holl]

Sexy aint he?

I want a white fender jazz special :(
:lol: Me too, i cant remember what the colour is though...something like... Pearl mist.

[Jody LeCompte]

Duffs is like vintage white, but its stained yellow from years and years of playing in smoke filled bars

[Az_Holl]

Duffs is like vintage white, but its stained yellow from years and years of playing in smoke filled bars
I wonder if fender can custom shop nicotine stains...

[Jody LeCompte]

The fender custom shop could get you a gigantic mold of hendrix's penis in solid gold and stick it on your headstock

Those crazy ****ers

[Jude]

Jack Bruce and Geddy Lee. Still favorites.

[Keepitcoolidge]

jack bruce

[sub-bass]

Dee Dee Ramone

[neatobassman]

Tye Zamora from Alien Ant Farm. :D. I'll be the only one saying that.

[Jimbobntnr]

jerry only

[Ozduck]

flea

[dressedinBLACK]

Jeph Howard and Billy Sheehan were the first.

[IPolkaLikeThis!]

hoppus was the one who made me want to play in the first place, but after a few months, i gave up, and it was paul mccartney who made me pick it back up, then came jack bruce, then john paul jones, then geddy lee, then les claypool, now its jean baudin and its jaco pastorius and tim commerford.

sorry about alot of people, but i am bored and hyper in that order.

[BassPlayingPineapple]

Probally, Ol' Jonesy, cos i listened to a lot of Zeppelin back then (i sitll do) and his bass lines just really stood out.

[Chris K]

Erm...well, when I started playing bas I didn't really have an idol, but the first bassist I really dug was Jason Newstead...he just had so much energy and was so cool.

[kilian]

flea <3

[Scooch]

Paul McCartney, Roger Waters, and John Paul Jones

[Charmand G]

Well..... I`d have to say Joey DeMaio (ManOwaR) and Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath).

[ThunderBass]

ill probably get flamed like hell for this but mine was and always been
Jeordie White (aka Twiggy Ramirez)... one of the most underrated bassists of all time i feel...

one day when i get the energy ill do a FA on him...

[American Jet Set]

greg corner, paul mccartney, and glen matlock.

[Smells-like-pie]

lol, My first bass idol was Stefan Olsdal from Placebo

[d-basser]

Like many MANY others Flea was my first real influence.
SInce then: Timmy C, Chris Wolft-thingy (Muse) etc

[chrishi87]

Everybodys Darling Flea ^^ ...Jason Newsted...Tobin Esperance *Papa Roach*...Cone *Sum41*...Hoppus *I still like him ^^* ...Fieldy...All the mainstream Bassists...now them all + Myung...Claypool...Big Dee *4Lyn*...Chris Wolstenhome...Joe Crawford...Rod Gonzalez....

[S-Tin-Gray]

Roger Waters, then Billy Gould (FNM), YTimK and Flea. Now Justin Chancellor and Les Claypool are my main idols. I haven't been exposed to enough Vic/Jaco to get an opinion on them, but I know everyone treats them as gods. Stu Hamm is very good, but a little over the top. I prefer his fingerstyle stuff than his slapping.

[sixner]

my first was Dirk Lance, his stuff still inspires me too...

I really wish i could find out what he's been up to...

P-nutt of 311 too.. and Flea... they were the biggest. and still are...

i look up to wooten, hamm, jaco... but i'd not like i do to Dirk. While those 3 are FANTASTIC, i just prefer to rock out on stage with some buddies, instead of all kinds of crazy technical stuff that would be really hard to do while jumping off a stack :lol:
-Sixner

[The_Fender_Bender]

Timmy C, If it weren't for him I wouldn't have picked up a bass

Timmy C, Steve Harris, Duff Mckagan, and John Paul Jones

[the101er]

Geezer Butler and Tim Commerford probably.

I didn't really start because of anyone in particular, my parents just told me to learn guitar, and bass was the next progression.

[JeBuSrOcKs]

I don't know about you guys, but when I first started I had some different idols than I do today.

My first was Fieldy.:upset:

But since then I have moved on to Wooten, Claypool, Hamm, and what have you.

mine was also fieldy and i still like him but not as an idol. my idols now are flea, les claypool and ryan martinie

[life of a dog]

hoppus and dirnt

[Deacy]

John Deacon was the reason I picked up a bass guitar.

Still nothing quite like listening to the Millionaire Waltz

[Jody LeCompte]

Deacon was one of my first inspirations too, but damn, does that dude ever look goofy.

I saw Queen play "We are the champions" live the other day with their new singer. Kinda sacreligious no? Anyway, they're getting really old

[Roo_bass]

Flea, now it's Myung. :cool:

[Deacy]

Deacon was one of my first inspirations too, but damn, does that dude ever look goofy.

I saw Queen play "We are the champions" live the other day with their new singer. Kinda sacreligious no? Anyway, they're getting really old
Doesn't stop the Rolling Stones :rolleyes:
And I hate it when people say he looks "goofy" :mad:
http://www.deaky.com/photos/naki.jpg

[Jody LeCompte]

Doesn't stop the Rolling Stones :rolleyes:
I hadn't seen any members of the band since my Live dvd from '91, Roger Taylor literally knocked the wind out of me.

Except for Brain May, who looks EXACTLY the same as 30 years ago...

[Deacy]

I hadn't seen any members of the band since my Live dvd from '91, Roger Taylor literally knocked the wind out of me.

Except for Brain May, who looks EXACTLY the same as 30 years ago...
Age hit Deacy the worst, and he was the youngest person in the band

[Khanzo]

TIMMY C, the reason i picked up a bass, still cant write song like he does lol,

no its timmy c, Les Claypool and anyone i hear that gets in my head

[Shy Ted]

Mani from the Stone Roses. She bangs the drums has such a cool intro.

[neal_672]

Les Claypool.

Still is :thumb:

[neal_672]

Mani from the Stone Roses. She bangs the drums has such a cool intro.

Ohhhhh yes, good call :thumb:

[...someone®]

Matt Freeman from Rancid was the first proper bassist who inspired me - But, Now i think it would have to be StuHamm as well as Dirk Lance and Ben Kenney [Both From Incubus] - - - Can't stand Wooten still...

[exit]

Tye Zamora from Alien Ant Farm. :D. I'll be the only one saying that.

no, not at al, i like Tye Zamora a lot!!!

In fact together with Dirk Lance, they are the only artists i try and play songs from.

[lemoley]

Fieldy

[rage f*****g rule]

first idol... definatly Timmy C, i thought his aggressive playing style was great, he's still one of my favourites.

[green_strawberry]

First bassist to inspire me was Mr. Mark Hoppus, almost a year later and im really into Chris Wolstenholme:)

[Led_Zeppelin678]

John Paul Jones.

[freddymaite]

Ryan Martinie and Trevor Dunn

[faelun]

Fieldy lol steve harris is my latest bass god

[nisakss]

Adam Clayton from U2. Still is, actually.

[Alex]

good old geddy

[Zion Gates]

first: matt freeman <--pretty lame
now: darryl jenifer <--hes not the best bassist in the world but i love him

[Lady Lex]

Barney Loveland *blush

Then The Jaco himself.

[JadedBass]

PEter Iwers-in flames and the guy from green day....whats his name again?MIke?

[JMDavis07]

Geezer Butler from Black Sabbath. Now he isn't that good to me though. Umm. Oh well, Flea. Haha.

[BassVirtuoso]

I bet that 99% of the posters in this thread don't care about anyone else opinion.

[Purple Alien]

I bet that 99% of the posters in this thread don't care about anyone else opinion.
conceited bitches

anyhoo...

Fieldy and Tim Commerford and they still are my idols. They have their own distinct sound which I totaly dig.

Right now:
Fieldy
Tim Commerford
Paul Grey
Flea
Sting
Mike Dirnt

[ShetaN bRaT]

Kathi Wilcox from Bikini Kill.

No, she's not a crazy good bass player. But Bikini Kill was my first favorite favorite band when I was way young like 8. 'Course I didn't understand them, but I loved the music. To me, her basslines really stuck out. They're mostly just rooting, but I thought they were really well played. So being 9, I wanted to be just like her, so I gotta P-Bass juuuust like her.

[Vascor]

Flea, Roger Waters, Les Claypool

[Saberpunk]

Duff Mckagen (still my number one influence)
Flea
Matt Freeman
Jaco
Paul Simmons

[Jody LeCompte]

Duff Mckagen (still my number one influence)

Lets make a baby.

[gjbassist]

Geddy Lee, Chris Squire and John Paul Jones!

[JESUS'S BASSMAN]

Geddy Lee, Chris Squire, Peter "Mars" Cowling (Pat Travers Band), The Ox, Geezer, and believe it or not, Gene Simmons (not the greatest but what did I know at 14 right?):)

[neal_672]

How about current idols then?

Mine right now is most definitely Guy Pratt, the guy is just phenomenal :thumb:

[Naminator]

my first idol which inspired me to play bass was some priest, he had a custom built alembic and used to play solos all day in the pool i got fascinated and went to my local store and bought my yammie, then bought a squuier p bass

[Jamie]

Roger Manganelli - Less Than Jake

[Chris K]

Roger Manganelli - Less Than Jake

Not a hint of shame detected either! :amaze:

Was that back when you beat up the drummer for Dunce?

[fltlnbassist]

prolly Ryan Martinie and Steve Harris

[MM-Stingray5]

Flea, until i found out about the likes of hamm, wooten, jaco, sheehan, john paul jones, entwhistle etc

[Polyamarous]

Eric Avery and Chris Channey. Still my idols

[robodog]

Was and still is Steve Harris

[JBass]

my very FIRST bass idol?

i guess tre(sp?) of green day back when dookie came out.

tre is the drummer...mike dirnt is bass

[JBass]

Flea and Dirk Lance, and now Flea, Dirk Lance, and P-Nut...of course there are people better than them like jaco or wooten, they just havent influenced my music (maybe wooten a litte)

[bass&cookies]

brian pittman. he got me playing, but ive expanded alot since then
if beethoven played bass, id add him too

[JBass]

my first was Dirk Lance, his stuff still inspires me too...

I really wish i could find out what he's been up to...

P-nutt of 311 too.. and Flea... they were the biggest. and still are...

i look up to wooten, hamm, jaco... but i'd not like i do to Dirk. While those 3 are FANTASTIC, i just prefer to rock out on stage with some buddies, instead of all kinds of crazy technical stuff that would be really hard to do while jumping off a stack :lol:
-Sixner

couldnt have said it better

[NeilA]

Was and still is Steve Harris

Well...without doubt Steve Harris was my initial influence...but I haven't liked any Iron Maiden stuff for years so I've kind of gone off him. I used to enjoy playing along to Appetite for Destruction, it's more than the normal one note per bar type bass line...but without being too tricky :)

[SporKsBaSSisT]

First idol was John Paul Jones. Still love his style, though.

[rh15951]

How do people dig up threads like these... Go to like page 100 in the forum? :confused:

[NisseBagare]

Steve Harris I guess..

[Hardinge]

my first idol was mike dirnt hence the name but now i dont really think of him as an idol as now i think john entwistle and chirs wholstenholme (sp?) of muse

[E_man]

Mr. Jason Newsted made me want to pick up the bass and play, and to a degree he still does influence me with playing lots of different styles. Burton, goes without saying.

[peeted]

probibly flea

[FruscianteFan08]

Flea, Tim Commerford, Juan Nelson, and Duff McKagan.

Out of those four, I probably play the most like Timmy C. and Juan Nelson, and I wish I could play exactly like Flea.

[Thunder Fingers]

Mr. Jason Newsted made me want to pick up the bass and play, and to a degree he still does influence me with playing lots of different styles. Burton, goes without saying.

Agreed.... exept with the Burton part....

Now:
well... Geddy Lee, John Entwistle and Phil Lynott..... and maby a little of Steve Harris still...

[backsidetailslide]

at first it was freeman

[TheBassStylee]

first:
1. Eric Wilson of Sublime
2. Mike Dirnt of Green Day

now:
1. Victor Wooten
2. Marcus Miller
though i still do like the first two

> mike

[Son of Magni]

Ron Carter
Stanley Clarke
Alex Blake

[bassweasel]

mike prichard (dirnt), i still like him a lot but my musical taste has shifted more towards metalcore and such.

[Soulfly666]

Geezer Bulter and still one of my idols

Ditto.

[Dookiedude3005]

Fieldy
Dirnt
Hoppus

...fieldy.....WTF WAS I THINKING! I even bought a crappy low end 5 string Ibanez to play like him, that was a wasted venture considering i hated the thing sounded after a while because it has no agression in the tone and i was too used to playing a 4 string and i was transitioning into punk and i was like....wtf punk rockers don't use a B string! then i made a huge upgrade to AMA p-bass.


now i worship Chris #2.....and I now have a geddy lee bass....is there a pattern here.

And b4 that I has the AMA p-bass and mike dirnt was my fav player. o jesus i'm not just realizing this...i suck

[king of suede]

my first bassist idol....
had to be....
Kelly Lemeux (?spelling?) from Goldfnger... i heard Stomping Ground (cd) and i was like "whoa!!! i want to play bass!!!"... though it was nothing special, i'm glad i was such an enthusistic little kid... cause it gave me somethiing to do... and acualy good at, haha.
but then, as played more i found Clff Burton, who got me out of the punk bass and into the metal bass playing... then i found Billy Sheehan... and i'm just amazed by his solos n' stuff... so yeah, thats it...

so...
First:
Kelly Lemeux

Now:
Cliff Burton
Billy Sheehan
(haha spelled billy wrong...)

[katana_manatee]

To start off with my idols were Mike Dirnt, Steve Harris and Flea.

Nowadays I don't idolise anyone, there are just lots of bassist who I really respect their work. So now it is people like Jaco Pastorius, Victor Wooten, Michael Manring, Jean Baudin, Marcus Miller and Steve Bailey.

To BV, so true.

[psbassplayer]

first real idol: BILLY SHEEHAN

Peace

-psbass

[Believer]

In order from past to present:
Les Claypool > Cliff Burton > Stever Harris > Steve DiGeorgio > Roger Patterson/Tony Choy/Sean Malone.

[deemo]

nick oliveri then of queens of the stone age

[bryce_the_cat]

matt freeman was my first bass idol, I still respect him. I also really like thomas from streetlight manifesto's style. not really my idol though, i don't have one anymore.

[baggagebassman]

JPJ/Claypool

[TheClap]

Eletric: Matt Sharp, Duff McKagan (not saying it for jody, Nightrain is a badass line)and Les Claypool.

"Upright": Jimmy Blanton of course, Ron Carter, George Mraz, and Charles Mingus.

[WhoDidTheElf]

John Paul Jones. Still my favorite. His tone(s), his groove...It's what I want to be as a bassist.

[labgnat]

Les Claypool got me to start bass. really into a lot of different ones tho Tony Levin being way up on the list, justin chancellor along with the regulars of stanley clarke, pastorius, and miller

[The_Red_Death]

My initial inspiration to play bass came from my older brother. I saw him playing in his band with my other brother, and two of their friends, and I knew I wanted to play bass. The person who inspired me to take bass seriously, and do more than just root note and play with a pick, which I did for my first year of playing, was Stu Hamm.

[Alma]

Jack Bruce. My dad is a big Cream fan, and I just fell in love with what Jack could do with the bass.

I had to start playing bass.

[wicked_child]

tony kanal

[Jamo50]

Jack Bruce and the one I can't believe I haven't seen posted - James Jamerson

[innerdark]

Chris Wolstenholme (muse Bassist)

[JMDavis07]

geezer butler


i know...

[Naminator]

some guy that used to swim with me... he said he played bass went the next month to my local music shop bought a squier.... i don't even know why i did it .... seriously im surprised too

his name was either jorge or eduardo...dont remember

hell be in my hall of fame

[TheDanRathersProject]

Chris Wolstenholme

&

Les Claypool

[Left Shoe]

mine was wooten.

[TheBassStylee]

my first bassist idol....
had to be....
Kelly Lemeux (?spelling?) from Goldfnger... i heard Stomping Ground (cd) and i was like "whoa!!! i want to play bass!!!"... though it was nothing special, i'm glad i was such an enthusistic little kid... cause it gave me somethiing to do... and acualy good at, haha.
but then, as played more i found Clff Burton, who got me out of the punk bass and into the metal bass playing... then i found Billy Sheehan... and i'm just amazed by his solos n' stuff... so yeah, thats it...

so...
First:
Kelly Lemeux

Now:
Cliff Burton
Blly Sheehan
:confused: - :amaze:

[neatobassman]

Tye Zamora, Les Claypool

[nobodyblossomsforever]

Stuart Hamm.

[w0lf19]

Twiggy Ramirez

[PainKiller8191]

steve harris, whom i still admire, but not as much as new guys like marcus and wooten and the guy who i would say is one of my biggest inspirations: stu hamm

[Charmand G]

Joey DeMaio. ;)

....and then Cliff Burton and Jason Newstead.

[Jody LeCompte]

I really dislike when people say something like:
"Mark Hoppus made me want to play, but Victor Wooten had the greatest effect on my playing"

Id say Mark Hoppus had a bigger effect, since you know, he made you play in the first place...but thats just me.

[mikethecoug]

Mike Dirnt

[BloodOnTheScript]

My first bass idol was Mark Hoppus. I don't know what I was thinking. I guess it was the cool thing to do.

[Hardinge]

My first bass idol was Mark Hoppus. I don't know what I was thinking. I guess it was the cool thing to do.

same thing here with mike dirnt

[Kapura]

At first I liked keith richards, yes tat old guy from the stones, (and he DOES play bass too).

but then my friend introduced me to greenday and I became a disciple of Dirnt-ism. Go Dunlop tortex custom .73 mm picks!! yes, we both use them
Oh and don't foget that I go ooooooh like mike also!

~KN~

[Thumper]

Rob Trujillo he inspired me into bass and he and Marcus Miller are my top idols now

[MetalBassist616]

Cliff Burton with his "Whom the Bells Toll" solo

[23fingersmcgee]

Mike Dirnt for me as well. I dug the fact that his lines were easy enough for me to play yet he had fill too. At the time I thought the fills were amazing and I felt skilled being able to play them. He gave me confidence in my own playing back then.

[ToolBox]

Geddy Lee for being sexy.

[Jody LeCompte]

Primus doing The Awakening was my first time hearing bass and recognizing it apart from the guitar, Guns N' Roses's Rocket Queen bought me.

[Lt Fuzzy]

duff from GNR and les claypool. Hearing sweet child o mine and my name is mud made me want to play bass.

[kev_trb1006]

My first inspiration was Hugh McDonald from bon jovi once I heard Keep The Faith

[SixnStones]

flea

[Bass_swede]

Paul McCartney, then flea

[black-knight]

Jean-Jacuques Burnel

[pitchfork]

timmy c,
then flea,
then paul mcartney,
then victor wooten
now its entwhistle.

[Trevo]

Flea
Then Jaco Pastorius, Les Claypool and Victor Wooten

[PERFECTXDARK]

My first bass player that made me pick up a bass was Beamer (local Punk Band that use to be big now there just dieing off) and now its most diffently Jaco.

[mookie91]

#2 from Anti-Flag and Sting.

[Keepitcoolidge]

It was first Jack Bruce who got me into playing-

but i'd have to say that Flea was (and is) my biggest influence. I'm also a big Tim Commerford fan....

[ebe9]

Can't really rember bassists but wil give the bands

- Skunk Anasie
- Boo! (Local SA Band)
- Korn (Fieldy)
- Blink 182 (Hoppus.......shudder)

[Led_Zeppelin678]

John Paul Jones.

[Radiobass81]

Jaco, I think. Maybe Flea.

[Samick]

cliff burton, and mike dirnt, who i still idol for some resone
why did some may poeple like mike dirnt in th begining? just cause of longview?

my influences when writting bass lines how ever, dosent really exist. I Guess some RHCP, and BLS, but the olny big influence i have on writing is from the bass player in my schools jazz band.

[The jazz metal flum]

Like most people Flea had an influence on me in getting me to start bass. But my real influence came from Stuart Zender and his stuff with Jamiroqaui, that was what get me practicing every day and because of him I've been playing solidly for 2 years just so I can be as good as him. So he is still a very big influence on me.

[Mr. Pickle]

so, am i the only one who had no idea who jaco and wooten were until after i started playing bass?

[SixnStones]

^ me neither

[Mr. Pickle]

ok. b/c i think some people are full of ****.

[sixner]

dirk lance was my frist, and remains my #1 still.. i had breifly heard of jaco before bass because of my dad... but, that's all. i had never listed to him before bass.. *shrug*

-sixner

[SixnStones]

^ they are mr pickle, oh they are. Flea was the only bassist i knew the name of when i started playing, but i did learn some RatM when i started, first song i ever played was Wake Up

[St. Anthonys fire]

Jason Newsted

[ibanez555]

fieldy actually and i used to love his tone....
and then i actually learned how to play bass and moved to tim c before moving to mr John Myung!!!!!

[Linkinbassist]

My first real Inspiron on bass was Jaco Pastorius. Then It was Flea, Then it was Stu Hamm...

[SlincoJ]

Geezer Butler. Before Geezer I never payed any attention to bass,he was what made me want to play,and he still influences me today.

[AcerbicCunnt77]

sid vicious

/joke

[TheBassStylee]

so, am i the only one who had no idea who jaco and wooten were until after i started playing bass?
hahaha ^
i was wondering that myself. well now i know im not the "only" one

[Thonk]

I didn't know about them either. ^^^

I can't remember my first bass idol. It was probably Chris, the first time I heard Hysteria.

Now, Manring and Wooten are probably my biggest.

[pukeboy66]

the person who made me really want to push what my bass could do was jaco pastorius

[Jaded]

Jesse Buglione from Lagwagon.

[Jaded]

so, am i the only one who had no idea who jaco and wooten were until after i started playing bass?
I didn't even hear about them until about two years after I started.

[bassistuvdoom731]

I didn't even hear about them until about two years after I started.

I had never heard of them until I discovered this forum, which was about a week after I started.

[Bplay]

My bass idols are: jaco, Vic, Jeff Berlin, Jonas Hellborg, Billy Sheehan, Stanley Clarke, Steve Bailey and Flea and maybe Outeil Burbridge, hes great also

[katana_manatee]

My bass idols are: jaco, Vic, Jeff Berlin, Jonas Hellborg, Billy Sheehan, Stanley Clarke, Steve Bailey and Flea and maybe Outeil Burbridge, hes great also

Cool, but who was your first?

[Akira]

so, am i the only one who had no idea who jaco and wooten were until after i started playing bass?
I sure didn't When I started playing bass I was in a pop-punk covers band. To me bass player meant guys like Hoppus or Dirnt.

[burtonbassist_101]

i'd say cliff was... he's still one of my fav's

[Pirate Satellite]

Eric Wilson from Sublime, Paul Simonon from The Clash, and Matt Freeman from Rancid were what got me into playing bass. They're still some of my biggest idols.

[DesolationRow]

Geoff Kresge ( ex-AFI, Tiger Army) was the man who got me into playing bass. When i was 11, i thought he was the sickest man ever.

Right now- John Entwistle, Mike Gordon, Chris Wood and Paul Simonon are probably my biggest inspirations.

[tabitha]

Woah, reserecting a thread, Batman! I'm a big fan of Guy Pratt - randomly though he's apparently been on a stand-up tour, talking about his times on the road - check it out:
http://www.t5m.com/guy-pratt/
Has anyone ever seen him?

[Jimbobntnr]

**** just happened?

[Duncster]

Tim Comme... what the **** man what the ****.

[gaslight]

The first bass player I was really into was Nikolai Sarjevic from Millencolin. That was just a guess at his name from memory, I'll look up the right spelling. Ahh, Nikola Sarcevic.

[Left Shoe]

this thread is like...3 years old... whoaoaoa

just noticed the 3rd post in this thread, **** me i was an idiot haha. Dirk Lance = first bass idol

[gaslight]

Yeah it's an old thread and all but honestly this forum is more on the begging side than the choosing side when it comes to posts lately haha. It's a cool little time capsule for people in a way.

[Mr. Pickle]

Penis.

[Blackman_loves_Metal]

The bassist for BMTH

[Gopherbassist]

Tye Zamora's playing on truANT is what made me want to play bass. Since then Flea and Wooten have caught my attention. As much as I wish the guy would just shut the **** up, Jeff Berlin is really good. But, as a musician in general, Paul Gilbert is really inspiring.

[KaizerWilhelm]

Flea, Timmy Commerford and Jaco. I even have a RHCP tattoo. That's how much I love 'em.

[m-dirnt_fan101]

like the name says, Mike Dirnt

Gosh that was almost five years ago:eek:. I still think hes an awesome bassist, but I have diversified my taste in music a lot more since then...

[Joelbassman]

Randy Jackson.

Get it.

[DaveMustaine12]

Claypool was my first.

I have since gotten into Wooten, Jaco Pastorius, Cliff Burton, Billy Sheehan, Rex Brown, Dave Ellefson, Alex Webster, etc.

[Tripp_chaos]

Paul McCartney... Just because I grew up with The Beatles as with everyone else though it has moved on to the basics and some local players...

[MasterofBass]

My first bass Idol ever was the amazing Chris Squire of Yes, followed a little bit later by Flea. Those 2 guys influenced me to pick up a bass and start playing. Since then I've added quite a few influences like Cliff Burton, John Entwistle, John Paul Jones, Victor Wooten, Stanley Clarke, Billy Sheehan, Steve Digiorgio, Les Claypool, Steve Harris, Geddy Lee, Geezer Butler... and I forgot a few I'm sure.

[AcerbicCunnt77]

steve harris <3

from the beginning until forever.

[Phalanx]

Jaco Pastorius or Mark King

I'm quite happy I picked some good ones :)

[HELLonWHEELS]

I guess we all must of started playing at a similar time. I would say Dirnt, Flea and Timmy C where definitely the guys who wrote the first bass lines i ever played.

[illorange]

Claypool
Ean Evans
Ben Kenney
John Paul Jones

to name a few