The forgotten bass player

Following on from Fender's drummer thread. I've been playing guitar for 55 years, but have only recently been trying to teach myself bass. Now I find myself focussing on bass lines when I listen to music. Bass and drums are the backbone of rock music. Here are a couple of my favourite bass players.

Firstly a completely self-taught player who emerged from Punk, played in John Lydon's Public Image Ltd and eventually formed Invaders of the Heart - Jah Wobble



Next one of the greatest ever rock/jazz bass players - Jack Bruce



..and something completely different - Robbie Shakespeare bass king of reggae

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Wasn't there an old saying that a bass guitarist was a frustrated lead guitarist?

I must admit, I've always listened to the bass lines in tracks. Can make or break a song.

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As a devoted Free follower I would have to mention Andy Fraser

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And Mark King.

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You cannot have a bass player thread without a mention of the late, great (but bloody annoying to watch) Chris Squire...

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As Fender said above, "Wasn't there an old saying that a bass guitarist was a frustrated lead guitarist?"
Chris Squire would definitely fall into that category.

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What guitar are you playing these days Mick?

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I've built up quite a collection - mostly bargains picked up at car boot sales. I've got a lovely Yamaha classical acoustic, a Wesley acoustic, an Ovation roundback acoustic/electric, a beautiful Ibanez 12 string acoustic which my wife bought me for a 60th birthday present 9 years ago, a Tanglewood acoustic and a Jon Eastmond acoustic resonator guitar handbuilt by a friend. In addition I have a Gibson SE copy electric and an Encore Coaster Bass. My latest acquisition is a Squier Stratocaster (Fender copy) which I picked up in a charity shop for £5. It wasn't working, but I ordered a complete pickguard complete with pickups from Amazon for the princely sum of £11.75, put on some new strings and now I have a very playable strat for under £25.

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I would have to say that Darryl Jones is the first name that springs to my mind when I think of bass players.
Being a Stones fanatic you can understand why.

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Jaco Pastorius, Weather Report.#

Jannick Top, Magma,

Holgar Czucky, Can.