The Hamer of Bass Players

[mc2]

Bruce Thomas -- Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Percy Jones -- Brand X

John Deacon -- Queen

Bill Wyman -- Rolling Stones

Tom Petersson -- Cheap Trick

John Wetton -- King Crimson, UK, ASIA, etc.

+1 John McVie -- Fleetwood Mac

...me

[specialk]

Ronnie Wood.

He played bass on Jeff Beck's first two solo albums. Damn good stuff!

[adgc]

Tony Levin

[HSB0531]

Mark E. Peterson (Jazz upright & Fodera fretless player)

[HAMERMAN]

Just saw a Mighty Boosh episode with a lot of The JAM references too.

I love that show - each episode is crazy in it's own unique way! :-)

[marcnorth]

John Wetton -- King Crimson, UK, ASIA, etc.

...me

+1 on John Wetton

Lee Dorman

Trevor Bolder

[Hamer Time]

Jean-Jacques Burnel (Walking on the beaches looking at the peaches...)

Jah Wobble (I used to be somebody. I repeat, I used to be somebody)

[HSB0531]

Tom Hamilton of Aerosmith

[Russ]

I'm shocked that someone other than me mentioned Bruce Thomas of Elvis Costello and the Attractions.

AWESOME chops, KILLER tone.

[Cary]

James Jamerson. Played on most of the Detroit era Motown stuff.

[Stike]

James Jamerson. Played on most of the Detroit era Motown stuff.

I wouldn't exactly call him underrated.

[Cary]

James Jamerson. Played on most of the Detroit era Motown stuff.

I wouldn't exactly call him underrated.

You're right, but the thread is "who is a great bass player we never hear people rave about". Ask 100 people on the street who JJ is, and at least 99 of them will look at you with a blank stare.

[sonic1974]

+1 on Mike Mills. He had some tasteful lines. I used to love playing the bass on Radio Free Eurpope in my college band.

Another vote for Mike Mills. One of the best!

[cmatthes]

Ask 100 people on the street who JJ is, and at least 99 of them will look at you with a blank stare.

Of course, by that standard, you could also get the same response about John Paul Jones, John Entwistle, Chris Squire, etc...

[mc2]

James Jamerson. Played on most of the Detroit era Motown stuff.

I wouldn't exactly call him underrated.

You're right, but the thread is "who is a great bass player we never hear people rave about". Ask 100 people on the street who JJ is, and at least 99 of them will look at you with a blank stare.

Well then....if we're naming Jamerson, then we need to also name other session monsters like:

Carol Kay

Dave Pomeroy

Norbert Putnam

Neil Stubenhaus

Duck Dunn

Will Lee

[Cary]

Ask 100 people on the street who JJ is, and at least 99 of them will look at you with a blank stare.

Of course, by that standard, you could also get the same response about John Paul Jones, John Entwistle, Chris Squire, etc...

Yeah, didn't mean to upset everyone... Forget I said anything.

[Steve Haynie]

Of all the people we are naming off, how many have owned Hamers?

Cliff Williams played a Hamer for a brief time before going back to Music Mans.

[mc2]

Of all the people we are naming off, how many have owned Hamers?

Cliff Williams played a Hamer for a brief time before going back to Music Mans.

A few of the name studio players like Pomeroy and Will Lee have had Hamer 8- or 12-string basses in their arsenals. Entwistle also had a 12.

Dave Pomeroy's house burned down last year and he lost some of his massive bass instrument arsenal...offered to loan him my 8 & 12, if he was in a pinch. I lost most of my stuff in a fire years ago, so I could relate.

[elduave]

James Jamerson. Played on most of the Detroit era Motown stuff.

I wouldn't exactly call him underrated.

+1. Dude gets props all the time.

[Brooks]

richard bona.

[Willie G. Moseley]

Whoever the Romantics' bass player was played what I think was a Hamer on an old MTV Saturday Night concert, and laid down some killer lines in "Little Latin Lupe Lu" which had been preceded by "What I Like About You" and segue.

[cmatthes]

Whoever the Romantics' bass player was played what I think was a Hamer on an old MTV Saturday Night concert, and laid down some killer lines in "Little Latin Lupe Lu" which had been preceded by "What I Like About You" and segue.

Mike Skill slung a Cruisebass for a time back in the early/mid-80s version of that band. He wasn't the original bassist, but switched to bass from guitar when he rejoined the band right before "In Heat" came out (IIRC).

[gfc55]

Lee Sklar, another fabulous bassist with great tone.

[Jorge]

Simple, yet powerful:

[Steve Haynie]

Lee Sklar, another fabulous bassist with great tone.

There are times when Sklar's playing has seemed a bit loose and his tone was sort of thuddy. He sounds right for what he is playing, though. That guy is an A-lister for sure.