Are you kidding. How do you leave Cheap Trick's Tom Petersson off this list. His iconic 12 string bass rig and sound is truly revolutionary in the 70's when he came up with the idea
Holy crap, 10 years of Rig Rundowns? I’m honestly really impressed, those were what got me into the channel and have been loving each one y’all have done so here’s to another 10+ years
I know that premier guitar is mainly guitar driven but thanks for showing the bass community a little love!!! I Enjoy rig rundowns and would love to see more bass oriented things...
I agree with Sheehan and Squire's basses as being the most iconic since the had one particular bass that they played and became synonymous with. But other icons i would have listed would have been Geddy Lee's J Bass, Lemmy's Ricky, and Jacos bass of doom to name some more iconic than most of these.
This collection of instruments are strictly culled from the 500 Rig Rundowns during the last 12 years, but yes, those you mentioned are certainly iconic.
I play a Sterling by Music Man S.U.B. Stingray four string. It was Tim Commerford and John Deacon from Queen that prompted me to choose that. Killer tone. First active bass though. Still unsure if I like them.
my favorites in this one were... Earth Wind and Fire (Verdine White) The Breeders (Josephine Wiggs) Duran Duran (John Taylor) Judas Priest (Ian Hill) Mr Big (Billy Sheehan) both the classic and modern ones were good to be honest Dinosaur Junior (Lou Barlow) Living Color (Doug Wimbish) like with the rig rundown of Billy, both the classic and modern rig rundowns were good tbh Yes (Chris Squire) Rest In Peace man! Rage Against The Machine (Tim Commerford)
Not a bad rundown, but when speaking of truly iconic basses, how do you not feature Tom Petersson of Cheap Trick? The guy plays a friggin 12 string bass!!!!!! 👍
How the hell do you have this list and NOT include Steve harris' bass. Iron maiden is after all the second most influential Metal band ever (after Black Sabbath). I mean i can see not having geezer butler on the list because he did not consistantly use just one "iconic" bass. But Steve harris' bass was iconic both in the 80's when he had it painted royal blue (it was originally white , and then painted black right before doing their first album) , and when he had it repainted in the early 90's to what it is now, ( white with, his soccer team's logo with faux binding in their colors)
Well, I confess that was a bit disappointing. No sounds, and no interesting basses other than Squire's and Sheehan's. Was hoping for something more uncommon and standout, like Hofners, Steinbergers, Hollowbody Kays, Marleauxs, Alembics, Pedullas...
No Bootsy Collins star base?! Blasphemy! (plus Les Claypoole's customs, Phil Lesh's quad output bass that could play each string through a different channel, etc... Many famous basses not mentioned.)
Rig rundowns? I only heard about bass guitar setups, what a bout the actual bass rig, you know, amps speakers, maybe pedals....that stuff. Maybe next time.
