favourite bass sounds?

Best bass tones I've heard:

Tim Commerford, Dave Ellefson, Atsushi Hasegawa, Greg Lake, Geddy Lee, Tony Levin, Phil Lynott, Henry J. Osborne, Bruce Palmer, Jaco Pastorius, Billy Sheehan, Shunji Saegusa, Chris Squire, John Wetton

 

...and others I can't remember right this sec.

 

I like the sound of Enchant's bassplayer, Ed Platt.

 

on the other hand of that keyboard topic, what's your favourite bass sound on a progressive record?

Myself, I adore the Rickenbacker school, founded by Chris Squire, and lately being brought to perfection by Dave Meros of Spock's Beard..that quite distorted and compressed sound sends shrivers up my spine. NoMeansNo uses a similar sound as well.
The opposite style is probably that provided by Tom Kennedy and Jimmy Johnson for Planet X, they've both got a great sound, great punchy tone. They use their fingers rather than picks, and I like that. Somehow, the feeling IS in the fingers and not in the pick. They use multi-string basses as well, providing darker notes than those Rickenbacker fellows. There are five-stringed Rics as well, but I never saw any of them using one.
The in-between sound is probably produced by Jonas Reingold of Flower Kings, you can hear him on "Unfold The Future" and any more recent releases. I believe he mostly uses his fingers, but with a bit of distortion and lots of mid-range punch, making his sound stand out in the sound picture.

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