Bassists

Sourced gear profiles for the bassists who shaped rock, metal, prog, funk, jazz, indie, reggae, and session work. Each page lists the instrument, the strings, and the records, with citations where the public record allows, and past-tense framing for historical players.

Showing 5 bassists tagged Funk.

• Flea

  Red Hot Chili Peppers

  

  Documented bass-string gauges, brands, and tunings Flea uses with Red Hot Chili Peppers. GHS Bass Boomers Flea Signature M3045-F nickel-plated steel (.045–.105). With citations.

  4-stringFunkAlternative rockRock

• Jaco Pastorius

  Weather Report

  

  Documented bass-string gauges, brands, and tunings Jaco Pastorius used with Weather Report (1976-1981) and across his solo + session catalog. Rotosound Swing Bass 66 documented historical use, fretless Fender Jazz Bass, multi-genre virtuoso lineage. Historical, with citations.

  4-stringJazz fusionJazzRock

• Oteil Burbridge

  The Allman Brothers Band

  

  Documented bass gear for Oteil Burbridge: 17 years with The Allman Brothers Band, a decade in Dead & Company, and the D'Addario XL Nickel 50-105 gauge tied to his own artist page. Primary-source citations throughout.

  4-stringRockClassic rockBlues rock

• Thundercat

  

  Documented bass-string gauges Thundercat (Stephen Bruner) uses on his 6-string Ibanez basses: La Bella Deep Talkin' Bass Flats and 750G-CB Nylon Tapewound live, Dean Markley SR2000 in the studio. With citations from Mixdown Magazine, La Bella, and Dean Markley's own catalog pages.

  6-stringFunkJazz fusionSoul

• Victor Wooten

  Béla Fleck and the Flecktones

  

  Documented bass-string gauges, brands, and tunings Victor Wooten uses with Béla Fleck and the Flecktones (1989-present) and across his solo + session catalog. Fodera Yin Yang signature bass, defining modern bass-virtuoso vocabulary. With citations.

  4-stringJazz fusionBluegrass fusionFunk