Your Favorite Bass Player Thread!

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Only one mention of John Entwhistle so far in this thread??? :confused:

How sad.... :(
 
M'shell has some super chops...and shes a girl...but Ill bet that threatens some of you sexists out there.

Why no Phyl Lynot votes? :)
 
darrin_h2000 said:
M'shell has some super chops...and shes a girl...but Ill bet that threatens some of you sexists out there.

Why no Phyl Lynot votes? :)
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Speaking of great women bass players, the chikck that plays bass for Prince is pretty great in my opinion. I beleive Ronda Smith is her name, also she is pretty hot.
 
cobradenim said:
Bill Niese
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"Scotch whiskey, on the rocks or straight up!" :D

Purge said:
I'll agree regarding Doug Pinnick. I think he might even be better than Charles Mingus, since I actually give a shit about King's X.
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That is awesome. I almost thought about posting Doug.

Doug Pinnick said:
Out of the silent planet, out of the silent planet!!!!!
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I go for Dave Holland.....for obvious reasons......

other favourites:
Charles Mingus (do need to agree with capnreverb ;) )
Hein van der Geijn (played with Miles Davis a lot)
Mick Harvey (again Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds)
Paul McCartney (didn't he start it all?)
Jeff Ament (pure stability)
 
Second vote for Danny Thompson. His work with Richard Thompson over the last several years has been stellar, plus there's that whole Pentangle thing.

I also like Duck Dunn, Rob Wasserman and Bootsy Collins.
 
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There are so many I think are great it's hard to pick, but for the sake of picking a name:

Victor Wooten
 
This order varies with my mood:
Chris Squire
Geddy Lee
The Ox
John Paul Jones
Sir Paul
James Jamerson
Doug Pinnick ...King's X is coming to a small club near me in November, I'm PHYCHED!!! :D
Stu Ham
Leon Wilkeson
Mel Schacher
 
There is only one JAMES JAMERSON.
You should be asking who else is your favorite bass player?
Paul McCartney & John Entwhistle are a close second.
Here are a few that will raise a few eyebrows...Rick Danko & Mike Mills
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I'm partial to the late Rick Danko of The Band.

I also like Rick James. He was the master of the pop hook bass line.

I always admired Tony Butler as well for his work particularly with Big Country and Pete Townshend.
 
Favourite Bass player?

I'll throw my vote for:

RICK DANKO


I'll also vote him for my favourite voice/singer.........(actually he's tied w/ Richard Manuel....no wait....Levon Helm could sing his ass off as well)


I was waitin' for some of you canadians to mention him!!!!!! (Good choices Grimy!!!)
 
JAMES JAMERSON, was the perfect bass player- half frustrated drummer (rhythym), half frustrated singer (melody). Melodic AND funky AND deceptivley simple. Super complex yet everyone (schoolgirls included) GOT it. My FAVORITE.

Some folks think that Booker T & the MGs, DONALD "DUCK" DUNN, is the greatest, and although I'm not as familiar with him as MR. JAMERSON, when I'm listening to Otis Redding, Aretha and the greatest Southern Soul Music- I'd be hard pressed to disagree

PAUL McCARTNEY comes close on the qualtiy of his parts alone, but his tone sometimes leaves something to be desired and the intonation on his Hofner....my goodness, someone fix that thing!

STEVE HARRIS is badass, but somtimes too noodley,
GEEZER is funky for a white heavy metal dude, but too atonal,
JOHN ENTWISTLE's tone is GODLIKE and he is sooooo friggin close, but
JOHN PAUL JONES is the king of hard rock bassists. Super funky, super heavy, and the songs he wrote were indispensable. Did I mention he's a huge reason Bonzo's considered the best ever??

BOOTSY COLLINS should be a billionaire for facillitating G-Funk. Some would say that Gangsta Rap is possibly the most influental form of POP music today. I can GUARANTEE that a BOOTSY bassline, sampled or otherwise, has shook more asses at the party and the club than all these other punks put TOGETHER. That's kinda the bottom line, isn't it?

HONORABLE MENTION

Stevie Wonder, Jimi Hendrix- Apperantly the best time at Electric Ladyland was when Noel Redding went to go get a drink...can you believe that guy actually thought his talent was anywhere near Jimi's? English delusion at it's finest. These guys played the bass (or synthesized equivilant) on many of their own classic hits.

Berry Oakley- The Allman Brothers. If you don't know....

Cliff Burton- One of the most literate metalheads, had a pure talent and should've been on the above list if tragedy hadn't intervened. Even more tragically, Metallica might also not suck now.

Ian Hill, Cliff Williams- kings of four on the floor rawk.

Geddy Lee- the ONLY one of the "Chops" guys (victor wooten, stu hamm, billy sheehan, yawn, yawn, yawn) that actually elicits any emotion from me while playing.

Flea- Not a super-great player, but he did introduce alot of white kids to Bootsy, which is harder than it sounds.


Who's Charles Mingus? :)
 
Buck62 said:
Only one mention of John Entwhistle so far in this thread??? :confused:

How sad.... :(
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I think someone already did. But I could be wrong. I agree he was great!
 
Bass Goddess

All I have to say is Rhonda Smith. I'll say it again......... Rhonda Smith.
 
Geezer B. is the man.

A GUY NAMED JON said:
Sick of all the guitar players hogging the spot light. Well, here is your chance to recognize your favorite bass players.


Here is mine

Geddy Lee - Rush (of course)
Les Claypool - Primus
Geezer Butler - Black Sabbath
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Geezer is my favorite bassist of all time. His tone on the first 2 cd's were too amazing. He usually had his wah pedal set at a certain point to acheive that sound, as well as picking the bass... and whatever else he did; whatever it was, it cut through the mix like a knife through butter, something the bass rarely does in modern bands' recordings.
 
Martin Mendez!!!!!!
Johan De Farfella!!!!
Marcus Miller!!!!
Nick Fyth!!!
 
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