Author Topic: Your favorite bass player(s) (Read 7881 times)

Mr Anabolic · « **Reply #25 on:** July 25, 2013, 06:00:32 AM »

Probably the most creative and melodic bass lines in all of pop music right here...

Archer77 · « **Reply #26 on:** July 25, 2013, 06:26:44 AM »

Quote from: Mr Nobody on July 25, 2013, 03:40:21 AM

Iron man.

Geezer knows how to fill the gaps and doesn't just mimic the rhythm guitar or drums. Very few bass players can really play and give bass lines character.

hipolito mejia · « **Reply #27 on:** July 25, 2013, 06:31:42 AM »

1- victor wooten

2- jaco pastorius

3- John Taylor

snx · « **Reply #28 on:** July 25, 2013, 06:56:23 AM »

Easy for me.

The great Steve Harris (for the Maiden fans out there).

And Les Claypool of course (did anyone even mention him...jesus...)

SOMEPARTS · « **Reply #29 on:** July 25, 2013, 07:25:13 AM »

Yeah, liked Claypool until I figured out he was a stoner trying to copy Tony Levin.

R.A.M. · « **Reply #30 on:** July 25, 2013, 07:32:44 AM »

only thing impressive during that solo was the downing of the JD.

beakdoctor · « **Reply #31 on:** July 25, 2013, 08:30:42 AM »

Mike watt.

viking1 · « **Reply #32 on:** July 25, 2013, 09:05:07 AM »

Mark King. That guy can play some deep locker room armpit funk, sing, and chew gum all at the same time...

I have so many others. Dont care for pick players.

cswol · « **Reply #33 on:** July 25, 2013, 09:13:42 AM »

Whiskey · « **Reply #34 on:** July 25, 2013, 09:19:07 AM »

Quote from: Mr Anabolic on July 25, 2013, 06:00:32 AM

Probably the most creative and melodic bass lines in all of pop music right here...

Awesome, Abbey Road was such a good album.

Thin Lizzy · « **Reply #35 on:** July 25, 2013, 09:35:50 AM »

Andy Fraser (No homo)

Free, IMO, the most underrated band, ever. They were the best of the best:

_aj_ · « **Reply #36 on:** July 25, 2013, 09:43:19 AM »

Quote from: RAtard on July 24, 2013, 08:28:34 PM

John paul jones, mostly due to his legacy and such.

However the best as a musician I think is Jaco.

And the bass player I'd wanna be is james jamerson, dude was in the perfect time, with the perfect job, with the perfect lines.

Jaco's son Felix plays a mean base too. Saw him play with Jeff Coffin at a friend's music school.

Hurricane Beef ! · « **Reply #37 on:** July 25, 2013, 10:07:14 AM »

bigmc · « **Reply #38 on:** July 25, 2013, 10:10:30 AM »

Bass players are just failed guitarists

Borracho · « **Reply #39 on:** July 25, 2013, 10:11:20 AM »

Flea from the chilli peppers brah

MORTALCOIL · « **Reply #40 on:** July 25, 2013, 10:12:35 AM »

Jack Bruce.

240 is Back · « **Reply #41 on:** July 25, 2013, 10:23:45 AM »

Quote from: bigmc on July 25, 2013, 10:10:30 AM

Bass players are just failed guitarists

most of them. Some are extremely obnoxious artists too, just trying to be weird and alternative.

Me, I consider myself the GLUE that holds the band together.

I'm better than 99% of the guitarists I play with, on guitar. But my role is so much more. I keep the drummer calm. I control dynamics. I give the guitarist room to shine and quickly take it away if he gets too obnoxious. My little pauses and slide-in notes tell the singer what to do.

I also book/own PA so I make rules.

I could play lead guitar 7 nights a week, but then I'd have a hard time dealing with a douche-bag rhythm section. I get to control more when I'm on bass. I create dynamics in every band... Or I replace the musicians lol.