Bass players

[Motu]

Can't let the guitarists and drummers get away with it! So who are your favorite bassists?


Jaco - has to be at the top I suppose...the God of bass

Paul McCartney,his bass lines are so unusual and tricky,very much part of the Beatles sound...I reckon he's the best bass player ever.

Roger Glover - clanky Rickenbacker....Smoke On the Water doesn't come alive until he comes in last with his so,so simple 1,2,3,4 bass line.

Stanley Clarke - shit,wow...like,is that a BASS?

Jack Bruce - combat on the front line with some mere guitar player of no rank.

Bill Wyman - Stone face of the Stones,love his octave runs.

John Entwhistle - Who?

I'll come back with more,just want to get the thread in before someone beats me to it.

[Sutage]

John Entwhistle rules man, The Who are a kickass group one of my favourites for sure, all of their members rank in the 'best of' their instrument/singing

Roger Waters frmo pink floyd has some pretty mean stuff too

Gene Simmons has some "ok" stuff but most of his shit is pretty simple and sucks, hes just there for show IMHO

a lot of blues/jazz black bass players are real cool. i love that slap bass stuff its cool as

also the guy from the living end dunno his name but he stands on his bass, and its a proper bass not electric

[Big Dave]

The guy from Mi Sex - Don Martin. 'But you just don't care' still pushes my buttons after 25? years.
Sting - but more for the voice and the messages.
Klaus Voorman - Nilsson's 'Jump into the fire'
Duck Dunn - Blues brothers numerous.

[Suney]

Mark Hoppus Blink 182

[Motu]

Yeah,Klaus on Jump into the Fire,great base track - and he was an artist too,have you seen the scetches on the inside of Ringo's Album,Klaus did one for each track.

Charlie Mingus - ultimate jazz bassist.

It's a pity the bass line can just be layed down on the keyboad....pick your style,sound and away you go - just two guys in a pub with a computer and sound system,they sing and put on lead guitar live,the rest of the band was put in at home.I'm an old fart and like to watch bass players doing their job live....and I don't like modern music - but shit,some of these guys who play a real live bass,4,5,6 strings,slap,pluck,they give it death and it sounds fantastic.

[Big Dave]

Yeah,Klaus on Jump into the Fire,great base track - and he was an artist too,have you seen the scetches on the inside of Ringo's Album,Klaus did one for each track.

Yeah, think i do - Don't recall all of them - but some drift in and out of the haze - best album art next thread?

I have a wonderful taschen book '1000 album covers' - outstanding.
http://www.taschen.com
Parsons bookshop, kitchener st akl - i could spend almost as much $ in there as a motorcycle shop.

[James Deuce]

Ray Brown
Les Claypool
Charlie Hunter
Doug Wimbish
Tony Levin
Lee Sklar
Jimmy Blanton
Flea
Geddy Lee
Wil Lee
Muzz Skillings
Steve Harris
Victor Wooten

[Indiana_Jones]

Sid Vicious......when the guiter was unplugged

-Indy

[zadok]

John Entwistle - The Who
Chris Squire - Yes
John Paul Jones - Led Zeppelin
Stuart Hamm - Joe Satriani
Bill Wyman - The Rolling Stones
Geezer Butler - Black Sabbath

[Big Dave]

Ray Brown
Les Claypool
Charlie Hunter
Doug Wimbish
Tony Levin
Lee Sklar
Jimmy Blanton
Flea
Geddy Lee
Wil Lee
Muzz Skillings
Steve Harris
Victor Wooten

Can you put band names on them please smarty boombah

[James Deuce]

Suppose so.

Ray Brown - Duke Ellington, plus many many others and his own Big Band
Les Claypool - Primus, Sausage
Charlie Hunter - Charlie Hunter Quartet and Quintet
Doug Wimbish - Tackhead, Madonna, Living Colour, to name a few
Tony Levin - Um, crap loads of Fusion and Jazz projects - technically plays a Chapman Stick rather than a Bass
Lee Sklar - Genesis touring Band, for one, Phil Collins, Eurythmics touring band
Jimmy Blanton - two brief years with Duke Ellington in the early '40s before an untimely death - set the tone for Mingus and BeBop bass players.
Flea - Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Geddy Lee - Rush
Wil Lee - The Tonight Show Band and a billion sessions
Muzz Skillings - Living Colour
Steve Harris - Iron Maiden
Victor Wooten - Flecktones, and a million Jazz projects

[Big Dave]

Chapman stick?

[James Deuce]

Chapman stick?

And this is Tony Levin below

[Big Dave]

ai ai ai 10 strings! what torture is this?!?
How does that work with octaves methinks.
but then Keef Richards (not worthy etc) had a 7 string did he not?

I presume it's predominately plucked?

[What?]

Oi Motu - Ya forgot Bob Daisley!!!!!