Good Bass Playerz
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ivebeenhigh
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Kim Deal. Oh yes.
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dirtysanta
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northernhoard said:Being a bass player myself I am influenced by different players and styles, some of the playerz who I really rate are Doug Wimbish Sugarhill/Tackhead, Youth of Killing Joke, Jah Wobble and Robbie Shakespeare, which bass player stirs your bowels.
I am not really looking at technical ability here as people like Mark King of Level 42 is penned as one of the worlds best players but the fucker plays it like a lead guitar with loads of treble.
John Entwhistle, John Paul Jones, Jaco Pastorius, Mani, Steve Currie (T-Rex) , Jah Wobble, Chris Hillman(Byrds) . Jack Bruce(cream)
Im a bass player too and i shit those boys .
Yetman
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dirtysanta said:
No Billy Sheehan Sants?
Surprised no-ones mentioned Prince, massively overlooked even though he looks stupid with a massive bass on his 2 foot frame, funky as a bastard still.
And yeah Jaco's story is incredible but sad, worth reading about him, if he was still alive today I can imagine he'd be giving Bach a run for his money.
Marcus Miller, fucking virtuoso, same as a lot of the top technical players, hardly easy listening though - thats the thing with overly good bass players, they often only appeal to other bass players, people like flea and entwhistle manage to keep the song without going off on one and ruining it for anyone who doesnt play bass.
dirtysanta
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Yetman said:No Billy Sheehan Sants?
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get to fuck !
BadlyDrawnGirl
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Jean-Jacques Burnel: a tosser, but a genius bassist and a major influence on myself. 
Peter Hook: nowt much needs saying there.
Tom Jenkinson (aka Squarepusher): can lapse into jazz wibble, but Jesus, can the fucker play.
Peter Hook: nowt much needs saying there.
Tom Jenkinson (aka Squarepusher): can lapse into jazz wibble, but Jesus, can the fucker play.
They are at total opposite ends of what the instrument can do so I'll choose joint winners in Tom Jenkinson and Mani, who I stunned hasn't been mentioned yet. Surely he qualifies, if only for "Fools Gold".
Someone I'll also mention is Dr Dre. I know he doesn't play the bass but he's got an incredible track record in exploiting bass samples.
Someone I'll also mention is Dr Dre. I know he doesn't play the bass but he's got an incredible track record in exploiting bass samples.
dirtysanta
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stavros said:
i mentioned him in my post you daft bugger
Yetman
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stavros said:
Why? The bassline is good, but not massively unique or awe-inspiring?
The killer riff is Squire all the way, he even played the whole lot when recording (rather than just play it once then sample) without any change in tempo - Mani's line is really just to back up the guitaring.
I don't know, that bass line for me has always been iconic. Mani and Reni always sounded like the definitive tight-as-fuck rhythm section with Squire doing his stuff over the top and Brown droning on is his little way. Mani is also in Primal Scream latterly of course.
I can't profess to be an expert in instrumentation so my views are just from a simple (in all senses) listener's point of view.
I can't profess to be an expert in instrumentation so my views are just from a simple (in all senses) listener's point of view.
I have got an ace bit of stanley clarke playing on one of the old grey whistle test compliation DVDs (actually this series of dvds was the reason I bought a DVD player)....yes he plays it like a lead guitar but its funny as fuck to watch and really impressive....even funnier is the fliratious face pulling he does with the little keyboard player George Duke...(who then plays one of those keyboard on a sticks like a guitar so he can rock out with stanley and pull orgasm faces)
northernhord
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phildwyer said:
Their style is sluggish, tis da sweet reggae music innit, its time and pace thing
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Another vote for Flea as hs seems a bit under represented here for such a great bass player.
dirtysanta
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Bomber said:
Definately Wyman. For being fucking ultra solid. As important to the bands rhythm and time keeping as charlie watts.
( and the number of women he's shagged)
Pino Paladino. Plays beautiful frettless bass. More of a session player though.
http://www.pinopalladino.com/
http://www.pinopalladino.com/
ska invita
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Saling the Seas of Cheese is a classic record - on one of Primus' later tours they did a couple of new numbers then played the whole of that record from start to finish. They really bring funk to rock without sounding like a pastiche.pembrokestephen said:Primus - Oh, they rock. Saw them in support for Rush at Wembley Arena about a million years ago. Kook rock
No-one plays bass like Les - he's invented a whole new bass style of his own. If anyone knows someone who comes close, Id love to hear it - I cant get enough of it!
Incidentally, Les Claypool cites Rush bassist Geddy Lee as his greatest influence - makes sense tehy were doign support for Rush.
There is meant to be the first new Primus album in many a moon dropping this year...
northernhord
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Youth from the 1st incarnation of Killing Joke was quite good, he played this wobbly funky dub sorta style, shame he never followed it up with anythin credible after he left KJ
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