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tristix 10-11-2008 03:51 PM
I saw Arrested Development live and there was this dude that played bass with them. The craziest bass player i've seen. Played the thing like an electric guitar.

slayer slays 27 10-12-2008 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by PaperHurricanesAndPlanes (Post 344972)
There is a greatest guitarist thread, so I'm making a greatest bassists thread. Muahahaha. My list:

1. Victor Wooten
2. Steve Swallow
3. Jaco Pastorius
4. Louis Johnson
5. Stanley Clarke
6. Jay Bentley
7. Klaus Floride
8. Alaine (from The Devotchkas)
9. Steve Hansgen
10. Billy Sheehan
you forgot John Enwistle from the who
and tom Araya from slayer
cliff burton
geddy lee
geezer butler

FaSho 10-12-2008 06:56 PM
gaddy lee and that guy fom primus were pretty good

Blackbird 10-12-2008 09:40 PM
Paul McCartney's my favourite ...
but I'd say Geddy Lee and Jaco.

AsherM 10-15-2008 09:00 PM
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Originally Posted by lucifer_sam (Post 498133)
^ Lol. Claypool is in every other post. I think Flea is an admirable bassist, but he gets overshadowed by John's guitar a lot. He definitely has some groovy bass lines and is probably the reason their so funky.

I find there are a few good female bassists (in part because there are so many more female bassists than guitarists or drummers). I'm not talking about Kim Gordon or D'Arcy Wretzky (though they were decent). I think Melissa Auf Der Maur is a good bassist, even in comparison to other male bassists.

Kim Deal, buddy. Simple, but very melodic and I believe she was in large part responsible for saving the Pixies from being completely over-the-top grungey-evil sounding.

Off the topic of females:

Flea
Tim Commerford (forgot spelling)
John Deacon
The cat from The Who was pretty good, although I'm not a big Who fan.

And I wouldn't call Matt Sharp an amazing bass player, but his work on Pinkerton sounds pretty cool to me.

Raust 10-19-2008 07:57 PM
1. Cliff Burton
2. Geezer Butler
3. Alex Webster
4. Flea

Applenux 10-20-2008 12:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Blackbird (Post 530276)
Paul McCartney's my favourite ...
+3000 !

funkthumb 12-16-2008 11:24 AM
What!!??
 
I can't believe nobody mentioned Stu Hamm. And Michael Manring deserves alot more credit than he gets. Or how about Stuart Zender, Dave Shogren, Orin Isaacs, There are alot of fantastic players out there.

FaSho 12-16-2008 02:22 PM
Unlike the Best Drummer thread, the mainstream bassists are actually the best. it's pretty hard to beat Les Claypool Tom Morrello and such

Double X 12-16-2008 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by FaSho (Post 564870)
Unlike the Best Drummer thread, the mainstream bassists are actually the best. it's pretty hard to beat Les Claypool Tom Morrello and such
wat

Claypool plays some awesome stuff but he probably isn't the best bassist.


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