Greatest Bassists (bass, funk, Paul McCartney, member, guitarist)

tristix · 10-11-2008, 04:51 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, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by PaperHurricanesAndPlanes

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, 07:56 PM

gaddy lee and that guy fom primus were pretty good

Blackbird · 10-12-2008, 10:40 PM

Paul McCartney's my favourite ...
but I'd say Geddy Lee and Jaco.

AsherM · 10-15-2008, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by lucifer_sam

^ 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, 08:57 PM

1. Cliff Burton
2. Geezer Butler
3. Alex Webster
4. Flea

Applenux · 10-20-2008, 01:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Blackbird

Paul McCartney's my favourite ...

+3000 !

funkthumb · 12-16-2008, 12:24 PM

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, 03:22 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, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by FaSho

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.

10-12-2008, 10:40 PM	#114 (permalink)
Blackbird Groupie Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 13	Paul McCartney's my favourite ... but I'd say Geddy Lee and Jaco. __________________ Make it last, cause forevers often get cut short.

12-16-2008, 12:24 PM	#118 (permalink)
funkthumb Groupie Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 2	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.

10-11-2008, 04:51 PM	#111 (permalink)
tristix Groupie Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 36	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.

10-19-2008, 08:57 PM	#116 (permalink)
Raust Music Addict Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,411	1. Cliff Burton 2. Geezer Butler 3. Alex Webster 4. Flea