favorite bass players

[Ron Jeremy]

No it's not, he can play the bass well & sing pretty good, forget his flamboyance...the whole band where talented.

It doesn't take much to be a bass player, i look for other qualities as to determine who would be the best, all 5 i mentioned are great back up singers ( apart from Sting) in there respected bands.

 

[Quint]

Have you ever tried to play his bass lines?
I can and for that matter so could my 5 month old Daughter.
I'm not saying you judge a player on the technicality of his work but for Budahs sake,Nikki Six????? the guy only needs One string on his bass for each song!
I like the crue and do agree Nikki is a good song writer but as a Bass player he ain't a bass players plectrum!

 

[Evilgrowler]

Geezar Buttler.... Only because he helped creat that which is heavy metal!

Mind you I like his stuff with GZR,heavy as sh*t !!! anyone comply?

I can't comply as I've never heard of GZR. Please feel free to fill me in.

 

[Evilgrowler]

Have you ever tried to play his bass lines?
I can and for that matter so could my 5 month old Daughter.
I'm not saying you judge a player on the technicality of his work but for Budahs sake,Nikki Six????? the guy only needs One string on his bass for each song!
I like the crue and do agree Nikki is a good song writer but as a Bass player he ain't a bass players plectrum!

But he looks cool when he's set on fire.

 

[ThrashViking]

Geezer (or GZR) was his solo project.
Burton C.Bell from Fear Factory sang for him on his first albulm, it sounds like your typical run of the mill Traditional Metal band( almost sludge sounding). it's nothing great really, it didnt do alot for me

 

[Ron Jeremy]

Have you ever tried to play his bass lines?
I can and for that matter so could my 5 month old Daughter.
I'm not saying you judge a player on the technicality of his work but for Budahs sake,Nikki Six????? the guy only needs One string on his bass for each song!
I like the crue and do agree Nikki is a good song writer but as a Bass player he ain't a bass players plectrum!

The same thing could be said for Gene Simmons and the other base players, as i said i took into account other abilities when making the decision due to the fact base isn't the hardest instrument to play.

I've also heard Nikki do some fair rythem work aswell. ;-)

We all have differen't opinions & look percieve things differently.

 

[Quint]

it didnt do alot for me

I loved it!heavy as all f**k!

 

[Quint]

We all have differen't opinions & look percieve things differently

I agree totally dude,to each his own
If we all thought the same thing the world would be a boring place Huh?

 

[Ron Jeremy]

And on that note let's re-open the Jimi Hendrix is overated debate :lol:

 

[choc_soldier]

Umm, John Deacon. :roll: :lol:

 

[Tottenham]

Chris Wolstenholme from Muse, brilliant bass player.

 

[Rieck_Fan]

The best ever James Jamerson.

 

[aphelion]

Steve Harris
Steve DiGiorgio
B-War
Alex Webster
Taneli Jarva

 

[frank]

The best ever James Jamerson.

Amen to that.

Closely followed by -

2. Nathan Watts
3. John Paul Jones
4. Paul McCartney
5. Larry Graham

 

[frank]

base isn't the hardest instrument to play.

That's the biggest load of shit I've heard all week.

And it's spelled Bass.

Aother spelling lesson while I'm in nazi mode too.

We're = We are. As in 'we're going down the pub'.

Where = Often used in a question. As in 'where is the pub?'

Were = Something that was. As in 'the Jimi Hendrix Experience were awesome'


Ahhh. That's better.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

It doesn't take much to be a bass player, i look for other qualities as to determine who would be the best, all 5 i mentioned are great back up singers ( apart from Sting) in there respected bands.

It doesn't take much to be an adequate bass player like the guys you mention, but to be a good bass player takes just as much skill as to be a good guitarist. Guys like Steve DiGiorgio and Les Claypool are phenomenal musicians.

 

[Ron Jeremy]

base isn't the hardest instrument to play.

That's the biggest load of sh*t I've heard all week.

And it's spelled Bass.

Aother spelling lesson while I'm in nazi mode too.

We're = We are. As in 'we're going down the pub'.

Where = Often used in a question. As in 'where is the pub?'

Were = Something that was. As in 'the Jimi Hendrix Experience were awesome'


Ahhh. That's better.

Get over it already, BASS is simple & not rocket science to play, say whatever you wan't but generally bass players are rejected guitarist's.

Im guessing your a bass player?

Jimi wouldn't even make a bass guitarist in a band today, they atleast know how to tune & play in time.

 

[Nuke]

Parra_Panther beat me to it again!

John Deacon was an absolute master before he retired (after Freddie Mercury died). Apart from bass, he has played on Queen tracks the rhythm guitar, keyboard, and piano. But what sets him apart in my books is his song-writing. He may not have written that many songs, but most of them were hits. 'Another One Bites The Dust', 'I Want To Break Free', 'You're My Best Friend', and 'Spread Your Wings' all came from him, plus probably a few more that were credited as Queen (as all songs from their last few albums did - irrespective of who wrote them).

 

[Quint]

Bass players are talented Drummers :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Skinner]

From a listening point of view, Entwhistle, has to be. Amongst all the early
angst and chaos there was one steady chord player - the ox - may he rest
in peace.

Skinner