I vote for Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead
not because he was the best, but becuase he was the most creative , in my mind.
Vote...Best Bass Player
lets have a "Best Bass Player" thing goin on. We have alot of credit going out to the guitar players (past and present), but Bass players make the guitar sound that much better ( in my opinion ).
I vote for Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead
not because he was the best, but becuase he was the most creative , in my mind.
I vote for Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead
not because he was the best, but becuase he was the most creative , in my mind.
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Best Bass player in my opinion would be a toss up between CLIFF BURTON and JASON NEWSTED....oh yea and LES CLAYPOOL i know its a diffrent style, but what he does is amazing...........
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ME!
Actually, there is no such thing as a best bassist, much like there is no best guitarist. However, I'll give my little perspective on this:
Most Technical: Probably Bill D ickens or Victor Wooten.
Most Influential: Jaco, he pretty much invented the idea of a badass bassist.
Generally badass overall: Juan Nelson (Ben Harper), Norwood Fisher (Fishbone), Les Claypool (aka: THE MAN), Dirk Lance (Incubus), John Entwistle (The Who), Steve Harris (Iron Maiden), Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath), and of course BOOTSIE COLLINS!
Actually, there is no such thing as a best bassist, much like there is no best guitarist. However, I'll give my little perspective on this:
Most Technical: Probably Bill D ickens or Victor Wooten.
Most Influential: Jaco, he pretty much invented the idea of a badass bassist.
Generally badass overall: Juan Nelson (Ben Harper), Norwood Fisher (Fishbone), Les Claypool (aka: THE MAN), Dirk Lance (Incubus), John Entwistle (The Who), Steve Harris (Iron Maiden), Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath), and of course BOOTSIE COLLINS!
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# 4
vai likes belly sheehan (i can't remember how to spell the name)
i like Steve Harris, John Paul Jones, Noel Redding, and Cliff Burton is supposed to be great
i like Steve Harris, John Paul Jones, Noel Redding, and Cliff Burton is supposed to be great
To improve technique and of course trying to keep all as clean as possible. I know my own limits and speed limits and so on I never play anything I'm not capable of. That wouldn't make any sense. After three years of playing I tried to play everything as fast as possible and that sounded, I would say, like shit, and I didn't realize that if I'd play bit slower things than I was capable of playing then everything would sound much better.
--Aleksi Laiho - Advice to Play By
--Aleksi Laiho - Advice to Play By
# 5
Cliff was pretty solid, but he didn't really do anything that incredible... Unless you compare him to Newstead.
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# 6
One of the most amazing bass players i have heard is the bassist from primus he is truley amazing.
I also like Dirk Lance from Incubus he makes some great riffs and slaps ahahahah
I also like Dirk Lance from Incubus he makes some great riffs and slaps ahahahah
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Originally posted by SoS
One of the most amazing bass players i have heard is the bassist from primus he is truley amazing.
That would be Les Claypool. You can also find him playing bass for Col. Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade, Sausage, Oysterhead, and even filling in with Gov't Mule from time to time.
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# 8
That would be Les Claypool. You can also find him playing bass for Col. Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade, Sausage, Oysterhead, and even filling in with Gov't Mule from time to time. [/B][/QUOTE]
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jaco
whoever that guy is that plays with alan holsworth(I can't remember names worth a ----)
victor wooten
les claypoole
and of course me and rask(lol)
whoever that guy is that plays with alan holsworth(I can't remember names worth a ----)
victor wooten
les claypoole
and of course me and rask(lol)
# 12
I know Paul Carmicheal used to play w/him, don't know if he still does, it's been awhile since I bought a Holdsworth cd
What about Gary Willis from Tribal Tech?, no ones mentioned him yet.
What about Gary Willis from Tribal Tech?, no ones mentioned him yet.
# 13
Bobby Sheenan is the bass player admired by Via (and also one of my favourite)
He played in Blues Traveler up until a year or so ago when he died of a drug overdose in New Orleans. For those of you who think Run-Around when you hear Blues Traveler, get hold of some of their older albums like Save His Soul and hear Bobby really rip it up! That man sure knew how to groove!
Rest in peace bassman
He played in Blues Traveler up until a year or so ago when he died of a drug overdose in New Orleans. For those of you who think Run-Around when you hear Blues Traveler, get hold of some of their older albums like Save His Soul and hear Bobby really rip it up! That man sure knew how to groove!
Rest in peace bassman
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Billy Sheenan........played with Via, David lee Roth, Mr Big, and many others........did not play with Blues Traveler
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Just saw him on tour with VAI (not Via as you people want to call him) and MAAAAAAAAN he his insane. Vai broke two strings that night, and he jumped in the spotlight doing insane solos so that Vai could get a spare guitar. Vai came back, and he started pushing him around, and Sheehan kept on playing those incredible fast lines...
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Originally posted by DiscoSamurai
Bobby Sheenan is the bass player admired by Via (and also one of my favourite)
He played in Blues Traveler up until a year or so ago when he died of a drug overdose in New Orleans. For those of you who think Run-Around when you hear Blues Traveler, get hold of some of their older albums like Save His Soul and hear Bobby really rip it up! That man sure knew how to groove!
Rest in peace bassman
I saw Blues Traveler a few years ago and the whole band ripped.
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# 17
Guess theres been a slight misunderstanding :) Billy/Bobby Sheehan are/were both great bass players, sorry bout that I was listening to Blues Traveler and not thinking!
V A I V A I V A I
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Geezer played bass on ALL Black Sabbath didn't he? He wrote most of their old lyrics (since Ozzy couldn't write) and a great deal in the later years with Dio,etc.
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