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Old 07-08-2004, 09:54 AM
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Fine... Yop 5 Bass Players

No one ever pays attention to the Bass Player... I have been one since I was 15 (jesus, going on 13 years......)

Here are my top picks:

1. Tie. Les Claypool and Flea
2. Cliff Burton
3. Robert Trujillo (Suicidal Tendancies, Infectious Grooves, and now Metallica)
4. Duff McKegan (his Bass run at the beginning of You Could Be Mine made me want to play bass in the first place)
5. Chris Squire (from Yes... LAugh all you want, listen to Roundabout, that bass fucking rocks)

i wont list myself, because even though i have always been confident that i am a very good bass player, i am about a year out of practice....
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Old 07-08-2004, 12:38 PM
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1. Cliff Burton. Always be the best in my book. His bass solos are just phenomenal (their presence at least, definitely not his technical prowess)
2. Les Claypool.
3. John Myung (Dream Theater). The best technical bassist I've ever heard.
4. Flea
5. Fieldy. Now, don't jump on me, I can't stand any Korn albums after Life Is Peachy. However, I love Fieldy's style on those first 2 albums.
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Old 07-08-2004, 12:51 PM
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Fieldy is great. He said on tv that he was very heavily influenced by flea. Most of his stuff is more percussive than actually tonal. he gets extra Kudos for being innovative.

OMG, Bass playing along with the DRUMs and not just mimicing the guitar?!?!? Get the fuck out of here.....;)
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Old 07-08-2004, 01:09 PM
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1. Les Claypool = God
2. Cliff Burton
3. Steve Harris ( Iron Maiden )
4. Billy Sheehan
5. Jaco Pastorius
6. Stu Hamm
7. Flea
8. John Myung
9. Gary Meskill
10. Robert Trujillo ( The Infectious Grooves stuff was fucking top notch, also Suicidal Tendencies)
11. Victor Wooten

Sorry couldn't name just 5, I've been a bass player for 17 years and all these guys had a big influence on my playing style...
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Old 07-08-2004, 01:15 PM
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kpro, you officially rock. Didnt know you were a bass player, but i suspected :)
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Old 07-08-2004, 01:36 PM
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That ain't no six string in my hand, course I play six string also though, hell for that matter anything with strings on it...


Oh yeah forgot to add Tony Franklin, and Marco Mendoza to my list.
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Old 07-08-2004, 11:48 PM
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agree on Les Claypool, Flea, and Cliff Burton....all immensly talented...
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Old 07-09-2004, 12:10 AM
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1.Les Claypool
2.Jaco Pastrious
3.The bassist from Nomeansno,one of the Hanson brothers
4.Jerry Only(doesnt say best but cool as hell)
5.Robert Trujillo(Suicidal Tendencies is his best stuff BTW)
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Old 07-09-2004, 01:02 AM
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1.Les Claypool
2.Jaco Pastrious
3.The bassist from Nomeansno,one of the Hanson brothers
4.Jerry Only(doesnt say best but cool as hell)
5.Robert Trujillo(Suicidal Tendencies is his best stuff BTW)
Robert Trujillo is a fucking awesome bass player, I think his better stuff though was in Infectious Grooves.....A lot more technical stuff.
Though his Suicidal stuff was great to.....
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Old 07-09-2004, 03:29 AM
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Infectious Gooves kicked ass... The opening to Funk It Up was incredible. I wanted to be the first kid on my block that could play it (i could, kind of). Remember "Violent and Funky"? That line was nearly fucking impossible to play. i could do the triplets, but a minute into the song, my damn hands would cramp up.
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