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Thread started 05/18/07 4:37am

IAintTheOne

Fantasy "Bass off"

Col.Claypool Vs. Flea

Prince VS Wooten

Wooten vs Louis Johnson

Mark King Vs. Claypool
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Reply #1 posted 05/18/07 5:27am

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IAintTheOne said:

Col.Claypool Vs. Flea

Prince VS Wooten

Wooten vs Louis Johnson

Mark King Vs. Claypool


Yess-suh! nod Bass is my instrument, so I would love to see some of that shit. Including:

Larry Graham vs. Louis Johnson

Mark Adams vs. Flea
"Say I'm lookin' at you, from the corner of my eye..." eye
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Reply #2 posted 05/19/07 6:31am

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Finess you know Prince is the bassist of all time.
All you others say Hell Yea!! woot!
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Reply #3 posted 05/19/07 7:50am

IAintTheOne

ummm nah... prince isnt a 'Technical" bassist at all man... u wanna talk technical?


Pastorious
Johnson
Wooten
Claypool
King
Flea
Jamerson
Graham yes i said it
Jordan
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Reply #4 posted 05/19/07 9:17am

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Wooten would wipe the floor with Prince.
a psychotic is someone who just figured out what's going on
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Reply #5 posted 05/19/07 11:23am

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...


Ah, Yesss---The "Bass Off"!!!

biggrin Loved that SNL skit with the Bass-Off between Jack Black and Will Ferrell, lol



I'd also like to see (since this is "Fantasy Bass-off", after all----Just in case anyone cries "Foul!", or "Sacrilege!"):



William 'Bootsy' Collins vs Larry Graham





Jaco Pastorius vs. Stanley Clarke







Bernard Edwards (Chic) vs Verdine White (EWF)






Marcus Miller vs Victor Wooten





Mark King(Level 42) vs Jonas Hellborg(John McLaughlin, Solo)





Louis Johnson(Bros. Johnson) vs. Mark Adams(Slave)






James Jamerson vs. Anthony Jackson






Matt Garrison vs Otiel Burbidge





Jimmy Haslip(Yellowjackets, Allan Holdsworth) vs. Billy Sheehan(Niacin, Joe Satriani, etc.)





Gary Willis vs. Jimmy 'Flim' Johnson






Pino Palladino vs Francis 'Rocco Prestia'(Tower Of Power)







John Patitucci vs James Genus






...

on the world front : Africa, the Cameroon showdown:


Armand Sabal Lecco vs Richard Bona




..


...and on the Brazilian tip:

Nico Assumpcao (Milton Nascimento,Caetano Veloso, etc.) vs Artur Maia(Djavan, Gilberto Gil, etc)




..

and for the Japanese Brothas...

Ken Watanabe (Prism) vs Tetsuo Sakurai (Casiopea)




Who Is The TRUE Lord Of The Lower Frenquencies????!!! Let The Battles Commence!!!!! Hahahahahaha!!!!!.....

(....Ok, that was a bit much....)



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[Edited 5/19/07 19:26pm]
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Reply #6 posted 05/19/07 12:06pm

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You guys are just way too high-brow with all these "technical" players...rolleyes

I hereby issue a Bass-Off challenge. Can anyone stand up against my man...



...Mel Schacher for the Loudest & Most Consistently Distorted Bass Sound on the planet?


hmph!


tA

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Reply #7 posted 05/19/07 12:19pm

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theAudience said:

You guys are just way to high-brow with all these "technical" players...rolleyes

I hereby issue a Bass-Off challenge. Can anyone stand up against my man...

...Mel Schacher for the Loudest & Most Consistently Distorted Bass Sound on the planet?


hmph!





falloff falloff falloff


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Reply #8 posted 05/19/07 12:33pm

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paligap said:

theAudience said:

You guys are just way to high-brow with all these "technical" players...rolleyes

I hereby issue a Bass-Off challenge. Can anyone stand up against my man...

...Mel Schacher for the Loudest & Most Consistently Distorted Bass Sound on the planet?


hmph!





falloff falloff falloff


...

mad What? Don't be laughin', i'm serious!


cool


One cat that does it at least once is George Sheck's bass solo on Give It Everything You Got...



...from Edgar Winter's White Trash


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Reply #9 posted 05/19/07 1:34pm

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...


The "Experienced" Bass Off:

Jimi Hendrix vs Noel Redding

Time!! Stopped in the first few minutes...JH by KO!!!



Billy Cox vs Noel Redding

OOps!! Stopped again in the First Round...Cox by KO!!



Chas Chandler vs Noel Redding

Damn...TKO!!! Chas, with his old Bass from the Pawn Shop!!



Mitch Mitchell vs Noel Redding

ouch!! TKO!! Mitch whomped him (with Chas's old Bass from the Pawn Shop!!!!)


movin' along...



Derek Smalls of Spinal Tap vs Noel Redding

oooohhhhh....TKO.... Derek hit him with the "Bass Odyssey'!!!


biggrin But I kid Noel....just joking, folks....



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[Edited 5/19/07 13:38pm]
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Reply #10 posted 05/19/07 1:45pm

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paligap said:


biggrin But I kid Noel....just joking, folks....

No you weren't. lol


Dang, after all those ass-kickings old Noel needs to take a crash course in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu from...



...Hoyce Gracie.



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Reply #11 posted 05/19/07 1:48pm

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theAudience said:

paligap said:


biggrin But I kid Noel....just joking, folks....

No you weren't. lol


Dang, after all those ass-kickings old Noel needs to take a crash course in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu from...



...Hoyce Gracie.





lol Ndeed!! he'd have to Go to some ground grappling!.....




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Reply #12 posted 05/19/07 1:55pm

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John Entwistle



vs.


Tim Bogert


[Edited 5/19/07 13:55pm]
a psychotic is someone who just figured out what's going on
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Reply #13 posted 05/19/07 2:45pm

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Stax said:

John Entwistle



vs.


Tim Bogert


[Edited 5/19/07 13:55pm]




thumbs up! Ndeed!!



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Reply #14 posted 05/19/07 3:26pm

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How About the Battle of the Crims, Former King Crimson bassists' John Wetton





And Tony Levin




Or About a Battle of Smooth Versus Rough


Jamaaladeen Tacuma Vs. Richard Bona




How About a Cannuck versus a Brit with Geddy Lee vs. Chris Squire
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[Edited 5/19/07 15:26pm]
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Reply #15 posted 05/19/07 7:12pm

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jacktheimprovident said:

How About the Battle of the Crims, Former King Crimson bassists' John Wetton





And Tony Levin




Kool! (I'm diggin' the Tony Levin pic!!!)




How About a Cannuck versus a Brit with Geddy Lee vs. Chris Squire
,
[Edited 5/19/07 15:26pm]



Kool---I wonder if the the winner will take on a French Canadian?:

Alain Caron (UZEB, solo)




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Reply #16 posted 05/19/07 11:26pm

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How about MeShell Ndegeocello vs. Raphael Saadiq?

Tony Boyd vs. Adam Clayton
We all want the stuff that's found in our wildest dreams.

http://www.ustream.tv/cha...dj-bobstar
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Reply #17 posted 05/19/07 11:27pm

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IAintTheOne said:

Col.Claypool Vs. Flea

Prince VS Wooten

Wooten vs Louis Johnson

Mark King Vs. Claypool



Give me Louis Johnson out of that group of players.
We all want the stuff that's found in our wildest dreams.

http://www.ustream.tv/cha...dj-bobstar
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Reply #18 posted 05/19/07 11:28pm

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DadeCounty305 said:

IAintTheOne said:

Col.Claypool Vs. Flea

Prince VS Wooten

Wooten vs Louis Johnson

Mark King Vs. Claypool


Yess-suh! nod Bass is my instrument, so I would love to see some of that shit. Including:

Larry Graham vs. Louis Johnson

Mark Adams vs. Flea


Mark Adams crushes Flea with the Stellar Fungk
We all want the stuff that's found in our wildest dreams.

http://www.ustream.tv/cha...dj-bobstar
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Reply #19 posted 05/19/07 11:29pm

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paligap said:

...


Ah, Yesss---The "Bass Off"!!!

biggrin Loved that SNL skit with the Bass-Off between Jack Black and Will Ferrell, lol



I'd also like to see (since this is "Fantasy Bass-off", after all----Just in case anyone cries "Foul!", or "Sacrilege!"):



William 'Bootsy' Collins vs Larry Graham





Jaco Pastorius vs. Stanley Clarke







Bernard Edwards (Chic) vs Verdine White (EWF)






Marcus Miller vs Victor Wooten





Mark King(Level 42) vs Jonas Hellborg(John McLaughlin, Solo)





Louis Johnson(Bros. Johnson) vs. Mark Adams(Slave)






James Jamerson vs. Anthony Jackson






Matt Garrison vs Otiel Burbidge





Jimmy Haslip(Yellowjackets, Allan Holdsworth) vs. Billy Sheehan(Niacin, Joe Satriani, etc.)





Gary Willis vs. Jimmy 'Flim' Johnson






Pino Palladino vs Francis 'Rocco Prestia'(Tower Of Power)







John Patitucci vs James Genus






...

on the world front : Africa, the Cameroon showdown:


Armand Sabal Lecco vs Richard Bona




..


...and on the Brazilian tip:

Nico Assumpcao (Milton Nascimento,Caetano Veloso, etc.) vs Artur Maia(Djavan, Gilberto Gil, etc)




..

and for the Japanese Brothas...

Ken Watanabe (Prism) vs Tetsuo Sakurai (Casiopea)




Who Is The TRUE Lord Of The Lower Frenquencies????!!! Let The Battles Commence!!!!! Hahahahahaha!!!!!.....

(....Ok, that was a bit much....)



...
[Edited 5/19/07 19:26pm]



Love it!!!!!

You sure know your bass players.
We all want the stuff that's found in our wildest dreams.

http://www.ustream.tv/cha...dj-bobstar
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Reply #20 posted 05/19/07 11:50pm

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Christian McBride Stand Up



vs.


Christian McBride Electric



hmmm
a psychotic is someone who just figured out what's going on
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Reply #21 posted 05/20/07 7:35am

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Jack Bruce is the King!
[Edited 5/20/07 7:36am]
"Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system" - Bruce Lee
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Reply #22 posted 05/20/07 2:51pm

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Marcus Miller vs. Nathan East
Flea vs. Dodge
Mark Adams vs. Aaron Mills
BB Dickerson vs. Alan Gorrie
Robert Wilson vs. James Alexander
Chris Squire vs. Geddy Lee
MeShell Ndegeocello vs. Gail Ann Dorsey
Joyce Fenderella Irby vs. Janice Johnson
Teena Marie vs. Rhonda Smith
Walter 'Clyde' Orange vs. Michael Henderson
✮The NFL...frohornsNational Funk League✮
✮The Home of Outta Control Funk & Roll✮
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Reply #23 posted 05/21/07 10:05am

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FunkJam said:

Jack Bruce is the King!
[Edited 5/20/07 7:36am]



biggrin IMO, the winner of the Enwistle vs. Bogert Bass Battle should have to take on Jack!!







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