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Favorite Bass Players? Suggestions? So, who is everyones favorite bass players? i am looking to compare & also to maybe get into some new ones
My all time favorite at the moment is Larry Grham, He was one of the biggest pioneers of slap bass and just had. The meanest licks all the time! With the family stone or solo!
Any suggestions for others?
My other favorites are [Edited 1/24/12 2:03am] [Edited 1/24/12 2:04am] [Edited 1/24/12 2:05am] Pistols sounded like "Fuck off," wheras The Clash sounded like "Fuck Off, but here's why.."- Thedigitialgardener
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Oh, Cordell "Boogie" Mosson, the best P-Funk (Parliament) player
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Marcus Miller Stanley Clarke Victor Wooten Larry Graham Rhonda Smith Bootsy Collins Louis Johnson
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Meshell. Meshell is just sick. Jacob Pastorius John Patitucci Prince | |
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You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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Marcus Miller Paul Jackson Norman Durham from(Kleeer) Alexander Malheiros(Azymuth) Mark Adams(Slave) Bootsy Collins Stanley Clarke Will lee Louis Johnson(Brothers Johnson) Verdine White(EWF) Robert Kool Bell(Kool +The gang) |
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Victor Wooten, Louis Johnson, Steve bailey to name a few.
but look at victors version of amazing grace on youtube, gives new meaning to amazing !!!!! F we az a People R not.......
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[img:$uid]http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/pic200/drp200/p239/p239954rhvi.jpg[/img:$uid] Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
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Dad. Cartoonist. Illustrator. TOPPS Star Wars and Walking Dead Illustrator. Film Illustrator. JEDI. PRINCE Fan. www.theartofprince.com
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Mark King | |
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Marcus Miller (fantastic writer too)
Jaco Pastorius
Mark King
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Tal Wilkenfeld is pretty sick on the bass, and very pretty too.
Her debut solo album "Transformation" is a lovely slab of funkyjazzyinstrumental beef, though that was released in 2006. Time for a follow up me thinks.
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I'll take Raphael Saadiq, Paul McCartney and Prince. | |
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My Favorites, off the top of my head:
James Jamerson Chuck Rainey Anthony Jackson Jaco Pastorius Mark King (Level 42) Bootsy Collins Mark Adams (Slave) Bernard Edwards(Chic) Pino Palladino Rodney "Skeet" Curtis (Parliament) Cordell "Boogie" Mosson (Parliament) Stanley Clarke Marcus Miller Jimmy "Flim" Johnson Louis Johnson Larry Graham Prince Matthew Garrison Gary Willis Francis "Rocco" Prestia (Tower of Power) Hadrien Feraud Jon Reshard Meshell Ndegeocello Victor Bailey Doug Wimbish Victor Wooten Keni Burke Richard Bona Tetsuo Sakurai Abe Laboriel Randy "Dawg" Jackson Stuart Zender Kai Eckhardt
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Among my favorites, Bernard Edwards of Chic had a really nice style--Funky and busy, although he wasn't a slapper--a Kool combination of picking and fingerstyle....and the way he and Nile would lock into a groove was amazing:
An example of his style here- Chic - "Everybody Dance", especially at the 3:00 Mark of the video:
With Sister Sledge - "Thinking Of You"
Chic - "I Want Your Love"
and of course, Chic - "Good Times"
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Simmons .. Tom Hamilton .. John Paul Jones .. Rhonda .. Gail Ann Dorsey ..Michael Anthony its a long list | |
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Bernard Edwards Bobby Watson Kasim Sulton Kip Winger Stuart Zender [Edited 1/24/12 20:04pm] | |
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Kip Winger eh?
I can't hate i like his first album... and some of his work with Alice Cooper. Pistols sounded like "Fuck off," wheras The Clash sounded like "Fuck Off, but here's why.."- Thedigitialgardener
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James Jamerson. "Whitney was purely and simply one of a kind." ~ Clive Davis | |
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Cliff Burton Bootsy Collins Flea Lemmy Kilmister Steve Harris Whenever you say that you can't, that's when you need to be trying. | |
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Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
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Bernard Edwards Bootsy Collins Larry Graham Rodney "Skeet" Curtis Cordell "Boogie" Mosson Louis Johnson Robert Kool Bell Zapp Troutman Prince
Paul McCartney Bill Wyman Jack Bruce John Entwistle George Murray John Gustafson John Deacon Tina Weymouth John Taylor Adam Clayton
John Paul Jones Glenn Hugues Dave Alexander Tom Hamilton Duff McKagan Eric Avery Kim Deal Flea
Geezer Butler Gene Simmons Lemmy Cliff Burton Steve Harris Dave Ellefson Rex Brown Fieldy  | |
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Bootsy Collins Meshell Ndegeocello Marcus Miller Prince Stanley Clarke Levi Victor Wooten Louis Johnson Verdine White Dude from Living Color Larry Graham Marshall Jones (ohio players) Mark Adams Willie Dixon Pino Palodino Ron Carter
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Dexter Redding cannot go unmentioned in this thread. You're so glam, every time I see you I wanna slam! | |
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ahhh yes Geezer & Rex Brown are both amazing bass players, sadly have to strongly disagree on Gene though
I used to be a big Kiss, still do like them but all there music especially there 70's output is simple stuff. Which isn't bad but i thought Gene & Paul played better in the 80's with Vinnie Vincent & Bruce Pistols sounded like "Fuck off," wheras The Clash sounded like "Fuck Off, but here's why.."- Thedigitialgardener
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I'm tired of the "Gene always sucked ass, even in the 70s" bullshit
Gene's basslines of the 70s are wicked and the SOUND was special, you can say that he had his own sound, something dirty, deep and full of guts. Kiss would have been a whole different band in the 70s without Gene's sound/lines, probably something cleaner/poppier...of course Gene lost it after 77 but that's not the point here, Gene was a DEMON in the 74-77 era...
respect
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Eh, i still find his old basslines simple but effective. Just my opinion Pistols sounded like "Fuck off," wheras The Clash sounded like "Fuck Off, but here's why.."- Thedigitialgardener
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it's cool if you like him i'm not trying to diss.
hhee ok, but just look at the sound of the 100.000 Years intro, for example: a special bass sound, something between Sabbath and Beatles...
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