Who is the more skilled bassist?

WOOTEN IS SKILLED BUT HIS MUSIC IS SKIMMED.

I prefer Squire.

I would replace music in a. with bass playing, as that is what the poll is about. I'd also like to combine the two above points rather than have them separate. We get point c.) A significant number of people in Prog Archives know absolutely nothing about bass playing and are hopelessly biased.

Still, Wooten is winning the poll, which must mean that there are a significant number of people who do know a thing or two about bass playing and are not hopelessly biased.


Edited by Philéas - December 09 2006 at 20:31

smithers wrote: From what I've seen I think there are many better bass players than Wooten. I've seen a few bits of footage of him and I'm not convinced he's any better than many bass players. I want some real footage of him actual plucking the bass and improvising some amazing complex bass lines. All I've seen is him slapping and tapping his bass. I think most bass players would not have a problem playing that kind of stuff

Edited by Camel_APPeal - December 09 2006 at 22:41

Chris Squire!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you gave Squire a free reign  in a jazz fuzion band he could do all the stuff that Wooten does and much more. It's far more difficult for a musician to play in a far more controlled envireonment. As some one has already said, don't be fooled by all the trickery of picking and slapping, it's not difficult.

 

Trust me, Squire is much better than Wooten

raindance wrote: Chris Squire!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you gave Squire a free reign  in a jazz fuzion band he could do all the stuff that Wooten does and much more. It's far more difficult for a musician to play in a far more controlled envireonment. As some one has already said, don't be fooled by all the trickery of picking and slapping, it's not difficult.   Trust me, Squire is much better than Wooten

Are you for real?

Smithers, who's to say Wooten can't play traditionally?  He can, and much better than Squire.


Edited by Sasquamo - December 10 2006 at 13:25

Neither Squire or Wooten are the best anyway.

May I respectfully suggest to those bass players [and I am one] who say that slapping and 'popping '[popping I believe is recognised as beginning with Robert 'Pops' Popwell] in the style of VW is not that difficult to do, either suffer from a lack of technique to do it properly ,are not being honest with themselves about their own abilities [or lack thereof] or simply do not have the capacity to undestand the extent of VW's prowess.

Clearly he is capable of all styles and has demonstrated this both on recordings and live. The Flecktones are one of the most improvisational bands around so I just don't understand where half these comments are coming from.

I simply couldn't imagine that people who visit this site are being dishonest ,or at best, would let their blind admiration of a player/composer, a band and an era get in the way of objective opinion. Never let it be said!

Some of them profess to be musicians furtermore altho. I certainly do understand the difference between playing bass and being a musician who plays bass and therein lies the key to all this IMO.

Chris Squire overall has the better skill.

mrgd wrote: May I respectfully suggest to those bass players [and I am one] who say that slapping and 'popping '[popping I believe is recognised as beginning with Robert 'Pops' Popwell] in the style of VW is not that difficult to do, either suffer from a lack of technique to do it properly ,are not being honest with themselves about their own abilities [or lack thereof] or simply do not have the capacity to undestand the extent of VW's prowess. Clearly he is capable of all styles and has demonstrated this both on recordings and live. The Flecktones are one of the most improvisational bands around so I just don't understand where half these comments are coming from. I simply couldn't imagine that people who visit this site are being dishonest ,or at best, would let their blind admiration of a player/composer, a band and an era get in the way of objective opinion. Never let it be said! Some of them profess to be musicians furtermore altho. I certainly do understand the difference between playing bass and being a musician who plays bass and therein lies the key to all this IMO.