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Originally posted by MonsterMagnet MonsterMagnet wrote:

Originally posted by Lynx33 Lynx33 wrote:

Sean Malone and Tony Levin, but from the list it's Jaco.
Yeah, the magnificent TONY LEVIN ! I forgot him Shocked



He'd get my vote. A tasteful bassist that always gives a song exactly what it needs. No more and no less.
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Originally posted by himtroy himtroy wrote:

Hugh Hopper.

I've never liked Chris Squire.  Ten on the skill level....pretty low on the taste/feel level.  Same with Wooten...I mean yeah, he can absolutely destroy physically, but he's like the shredder equivalent of a bassist.  It's impressive in a physical movement kind of way, but not musically at all.

Really? I find all the same the bass line in the mythic track "Close To The Edge" absolutely groovy. 
It seems to me that does not miss feeling. 
After all, it's subjective... Ermm 
 
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Another bass poll without any German bass player.
Helmut Hattler:

Gerald Luciano Hartwig:

Uli Trepte:

I could name some excellent French bass players too, but will leave that to the French. Wink


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Personally I don't see how anyone could vote Lake for his bass playing 'abilities'. It always seemed to me he did that just because it was easy to do while singing. Schizoid Man was good, I'll give him that. But I've literally never heard him play anything else that piqued my interest.
 
How can John Wetton not be on this list? (unless I missed him). No one matches his period with Crimson. He was on fire, all the time. Too loud? Maybe. But oh well. And one of the most disheartening things was hearing Steve Hackett's Genesis tribute project and realizing Wetton still completely had the chops. Why does he waste them on stuff like Asia?
 
Rutherford, though- it took me a while to warm up to him but he is excellent. Arguably a better bassist than guitarist.


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Jaco, closely followed by Hadrien Feraud.
 


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I could not find him on the list. Jon Camp from Renaissance. He was so fast and clever. He saw Yes and bought a Rickenbacher bass like Squire's, but surpassed him IMO.
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No John Entwistle?
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And there is a British bass legend that is missing on the poll:  Colin Hodgkinson.


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Out of this list, Jaco Pastorius.
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Mike Porcaro
Dee Murrey
Marcus Miller
Ray Shulmann
John Wetton
Greg Lake
CURT SMITH
 
thats all
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Percy Jones (from the list)
Jaco Pastorius
Jeff Berlin
Mike Rutherford
Chris Squire (Yes would'nt be Yes without him)
cstack3
 
and Neil Murray is WELL under-rated imo  Shocked
 
*forgot Patrick O'Hearn 


Edited by Rabid - July 31 2010 at 20:28
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No Jon Camp? (agree scatterplot1)

No Steve Harris?

No Les Claypool?
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Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

Victor Wooten



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Percy Jones from this list.  Wetton, Jannick Top, Jon Camp from amongst those who didn't make the list.
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Tal Wilkenfeld
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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where's Geddy Lee, John Entwistle, Jonh Myung, Sean Malone and Tony Levin? (does chapman stick count as a bass) Shocked

Edited by Arnold_Layne - August 01 2010 at 00:30
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Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:


Tal Wilkenfeld

Oooh, show me MORE!!!

ClapClapClap

Gotta love Wilkenfeld. She's great solo as well as with Jeff Beck. But most of all . . . what a looker! 
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Also this guys Jean baudin, he has one album only, the album is all bass and nothing more. and he is so good! he also has the coolest bass collection




anybody here likes Zelda?
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As usual
 
1.- Gary Thain: Legendary and immortal  
 
 
2.- Tony Levin: Style and technique, pioneer of the Chappman Stick)
 
 
 
3.- John Entwistle
 
 
4.- Chris Squire;
 
 
5.- John Wetton:
 
 
My top 5.
 
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