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    Posted: January 17 2013 at 04:21
There are many excellent and generally appreciated Classic Prog Bass Guitarists, like Squire, Lake, Lee, Wetton, Levin, Ray Shulman, Trewavas etc.

And there are...the others, which aren't mentioned so often in various charts, polls and forums. They aren't weak at all, rather perhaps overshadowed by their band-mates. Who's your favourite?
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not on the list but my favorite would probably be Hugh Hopper of Soft Machine.
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Top for me.
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Points: 6632 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 17 2013 at 05:58
I like both Jannick Top and Jeffrey Hammond, or is it Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond? Tongue
Doug Ferguson is also to good mention.

I'll go with Top.
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Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond of Tull.
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Klaus peter matziol from ELOY !!!
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Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond.
Did Hugh Banton play bass much, I thought he was an organ player with bass pedals.
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Doug Ferguson.


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Colin Edwin. I love how there's always a smile on his face.
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Top is great, but also repitive in his style. Bert Ruiter is a great allround bassplayer who can improvise. I love that.
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From this list Jeffrey Hammond, but I would point out that I like Lothart Meid..............
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...quoting the always quotable Julian Cope:
 
"Jannik Top! I’m shaking in me booties just thinking ‘bout him. Jannik Top was a Gene Simmons for people with their own IQ. He played the bass like a Tyrannosaurus Rex skinning a Stegosaurus. He was at least eight feet tall and had claws instead of hands. His bass sound made the night fall early, and kept the moon from rising at all. He didn’t have amplifiers, he just plugged straight into the National Grid and drained the neighbourhood..."
 
Need I say more? Sometimes it's not the player himself, but the context of his performance, and the music of Magma was always more challenging than Genesis or Camel.
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...and where the heck is Ray Shulman on this list..? The Gentle Giant bassist was arguably a more inventive player than any of the above..!
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Originally posted by Neu!mann Neu!mann wrote:

...and where the heck is Ray Shulman on this list..? The Gentle Giant bassist was arguably a more inventive player than any of the above..!
 
Please read properly my introducing post. He belongs to the Top Bass Group.
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Edited by Gandalff - January 17 2013 at 12:18
A Elbereth Gilthoniel
silivren penna míriel
o menel aglar elenath!
Na-chaered palan-díriel
o galadhremmin ennorath,
Fanuilos, le linnathon
nef aear, sí nef aearon!
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Originally posted by Terra Australis Terra Australis wrote:

Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond.
Did Hugh Banton play bass much, I thought he was an organ player with bass pedals.
He's credited on many VDGG albums parallelly as bass guitar and bass pedals player.
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Edited by Gandalff - January 17 2013 at 12:18
A Elbereth Gilthoniel
silivren penna míriel
o menel aglar elenath!
Na-chaered palan-díriel
o galadhremmin ennorath,
Fanuilos, le linnathon
nef aear, sí nef aearon!
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Gong's Howlett needs some love !
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It's between Top, Howlett , Potter and Sinclair for me.

Voted for Sinclair.
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Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond followed by Rutherford and Banton.
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Points: 12810 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 17 2013 at 13:04
I don't know many of this bass players, and the ones I know I may not have payed enough attention to all of them in order to compare them. However, I do remember when I was first listening to Camel (earlier this year) that one of the first things to come to my attention was Fergusson's bass playing, which I found pretty nice and busy. I also remember liking one of the bass players from Focus, who sounded pretty jazzy, but don't really remember which one on from which album. As for Roger Waters, as much as I like Pink Floyd, I don't think I ever found him particularly interesting, I rather like Gilmour himself better as a bass player, or even Guy Pratt.
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