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Posted: June 22 2011 at 11:55

No order:

Chris Squire
Mike Rutherford
Greg Lake (just because of the complexity and non-uniformity of the music, he doesn't repeat
a lot of structures like a lot of other bass players)
Eskaton bass player (forgot name)
Jeff Berlin

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Posted: June 23 2011 at 23:43

1. Geddy Lee

2. Chris Squire

3. Greg Lake

4. Roger Waters

5. John Wetton

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Posted: August 15 2011 at 15:01

-Chris Squire

-Hugh Hopper

-Mike Rutherford

-Richard Sinclair

-Geddy Lee

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Posted: August 15 2011 at 15:30

1. John Wetton

2. Chris Squire

3. Mike Rutherford

4. Roger Waters

5. Jeff Caxide(Isis)

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Posted: August 15 2011 at 15:32

Chris Squire
Hugh Hopper
John Entwhistle
John Wetton
Stanley Clarke

can I have Macca as well???

Edited by Ruby900 - August 15 2011 at 15:33

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Posted: August 15 2011 at 15:32

My favorite bass players fall into the jazz category, but in the "prog" realm:

Macca
Juan Alderete
Chris Squire
Roger Waters
Les Claypool

Edited by EchidnasArf - August 16 2011 at 13:50

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Posted: September 13 2011 at 00:06

1.John Wetton Smile

2.Geddy Lee

3.Chris Squire

4.Tony Levin

5.Mike Rutherford

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Posted: September 13 2011 at 10:34

Hmmm I shall only do a top 3.

1. Geddy Lee

2. Chris Squire

3. Greg Lake

Yeah, I put Geddy before Chriis. :P

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Posted: September 13 2011 at 22:17

I was thinking about this a bit. This is what I'd say:

Martin Mendez (Opeth)

Chris Squire

Sean Malone (Cynic)

Jannick Top (Magma) (or maybe Philippe Bussonnet, I can't decide)

Annnnnnnnnnnndddddddd Geddy Lee, John Wetton, Joe Lester (Intronaut,) and/or Tony Levin. Jeff Caxcide (Isis) and Mike Rutherford are amazing too.

Hopefully that wasn't too predictable.

Edited by Jake Kobrin - September 13 2011 at 22:21

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Posted: September 13 2011 at 23:02

Mista-Gordie wrote:

1-Chris Squire

2-Jaco Pastorius

3-John Entwistle

4-Pete Trewavas

5-Richard Sinclair

you're Canadian and no Geddy? Shocked

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Posted: September 14 2011 at 02:33

Chris Squire
Tony Reeves
Lee Jackson
Greg Lake
Glenn Cornick

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Posted: September 14 2011 at 03:52

roger waters
tony levin
greg lake
colin edwin
john myung
martin mendez

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Posted: September 17 2011 at 02:40

As a bassist I must say I don't have much of a list of bassists... well people do say I play like a guitarist...

But! Few I do very much love!

Hugh Hopper

Jannick f**king Top!

Richard Sinclair

Tim/Jim Smith (well I think Tim play much of the bass in Cardiacs records, but Jim's the live bassist)

Jesse Krakow (Pak- one of the best damn bassists I heard)

Ron Anderson (also Pak- damn amazing as well)

Fred Frith

Igor Krutogolov (Israeli avant-klezmer-punk band- a beast he is)

Top 5 you say? Eh close enough

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Posted: September 19 2011 at 16:30

Chris Squire

and...

Chris Squire

Play! Here's my list (I do not pay much attention to bass players, but I will make an effort):

1-Chris Squire

2-Geddy Lee

3-Tony Levin

4-John Myung

5-Mike Rutherford

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Posted: September 19 2011 at 18:09

1) Chris Squire

2) Ray Shulman

3) Mike Rutherford

4) Greg Lake

5) Roger Waters

(I would also include John Entwistle, Paul McCartney and Dougie Thomson if I could...)

[Surprised to see that Rutherford is finally having his work recognised ! Viva Mike !]

Edited by claugroi - September 19 2011 at 19:10

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Posted: September 19 2011 at 18:39

I'm wondering if Rutherford is just being mentioned because of the band he's in.

I thought he was an average bassist.

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Posted: September 19 2011 at 18:40

^ even more so Roger Waters. However, I can accept if someone really likes any of the two bassist styles.

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Posted: September 19 2011 at 18:49

I have no problem with people liking them.

I just thought there was a lot better, but i guess style can be a good excuse Wink

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Posted: September 19 2011 at 19:09

Horizons wrote:

I'm wondering if Rutherford is just being mentioned because of the band he's in.

I thought he was an average bassist.

I also thought that... but in my case it's because I really like his playing. The fact that he was in Genesis is a great "plus" in his career. I've always considered him a great player, although not matching Squire or Shulman (I shall edit my top 5...)

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Posted: September 26 2011 at 18:02

Les Claypool
Chris Squire (of course)
Justin Chancelour
Tony Levin
Gavin Harrison

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