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Redballjets88
06-10-2005, 04:51 PM
billy sheehan...geddy lee...bootsy collins
DrMaddVibe
06-10-2005, 05:18 PM
Jaco - THE undisputed master of the bass.

Flea

Squire

Claypool

Maby
Redballjets88
06-10-2005, 05:18 PM
jaco?
DrMaddVibe
06-10-2005, 05:20 PM
Uh-oh!!!!

http://www.jacopastorius.com
DrMaddVibe
06-10-2005, 05:24 PM
http://www.jacopastorius.com/features/shoutouts.asp

Read the list.

See what THEY have to say about Jaco.

You too will become enamoured with the brilliance of his mastery of 4 strings!

He was to the bass what Hendrix was to the 6 string.
Redballjets88
06-10-2005, 05:35 PM
what overated?
DrMaddVibe
06-10-2005, 05:37 PM
???
Warham
06-10-2005, 05:41 PM
McCartney, Entwistle, Jamerson, etc.
Rikk
06-10-2005, 05:43 PM
John "Thunderfingers" Entwistle

(his bass playing went downhill after 2002 though)
DrMaddVibe
06-10-2005, 05:46 PM
McCartney's timing and some of the notes he plays...he's a tricky fucker. I think he gets a better nod as a songwriter though.

Now, The Ox...I plumb forgot about him. I don't know how either.

I gotta add Cliff Burton too!
tydhurst
06-10-2005, 05:48 PM
John Entwistle
nosuchluck
06-10-2005, 06:12 PM
Jaco Pastorius
Stanley Clarke
Victor Wooten
Bill Dickens
Stu Hamm


John Entwistle
John Paul Jones
Les Claypool
Pete Trewavas
Geddy Lee
Steve Harris
nosuchluck
06-10-2005, 06:13 PM
oh and Tony Levin too
DLR7884
06-10-2005, 06:25 PM
You all should be ashamed.

It took 12 fucking posts for John Paul Jones to show up?

DLR7884
Fucking Flea got mentioned before him?
Redballjets88
06-10-2005, 06:27 PM
yeah well billy sheehan has been mentioned one time but shit happens no one has respect for tapping bass...even though with out tapping he is a beast
mentalpancake
06-10-2005, 06:54 PM
Geezer Butler
John Paul Jones
Cliff Burton

Oh yeah:cool:
rob100
06-10-2005, 06:56 PM
Neil Murray
rustoffa
06-10-2005, 07:02 PM
Gotta go with Entwistle.

I'll throw John Deacon out there. Not literally of course, I don't know his whereabouts. Even IF I knew his whereabouts, it wouldn't be very polite to throw the guy out there. I'd just tell him him I'm a big fan and respect his personal space.

That'd be some funny shit if someone grabbed him and threw him somewhere though.
Dave's Bitch
06-10-2005, 07:06 PM
cliff burton....metallica wasnt the same without him
mentalpancake
06-10-2005, 07:08 PM
Originally posted by Dave's Bitch
cliff burton....metallica wasnt the same without him
I agree...in fact I'm going to go listen to Kill 'Em All right now.:D
Dave's Bitch
06-10-2005, 07:10 PM
Originally posted by mentalpancake
I agree...in fact I'm going to go listen to Kill 'Em All right now.:D


lol i just put it on too


but yea staying on topic cliff burton
mentalpancake
06-10-2005, 07:11 PM
Hit the Lightsssssssss

God I love this album!:)
Dave's Bitch
06-10-2005, 07:13 PM
and justice for all is better
Hoongood
06-10-2005, 07:15 PM
Billy Sheehan

Steve Harris
mentalpancake
06-10-2005, 07:16 PM
Originally posted by Dave's Bitch
and justice for all is better
Really? That's the only one of their good ones that I don't have but I want it, just been to lazy to get it.
DLR7884
06-10-2005, 07:19 PM
Originally posted by Dave's Bitch
and justice for all is better

Cliff Burton was dead when that album came out.

DLR7884
So he didn't play bass on it.
mentalpancake
06-10-2005, 07:21 PM
Originally posted by DLR7884
Cliff Burton was dead when that album came out.

DLR7884
So he didn't play bass on it.
Which is why I don't have it yet. I'm not much of a Jason fan I guess.
Dave's Bitch
06-10-2005, 07:22 PM
Originally posted by DLR7884
Cliff Burton was dead when that album came out.

DLR7884
So he didn't play bass on it.


i know but its my fav of all there album's.there isnt a bad song on it
sentinel
06-10-2005, 07:38 PM
STEVE HARRIS;

the guy spits out a million-note-per second flurry
Shaun Ponsonby
06-11-2005, 05:18 AM
Redballjets88, I tell you why I ain't gonna mention Billy Dheehan for his tapping-bass style, because he copied it from the great STANLEY CLARKE, Now, Stanley Clarke, there's a good bass player.

Also, nobody has said LEMMY yet, he invented a new way of playing the bass.
bueno bob
06-11-2005, 11:38 AM
Me, closely followed by Jaco Pastorius.

:)

Seriously, I can't believe there's even any debate. Fucking Jaco DESTROYS everybody. Past, present...future.

Jaco was, IS, and always will be the planet's GREATEST bassist to ever walk it's surface.

Period.
LoungeMachine
06-11-2005, 11:43 AM
Danny Partridge [duh]
bueno bob
06-11-2005, 10:57 PM
Originally posted by LoungeMachine
Danny Partridge [duh]

Oh shit - I forgot about Danny.

Grrr! :mad:
Anonymous
06-11-2005, 11:21 PM
Pfff, you're all wrong! JOEY DEFUCKIN'MAIO IS THE MAN! Has anyone of you ever listened to the man play 'Sting of the Bumble Bee' and 'The Desecration of Hector's Body' in Kings of Metal and Triumph of Steel respectively or 'William Tell's Overture (William's Tale)' live?

I'd love to see any of those puny bassists you mentioned try to pull that off!

Cheers! :bottle:
LoungeMachine
06-12-2005, 11:57 AM
Originally posted by Imapus Sylicker
Pfff, you're all wrong! JOEY DEFUCKIN'MAIO IS THE MAN! Has anyone of you ever listened to the man play 'Sting of the Bumble Bee' and 'The Desecration of Hector's Body' in Kings of Metal and Triumph of Steel respectively or 'William Tell's Overture (William's Tale)' live?

I'd love to see any of those puny bassists you mentioned try to pull that off!

Cheers! :bottle:

Danny Partridge TAUGHT him those riffs, man:cool:
bueno bob
06-12-2005, 12:44 PM
Originally posted by Imapus Sylicker
Pfff, you're all wrong! JOEY DEFUCKIN'MAIO IS THE MAN! Has anyone of you ever listened to the man play 'Sting of the Bumble Bee' and 'The Desecration of Hector's Body' in Kings of Metal and Triumph of Steel respectively or 'William Tell's Overture (William's Tale)' live?

I'd love to see any of those puny bassists you mentioned try to pull that off!

Cheers! :bottle:

Have you heard Jaco? If not, I'd seriously suggest picking some up...there's absolutely NOTHING that can be done on a bass today that he didn't do first.

And yes, I'm very familiar with Joey DeMaio. Joey's very impressive, for sure, but Jaco is just unreal.

Has anyone thrown up Les Claypool and/or Bootsy Collins yet? If not, here's a nod in their general directions...
nosuchluck
06-12-2005, 02:17 PM
another brilliant bassist - Anthony Jackson!
Jérôme Frenchise
06-12-2005, 03:13 PM
John Entwistle (my favorite, the Lord of the IV Strings)
Jack Bruce (the heaviest)
John Paul Jones (the most discreet wizard)
Prakash John (the first bassist who draw my attention, on Rock 'n' roll animal)
John Wetton (my second favorite)
Tom Hamilton (the most grooving)
Billy Sheehan (the second most impressive)
Jaco Pastorius (the most impressive)

:cool:
BigBadBrian
06-13-2005, 04:40 PM
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BrownSound1
06-13-2005, 05:33 PM
James Jamerson, John Paul Jones...those are my two favorites. Jack Bruce is up there too.
tydhurst
06-13-2005, 08:32 PM
John Entwistle
Soul Reaper
06-14-2005, 02:48 PM
Michael Manring?
nosuchluck
06-14-2005, 03:04 PM
doesnt look like anyone here has heard of Victor Wooten.
the guy is absolutely unbelievable...
Figs
06-14-2005, 03:23 PM
What about Chris Squire of Yes? Awesome! Fantastic solos if you ever saw him in concert.
Soul Reaper
06-14-2005, 03:33 PM
Originally posted by nosuchluck
doesnt look like anyone here has heard of Victor Wooten.
the guy is absolutely unbelievable...

he's the most skilled bass player, I've heard

he played for Greg Howe once.

is he a touchstyle player?
nosuchluck
06-14-2005, 03:35 PM
he does play touch style once in a while - his cover of Norwegian Wood has got some brilliant touch style playing.

he's more famous for his take on the Slap-Pop technique.

and yeah, that album with Greg Howe and Dennis Chambers is absolutely smokin'!


speaking of slap-pop, no one's mentioned the guy who invented it - Larry Graham!
mentalpancake
06-14-2005, 09:04 PM
Originally posted by LoungeMachine
Danny Partridge [duh]
The Partridge Family is great. Period.
tydhurst
06-15-2005, 12:19 AM
John Entwistle
Shaun Ponsonby
06-15-2005, 08:10 AM
Originally posted by Figs
What about Chris Squire of Yes? Awesome! Fantastic solos if you ever saw him in concert.

Ah, he plays VERY high frequency for a bass player.
DavidLeeNatra
06-15-2005, 08:47 AM
different styles...different heroes...remember mark king from "level42"...amazing in slapping and popping the bass...
jero
06-15-2005, 09:05 AM
must be Billy
franksters
06-15-2005, 09:16 AM
definitly joco pastorius! no doubt!
Shaun Ponsonby
06-15-2005, 09:35 AM
Originally posted by DavidLeeNatra
different styles...different heroes...remember mark king from "level42"...amazing in slapping and popping the bass...

Forgot all about him.
DarkRuler
06-15-2005, 08:00 PM
JOEY DEMAIO - Number one! He Is The Best Of All!!!!

The rest are just that.... the rest.
DavidLeeNatra
06-16-2005, 03:19 AM
Originally posted by Shaun Ponsonby
Forgot all about him.

I've seen him live once and he was outstanding, though the music was not that much my kind of stuff...