jeremywills Posted April 26, 2003 Report Share Posted April 26, 2003 OK, guys, someone posted a poll whos your favorite guitarist, I had to post whos your favorite Bassist, now I listed my personal Favorites, actually theres many more but I thought Id list the highlight ones, Jaco's Solos just really get my attention everytime I hear them, I kinda think he stole the show quite often with some of his work hehehe, as for speaking about stealing the show as a Bassist, Geddy Lees the front man of Rush as we all know, it must be cool to be the front man and be the bassist instead, really cool for me, I really really love Tommy Shannon, Im a big SRV fan but Tommy is just great, it must be rough to fill the shoes of a Bass player when your playing along with a great guitarist and not the front liner, wich basically most of these guys I listed are in the company of great guitarists, im sure my whos your favorite guitarist poll if i posted one would comprise of SRV, Jimmy Page, Eric Johnson, Steve Vai, and Joe Satriani, seeing Stu and Roscoe up there in that G3 DVD was like BONUS, a 2 for 1 in the same show, made me happy, and lets not forget theres other great bassists and guitarist, please pencil in your favorites that I might have not mentioned, trust me the list could go on as I could list many more bassists but these are my top favorites. I would have to say those guys listed really get the groove on, ok im being silly now, btw I voted Tommy Shannon because I felt hes one of the forgotten guys that always gots stuck behind the lime light of the front runner, anyways thats me, I usually run across someone whos like yea yea that guy kicks ass when I mention SRV but then Im like ok now whats the bass players name or the drummer for that matter and its usually like ummmm ummmmmm I dunno, I hate that ****, or Im like whos Jaco Pastorius and again, ummmmmmm who????????? anyways vote away for your favorites Jeremy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted April 26, 2003 Report Share Posted April 26, 2003 CLIFF BURTON.i love him(not in a homo way) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar_ed Posted April 26, 2003 Report Share Posted April 26, 2003 OX. aka John Entwistle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGM Guitars Posted April 26, 2003 Report Share Posted April 26, 2003 Billy Sheehan and John Myung. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakk Posted April 26, 2003 Report Share Posted April 26, 2003 Geezer Butler and Rob Trujillo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted April 26, 2003 Report Share Posted April 26, 2003 Les Claypool and Paul McCartney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AlexVDL Posted April 27, 2003 Report Share Posted April 27, 2003 Billy Sheehan and John Myung. ...AND STUUUUUU These three are the new B3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted April 27, 2003 Report Share Posted April 27, 2003 Les Claypool and Flea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremywills Posted April 27, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2003 How the hell did I forget Flea????????? I even scored a pick from him one time!!!! and Les and Paul, sorry, Like I said, I could have gone Nutz with the choices, but its kinda nice to see if anyone goes for the penciled in option, thanks for your opinions. Jeremy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulNeeds Posted April 28, 2003 Report Share Posted April 28, 2003 It has to be John Alec Entwistle. In my view, the guy practically invented melodic rock bass playing, developed innovative styles and that's without his pioneering use of roundwound bass strings - when everything was either ground or flatwound and went thunk. He made the instrument one worth studying, fun to play and not just the recourse for 'failed' guitar players to spend the rest of their lives playing root and fifths... Have a look at his solo on the Who Albert Hall DVD. tapping, a different version of 'slap', and awesome tone. You may have guessed I'm a major fan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted April 28, 2003 Report Share Posted April 28, 2003 Who played the solo on paul simon`s "call me al" ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassman Posted May 27, 2003 Report Share Posted May 27, 2003 Who played the solo on "Call me al"? I have seen many spellings of his name but it is Bhakti Kumalo, he is certainly a fretless badass. He played bass for the whole album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
francelj Posted May 27, 2003 Report Share Posted May 27, 2003 Dave La Rue, Tony Levin, Bill Wyman, Flea, Sting, ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted May 28, 2003 Report Share Posted May 28, 2003 Flea and Gene Simmons Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thraxster Posted May 28, 2003 Report Share Posted May 28, 2003 Les Claypool, Rob Trujillo, Flea, Muzz Skillings and last but not least Frankie Bello. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Rosenberger Posted May 28, 2003 Report Share Posted May 28, 2003 FLEA!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedy McFeely Posted May 28, 2003 Report Share Posted May 28, 2003 victor wooten, john myung, and stuart hamm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryeisnotcool Posted May 29, 2003 Report Share Posted May 29, 2003 its simple- the one that stays in the band and doesnt leave for some stupid reason! or john entwistle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAI6 Posted May 29, 2003 Report Share Posted May 29, 2003 Billy Sheehan all the way, baby! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matia Posted May 29, 2003 Report Share Posted May 29, 2003 Personally I voted for others... cos I prefer drummers... at least in spinal tap they exploded!!!! HA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cerealk Posted June 1, 2003 Report Share Posted June 1, 2003 Stu is great but I also like Philip Brynoe, Billy Sheehan, Steve Harris but the best for me will always be Phil Lynott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the third eye Posted June 19, 2003 Report Share Posted June 19, 2003 yep Stu, Phil Bynoe, John Myung, SHEEHAN!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giant Baba Posted June 19, 2003 Report Share Posted June 19, 2003 I love the bass guitar. My main musical influence is a fretless player named Mick Karn (Japan, Dali's Car, Polytown, Kate Bush, etc.) He's incredible. I want to get a fretless guitar, to do some of his slides and smears, with my own style applied. Later, folks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaper Posted June 22, 2003 Report Share Posted June 22, 2003 Tony Levin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Fruit Posted July 5, 2003 Report Share Posted July 5, 2003 Dude, wheres flea? :o Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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