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mikol
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I like Les Claypool
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I think Flea is awesome as well, but I still have to go with the one whose playing inspired me to become a bassist myself. The late, great John Entwistle of The Who.
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I like Pink Floyd's Roger Waters. Not too much, not too little, right notes at the right time, and a nice, clean tone.
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John Patitucci, the great jazz electric and acoustic bassist.
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I would have to say Flea is my favourite as well, but I also like Mike Inez (Alice in Chains and Heart)
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The late Cliff Burton of Metallica and Steve Harris of Iron Maiden
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Phil Lipscomb from taproot. He's an absolutely amazing with his Yamaha bass, one of the best that I've heard. He makes me wanna learn how to play the bass(I'm in the beginning stages of learning) I also like Flea, that dude really kicks ass, he rocks.
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The late John Entwistle from The Who.
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Sting...on Message in a bottle...love it.
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Geezer Butler from Black Sabbath. I could say myself, but I'm not that conceited... lol.
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Mike Dirnt-Green Day
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Metal: Steve Harris from Iron Maiden Prog-Rock: Geddy Lee from Rush Punk: Mike Dirnt from Green Day Alternative: Gotta go with Flea as well..
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justin chancellor _tool
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I must also go with Flea. He's really much more than a bassist... he's a character.
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John Entwistle of The Who Graham Maby - Joe Jackson Band
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Many great bassists, for me probably more on a song to song basis, but for a great sounding record, have you listened to The Pretty Things, "Midnight to Six Man" where along with Skip Alan's (17 years old at the time)drumming, & bassist John Fullegar's guitar playing, results in one of the heaviest sounds of the mid 60's.
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I would have to say Terry Longacre of Common Ground. They're a local Band in & around Sidney,OH. Visit their site for a listen to their original song Twisted Up. http://www.commongroundrock.com
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Paul McCartney followed closely by Roger Waters.
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Victor Wooten i don't know who he plays with. i just saw a video of a battle between him and the drummer steve smith. it was amazing!
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Bootsie Colins played in too many Funk bands to list them all here.
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The awesome John Entwistle, Thunder Fingers, THE OX, of The Who. Jazz-wise I love Stanley Jordan.
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John Entwistle of the who is a huge influence on me then I'd have to go with Chris Squire of Yes fame, then I'd probably go with Geddy Lee of the legendary band 'Rush', and then I'd probably go with the majority of people that said Flea already and count him as my 4th fav of all time . Though I'm sure theres some amazing talent out there I've never heard of so this is just bass players that come to mind right off the bat.
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Jack Bruce..............Cream
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Robert Trujillio, from Suicidal Tendencies/Infectious Grooves/Metallica. If you've ever heard the Infectious Grooves stuff you'll know why.
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Mark Knofler of Dire Straits
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Jaco Pastorius
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Jack Bruce 1) Here a top ten list: 1. Marco Mendoza 2. Billy Sheehan 3. Steve Harris 4. John Alderete 5. Morty Black 6. John Myung 7. Eddie Jackson 8. Rudy Sarzo 9. Joe DiBiase 10. Martin Furängen Source: http://www.rathole.com/holeoffame/bass.asp 2) Some famous musicians playing bass guitar: - Paul McCartney - Jack Bruce - Sting - Bill Wyman - Maurice Gibb - Melissa Auf der Maur - Aimee Mann - Sheryl Crow 3) Here some other bassist lists: http://forums.allaboutjazz.com/showthread.php?p=192023 http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=364195 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bass_guitarists http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_jazz_bassists
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He may not be technically the best BUT Roger Waters has made a remarkable contribution to music.
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Les Claypool from primus
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Geddy Lee, with Paul McCartney a close second.
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Hubbard from The Roots.
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Larry Graham, Jr., best known as both the bass player in the popular and influential psychedelic soul/funk band Sly & the Family Stone, and as the founder and frontman of Graham Central Station. He is credited with the invention of the slapping technique, which radically expanded the tonal palette of the bass.
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Charlie Mingus, the famous jazz bassist.
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Phyl Lynott of Thin Lizzy!!! Also an awesome front man. Also a very underrated band, you guys should check them out. The Cowboy Song is probably my personal favourite from them.
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Robert "Kool" Bell, founder of Kool and the Gang.
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Jaco Pastorius - he was a band leader and played with Joni Mitchell and Weather Report.
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Twiggy Ramirez. Not only did he have an amazing look and genderfuck style, but he wrote most of the music in Marilyn Manson's older days, with some of the best melodies I've ever heard.
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Tim Commerford from Rage Against the Machine
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Paul McCartney from The Beatles
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I think Rhino from Mudvayne is an amazing bass player.
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Jack Bruce from Cream.
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Geezer Butler - Sabbath Lemmy - Motörhead Chris Squires - Yes
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Gene Simmons, KISS
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I don't have one favorite. John Entwistle - The Who Graham Maby - Joe Jackson Band Jack Bruce - Cream Flea - RHCP Eddie Jackson - Queensryche
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Classic Rock: Tom Hamilton Glam Metal: Nikki Sixx Metal: Rex Brown Thrash: Dan Lilker And Les Claypool, but i dont know if you can classify him as a certain style.
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I'm stuck between John Entwhistle from The Who and Paul Simonon from The Clash, just based on personal inspiration
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Sid Vicious
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Melissa Auf Der Maur
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Rex Brown -Pantera Nikki Sixx -Motley Crue Mudvayne's bassist KoRn's bassist Steve Harris -Iron Maiden
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Geddy Lee Billy Sheehan Doug Pinnick Steve Harris and don't forget gordon sumner(STING)...Jaco Jaco Jaco
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Twiggy Ramirez who used to be with Marilyn Manson he had a cool style and he was cute too :)
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Sting
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You try playing a heavy fender jazz for over four hours onstage and then tell me you do not have shoulder problems later in life...
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Most I would pick are already mentioned (the obvious Jacos etc) but some not mentioned: Stanley Clarke Larry Graham Les Claypool Cliff Burton Amongst many others...
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Victor Wooten and Billy Sheehan.
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Thank you!
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Rex Brown from Pantera Tony Campos (i think) from Static-X
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Paul McCartney from a little band known as The Beatles. I prefer melodic McCartney style melodic basslines over some of the more showoffy stuff people have been picking here. Stuff like Flea doesnt do anything for me.
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In Rock, it would be Hellmut Hattler from the German rock band Kraan (especially his work on the Live album from 1974). Great bass players in all genres are Robbie Shakespeare and George Oban in Reggae Paul Chambers, Charlie Mingus, Stanley Clarke in Jazz
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Bernard Edwards from the band "Chic". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Edwards
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Jack Bruce,Cream.
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Les Claypool FTW.
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Trick question- mine is the solo bassist Michael Manring.
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Michael Manring!!! Light years ahead of any other bassist. Victor Wooten Jaco Pastorius Edgar Meyer And I know you said no classical, but Gary Karr is the man. He was the first classical bassist to make a living as a soloist.
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Hm.. that would be Cliff Burton. He was the only significant bass player I'm familiar with
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I probably wouldn't get positive feedback, but here it is anyway: Reita from the GazettE Saga from alice nine. I really admire these guys =)
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Zachary Sandler of Black Tide... Johnny Christ of Avenged Sevenfold... Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy... (yeah i know... im weird...) Hunter Burgan of AFI... There just a few of my fave's...
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John Patitucci Anthony Jackson Jaco Pastorius Geddy Lee Chris Squire John Paul Jones
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Roger Waters Guy Pratt Cliff Burton
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Victor Wooten of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. He's the only bass player to have won "bass player of the year" more than once and he won 3 years in a row.
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Victor Wooten and he plays with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. He also plays with the Dave Matthews Band.
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i'm really really surprised no one has mentioned him, only the best, known as "the ox", JOHN ENTWISTLE!!! also, in no particular order... geddy lee jason newstead cliff burton les claypool flea mike watt muzz skillings steve harris geezer butler john paul jones rick james (my surprise pick, very under rated)
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Larry Graham, Stuart Hamm, Stanley Clarke, Victor Wooten, Marcus Miller
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Larry Graham formerly of: Graham Central Station, Sly & the Family Stone -
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oh drats. no one answered. anyone like jaco pastorius?
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I like a ton of bassists but Victor Wooten really sticks out. He's amazing. A few others worth noting are Al Caldwell, Bill "The Buddha" Dickens, and Yves Carbonne, master of the 12 string fretless bass. Check it out here: http://www.jerzydrozdbasses.com/
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mine is victor woughton he wasnt in a band but nominated one of the best bassists
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Flea!
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In no particular order: Geddy Lee (Rush) Jeff Berlin (often paired with Allen Holdsworth) Doug Pinnick (King's X) Mark King (Level 42) Stanley Clarke (Return to Forever) John Myung (Dream Theater) Les Claypool (Primus) "Flea" Michael Balzary (RHCP) Paul McCartney (ground breaker) John Paul Jones John Entwhistle
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