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Your Top 10 Favorite (not best) Bass Players


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[quote name='Japhet' timestamp='1401008116' post='2458930']
I forgot Bob Babbitt! How could you possibly forget Bob Babbitt. Seems like everybody else did too!
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Not forgotten, just didn't make anyone's top ten.

For me Babbitt was up there with the very best and an equal of James Jamerson and Carol Kaye as far as those Motown records go but never seems to get the plaudits the other two do. Although an saying that James Jamerson is probably more famous now than when he was alive.

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In no particular order:

[font=tahoma,geneva,sans-serif][size=4]Cliff Burton (Metallica)[/size][/font]
[font=tahoma,geneva,sans-serif][size=4][color=#252525]Ron Broder (Coroner)[/color][/size][/font]
[font=tahoma,geneva,sans-serif][size=4][color=#252525]Troy Sanders (Mastodon)[/color][/size][/font]
[font=tahoma,geneva,sans-serif][size=4][color=#252525]Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath)[/color][/size][/font]
[font=tahoma,geneva,sans-serif][size=4]Frank Bello (Anthrax)[/size][/font]
[font=tahoma,geneva,sans-serif][size=4]Brian Marshall (Alter Bridge)[/size][/font]
[font=tahoma,geneva,sans-serif][size=4]Les Claypool (Primus)[/size][/font]
Dave Ellefson (Megadeth)
Billy Sheehan (Mr Big)
[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Tom Araya (Slayer)[/font][/color]

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Mark Adams...Slave
Buddy Hankerson....Aurra et al
Jim Lea
John Taylor
Macca
Mark King
Davide Romani.....Change
'nard
Freddie Washington
Les Nemes

Deon Estus on the bench....Wham etc

forgive my spelling!

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John Deacon (Queen)
Nick O'Malley (Arctic Monkeys)
Rutger Gunnarson (ABBA)
Steve Harris (Maiden)
Paul McCartney (Later Beatles stuff especially)
John Paul Jones (Zep)
Chris Wolstenholme (Muse)
John Entwistle (More the earlier Who stuff, really didn't like his tone when it went all fuzzy and nasty later on)
Chris Baio (Vampire Weekend)
Bruce Foxton (The Jam)

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[quote name='Urban Bassman' timestamp='1371123008' post='2110048']
Here's mine

Chris Squire
Geddy Lee
J-PJones
Eric Czar
John Entwhistle
Neil Murray
Pete Trewavas
Sting
John Wetton
Greg Lake

That'll do nicely :)
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+1 My exact choice too. :lol:
Dave

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Two favourites are
Aston "Family Man" Barrett
Stanley Clarke.

Then in no particular order of ranking:
Marcus Miller
Victor Bailey
Gary Willis
Richard Bona
Chuck Rainey
Nathan East
Victor Wooten
Ron Carter

Stanley and Aston, although completely different players are on an equal par for me in terms of my favourites. The rest I have no particular preference as to who's playing I prefer as it varies from track to track.


Jazzyvee

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John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin)
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Stu Brooks (Dub Trio)
Roy Mitchell (Mutemath)
Justin Chancellor (Tool)
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Jason Newsted (Metallica, Ozzy, Voivod)
Adam "Nolly" Getgood (Periphery)
Jason James (Bullet for my valentine)
Sam Bettley (Asking Alexandria)
Ryan Martinie (Mudvayne)
Victor Wooten (Duh)
Marcus Miller (double duh)
James Johnston (Biffy Clyro)
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Don't usually do this sort of opinion poll, but
I liked Andy Fraser... and his work stands up even bnow.
Ready Freddie
Marcus Miller... you can't ignore him
Will Lee... unlucky that MM was about..and he still has had a STELLAR career.
Anthony Jackson..

But... I'll nick bits from anyone :lol:

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Hmm. Difficult as I'm not really a bass aficionado. I've tried to pick a few from the pop, rock/prog and jazz fields who've impressed me most over the years, be it on record or live...

Colin Moulding
Andy Rourke
Geddy Lee
Chris Squire
Glenn Hughes
Mick Karn
Marcus Miller
Skúli Sverrisson
Tim Lefebvre
and finally, the player who has struck me as having the best balance of monster chops, melodic taste and sheer visceral thump would be... Tony Levin

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