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Everyone focusses on rhythm! And rightly so, too!
Few of us seem to consider guitar/bass interplay.

I personally like the way some "String Sections" manage to avoid stepping on each others' toes, as it were.
To wit;

Dave Navarro / Eric Avery (Jane's Addiction)
John Frusciante / Flea (RHCP)
Andy Summers / Sting (The Police)
Larry Lalonde / Les Claypool (Primus)
Gary Sanford / Graham Maby (Joe Jackson)

Note that I didn't include Navarro / Flea RHCP combo. They are both super in their own right, but fell all over each other on the "One Hot Minute" album.

C'mon!
Gimme some more!

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[quote name='Lfalex v1.1' post='328161' date='Nov 13 2008, 09:43 AM']Everyone focusses on rhythm! And rightly so, too!
Few of us seem to consider guitar/bass interplay.

I personally like the way some "String Sections" manage to avoid stepping on each others' toes, as it were.
To wit;

Dave Navarro / Eric Avery (Jane's Addiction)
John Frusciante / Flea (RHCP)
Andy Summers / Sting (The Police)
Larry Lalonde / Les Claypool (Primus)
Gary Sanford / Graham Maby (Joe Jackson)

Note that I didn't include Navarro / Flea RHCP combo. They are both super in their own right, but fell all over each other on the "One Hot Minute" album.

C'mon!
Gimme some more![/quote]

Wilco Johnson and...who was the bass player in Dr Feelgood?
Steve Cropper and Duck Dunn
Pete and John!

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Wayne and Jimmy Johnson (no relation) in the Wayne Johnson Trio.

Allan Holdsworth and Jeff Berlin on 'Road Games' - the last decent thing JB did.

John Scofield and Steve Swallow - play with the same guitarist for 30 years and see how good it sounds!

Pat Metheny and Steve Rodby - Rodby is Metheny's nearly silent partner. His reticence is a perfect foil for the guitarist.

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Justin Chancellor & Adam Jones - The interplay between these two is amazing. I love listening to them twist and morph riffs from one section to the next.

Tim Commerford and Tom Morello - In total unison during their riff-tastic moments and each compliments the other's playing so well when they're both off doing their own thing.

+1 for John Frusciante/ Flea and Dave Navarro/Eric Avery.

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[quote name='bremen' post='328172' date='Nov 13 2008, 09:53 AM']Steve Cropper and Duck Dunn[/quote]
[quote name='wateroftyne' post='328187' date='Nov 13 2008, 10:13 AM']Cropper and Dunn.[/quote]

YES!

[quote name='rayfw' post='328186' date='Nov 13 2008, 10:13 AM']Nile Rodgers and Nard.[/quote]

YES!

I'd add Bootsy/Catfish as well.

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Vai and Sheehan in the David Lee Roth days ( although not in Vai's solo band where it just didn't work for me)

Joe Pass and Niels Henning Orsted Pederson or Ray Brown

Jimmy Johnson and Allan Holdsworth

Any Iron Maiden line up

Cliff Burton and James Hetfield

All the Motown and Stax variations :)

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[quote name='Alun' post='328417' date='Nov 13 2008, 04:14 PM']Vai and Sheehan in the David Lee Roth days ( although not in Vai's solo band where it just didn't work for me)[/quote]
Eddie VH & Michael Anthony. Don't know how it works with that 12-year-old VH relative playing though.

Ralph Spight & Larry Boothroyd of Victim's Family. They are f***ing brilliant.

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