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Best Female Bassists - Top 25


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1 hour ago, Ricky 4000 said:

After watching that 11 or 12 times, I plugged in my speakers and realised what she's playing isn't a bass! 😁

I made the mistake of leaving the sound on. She got less than a minute and a half of my attention, despite her 'attributes', but then again, I'm old. :|

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32 minutes ago, Dad3353 said:

I made the mistake of leaving the sound on. She got less than a minute and a half of my attention, despite her 'attributes', but then again, I'm old. :|

Hrm, yeah... one of those odd recordings that sounds better with the speakers OFF. Must be strange acoustics or harmonics or summat. :scratch_one-s_head:

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7 hours ago, Dad3353 said:

I made the mistake of leaving the sound on. She got less than a minute and a half of my attention, despite her 'attributes', but then again, I'm old. :|

Certainly didn't get that far. Disappointing but I guess she will have orders of magnitude more followers and views than people who could actually play something.

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On 01/01/2019 at 12:42, Dad3353 said:

From the same source, here's their list of top bass players ...

50. Kim Gordon 
49. Leland Sklar 
48. Mike Rutherford 
47. Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn 
46. JJ Burnel 
45. Bill Wyman 
44. Nathan East 
43. Louis Johnson 
42. Roger Glover 
41. Berry Oakley 
40. Ray Brown 
39. Verdine White 
38. Sting 
37. Willie Dixon 
36. Tina Weymouth 
35. Carol Kaye 
34. Bernard Edwards 
33. John Deacon 
32. Marcus Miller 
31. Phil Lesh 
30. Simon Gallup 
29. Duff McKagan 
28. Carl Radle 
27. Pino Palladino 
26. Larry Graham Jr 
25. Mark King 
24. Aston ‘Family Man’ Barrett 
23. Tony Levin 
22. Billy Sheehan 
21. Chris Wolstenholme 
20. Lemmy 
19. James Jamerson 
18. Bootsy Collins 
17. Stanley Clarke 
16. Chris Squire 
15. Charles Mingus 
14. Phil Lynott 
13. Roger Waters 
12. Jaco Pastorius 
11. Geezer Butler

... and top drummers, for good measure ...

50. Jeff Porcaro
49. Gene Krupa
48. Steve Smith
47. Hal Blaine
46. Max Roach
45. Topper Headon
44. Steve Gadd
43. Art Blakey
42. Benny Banjamin
41. Travis Barker
40. Nicko McBain
39. Alan White
38. Simon Phillips
37. Billy Cobham
36. Josh Freese
35. Vinnie Paul
34. Chad Smith
33. Cozy Powell
32. Vinnie Colaiuta
31. Charlie Watts
30. ?uestlove
29. Ansley Dunbar
28. Janet Weiss
27. Carmine Appice
26. Clyde Stubblefield
25. Matt Cemeron
24. Michael Shrieve
23. Bill Ward
22. Roger Taylor
21. Sheila E
20. Lars Ulrich
19. Tommy Aldridge
18. Mike Portnoy
17. Alex Van Halen
16. Ian Paice
15. Bill Bruford
14. Carl Palmer
13. Mitch Mitchell
12. Phil Collins
11. Ringo Starr
10. Terry Bozzio

One could argue the relative positions, and/or exclusions, but the ladies are present, and not simply as 'tokens'. What's the fuss..?

who are the top 10 bassists and top 9 drummers?

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24 minutes ago, SH73 said:

who are the top 10 bassists and top 9 drummers?

For the purposes of this topic, it matters very little, and I didn't take the trouble of remembering 'em. No ladies in there, though. There could have been, but just weren't. Sorry, can't help any further. :|

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13 minutes ago, Silvia Bluejay said:

I'm bored to death of this topic and this thread, and yet it keeps coming back like the proverbial. I wonder if we can lock threads because they're pointless and irritating? 9_9

Come on Silvia you must know how it works by now, mention cyclists or Brexit and it will be locked within a page or less. :secret:

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7 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

Wouldn't have much of a forum :D

 

LOL, point taken. But I hope this thread won't continue to feature videos of 'cleavages' or 'legs' playing bass or guitar - you know, not for us to ogle, oh no, just to show what poor musicians the women in question are, but LOOK AT THEIR ASSETS, they'll get a lot of views, WON'T THEY? 😉

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58 minutes ago, SH73 said:

Sorry for bragging but do they play fretless or fretted, flat or round.

I wondered if Steve Harris is in top 10 @Dad3353 , hence the question 😋

OK, you win. Here's the links...

50 Greatest Bass Players ...

50 Best Drummers ...

That same source has (I didn't count...) dozens and dozens of lists of all sorts, if you've a fortnight or so to spare, without eating. 'Fill yer boots' is, I think, the modern idiomatic expression..? 9_9

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34 minutes ago, Dad3353 said:

OK, you win. Here's the links...

50 Greatest Bass Players ...

50 Best Drummers ...

That same source has (I didn't count...) dozens and dozens of lists of all sorts, if you've a fortnight or so to spare, without eating. 'Fill yer boots' is, I think, the modern idiomatic expression..? 9_9

these surveys always end with being mostly based on popularity. 

Dave Grohl number 9 for example?:laugh1: I'll steal this:

1 hour ago, Woodinblack said:

He wasn't even the best drummer in Nirvana

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"So could we ask that members refrain from posting topics on anything to do with politics, sexism or religion?"

Right.
The other day I was out delivering UKIP leaflets when I saw a woman vicar on a bike, and she had a fabulous set of knockers.

Will that do?

 

 

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7 minutes ago, Rich said:

"So could we ask that members refrain from posting topics on anything to do with politics, sexism or religion?"

Right.
The other day I was out delivering UKIP leaflets when I saw a woman vicar on a bike, and she had a fabulous set of knockers.

Will that do?

 

 

I bet there's a list somewhere of the top 50 female vicars....

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4 hours ago, Silvia Bluejay said:

LOL, point taken. But I hope this thread won't continue to feature videos of 'cleavages' or 'legs' playing bass or guitar - you know, not for us to ogle, oh no, just to show what poor musicians the women in question are, but LOOK AT THEIR ASSETS, they'll get a lot of views, WON'T THEY? 😉

How about videos of female bass players who just happen to be hott and really good?

Like Kinga Głyk?

She's a proper touring musician, that usually plays jazz💤 😁

 

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