Best bassists of all time

nickers

Some of My favorites are Gary Willis (Tribal Tech, Glenn Hughes, James Jamerson

(did like 90%) of all the great mowtown hits you ever heard. Anthony Jackson and Jaco Pastorius.

Westside Steve

I'm going to have to look up this Glenn Hughes guy

WSS

nickers

@westside-steve said:

I'm going to have to look up this Glenn Hughes guy

WSS

Glenn Hughes just had great meter. knew how to push the songs. He's more known for his bluesy style of singing.. And he's played and sang with just about every hot shit guitarist you can think of... Undervalued artist IMO for his Genre.

Axe

Hughes is more known for vocals. He wouldn't make my top 20 of bassists. He wouldn't make my top 5 of Bonamassa bassists.

Eric Czar would tho..

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Browns149

Cliff Burton was really good before he passed away.

Flea is also really good

I also like Steve Harris from Iron Maiden

nickers

@axe said:

Hughes is more known for vocals. He wouldn't make my top 20 of bassists. He wouldn't make my top 5 of Bonamassa bassists.

Eric Czar would tho..

If you don't own this dvd, why not!!??

I believe were in agreement but Glenn Hughes isnt a complete slouch you make him out to be... While not technically gifted like a Geddy Lee or John Myung.. id put him in a class like T-bone Wolk. A guy who knows how to push the song. have solid meter and groove. I'm also not a huge Joe Bonamassa fan.. good artist.. but vastly overrated as a guitarist.. Good player.. not near the level of of say Danny Gatton or Greg Koch., or the untouchable Allan Holdsworth..

Axe

Don't get me wrong, I'm not calling Hughes a slouch. He's had a great career! He just wouldn't make my top 20 list of Bass players.

One Post

I love Flea. Ya he's on everyone's list but I love him he's the reason I listen to the peppers. Can't believe Californication is 18 yrs old already. I like "get on top" and " I like dirt" the best on that album.

Tudeski

D.D Verni, Les Claypool, Dave Ellefson, Danny Lilker, Geddy Lee or Cliff Burton.

So hard to seperate this bunch for me.

nickers

One Post From the Truth said:
I love Flea. Ya he's on everyone's list but I love him he's the reason I listen to the peppers. Can't believe Californication is 18 yrs old already. I like "get on top" and " I like dirt" the best on that album.

Without Flea and Chad Smith.. they would suck.

Axe

@westside-steve said:

I'm going to have to look up this Glenn Hughes guy

WSS

His claim to fame largely is his stint with Deep Purple.. He preceded Coverdale I believe... The Hughes/Thrall cd was pretty good in it's time. It just never got promoted and they both admit they only did a hand full of tour dates because they were too fucked up to handle it.

Bob806

Geezer Butler.

JPPT1974

The guy from the Doors is Robby Krieger!

Westside Steve

@jppt1974 said:
The guy from the Doors is Robby Krieger!

Actually he was the guitar player. Ray Manzarek played bass on a fender piano Bass.

WSS

The Gipper

@westside-steve said:

Actually he was the guitar player. Ray Manzarek played bass on a fender piano Bass.

WSS

I thought Manzarek was the keyboard guy.

Westside Steve

@the-gipper said:
I thought Manzarek was the keyboard guy.

That's right gipper. With his left hand he played the fender piano Bass. Which is like a two octave keyboard an octave down.

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Westside Steve

The Gipper

@westside-steve said:

Why did you need Bob Martin then?