Baraka_Guru

Burton, man. Fuck, yeah. The only thing that could stop that guy was a fucking bus.

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Plan9

Baraka... you listen to Metallica?

Hell, I thought you were all... harpsichord and shit.

I think Anesthesia / Pulling Teeth is the best bass solo ever.

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Baraka_Guru

Dude, you have no idea. Metallica was the first music I ever took "seriously" and was the inspiration behind my learning to play guitar. It was in 1991 with the self-titled album. I listened to it over and over, thinking "this is the shit." Little did I know that Metallica was actually shit compared to their previous albums.

So, in answer to your question, sir, I do say: I think Master of Puppets is a tour de force, and ...And Justice for All is their masterpiece. It went downhill from there.

Although I fully respect Burton's work, I must say I'm more of a Hammettite--learning guitar and all, how can one not look at the shit he played and say: "I want to fucking do that"?

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ogra

Some heroes have been mentioned but one of my all time favourites is Mani of the Stone Roses and Primal Scream.
Second Coming has amazing bass runs, easily as intricate as the guitar playing on that album. Also, Primal Screams "Exterminator" was actually built around his bass-lines. Still one of my favourite albums.

divagrrrl

Mick Grondahl, formerly of Jeff Buckley's band, is my absolute all-time favorite bass player.

Luke Cage

Cliff burton

John Entwistle

Larry Graham

Jack Bruce

Geddy Lee

Les Claypool

Bootsy Collins

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squeeeb

Nikki Sixx from motley crue is the most technically proficient and original bass player ever !!!

just kidding.

billy sheehan.

i saw him when he was in talas, they opened up for yngwie malmsteen, i had no idea who he was and only cared about guitar, any idiot could play bass, it only had 4 strings and you didn't do anything with them.

he blew me away, i'll never forget it. i saw him years later when he and steve vai played for david lee roth and he still blew me away.

you know that solo cliff burton plays on "kill em all" ? as awesome as that is, billy sheehan did shit i have never heard of or seen before or since, and made that solo look like crap.

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thebeat

I gotta go with flea.

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Zodijackyl

My favorite bassist, his style is amazing, and his skill is top notch. Very few bassists have brought what he could to the style of music and given prominence to an instrument usually overlooked and hardly heard in the mix.
A few of my other favorites include Roger Patterson of Atheist (RIP), Cliff Burton (RIP), and Necrobutcher of Mayhem (interesting style and played exceptionally well for the genre).

zerosk8

any love for John Paul Jones or Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu???

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belezabaub

Ogra and Afterglow are bang on the money. Mani is a fucking spectactular bass player. I think in terms of bass riffs, 'I wanna be adored' by The Stone Roses, is high up there not the most difficult to play but perfect in everyway.
I like Kim Deal too, Pixies are such a good band, she is a very talented lady.

j8ear

I've always found the sounds that Brian Ritchie of The Violent Femmes was able to make with his Bass to be incredible...and he seems to be the only bassist in the world not yet mentioned in this thread

Naturally as a Canadian I am partial to Geddy Lee, and as a DMB hippie I am quite fond of Victor Wooten as well. Has anyone ever heard Victor's harmonic only version of Amazing Grace? It sounds just like the tune but I think you need to understand just what stringed instrument harmonics are to really appreciate the genious.

Also for what it's worth, I've always thought flea was quite special. Especially after the video where they show him plucking away at high tension electrical lines....that was freaking neat!!!!

-bear

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allaboutmusic

You said it man. Also to add Nathan East and Anthony Jackson... I've met Abraham and Anthony and they were both kind, generous men.

Another jazz wizard, sadly departed, was NHOP:

basspervert

[QUOTE=j8ear]..... and as a DMB hippie I am quite fond of Victor Wooten as well.

As for DMB the bass player is Stefan Lessard. This guy was blowing the doors off the hinges with DMB at the ripe young age of 16. He's already a monster and hasn't even reached his prime. Keep a eye on him.

Tophat665

I can get behind this. Love Spreads is like a wall of sound covered by a tapestry of sound with little sound pictures and sconces hung all over it. The bass work on that and Breakin' into heaven is astoundingly good, but gets lost in part because everything works together so perfectly that it's hard to pick out the excellence of any one part, so you throw up your hands, throw back your head and scream, "This Shit ROCKS," and then it's over and the next stunt bassist that comes along impresses the Stone roses right out of mind.

Actually, based on the replies I got on Barry Oakley, I would have to put this bassist, whoever he is, in that class.

Bought my acoustic from his dad in C'Ville.

Still think Boyd is what makes DMB, and I still liked his band better than Dave's, but that's 20 year old college town history these days. (Grumble, gripe, kids today and the noise they listen to and pull your goddam pants up already)

Seeing Stefan up on stage at Trax, all of 16 years old, back in about 91 or 92 (could have been later. I was drunk for most of the early 90s) was pretty amazing. Good times.

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j8ear

I know that victor isn't bass player for DMB....but...the Flecktones, Tim Reynolds, and others have collaborated alot with Dave and his gang and that is how I became familiar with him/them.

Don't even get me started on Victor's brother Futch, holy smokes what a genius/nutcase!

-bear

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ottopilot

Victor and Jaco were my hero's until I caught a set with the Country Bears.
Their bassist Little ol' Tennessee was flawless. His articulation and tone was amazing.

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blahblah454

Matt Freeman anyone? (bass player for rancid)
Victor is amazing, and yes his brother is a nut job!!
Stu Hamm
Cliff Burton
Billy Sheehan
Flea
Les Claypool

I know I am missing lots, but these ones are great.