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11-08-2006, 04:15 AM
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imo, victor wooten and sid vicious dont belong here...
heres my list:
ryan martinie
flea
rob trujillo
cliff burton
tetsu of 'larc en ciel
chris of muse
billy sheehan |
11-08-2006, 05:03 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New York | | | how does vic not belong here? he's great live. i thing oteil bubridge and richard bona are both great to watch as well.
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11-08-2006, 05:13 AM
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Originally Posted by gkbass13 how does vic not belong here? he's great live. i thing oteil bubridge and richard bona are both great to watch as well. | i dont know, maybe i havent seen enough of wooten. from most clips he just stands there and do his stuff moving abit to the music and do his bass swing aroundhis neck thing once in awhile. but nowhere as crazy as flea etc |
11-08-2006, 05:31 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New York | | | i guess i dont deffine pogo bouncing and jumping around to necessarily be stage presence. im not one of those vic obsessed guys, btu i have seen him 3 times and think he is great to watch as a performer. he even wrote an article for bassplayer mag in the late 90's about stage presence and the importance of it for you and the audience.
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11-08-2006, 05:32 AM
| | | | guess u can put him in the list eh, cos yea ppl r dancing when hes playin so he must be doing somethin right |
11-08-2006, 05:43 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Land of Lakland | | | Jack Casady
Getty Lee
GM |
11-08-2006, 08:02 AM
|  | Deteriorating faster than I can lower my standards | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Frederick MD USA | | | Verdine White
Scott Thunes |
11-08-2006, 08:43 AM
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Builder and Owner: DJ Ash Guitars | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Dallas, north Texas | | | Verdine White is the king. |
11-08-2006, 08:46 AM
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Will Lee
Great player.
And a good dancer for a white dude. |
11-08-2006, 09:12 AM
| | | | I've never seen Victor Wooten live but he has got some insane chops. His technique is really smooth and flowing. Flea definately needs to be mentioned in this thread. I just saw him live Sunday and I got a serious reality check of how good he is. Don't let some of his simple riffs he plays in the Chilli Pepper's songs fool you; this cat can play! |
11-08-2006, 10:01 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Ithaca, NY | | | +1 for Jack Casady. My votes go to Phil Lesh (for his interaction with the other players on stage and his speech at the end of every show), Stanley Clarke (for the sheer impressiveness of his talent and his interaction with the audience) and Jaco (for the rubber band face, the back-flips, the bass-whippings and of course the talent).
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11-08-2006, 10:07 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Kent, England | | | les claypool. has alot of both
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11-08-2006, 10:09 AM
| | gone to Longstanton Spice Museum | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: UK | | apart from me.... 
Scott Thunes!!!!!
I refer you to the Zappa video "Does Humor Belong In Music"
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11-08-2006, 10:11 AM
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Originally Posted by BrandonBass i dont know, maybe i havent seen enough of wooten. from most clips he just stands there and do his stuff moving abit to the music and do his bass swing aroundhis neck thing once in awhile. but nowhere as crazy as flea etc | Yeah. Because jumping around looking like a douche is great
In fact, with the inclusion of the word "chops" there, in my estimation that disqualifies Flea from this thread...
But guys with chops and stage presence?
Jonas Hellborg
Stanley Clarke
Mark King
Victor Wooten
Jaco Pastorius
Billy Sheehan
Bill Dickens
Geddy Lee
Stuart Hamm
Dave LaRue
Kai Eckhardt
And so on... |
11-08-2006, 10:19 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Rochester, NY | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Scott in Dallas Verdine White is the king. | +100
If you ever watch Verdine play, you'll notice that his dance moves are as funky fresh ad his bass lines. What a performer! I try to emulate him in my disco band. Verdine is King. |
11-08-2006, 10:29 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Bos, MA | | actually, i like it when bass players just stay back and do their thing.
for example:
mcvie
JPJ
entwistle (RIP  )
but as far as both: GEDDY!
and as previously mentioned, verdine white is such a weirdo - i love it!
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11-08-2006, 11:01 AM
| | | | i forgot cliff burton |
11-08-2006, 11:10 AM
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Yeah. Because jumping around looking like a douche is great
In fact, with the inclusion of the word "chops" there, in my estimation that disqualifies Flea from this thread...
But guys with chops and stage presence?
Jonas Hellborg
Stanley Clarke
Mark King
Victor Wooten
Jaco Pastorius
Billy Sheehan
Bill Dickens
Geddy Lee
Stuart Hamm
Dave LaRue
Kai Eckhardt
And so on...
| Wow... you must be one of those boring type of guys  but I must admit that you listed some technically very good players  I love Jonas Hellborgs playing.
But back to topic: Justin chancellor |
11-08-2006, 11:18 AM
|  | Now a major motion picture | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Hudson Valley, NY | | | Fishbone's Norwood Fisher. He's a sick, sick player, and he really brings the showmanship. The only reason why you wouldn't spend the whole show looking at him is that the rest of Fishbone is also incredibly entertaining (Angelo boxing with a Theremin? Get out!). |
11-08-2006, 02:07 PM
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Originally Posted by BrandonBass i dont know, maybe i havent seen enough of wooten. from most clips he just stands there and do his stuff moving abit to the music and do his bass swing aroundhis neck thing once in awhile. but nowhere as crazy as flea etc | You can only put up bassist you've actually "seen" live. Seeing live clips does equate as seeing live. That's just my humble opinion. Victor is AMAZING and MIND BOGGLING live. You have to witness it. Looking at him on youtube or on a DVD is not nearly the same experience. 
My vote goes to:
Victor Wooten
Flea
Les Claypool
Michael Gordon
Trujillo
George Porter
Aston "Family Man" Barrett
Erol "Flabba" Holt
Robbie Shakespeare
Phil Lesh
The dude that played with Jamiroquai when I saw them
Mike Watt
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