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11-15-2005, 11:21 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Metro St. Louis | | | What Bassmaker is the Best Player?
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I know Skjold has killer chops because I've heard a sample of his playing. Of course, Scott Ambush is a monster player also. What other bassmaker is a great player too? |
11-15-2005, 11:40 AM
|  | Bassist: Educator/Soloist/Performer
Sales Rep: Benavente Guitars - Endorser: SIT strings, & Epifani Moderator | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Atlanta/Lexington | | | Scott Ambush kicks a bunch of arse on both bass playing and bass building!!!
Albey from A Basses is a very good and solid bassist!
Joe Compito (RIP) was a great bassist as well as a great builder. |
11-15-2005, 11:52 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: LOS ANGELES, CA | | With his 33" 5 string, Carey Nordstrand can play Slash's opening guitar riff from "Sweet Child O' Mine". For shizzle.......  |
11-15-2005, 12:15 PM
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Clincian: EA, Zon, Boomerang, TI. Author "The Art of Solo Bass" | | | | | Ken Lawrence is a great player |
11-15-2005, 06:10 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Yucaipa, CA | | Dangit Jay, I was waiting for NAMM to show off that lick. Now no one will be surprised...  |
11-15-2005, 08:00 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Kohlman Bassworks | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Hampton Roads, Virginia | | I gotta go with Scott Ambush on this one!  
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11-15-2005, 08:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Washington, DC / Ithaca, NY | | | Man, i love everything about the looks of those basses except for the 2 over 3 headstocks. That spalt is KILLER! |
11-15-2005, 08:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Austin,Tx | | | Ken Lawrence is an awesome bass player,
Greg Yancey is really good as well. |
11-15-2005, 08:45 PM
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Clincian: EA, Zon, Boomerang, TI. Author "The Art of Solo Bass" | | | | | I think that Ken Lawrence has to win for the best luthier who also is the best bassist |
11-15-2005, 09:32 PM
| | Bassist: Educator/Soloist/Performer
Sales Rep: Benavente Guitars - Endorser: SIT strings, & Epifani Moderator | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Atlanta/Lexington | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Mike Dimin I think that Ken Lawrence has to win for the best luthier who also is the best bassist | are there any sound clips? |
11-15-2005, 09:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Metro St. Louis | | | Scott Ambush may not be the best, but he sure is the funkiest! I like that little clip on his website. His basses sound interesting to me because I like composite necks. He needs more and clearer pictures on his website. |
11-15-2005, 10:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NYC & Vancouver, BC | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by j-raj
Albey from A Basses is a very good and solid bassist!
| What happened to A Basses?
Albey was a fricken' monster! |
11-15-2005, 11:31 PM
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Sales Rep: Benavente Guitars - Endorser: SIT strings, & Epifani Moderator | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Atlanta/Lexington | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by marcusalan What happened to A Basses?
Albey was a fricken' monster! | only thing that I heard was that he went back to playing more gigs and less time building. |
11-15-2005, 11:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: London UK | | | Ken Smith
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11-16-2005, 05:57 AM
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Originally Posted by marcusalan What happened to A Basses?
Albey was a fricken' monster! |
Ya, Albey did go back to full time playing.
Very cool , EUB player.
Nice guy. |
11-16-2005, 06:07 AM
|  | Unprofessional TalkBass Contributor | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Brighton, England, UK, Europe | | Ken Smith plays DB in Orchestras - that gets my respect!! 
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11-16-2005, 06:46 AM
| | | | Ken Smith is a Monster Player... |
11-19-2005, 06:52 PM
|  | C'mon man! | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Hawaii | | I still have my Music Minus One records Ken Smith put out when he was pretty young.....a smokin' player. 
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05-18-2006, 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Don Zebrauskas Ken Smith is a Monster Player... | +1 |
05-18-2006, 11:01 AM
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Wouldn't you like to know?! | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Atlanta | | | Eshenbaugh is a monster player as well.
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