One person who is famous for being a bass player and only a bass player is Bootsy Collins. Even non-musicians know who he is and what he does. To respond to the OP (18 yrs after the fact
) there is no indication he has ever even heard of Talkbass.
So true.
As far as I can tell, there are at least three or four famous bassists (as in recording artists with searchable discographies) who have and maybe still do frequent TB. I won’t name them...I’ll let them do that. One was the original bassist for Rival Sons. The other two or three are well known in the genres of pop, hip hop, and gospel. All have at some point or another played with and/or recorded for Destiny’s Child, Beyonce’, Lady Gaga, Mariah Carey, Fred Hammond, Kirk Franklin, and many other recording artists.
The reason I say two or three is that two of them I do not know personally, but I have seen them on TB. The 3rd is a Detroiter. I have spoken to him in general on a number of occasions (acquaintance as opposed to friend and confidante) and he has mentioned seeing stuff on TB, though I am not certain if he is a member.
