Bionic Bass Player

[GrooveWarrior]

Using the following criteria, build your perfect bass player. For fun, let's say you can only use each player once. Here goes:


Right Hand - Stanley Clarke (does anyone have a more powerful right hand?)
Left Hand - Victor Wooten
Melodic Sense - Richard Bona
Composition Skills - Jaco
Theory - John Patitucci
Creativity - Michael Manring
Groove - Christian McBride

 

[StanFan]

Right hand- Alex Webster
Left Hand- John Patitucci
Melodic Sense- Jaco
Compositional skills- Stanley Clarke
Creativity- Michael Manring
Groove- Tony Levin
Theory- tough one (Charlie Haden?)

 

[funkybassplayer]

Right hand- Victor Wooten OR Rocco Prestia
Left Hand- Brian Bromberg
Melodic Sense- Alain Caron
Compositional skills- Jaco
Creativity- Michael Manring
Groove- Meshell Ndegocello (sp?)
Theory- Jeff Berlin

 

[GrooveWarrior]

Left Hand- Brian Bromberg

You know, I'm glad somebody else said that. I love the guy. I know he gets slammed, especially on the DB side, but he just rips!!!

 

[lefty007]

Ah, this is too complicated.

I'll just take James Jamerson and Aston "Family Man" and put them together in one.

Bam! That's it.

 

[GrooveWarrior]

Ah, this is too complicated.

I'll just take James Jamerson and Aston "Family Man" and put them together in one.

Bam! That's it.

Fair Enough -- How did I not put Jamerson in my list.

 

[Drifta]

Ah, this is too complicated.

I'll just take James Jamerson and Aston "Family Man" and put them together in one.

Bam! That's it.

i'd have to throw in some robbie shakespear as well man... that would be a great combination.

 

[Baryonyx]

Right Hand -Stuart Hamm
Left Hand -Mark King
Melodic Sense -Jonas Hellborg
Composition Skills - Geddy Lee
Theory - Jonas Hellborg
Creativity - Victor Wooten
Groove - Bakithi Kumalo (Graceland...wow! )

 

[BassyBill]

Right Hand - Jeff Berlin
Left Hand - Percy Jones
Melodic Sense - Alphonso Johnson
Composition Skills - Jaco
Theory - John McLaughlin (okay, sue me)
Creativity - Jaco
Groove - Bernard Edwards

 

[KJung]

Right Hand - Tommy Kennedy
Left Hand - Tommy Kennedy
Melodic Sense - Jaco
Composition Skills - Jaco
Theory - Mike Pope/Patitucci
Creativity - Manring
Groove - Bernard Edwards (I wouldn't have come up with Barnard on my own, but after seeing his name, I thought... yeah, that would be it!)

 

[funkybassplayer]

You know, I'm glad somebody else said that. I love the guy. I know he gets slammed, especially on the DB side, but he just rips!!!

I love this guy. It was one of those "on a whim" iTunes purchases that i bought his Downright Upright album. Now i have Metal, Jaco, Downright Upright, and Wood. This guys tapping really makes me wanna practice.

 

[BillytheBassist]

I think "tone" should be added as a categorie....

 

[BellBottomBlues]

Right Hand - James Jamerson
Left Hand - Jonas Hellborg
Melodic Sense - John Entwistle
Composition Skills - John Paul Jones
Theory - Jeff Berlin
Creativity - Jack Bruce
Groove - Jack Cassidy

There, 7 awesome bassists whose names begin with the letter J.

 

[BillytheBassist]

Right Hand -Matt Garrison
Left Hand -Victor Wooten
Melodic Sense -Richard Bona
Composition Skills -Alain Caron
Theory -Jeff Berlin
Creativity -Michael Manring
Groove -Bobby Vega
Tone- Richard Bona

 

[Lammchop93]

Right Hand-John Entwisle
Left Hand-Cliff Burton
Melodic Sense-Robert Trujillo
Composition Skills-Flea
Theory-Geddy Lee
Creativity-Les Claypool
Grove-Fieldy
Tone-Steve Harris

 

[Lorenzini]

Right Hand - Richard Bona
Left Hand - Janek Gwizdala
Melodic Sense - Jeff Berlin
Composition Skills - John Patitucci
Theory - John Patitucci
Creativity - Everyone here
Groove - James Jamerson

 

[MoD_Scotty]

Right Hand - Alex Webster
Left Hand - Billy Sheehan
Melodic Sense - Jaco
Composition Skills - Geddy Lee
Theory - Stephan Fimmers (Necrophagist)
Creativity - Bill Laswell
Groove - Les Claypool

 

[Kalyptic]

Right Hand - Stanley Jordan ( im stealing him from guitar )
Left hand - Stu Hamm
Soul - Wooten
Groove - Claypool
Creativity - Manring
Harmonic Skill - Steve Bailey
Person to receive all these - ME~

 

[vision]

Right Hand - Tommy Kennedy
Left Hand - Anthony Jackson
Melodic Sense - Richard Bona
Composition Skills - Jaco
Theory - John Patitucci
Creativity - Victor Wooten
Groove - James Jamerson
Tone - Marcus Miller

 

[nasaldischarges]

Right Hand - Me
Left Hand - Me
Melodic Sense - Me
Composition Skills - Me
Theory - Me
Creativity - Me
Groove - Me
Tone - Me

oh man, you all wish you thought of it.






it should be obvious that i'm joking