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Great Modern Day Bassists (BESIDES FLEA)

#84
I fell in love with many bands before I even had interest in bass, & once I did, bassists that stood out for me:

John Myung- Dream Theater
Colin Edwin- Porcupine Tree

Others I followed:

Victor Wooten
Les Claypool
Michael Manring
& a bunch of others that I've skimmed threw, & I believe Flea is a good bassist, but way overrated & I believe that there are many better.
 
#86
ColeR91 said:
I fell in love with many bands before I even had interest in bass, & once I did, bassists that stood out for me:

John Myung- Dream Theater
Colin Edwin- Porcupine Tree

Others I followed:

Victor Wooten
Les Claypool
Michael Manring
& a bunch of others that I've skimmed threw, & I believe Flea is a good bassist, but way overrated & I believe that there are many better.
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Why is flea overrated?
 
#87
Personally I think Flea is sloppy & 1 dimensional ... but it works with the chilli peppers because they are sloppy & 1 dimensional..... & I actually like "some" of their stuff.

If I was making list of great bass players ..... Flea wouldn't even be on it.
 
#89
Interesting comment I guess. I think flea has some amazing finger dexterity, timing and a creative instinct for coming up with some funky material. He may not be "the best" but he is extremely talented you can't deny him that.

Anyways, I wanted to add George Porter into the mix from the meters. You can still consider him a modern day bassist since he still plays with the "funky meters" now :-)
 
#92
Other than Les Claypool (yeah, almost as cliche' as Flea, I know) the only other bassist that ever made me go "wow, that's pretty awesome" was Hiro Yamamoto. The original bassist from Soundgarden, especially on the UltramegaOK album.

Little Joe, however, and Hand of God from Screaming Life/Fopp were hella fun to play, even though the entire band sounded awful at that point.

Other than that, I like simplistic bass lines over super complicated ones. It's why I prefer groove metal over technical death metal. If it's too complicated to get stuck in my head, I might say "that guy has talent!" but I prefer a keep it simple, stupid! approach myself.

Such as Mortiis' playing on Beyond the Great Vast Forest on Emperor's Nightside Eclipse album. Very catchy, simple, and pretty unique so far as black metal bass lines go.

And for the record, Flea never really "did it" for me.
 
#98
What, exactly, makes Flea great?

I mean, I enjoy some RHCP from time to time and he definitely gets the job done, but I haven't heard anything from him that would cause me to rank him as a great among all the bassists I've heard.
 
#100
Jordasch said:
Victor Wooten
Hadrien Feraud
Marcus Miller
Janek Gwizdala
Justin Meldel Johnson
Pino Palladino
Ben Kenney

All except Ben could outplay Flea, IMO.
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+1 on Ben Kenney. I was an avid Incubus fan w/Dirk Lance because he really had a groove going on with that band. Nothing they have written since sounds as great (IMO). I do however realize that Ben Kenney is a great player and can also play a mean guitar. Check his website for a video he did of a song from his new release where he plays all the instruments realtime in video format. You have to see it to believe it. Check Youtube and search for Ben Kenney to find it. :bassist: I would also say that he is a great singer.....ok I'm done now! lol
 

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