All great players but you have to credit Jamerson's innovation at a time when there weren't so many other shoulders (like his today) to stand on.
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Greatest Precision Player?
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All great players but you have to credit Jamerson's innovation at a time when there weren't so many other shoulders (like his today) to stand on.
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VIP's, Bob Daisley, John Deacon, Roger Waters and Mars Cowling (Pat Travers Go for what you know) ...now that is some P-Bass!
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No, Harris couldn't. And even if he could learn to memorize and copy the notes that Jamerson already wrote for him, he could never do what Jamerson did or ever play like him on his own. Get what I mean?
Yeah, it started as a joke thread. Originally it started with only two options: Harris and Carrots. People got right into it and wanted more options so I added more.
We've been over this! It's Sid Vicious!
It certainly wasn’t a car that I was looking at, I was too young and broke. Most likely a second hand bass...
Truly respect Pino, 'arris, Vega, Bob Babbit, Carol Kaye, Duck Dunn, John Deacon, Sting, Bruce Thomas, Dee Murray, Colin Moulding, Pete Farnden, Andy Rourke, George Porter Jr., Richard Cousins, and the many other bass players that used a Precision bass at some point in their careers.
But to me, Jamerson was just incredible using the Hook with the Funk Machine.
But to me, Jamerson was just incredible using the Hook with the Funk Machine.
All on the list are great of course. I chose Pino because of the variety of styles and artists of which he has worked. NIN. Mayer. Paul Young. The list is almost endless.
I'm sorry if this comes of rude but is this really a competition. Jamerson is quite a lot better than the others. Sure it's subjective but if you actually consider how many successful records he's on, rhythmic complexity, melodic development of motifs, how influential his playing is ( he's one of Paul's main bass influences and look how far that influence went). It's really no contest.
Sure I like Pino but even he would say Jamerson.
Now if there was a poll asking who the greatest J Bass player was. Then that's far less of a one horse race.
Sure I like Pino but even he would say Jamerson.
Now if there was a poll asking who the greatest J Bass player was. Then that's far less of a one horse race.
IMO Jamerson was foundational to the Motown sound. I read somewhere that he had to buy a ticket to attend Motown 25. What a shame... One of my favorite bass lines is I Want You Back by the Jackson Five. I thought it was a Jamerson classic. But it was actually saxophonist Wilton Felder(R.I.P.) from the Crusaders who laid down the track.
Jameson was a musical genius who pretty much redefined the role of the electric bass, while coming up with some the most beautiful, simple sounding yet complex bass lines full of chromaticisms and syncopations. Everyone on that list is a great player (even the ones whose music I can’t stand) but Jameson’s basslines are like the Ten Commandments for the guy standing next to the drummer.
