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If you had to be another bassist...

Discussion in 'Bassists [BG]' started by ark amps, Jul 27, 2009.

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  1. Jul 27, 2009 #1
    ark amps

    ark amps

    Jul 27, 2009
    Windsor Ontario
    designer/builder for Ark Amps
    Who would you be???

    Tough call but I may have to go with Paul McCartney, the guy can do it all (sing, guitar, keys etc.) with style and MELODY!!!!!!!!!!
     
  2. Jul 27, 2009 #2
    J. Crawford

    J. Crawford Supporting Member

    Feb 15, 2008
    PA
    I know it will be said a ton, but Victor Wooten.

    IMO, he is the epitome of the perfect bassist.
     
  3. Jul 27, 2009 #3
    ark amps

    ark amps

    Jul 27, 2009
    Windsor Ontario
    designer/builder for Ark Amps
    Understandable, but there is something about some players who don't usually "shred" that can lay down the sweetest/coolest lines that just stay with you you know???

    Sting and McCartney both have that gift:bassist:
     
  4. Jul 27, 2009 #4
    Steve!

    Steve!

    Nov 5, 2008
    Flea
     
  5. Jul 27, 2009 #5
    beezerjoe

    beezerjoe

    May 15, 2009
    Salinas Ca.
    Donald "Duck" Dunn when he backed up Otis Redding at Monterey Pop in '67. Great energy.
     
  6. Jul 27, 2009 #6
    southernrocker

    southernrocker Inactive

    Apr 4, 2009
    Geddy lee.
     
  7. Jul 27, 2009 #7
    JukeBoxHero

    JukeBoxHero

    May 21, 2009
    I don't know his work quite as well as I should, but I probably step in Jamerson's shoes.
     
  8. Jul 27, 2009 #8
    thirtypoint87

    thirtypoint87

    Feb 9, 2004
    Manager/Repairman: Music-Go-Round
    Joe Gittleman (the Bass Fiddleman) from Mighty Mighty Bosstones

    or Nathen Maxwell from Flogging Molly

    ....but I'd just want to be either of these guys for a night or two, so then I could go back to being a fan!
     
  9. Jul 27, 2009 #9
    Bass Mule

    Bass Mule

    Jul 20, 2002
    Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN
    The guy from No Doubt, but only while he was dating Gwen Stefani.
     
  10. Jul 27, 2009 #10
    Hans Gruber

    Hans Gruber

    Jun 18, 2003
    Pino Palladino by far. I love all kinds of music and he plays all those masterfully.

    Don't know anyone else who can be a neo-soul master, carry Jaco's fretless mantle, AND play for the Who.
     
  11. Jul 27, 2009 #11
    DoomandHeavy

    DoomandHeavy

    Dec 28, 2008
    Frozen Wastelands of Michigan
    Steve DiGiorgio without a doubt. Who else has played in Sadus, Death, and Iced Earth?
     
  12. Jul 28, 2009 #12
    TC2112

    TC2112

    Jan 4, 2009
    Parke County, Indiana
    Hands down, Jamerson. The best ever
     
  13. Jul 28, 2009 #13
    relbling

    relbling

    Jul 6, 2009
    Costa Mesa, CA
    +1 for Victor Wooten. Anyone who can handle the Flecktone's stuff is the best IMHO.
     
  14. Jul 28, 2009 #14
    Matt Dean

    Matt Dean Supporting Member

    Jan 2, 2007
    SF (North) Bay Area
    +1
     
  15. Jul 28, 2009 #15
    kski94

    kski94

    Mar 5, 2009
    Loves Park, Illinois
    Id be John Paul Jones... There's a bassist who REALLY does it all. Bass, piano, mandolin, drums, every other instrument ever invented.
     
  16. Jul 28, 2009 #16
    jefkritz

    jefkritz

    Oct 20, 2007
    iowa city, IA
    gene simmons

    :bag:

    [lots of gene simmonsing on here lately... not to mention i've kinda always wanted to use the 'guy hiding in the well' emoticon]
     
  17. Jul 28, 2009 #17
    Ezbass

    Ezbass

    Apr 3, 2008
    U.K.
    Pino or Roscoe Beck, in that order.
     
  18. Jul 28, 2009 #18
    bhass

    bhass

    Oct 21, 2008
    England, UK
    Pino or Roger Waters
     
  19. Jul 28, 2009 #19
    Muusers

    Muusers

    Jun 23, 2006
    the Netherlands, Amsterdam
    Jamerson or Rocco
     
  20. Jul 28, 2009 #20
    phatbass

    phatbass

    Apr 25, 2006
    Perth, WA, Australia
    Probably Jack Bruce. Or Ray Brown
     
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