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Overrated bass players
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Flea - I love him and all, and I owe much of what little skill I've got to him, but he is talked about VERY often, and sometimes feels like he's the only bassist that non-bassists consider good.
Mark Hoppus - What's the deal? I also love this guy and Blink 182 was awesome, but bass-wise, he's a simple punk bassist at best and a mediocre one at worst
Mark Hoppus - What's the deal? I also love this guy and Blink 182 was awesome, but bass-wise, he's a simple punk bassist at best and a mediocre one at worst
Billy Sheehan.
Most of all, Victor freakin' Wooten. Argh! Why don't you take a drill to my brain instead?
Most of all, Victor freakin' Wooten. Argh! Why don't you take a drill to my brain instead?
Wooten, Manring, Jaco, Pattituci, Sheehan, Flea, Claypool, Geddy, Marcus, Hamm.
Wait, what's this?
I hear that all of these players are now migrating over to the best players thread.
Talk about pointless banal crapola
Wait, what's this?
I hear that all of these players are now migrating over to the best players thread.
Talk about pointless banal crapola
Seriously, what's the point of a thread like this? Everyone has different tastes, so what sounds good to me might sound like arsenic to you.
PETE WENTZ!!! how the hell did he get the cover of Bass Guitar?
that guy, in his own words, sucks!!!
that guy, in his own words, sucks!!!
I dont know how anyone can say that Victor Wooten is overrated, he's an awesome bass player, one of the guys who's transformed slap bass and took it to the next level. Theres obviously more elements to playing bass than just slap, but to for someone to completely set a new standard and bring out new bass techniques, i dont know how they could be considered overrated
I've been saying that since thread has started... Yet it keeps growing, which says a great deal about some people on this forum...
...the Youtube soloists... i hope they play as well in a band... some have really BIG ego's...
oh and people like Vic Wooten aren't overrated...he's musically AND technically great.
oh and people like Vic Wooten aren't overrated...he's musically AND technically great.
I came across an old Bass Player mag from like year 2000, and Sam Rivers of Limp Bizkit was on the cover. Anyone thought he was overrated? Limp Bizkit was nothing to write home about, and neither was his bass playing.
Underrated, if anything. Apart from "Take a look around", have you heard any of their songs? He's very creative in my eyes.
And you're saying he's overrated because he appears on one bassmag cover? Don't be ridiculous. When was the last time someone gave him credit here on TB?
Took some guts to be the first to put that forth!!!
While the Beatles were my generation and a HUGE impact on me as a band, I can't say that I ever looked to Sir Paul for bassmanship inpiration.
But to give him some credit, he was more solid when they were doing early live sets like in Germany.
When I think of Paul, I think of the Beatles, I think of music craftsmanship and innovation, when I think of bass I think of "PUNK MEETS THE GODFATHER" or "TALES OF BRAVE ULYSSES" (live)
It would be nice if anyone had anything concrete to say. But alas, what can I expect. I guess I'm the only one that realizes that "good" isn't something that is set in stone, so there is no way of knowing whether or not a player is as "good" as people say. I guess the "best" player is the person who the most people like if you think about it that way. Which would mean basically all the people on this thread are the best, because generally, they are the most popular.
Except Fieldy, he's not actually overrated, because no one likes him cause he sucks.
Except Fieldy, he's not actually overrated, because no one likes him cause he sucks.
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