Read this.

[JMX]

It's just a "much ado about nothing" article.

Heck, it even closes with this:

"But the bass won't disappear. There's too much going for it for it to disappear. It's a great instrument. I don't think we need to panic. It won't go away because of a few bands."

 

[Sonorous]

this has been posted before. just fyi.

Oh, I'm sorry.

 

[Toasted]

so you should be zultan¬!

 

[Sonorous]

Hey atleast Johnny Ramone got his recognition with his number 16 spot

They did put Jimmy Page in the top ten (#9) so there is atleast that which I agree with...

I looked through that on one occasion. I was at a coffee shop waiting for my italian cream soda. All I remeber was that it was a bunch of crap and that Jimi was #1. Can anyone tell me where SRV, Al DiMeola, and Jeff Beck placed?

 

[Sonorous]

so you should be Sonorous¬!

Fixed it for you.

 

[Nick man]

Zultan!

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Sleater Kinney are two bands that rock it pretty hard without bassist.

Not every band has to have every instrument to be complete.

 

[Ba Gua Tiger]

I looked through that on one occasion. I was at a coffee shop waiting for my italian cream soda. All I remeber was that it was a bunch of crap and that Jimi was #1. Can anyone tell me where SRV, Al DiMeola, and Jeff Beck placed?

I have the magazine handy (I happened to remember where I left.) SRV=7 DiMeola=didn't find on the list Beck=14

 

[Sonorous]

I have the magazine handy (I happened to remember where I left.) SRV=7 DiMeola=didn't find on the list Beck=14

Outrageous.

Thank you.

 

[jenderfazz]

Steve Vai wasn't on the list, and I don't think Satriani was either (though I could be wrong). John Petrucci was nowhere to be found. The greatest guitarist thing was just popularity and less about actual musicianship. People like Petrucci who have guitar clinics and instructional videos are beat out by Jack White and his... whatever he has. But I digress.

The bass was supposed to die in the 80s when keyboards replaced them. Didn't happen.

 

[Dan Molina]

The bass was supposed to die in the 80s when keyboards replaced them. Didn't happen.

Yeah, thanks to Nikki Sixx.

 

[ironmaidenisgod]

Yeah, thanks to Nikki Sixx.

Go Motley Crue!!!!!!!!

 

[Mike Flynn]

Absolute ****e - and very lazy, unimaginative journalism - this sort of story just annoys crap out of me - as both a bassist and a journalist. I have a better story:

<b>"Local Reporter Beaten to a Pulp With Exotic Wood Custom Made Bass Guitar"</b>

 

[Frank Martin]

The White Stripes heh

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs who the f are they?

And most of the others they listed suck anyway, and they are just a trend, temporarily hip then tomorrow they will be replaced by another trend.

Anyway, i see a new trend coming and it INVOLVES bass, but not necessarily guitar heheeh
a lot of movies and tv ads have a bass in the background - and no guitars!
New type of bands emerging with bassists - even DB, and meanwhile no guitars

 

[Frank Martin]

Absolute ****e - and very lazy, unimaginative journalism - this sort of story just annoys crap out of me - as both a bassist and a journalist. I have a better story:

<b>"Local Reporter Beaten to a Pulp With Exotic Wood Custom Made Bass Guitar"</b>

Read it till the end - then it says these are just temporary trends, bass has its role and is here to stay.

 

[Mudfuzz]

Read it till the end - then it says these are just temporary trends, bass has its role and is here to stay.

Then what's the point of the thing, I've said before the whole thing is lame, and pointless; just some one trying to sound hip.

Hec-hem........... nothing is hip, get a hammer .

 

[paniak17]

if RS ever did a top 100 bassist theyd probably just take a popular band and say he was the best...ex. mark hoppus....those bastards only look at popularity...

 

[bryan bailey]

....those bastards only look at popularity..

Now you see the way young grasshoppah'

 

[Sonorous]

if RS ever did a top 100 bassist theyd probably just take a popular band and say he was the best...ex. mark hoppus....those bastards only look at popularity...

Thinking about that almost gave me a heart attack.

 

[Toasted]

I like mark. leave it out

 

[Funkize you]

White Strips = Good??????? I havent heard that before!!!

Wow, one band is "Pop" Withought a bassist... So what? Hell, have you ever heard of Rap? Hip-Hop? Thats a Whole Genre of Music, with a HUGE audiance that dosent Give a CRAP about guitar at all... Ill admit the basslines arent "WootRific" but damn, I havent heard more than a handfull of guitarists that can play anything but Powerchords...


EDIT: But some guitarists i like are:
Via
Satriani
Mac Alpine
Dream Theater
Al Di Meola
Blah, blah, blah...