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What bass gods do you idolize?

#87
Unfortunately, no one new to add...
Being a fanatic slapper, I'll have to go with the moderns...

Wooten
Miller
Hamm
Flea
Mark King (Ooops! I think this one wasn't mentioned till now)
And also, Trevor Bolder from Uriah Heep is pretty cool though
he plays fingerstyle...
And DeMaio since I'm a HUGE Manowar fan (Hail & Kill)
 
#90
I idolize John Myung. The man has an affinity with his instrument that never ceases to amaze me. Not to mention the beautiful unison parts him and his cohorts in Dream Theater pull off...My God...Octavarium is simply genious.

I still have my others though, Geddy Lee was my first idol and he remains very influencial to me. Inbetween playing Dream Theater songs, I play Rush to give my hands a break.
 
#91
I don't really put many bassists on high stools, but I would say I value any bass player for musical uniqueness in a good way. For instance, Bill Dickens just does what everyone else tries to do with speed and slap but 100x better, yet he holds nothing of interest for me. He's not an artist (at least in my experience with him.) However, some one like Victor Wooten (cliche, maybe. But he IS good.) or Michael Manring brings something truly unique and beautiful to the bass.

I don't hold John Myung in that high of esteem, but in relative terms, I hold him higher than almost all other bassists in a band setting. He doesn't humor me with cool solo art like Vic does, but in a band setting, he is probably my favorite bassist. He is very skilled, he knows the role of his intrument and adds a whole lot to Dream Theater (and that's saying something), and is, in plain terms, solid. (Plus, he's not bad at chapman stick.);)
 
#95
After reading this thread, I'm surprised nobody's built a Jaco Temple.;)

I guess I have a special place in my thoughts for Steve Swallow, whose work opened my mind to the possibilites of the electric bass.

With the notable exception of Vlado, hardly anybody has mentioned acoustic players. Now that Jaco is Anointed, it might be worth checking out some of the guys who don't plug in: Buster Williams, George Mraz, Reggie Workman, Ron Carter, Peter Washington, Ray Drummond...there's a bunch of 'em. They can all play the living piss out of their instruments, and there's always something new to learn from them, even for slunky ol' J-Bass players like me.:D
 
#96
The late, great Dee Murray.
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#98
Theres to many bassist that i like, but bassists which inspire me to play bass the way i do, i would have to say:

Flea
Louis Johnson
Larry Graham
Bootsy Collins
Bernard Edwards

i like some solo bassists aswell, like victor wooten and marcus miller but i seem to get bored of them after a while when i listen to them, i like bass with alot of groove and nice lines that fit well with the music, and those 4 r the main ones that do it for me aswell as other bassists which i dont no the name of, from tower of power and the meters etc
 

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