-Steve Harris of Iron Maiden -
First guy to ever make bass cool in my world. Monster tone and a beast live. He's in his 50's and still runs around more than most 20 year olds.
-Eddie Jackson of Queensryche-
Underrated and not too flashy but a great sense of groove (the song "Della Brown") and along with Scott Rockenfield (QR drummer) creates one of the only "real" rhythm sections in metal. He's a guy thats guaranteed to play whats best for the song and not just clone the guitar parts.
-Geddy Lee of Rush-
Total musician and challenging yet memorable riffs all done while singing. Lets not forget solid songwriting skills.
-Michael Manering -
Just a really amazing and creative player. Band situations who knows, but as a person involved in expanding the concept of what a bass can do there are few that have done more.
-John Myung of Dream Theater-
Outstanding technique and great knowledge of music theory. The opening to "Scarred" is without a doubt one of the best examples of technique meets feel I've heard, and his lead break in "Metropolis" is pretty dang impressive as well even though the recording left a little to be desired.
First guy to ever make bass cool in my world. Monster tone and a beast live. He's in his 50's and still runs around more than most 20 year olds.
-Eddie Jackson of Queensryche-
Underrated and not too flashy but a great sense of groove (the song "Della Brown") and along with Scott Rockenfield (QR drummer) creates one of the only "real" rhythm sections in metal. He's a guy thats guaranteed to play whats best for the song and not just clone the guitar parts.
-Geddy Lee of Rush-
Total musician and challenging yet memorable riffs all done while singing. Lets not forget solid songwriting skills.
-Michael Manering -
Just a really amazing and creative player. Band situations who knows, but as a person involved in expanding the concept of what a bass can do there are few that have done more.
-John Myung of Dream Theater-
Outstanding technique and great knowledge of music theory. The opening to "Scarred" is without a doubt one of the best examples of technique meets feel I've heard, and his lead break in "Metropolis" is pretty dang impressive as well even though the recording left a little to be desired.
