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Your 3 most influential bass players?
- Thread starter The Great Genius
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Louis Johnson, Louis Johnson & Louis Johnson
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Rocco Prestia
Tye Zamora
Number three is tough... probably Flea, Tim Commerford or Billy Gould but it's too close to call it.
Victor Wooten gets an honorary mention because even though I play NOTHING like him, his Groove Workshop DVD quite literally changed the way I not only play music, but also how I listen to it and even down to how I listen to individual notes.
Tye Zamora
Number three is tough... probably Flea, Tim Commerford or Billy Gould but it's too close to call it.
Victor Wooten gets an honorary mention because even though I play NOTHING like him, his Groove Workshop DVD quite literally changed the way I not only play music, but also how I listen to it and even down to how I listen to individual notes.
Willie Dixon
Tina Weymouth
Tommy Cogbill
Rick Danko
Alastair Donaldson aka William Mysterious
...and a bunch of others
Tina Weymouth
Tommy Cogbill
Rick Danko
Alastair Donaldson aka William Mysterious
...and a bunch of others
Paul McCartney, John Entwisle, and Bill Wyman. I've dated myself. Phil Lesh takes the runner up spot, probably.
Aston "Family Man" Barrett, Paul Chambers, JAMES JAMERSON! and I have to give props to Geddy, who is the reason I bought a Ric. It was a bad idea, because, as we all know, a Ric is a very particular sound, not really an "all rounder". Still have that unplayable piece of crap and it's autographed by ..........
