THE GOLDEN STRING

no its primus .

Merkaba

Hehe yeah boo boo what were you thinking

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Laces Out Dan!

Geddly Lee......Or im not sure of the name....But the Bassist from YES

boris jawaka

for me,

jazz electric: jaco - no contest, the greatest
jazz acoustic: not for technical brilliance but for production of great music - charles mingus
rock: i love entwistle for the fact that he is in the who but really he's over-rated - all of his solos are just blues scale solos but he is my favourite. if i had to say the best technically (although in my opinion jaco would beat most rock bass players technically) would be "Erroneous"(real name unkown to me) who plays bass on many of Zappas mid 70's albums and can do some pretty amazing technical bass lines

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boo boo

Chris Squire is the bassist for Yes.

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boo boo

Commerford is good, but i wouldnt say hes one of the top players, he is very damn good though.

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crimepartner

Iam pretty sure its PRIMUS... I remember seeing his face and him talking about it. they thought he was too weird.. yeah thats right!

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Necromancer

Found this old thread surfing through the forums so..

A few of my favorite bassist range anywhere from Chris Squire, Geddy Lee, to Victor Wooten. But one bassist that stands alone is James Jamerson. Over 30 number one hits with Motown. Songs like Whats Going On by Marvin Gaye and I Was Made To Love Her by Stevie Wonder (You can also hear the influence that Stevie Wonder had on Michael Jackson with I Was Made To Love Her, except Wonder's voice has twice the strength and quality).

James Jamersons style evolved from a traditional root-fifth cocktail style into a new style built upon a flurry of sixteenth-note runs and syncopation's.



When Berry Gordy moved Motown from Detroit to Los Angeles, he left James Jamerson and Motown's "The Funk Brothers" behind. Not at all a good ending to Jamersons (underrated) career.

FRED HALE SR.

James is the man for sure. I used to get Bass Player magazine and he was one of the tutorials on there. Great walking bass lines. I'd put Stanley Clarke and Marcus Miller pretty high on the list.

Necromancer

One of the unique qualities of these particular bassist, especially during the late 60s and early 70s, they were all seemingly highly influenced by jazz, blues & gospel.

I just love playing this particular rocking, skipping, style of bass funk. Maybe Jazz/Funk?