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Dr. P. Silocybin
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Re: Best bass player of all time? [Re: twighead]
#14273860 - 04/11/11 05:48 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Phil Lesh gets my vote les Claypool is great too and they're both at allgood!
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Jeff Hughell hands fucking down
Jeff Hughell - Conklin 7 string bass - Bury the Living
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Re: Best bass player of all time? [Re: lilbluechev]
#14273971 - 04/11/11 06:08 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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I'd probably choose Claypool if I had to pick.
He's super technical.
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Re: Best bass player of all time? [Re: lilbluechev]
#14274048 - 04/11/11 06:22 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Claypool is no very technical compared to this guy:
See 1:15 on the second video, especially.
Do I like Victor Wooten's music? Nah.
I'm glad that someone brought up Stanley Clark. I Loooooooooove the Light as a Feather Album.
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Re: Best bass player of all time? [Re: Me_Roy]
#14274077 - 04/11/11 06:27 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Fuck those last two videos. Here's one that should get the "Les Claypool is technical" argument off the table.
Good music? Not IMHO. Victor Wooten butchers the Charlie Parker's melody. But it puts LC's ham-handed slap into perspective.
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Re: Best bass player of all time? [Re: Me_Roy]
#14274081 - 04/11/11 06:28 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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i never understood why anybody gives a shit about these super technical douche bags
i want feeling and emotion in my music
i'd say cliff burton or john paul jones for bass
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Re: Best bass player of all time? [Re: pfxtc]
#14274117 - 04/11/11 06:33 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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I'm also quite fond of Juan Alderete de Pena
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Re: Best bass player of all time? [Re: pfxtc]
#14274118 - 04/11/11 06:33 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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les claypool has moar feeling than anyone if you ask me 
I don't think hes -super- technical though either.
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Re: Best bass player of all time? [Re: Me_Roy]
#14274137 - 04/11/11 06:37 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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this guy has some technical skills
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Re: Best bass player of all time? [Re: twighead]
#14274152 - 04/11/11 06:42 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Mostly feeling I agree.
Even being a big time metal head from the late 80's I don't think cliff Burton is that great. I mean he was a damn good bassist but.... meh. Steve DiGiorgio is fucking awesome, bassist of Sadus, Death, Control Denied, Testament ,Sebastian Bach, and many other bands. The dude can play bass.
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Re: Best bass player of all time? [Re: 4runner]
#14274163 - 04/11/11 06:44 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Man he was also in cynic? and I guess gordian knot? that guy is a beast.
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Re: Best bass player of all time? [Re: 4runner]
#14274170 - 04/11/11 06:45 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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That's why Steve DiGiorgio was in my list.. dude is a badass
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Re: Best bass player of all time? [Re: Shroomism]
#14274193 - 04/11/11 06:48 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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I just love Claypools style and stage presence.
He's a really unique dude when he's playing. And that strut he does around the stage sometimes is hilarious.
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Re: Best bass player of all time? [Re: x Ju x]
#14274220 - 04/11/11 06:52 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Someone's gotta give Mingus some props:
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Re: Best bass player of all time? [Re: twighead]
#14274228 - 04/11/11 06:54 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Quote:
twighead said: les claypool has moar feeling than anyone if you ask me 
I don't think hes -super- technical though either.
i wasn't saying claypool was bad in any way, i love the guy
i never really saw a huge fascination in the bass 
guess thats why i play guitar
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Re: Best bass player of all time? [Re: x Ju x]
#14274241 - 04/11/11 06:56 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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This thread:
Les Claypool
Victor Wooten
Les Claypool
Victor Wooten
Les Claypool
Vic Wooten
Repeat ad infinitum
How about this. If your pick is Les Claypool or Victor Wooten, refrain from posting it. They have pretty good coverage in this thread already. I'll betcha they would both name Stanley Clarke as their hero.
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Re: Best bass player of all time? [Re: Viveka] 1
#14274318 - 04/11/11 07:07 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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les claypool
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Re: Best bass player of all time? [Re: pfxtc]
#14274324 - 04/11/11 07:08 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Quote:
pfxtc said: i never understood why anybody gives a shit about these super technical douche bags
i want feeling and emotion in my music
i'd say cliff burton or john paul jones for bass
Oh cool, yeah man, feeling and emotion as you experience it is all that matters, sorry we were being so wrong with our opinions.
Did it occur to you that the technical excellence expressed by these guys in their playing actually provokes feeling and emotion in people who appreciate it? I get so much joy and excitement when I hear a really good bass player playing with a great band.
Further, if all you want is raw feelings thrown against a wall then yeah, technical chops don't matter. Also, who cares about works made by great technical writers or artists, feeelings are all that matters right?
I mean, feelings and emotions could probably be more effectively expressed by someone with a high technical proficiency, but nah, fuck these super technical douche bags.
Why read a great book when I can just listen to a retard yelling in the street, it's just so full of feeling and emotion!
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Dr. P. Silocybin said: Phil Lesh gets my vote les Claypool is great too and they're both at allgood!
man u seen the grateful dead movie?
he like hooks up each strings pickup to a different speaker
it sounds so fucking crazy
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Re: Best bass player of all time? [Re: lilbluechev]
#14274332 - 04/11/11 07:10 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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lilbluechev said: Jeff Hughell hands fucking down
Jeff Hughell - Conklin 7 string bass - Bury the Living

is this even music?
what the fuck is this?
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