Who do you think is objectively the best bassist?

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kwon mina

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the ox

>>69964425
that's a sick strap.

probly mingus

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this hick

>>69965062
WRONG

>who do you think
>objectively best
You don't understand the word "objective", do you?

>>69965062
Maybe best slap bassist? Primus sux

hugh hopper

Joe Dart has some outrageous technicality. Stanley Clarke or Victor Wooten?

>>69964405
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30YT0cG2EkE

>>69966050
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxZWvhGE7CM
Cmon faggots fucking fight me with examples

Not the best and almost not a bassist but still a great

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NZGbD236fw

I hesitate between Jaco Pastorius and Les Claypool

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwgRUzvCefE

What about the voice of Geddy Lee

>>69964405
John Paul Jones

>>69966050
this is so fucking shit. literally no sense of phrasing or musicality, just meandering shredding and disconnected licks with all that bullshit strumming in between. tone is pretty awful too.
sheehan is undeniably a good bassist with some real insight but this is not a good solo.

>>69966896
Im like really not good with music theory so I can't really criticize it the same way you could but to me the problem is its just noodling that doesn't really stand out or really communicate anything and its often plagued with muddiness. Maybe it sounded more clear at the actual even but yeah from the recording there's moments where the fast runs down the lower register strings sounds like an indistinguishable blur.

I really don't have anything against bass solos but yeah you have to be more careful in how you go about them than guitar.

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hello

>>69966896
It's mindless showboating, but it's a great solo and you're obviously green with envy.

>>69964450
Has my vote.

Best living would be Victor Wooten, true master. Flea a close second despite RHCP being a meme here.

trevor dunn

>>69964405
>Who do you THINK is OBJECTIVELY the best bassist?
You best stop trolling nigger

Lemmy.

>>69967112
i don't intend to spend my evening being dragged into an argument about a youtube video on 4chan so i'm not going to say more than this. i envy billy sheehan's technical ability and devotion/passion for his instrument, but i don't see how that specific video even comes close to being a 'great solo'. to me, mindless showboating is the opposite of what i think of as making a good solo (or good music in general) and it seems clear that our criteria for what makes these things 'good' or 'bad' are wildly different. either that or you're confusing a great player with a great performance, in which the dispute then is basically a trip-up over language.

>>69967317
>You can't think objective things

Objectively? Chris Squire.

Edgar Meyer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-3VwW9SMA4

>>69967491
All good concert solos are mindless showboating. It's kinda the point otherwise, why the fuck would you break to them instead of soloing in a song? If you check the other videos, you'll notice they're a bit sloppy in places too. It's what happens when you play live. You can ague about composition, but live solos are meant to show off an artist's capabilities, and that one did.

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>>69964405

his bass tone was thick

>>69968579
One of the best bass tones ever imo. That shit was the bones of their sound, and their sound was fantastic.

Also, Esperanza Spalding deserves a mention.

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unironically this guy

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>34 Replies
>Not a single mention of pic related
Let's fix that shall we?

>>69964405
by what metrics

>>69965173
technically wooten, clarke (and many others) are better at slapping.

also, claypool is know for his slap but his finger style and tapping are impressive too. I mean listen at jerry was a racecar driver and nature boy.

>>69965979
Dart is underrated, dude has some great technical ability. Not sure how well he does composing though so it's really hard to gauge where he ranks among bassists.

>>69967023
You get an upvote from Oakland Park, FL.

Geddy or Chris Squire

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>>69971027
+1 Tony Levin

>>69970230
unironically this

>>69969210
Esperanza Spalding is such a qt

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>>69966050
wank

>>69966730
i never liked lightning bolt but this was cool as fuck post more

>>69964405
>think
>objectively

this is an oxymoron, son. Just like what you are

this guy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVtRDxm0txw

jack casady

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>no Squire yet
What's up with that

McCartney

BASED
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_X7mMU6Gb0

>>69971027
DALE