Name a better bassist >Protip: You Can't Happy

>>71386482
Les Claypool
Geddy Lee
Marcus Miller
Victor Wooten
Larry Graham
Jaco Pastorius
>ez pz

>>71386482
tina weymouth

dee dee ramone

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Jannick Top or Stanley Clarke

>>71386495
>Les Claypool
>Geddy Lee
>mfw

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dur...

just my favorites:
lemmy
mingus
rob wright
geezer butler

>>71386482
Oscar Pistorious.

>>71386723
not an argument

>>71386816
On second thought Claypool is somewhat acceptable but in what world is Lee better than Squire? Like beyond a couple Rush songs his bass playing is boring as hell.

>>71386742
Dadrock haters will disagree but he really is great. He has his own style and knows how to work within a song, he doesn't wank or play over the guitar like Les Claypool does (imo). He realizes what a bass player's role is.

>>71386867
his playing on some songs are pretty boring, granted, but in terms of overall skill at playing his instrument i put him there
>YYZ

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He also wrote most of the lyrics

>>71386482
john alderete

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you're all terrible trolls

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>>71386482
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>>71386931
nice bait

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>>71387254
if I disagree then it's bait!

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>>71387254
>>71386777
>>71387206
>posting upright bassists

>>71387352
OP said bassist, not bass guitarist.

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>>71386482
Squire is one of the greats, maybe not THE best, I just want to have a great bass guitarists thread though

>>71387519
Minutemen had the GOAT instrumental lineup but horrendously bad vocals
>buhh let me do bad standup on the mic

>>71386482
>uses a pick
>the best

Lol. Geddy Lee took what he was doing on the early Yes albums and improved upon everything 10x

>>71386890
This. I certainly wouldn't call Flea the best but he's really great and like you said, he doesn't wank or try to steal the show, even though he easily can. I guess he did a bit of that on the early RHCP albums, but he outgrew it pretty quickly. And even then, he's good enough to be the center of attention in a song at times.

>>71386482
Dunno about better but I've been loving this guy's playing recently

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV3alGMGIYw

>>71386482
>Happy Birthday Chris Squire
But he's dead

>>71386482
I honestly can't. RIP Chris Squire.

Dan Brigs (btbam)
Colin greenwood
Flea

/thread

>>71389773
Flea is honestly crap

When I first started playing bass when I was 15 I though he was God. But he's not good at all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8itum6etNcM

Frusciante was the only notable musician in RHCP