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The Bass Thread. Dedicated to those who shred the lows.

Proletar

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A bass player is what occurs when a lead guitarist wants to hold on to his position and starts to search for a guy with either lower self esteem or less ego than himself.


And there I was.

Slapping is gay though.
 

TriflinThomas

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I was a pretty good bass player, but then I got depressed and lost all motivation to play anything other than video games. I do have a custom made fretless 5 string with EMG pickups. I've had several offers in the past year to join bands, so maybe I should pick it back up and get my finger strength back.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vziriyVgk24
 

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I absolutly hate listening to Geddy Lee play bass... :phear:

I can rock a bass pretty well, but have never found a decent guitar player, so I always end up having to play that.
 

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Vince Guaraldi Trio - Samba de Orpheus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuVsvzyFfD4



Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf1Eo-6sDIE
Plus the solo at 7:30



Sun Ra and His Myth Science Arkestra - Moon Dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5Lkp7Go-po



A Tribe Called Quest (their bass samples)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4poAOhrsvWE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPg7fVcTbPM

I remember listening to them* without good headphones and couldn't hear the bass. The album sounded tons better when I played through good heaphones/stereo speakers.(*Actually, I'm pretty sure it was the Living Legends, I got into them both at the same time((guess why :P), so it's easy to confuse).



^ reminded me of:
Digable Planets - Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nLknje5E9E

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Proletar said:
Slapping is gay though.
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Tony3d said:
I absolutly hate listening to Geddy Lee play bass... :phear:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2alBPk2gkPo
DeadonDreaming said:
Bass is one step above a kazoo.
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That's bassist.
 

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Everything posted thus far is awesome (except the dubstep, but that's intuitive).


@EyeSeeCold Old One is now my new fix :D
 

nanook

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nanook said:
i never really paid any attention to the bass (the instrument), but i'm taking some youtube lessons right now.

i'm learning that it's impossible to sing and play the bass

when i was a skater in the 90ies, i felt that singing is gay anyway. i mostly listed to classic rap like public enemy, or run dmc and i liked the tracks with simple heavy beats the most. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,6, down with the king
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Pretty sure you've been looking at my lastfm, or playing tony hawk pro skater games. :P
 

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I don't like metallica but they've got a few tracks:
Orion
What I seem to like from the bass is the melody+rhytm, worthy recommendations here^. I would like to see more technical bass play to make favourites.
Wow I cannot even find another bass player I like on the net. Mostly I like bass as a piece of composition that would be shallow or hollow without.
 

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Steven Gerrard said:
Yeah I love that version of Pyschoticbumpschool on youtube that looks like it's from the same show. It's like 10:00.
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I watched the whole concert at one point in the past. It's great. I love bootsy. His stage presence is amazing. I used to idolize the hell out of him. Also since him and Buckethead did a lot of stuff together I loved him more. I'm a total bucketbot. Their work in Praxis is some of their best work in general.

Another guy I like a lot is Victor Wooten. He knows when to shine and when to support. Perfect example of a bass player. Glad he didtched the mustache since this recording lol
http://youtu.be/UoLXtj0aCiM
 

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Well people seem to appreciate the phat, groovy stuff that Marcus Miller does. So here's an hour of it - with Adam Agati and Louis Cato, who I think is one of the best modern jazz guitarists and drummers going around respectively. Alex Han's a pretty beastly sax player too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgwKWKTqKk4
 

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a rather obvious answer, but Massive Attack's Mezzanine has a bass sound unlike any other:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiK2JlBpzvI

Jimmy Garrison's solo is omg:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2jSgtdVu-Y

and the first 2.5 minutes or so of this track is some of my favorite music ever--oh yeah, and the bass is cool too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49PvnYCKZkM

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I believe this is the sped-up version from The Future Sound of Chicago mix (unless I listened to a slow vinyl rip), but it's still some nice programming.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMx-_SvDveU
 

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As they worked, Case gradually became aware of the music that pulsed constantly through the cluster. It was called dub, a sensuous mosaic cooked from vast libraries of digitalized pop; it was worship, Molly said, and a sense of community. Case heaved at one of the yellow sheets; the thing was light but still awkward. Zion smelled of cooked vegetables, humanity, and ganja.

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