best bass line or bass solo?

[Nayz]

Anything by Jaco, Victor Wooten, Stu Hamm and Jeff Schmidt. Some of them have some pretty simplistic stuff, but their still wonderfully creative with the bass and use it as the main instrument. Other times its really technical

 

[Vimana]

N.W.A. - Parental Discretion Iz Advized

A lot of Funk bass is great, Funk is a very bass centered genre, you can't play Funk without bass. In the Funk instrumentals that I heard working at music & arts the bass was a lot louder than the guitar.

 

[razoredge]

this guy is pretty good

 

[razoredge]

20 some years later

 

[Vimana]

^ He can join my band any day.

 

[As-I-Lay-Dying]

Get out. That bass line isn't that hard

Since when did a bass line have to be difficult for it to be good?

 

[Vimana]

^ Exaclty what I was gonna say. Lots of legendary guitar riffs and basslines are easy to play.

 

[Satanstoenail]

Rappers Delight.

Yes.

Also "Another One Bites The Dust" springs to mind. One of the most sampled basslines ever. Awesome tone.

 

[razoredge]

Most all bass players are typically pretty good, its a matter of whether or not the style of music allows them to stand out. I could write an endless list of great bass lines and still forgot hundreds.

Heres one of "The Ox" who in the early 70's was arguably "the best" along with Bruce, Pappalardi and Jones.....

 

[Vimana]

Yes.

Also "Another One Bites The Dust" springs to mind. One of the most sampled basslines ever. Awesome tone.

Yeah, another great bassline. No offense to Queen but their modern fame pretty much comes from a couple basslines. Although Queen is a good band.

Most all bass players are typically pretty good

I disagree, The Strokes has a pretty bad bassist. He hasn't made a single good bassline.

 

[razoredge]

Ah... First of all I used the word MOST and secondly I was not talking about music I dont listen to..... lol thirdly dont ever quote me and edit my words to sound like I said something I didnt.

this is the WHOLE of what I said

Most all bass players are typically pretty good, its a matter of whether or not the style of music allows them to stand out. I could write an endless list of great bass lines and still forgot hundreds.

now lets see you do your disagreeing with what I said...

 

[Vimana]

Well I just took out some words, I read the whole thing, didn't feel it was very important to add in. The Strokes music allows them to stand out plenty, Reptilia starts out with bass. The bassline however is one note played over and over. There have been plenty of times the bass stood out in their music, but didn't do very well. You are right though, I haven't heard as many bad bassists as bad guitarists.

Woops misread how you said MOST and not ALL.

My bad.

 

[razoredge]

I havent heard any bad guitarists professionally recorded and produced either. Some stand out more than others but none are BAD, if they were they'd be sitting home like me wondering what would have been if I only had my shit together........ lol

(unless your talking about old punk players, most of them flat out sucked, that was a trend that truely had me scratching my head)

 

[Vimana]

Well if you listen to bands such as Simple Plan their riffs are just like ones you make and just say "eh". They don't really suck but they're like riffs that sound good when you first make them, then get boring and eventually forgotten. They can make ok guitar intros but for the rest of the song you never hear the guitar. But still you're right, any musician who makes it famous has talent. Even if its not a lot of it. But you can't insult a guitarist, only their riffs. Because truly you have no idea what shit they have made but choose not to use in songs.

 

[Ice]

I like Jamiroquai's Mr. Moon bass line.

 

[Vimana]

Low Rider

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