100 Most Skilled Bass Players

delossantosj · **Joined:** Tue Feb 08, 2011 10:50 am **Posts:** 15

why are malmsteen and buckethead on this list?

Ariel · **Joined:** Sun Oct 10, 2010 12:19 am **Posts:** 1392

Ssoyd wrote:

Classic Rock Junkie wrote:

Are Flea and Robert Trujillo really more skilled than Chris Squire and Les Claypool? Really?

Skill wise I would rate the aforementioned players in order; Claypool, Flea, Squire and Trujillo. In fact I don't think Trujillo is especially highly skilled.

Well some of the 80s Metallica stuff is pretty darn tough. Plus he's done a lot of slap with Suicidal Tendencies and Infectious Grooves if I'm right.

Ariel · **Joined:** Sun Oct 10, 2010 12:19 am **Posts:** 1392

Ssoyd wrote:

ariel wrote:

Still Entwistle deserves credit for being leagues beyond the other players of his generation, by the end of his life, in tech skill. I'd put him ahead of Lee and he's like the only 60s-era bassist who ever got that good.

Actually back in the 60's and early 70's Tim Bogert (Vanilla Fudge) was a lot more skilled than Entwistle. I'd say purely from a skill aspect he was the most skilled of his era. Bogert quite touring by the mid 70's as he got sick of the grind. Billy Sheehan sites him as his primary influence.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aWFaZgwerY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdekE-qd8-o

I meant that by the end of his life Entwistle was more skilled than any of his 60s/70s contemporaries ever got, and was on a higher tier with Lee and stuff.

Ariel · **Joined:** Sun Oct 10, 2010 12:19 am **Posts:** 1392

That said I should listen to Bogert I have no idea how skilled he was.

Ssoyd · **Joined:** Sun Oct 17, 2010 3:06 pm **Posts:** 373

delossantosj wrote:

why are malmsteen and buckethead on this list?

Good question. It must be some kind of joke.

Ssoyd · **Joined:** Sun Oct 17, 2010 3:06 pm **Posts:** 373

ariel wrote:

That said I should listen to Bogert I have no idea how skilled he was.

Give a listen to Fudge's Renaissance album along with Beck Bogert and Appice.

delossantosj · **Joined:** Tue Feb 08, 2011 10:50 am **Posts:** 15

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delossantosj wrote:
why are malmsteen and buckethead on this list?

Good question. It must be some kind of joke.

like no kidding lol can i please get an answer

Ssoyd · **Joined:** Sun Oct 17, 2010 3:06 pm **Posts:** 373

delossantosj wrote:

Quote:

delossantosj wrote:
why are malmsteen and buckethead on this list?

Good question. It must be some kind of joke.

like no kidding lol can i please get an answer

There is no answer. They shouldn't be there.

Classic Rock Junkie · **Joined:** Wed Oct 13, 2010 2:05 am **Posts:** 1893

Curious, how good is Tal Wilkenfeld, Jeff Beck's bassist, vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC02wGj5gPw gets really good around 1:30

Ssoyd · **Joined:** Sun Oct 17, 2010 3:06 pm **Posts:** 373

Tal Wilkenfeld is very good but she no longer is with Jeff Beck. Beck last toured with another Female bassist. He seems to have a fetish for girl bassists.

Rick · **Joined:** Wed Oct 06, 2010 7:21 pm **Posts:** 456

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Sodacake · **Posted:** Fri Mar 04, 2011 12:57 pm

So can Manring move to the top of this list now?

Machine Head · **Posted:** Sat Mar 05, 2011 9:42 pm

lobones wrote:

23.Matt Garrison
24.Matt Garrison

Sodacake · **Posted:** Sun Mar 13, 2011 8:32 pm

Sodacake wrote:

So can Manring move to the top of this list now?

Machine Head · **Posted:** Sat Apr 02, 2011 4:05 am

Bill Dickens?

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