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    Quote Originally Posted by j2k4
    Quote Originally Posted by lee551
    dream theater's john myung.
    flecktone's victor wooten.
    rush's geddy lee (he's just all-around talented).
    Nice trio; Geddy is a master (and my favorite) and Wooten is fantastic, though sadly underappreciated.

    I've heard some Dream Theater...BTW-Geddy's a fan of theirs, apparently.
    it's crazy that someone can be a fan of a band that they themselves surely imspired, or paved a way for at least.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lee551
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    Nice trio; Geddy is a master (and my favorite) and Wooten is fantastic, though sadly underappreciated.

    I've heard some Dream Theater...BTW-Geddy's a fan of theirs, apparently.
    it's crazy that someone can be a fan of a band that they themselves surely imspired, or paved a way for at least.
    That thread of appreciation runs through everything Rush does, I find; predecessors as well as successors.

    Dean Peer is another great bassist.
    "Researchers have already cast much darkness on the subject, and if they continue their investigations, we shall soon know nothing at all about it."

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    I'm gonna get flamed into the ground for this: but I'm putting my neck out on the line


    Krist Novoselic.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ricey
    I'm gonna get flamed into the ground for this: but I'm putting my neck out on the line


    Krist Novoselic.
    Flamed?

    Why?

    He's simply your choice.

    You might prompt others to review his work a bit more closely, at any rate.

    I'm not a large Nirvana fan, but I've got several cuts in my library; I'll be paying more attention next time I listen.
    "Researchers have already cast much darkness on the subject, and if they continue their investigations, we shall soon know nothing at all about it."

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  5. Music   -   #15
    RHCP - Flea
    Primus - Les Claypool
    King Crimson - Tony Levin
    Jaco Pastorius
    Atheist - Tony Choy
    Victor Wooten
    Marcus Miller
    Rush - Geddy Lee
    Death, Sadus etc... - Steve DiGiorgio
    Infectious Grooves - Rob Trujillo

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    I agree on Wooten, have to add some personal fav's to that: Flea, Ryan from Mudvayne and Paul Randolph.
    Cry me a future where the revelations run amok

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    With regard to Electric bass without any question

    Jaco Pastorius

    He started it all...

    As far as Acoustic bass

    Scott La Faro
    Paul Chambers
    Charles Mingus

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    Phil Lynott.

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    Electric I will second others who have mentioned Victor Wooten. I saw him with the Flecktones a few years ago and he did things that I didn't think were possible on ANY stringed instrument, let alone a bass. Positively mesmerizing. Flecktones tickets have gotten pretty expensive, but it may be worth it just for VW.
    Acoustic (being a big bluegrass fan) I have to mention Edgar Meyer and Mark Schatz -- part of that first tier of the genre's instrumentalists, along with Tony Rice, Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush, etc.

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