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Old 06-22-04 | 11:38 PM
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Best Bass Guitar Solo?
What song(s) do you think has the best bass guitar solo(s)?
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Old 06-22-04 | 11:47 PM
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Addicted to that rush- Mr. Big......

Billy Sheehan is god...
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Old 06-22-04 | 11:48 PM
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I'll throw in the obligatory Cliff Burton solo Anesthesia.
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Old 06-23-04 | 12:07 AM
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Any bass solo by Victor Wooten (Bela Fleck and the Flecktones). His "Amazing Grace" solo on the album Live Art is truly something to behold. This guy is crazy!
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Old 06-23-04 | 12:11 AM
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Any bass solo by Victor Wooten (Bela Fleck and the Flecktones). His "Amazing Grace" solo on the album Live Art is truly something to behold. This guy is crazy!
I second this one.
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Old 06-23-04 | 12:45 AM
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Almost anything by:

1. Jaco Pastorius
2. Billy Sheehan
3. Stu Hamm
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Old 06-23-04 | 01:22 AM
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Geezer Butler...intro to N.I.B.

Les Claypool's solo on the remake of N.I.B.
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Old 06-23-04 | 10:41 AM
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John Entwistle on The Real Me and However Much I Booze.

Not a solo but definitely my favorite use of bass.
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Old 06-23-04 | 10:43 AM
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I'll throw in the obligatory Cliff Burton solo Anesthesia.
'nuff said.
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Old 06-23-04 | 11:13 AM
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Best I ever saw was Stu Hamm. When he played with Joe Satriani, that was amazing to have Joe get blown away by his bass player.
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Old 06-23-04 | 03:23 PM
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My vote goes to Les Claypool, but I love Stu Hamm and Billy Sheehan also. I saw those 2 guys on the G3 tour last year and they were excellent.
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Old 06-23-04 | 04:09 PM
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Rush - Driven
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Geddy Lee
Les Claypool
Tony Levin

YYZ is probaby the best bass line your ever going to see.
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Old 06-23-04 | 06:13 PM
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anything by Les Claypool.
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Old 06-23-04 | 06:47 PM
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Orion from Cliff Burton.
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Old 06-23-04 | 11:03 PM
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Best I ever saw was Stu Hamm. When he played with Joe Satriani, that was amazing to have Joe get blown away by his bass player.
Definately Stu Hamm i remember going to a Joe Satriani concert back in 89 and Stu Hamm playing the "peanuts" theme on his bass, it was just amazing...

Cliff Burton (Anesthesia)--Pulling Teeth is pretty damn good also...
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Old 06-23-04 | 11:57 PM
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wooten

claypool


don't care what or when, whatever and whenever they played it's just f'n sick!
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Old 06-24-04 | 10:48 AM
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Almost anything by:

1. Jaco Pastorius
2. Billy Sheehan
3. Stu Hamm
I'd add Stanley Clarke
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Old 06-24-04 | 10:57 AM
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You guys will probably puke but I always found the little bass break in Paul Simon's "You Can Call Me Al" a nice little addition to an ok song (definitely not th ebest rtack on Graceland by a long shot)

ETA: And N.I.B. is a good pick. That was the centerpiece of my band from high school. Even after we ditched the all-covers set and wrote our own crap we kept N.I.B. What a killer song.
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Old 06-24-04 | 07:21 PM
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Two words:


Victor Wooten



Saw him live in PA two years ago. His ten minute bass solo got a ten-minute standing ovation when he was done.
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Old 06-24-04 | 10:02 PM
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311 has some good stuff. Can't recall the songs right now but P-Nut is a pretty solid bass player.
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Old 06-25-04 | 08:36 AM
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Originally posted by Lateralus
Geddy Lee
Les Claypool
Tony Levin

YYZ is probaby the best bass line your ever going to see.
I can't believe I overlooked YYZ...I think at one point Geddy is playing open harmonics...

I don't know if you would really consider it a solo, but during Alex's solo in Limelight...it seems like Geddy is doing one of his own...amazing.
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Old 06-25-04 | 11:05 AM
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The ****ed up reverb drenched 8 minute solo on Can's "Quantum Physics" takes the cake for me.
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Old 06-25-04 | 11:14 AM
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Nirvana "Been A Son"
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Old 06-26-04 | 12:32 AM
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Has Flea done a bass solo?
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