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John Myung
Chris Squire
Ray Shulman 
Geddy Lee
Tony Levin
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My 5 (in no order)

Ray Shulman (Gentle Giant)

Mike Rutherford (Genesis)

Chris Squire (Yes)

Greg Lake (Emerson Lake & Palmer, King Crimson)

John Wetton (King Crimson)
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If I may slip in a few jazz masters in my list Tongue...
1. Stanley Clarke
2. Victor Wooten
3. Steve Bailey
4. Chris Squire
5. Jaco Pastorius
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1) JOHN MYUNG
2) JOEY VERA
3) JON JOWITT
4) MIKE RUTHERFORD
5) STEVE HARRIS

Hands down!!
Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣
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Originally posted by Ambient Hurricanes Ambient Hurricanes wrote:

Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

I mean hes good, Foxtrot's first few songs are great - same with Selling England, but not enough to complete with Geddy, Squire, etc.

Some people might prefer him to the others you mentioned in the same way they prefer Banks to Emerson or Wakeman; he wasn't flashy, but he was an excellent player and complemented the music very well.  I don't know that he would be in my top 5, but when I hear Get 'Em Out By Friday I can't help but be amazed that he's basically playing counterpoint, which is something you hardly ever hear a bass player do (or anyone in rock music, for that matter).
Agreed - what an AMAZING bass-line - even Watcher Of The Skies, especially towards the end.  He is up there for sure.  What happened to him in the 80's ??  AngryAngry.... Same goes for Greg Lake - some amazing bass from him early on.........his playing on the Tarkus suite is quite superb.  Same goes for John Wetton.  They obviously have the skill, but opt to 'serve the song' instead (which isn't a bad thing, of course) but a little, just a little self indulgence every now and then can be a good thing too.  Squire and Lee never fizzled out.............and Myung - well, as many have stated, you just can hear him well enough.  That's my 'beef' with DT, I just can't stand the mix. Give me Liquid Tension Experiment any day (at least you can hear Levin basses.....).
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f**k - only five ??  Here goes my choice for today.........
                 Helmutt Hattler
                 Pekka Pohjola
                 Jack Casady
                 Mariusz Duda
                 Mont Campbell
This will probably change later on........and that will probably change after that................oh, special mention goes to Pete Cetera - check out some of those earlier CHICAGO albums (esp. 5 and 7) - he's surprisingly excellent and quite versatile too !!
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Tony Levin
John Wetton
Chris Squire
Greg Lake
Nick Beggs

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Originally posted by Matthew _Gill Matthew _Gill wrote:

Originally posted by sleeper sleeper wrote:

The problem with threads like this is that they get annoyingly predictable.

1. Nick Beggs
 

With plaits and all?


Edited by Argonaught - October 24 2012 at 16:44
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Unfortunately I can name Chris Squire alone!!!
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Tony Levin
John Wetton
Chris Squire
Patrick O'Hearn
Stanley Clarke


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Originally posted by sleeper sleeper wrote:

The problem with threads like this is that they get annoyingly predictable.

1. Nick Beggs
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1. Tony Levin
2. Chris Squire
3. Geddy Lee
4. Ray Shulman
5. Justin Chancellor 
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  1. Geddy Lee
  2. Chris Squire
  3. Greg Lake 
  4. Steve DiGiorgio
  5. Jeff Berlin
Some others; Jon Myung, Tony Levin, John Wetton, Steve Babb, Martin Mendez, Johan DeFarfalla, Mike Rutherford
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Fred Callan 
Jon Camp 
Steve DiGiorgio 
Jimmy Bain 

and, yeah,

Chris Squire
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Geddy Lee (DAT GROOVE)
Amos Williams
Chris Squire
Greg Spawton/Andy Poole (Whoever does the most bass work on Big Big Train's 'The Underfall Yard')
John Myung

Fairly predictable, really.
Prog on!



...and on, and on, and on...
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Doug McCombs, Tortoise
Roger Waters, Floyd
Tony Levin
Michael Henderson on electric Miles
Stanley clarke
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Points: 7514 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 31 2012 at 00:35
Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond from Jethro Tull rarely, if ever, is mentioned in these forums!   I saw him with TAAB and Minstrel tours, his skills and performance energy are nearly unmatched!  

Check this clip out, Minstrel was a great show!!  
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Mister Wooten
Mister Lee
Monsieur Caron

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the rest of them
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1- Percy Jones
2- Jonas Reingold
3- Mick Karn (RIP)
4- Tony Levin
5- Chris Squire
I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth.
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Jaco Pastorius
Ray Shulman
John Myung
John Wetton (I could do without his off-key singing, though)
Chris Squire
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