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AtomicCrimsonRush View Drop Down

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Posted: April 29 2009 at 23:19

John Myung of course

I do love the bassist from Symphony X that everyone here is raving about

Orbit

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Posted: April 30 2009 at 06:08

Oh, and I suppose Arif from Protest the Hero could count too.

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Posted: April 30 2009 at 09:56

If you guys listened to the bass work on Prehisotricisms your minds would all be blown.

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Posted: April 30 2009 at 11:00

Moatilliatta wrote:

If you guys listened to the bass work on Prehisotricisms your minds would all be blown.

And then some....

Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005

brainerd

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Posted: May 01 2009 at 19:20

hagguhsem wrote:

Moatilliatta wrote:

The guy in Unexpect plays some wild stuff too

He uses a nine string bass. Cool as f*ck

I hate to be petulant, but speaking as a bassist myself NOBODY needs nine strings on a bass. more than six is just silly, and people deride me for playing a five!

And I'm disappointed that nobody's mentioned Justin Chancellor, not the grooviest basssist by any stretch but he's very melodic, inventive and tasteful with his use of effects. He really fills out the comparatively sparse Tool 'sound', too. And his tone is immaculate.

And er, I also enjoy Dan Briggs (BTBAM) Jeff Caxide (Isis) and Colin Marston from Dysrhythmia (THE best bass tone I've ever heard, it could demolish buildings)

Edited by brainerd - May 01 2009 at 19:26

Moatilliatta View Drop Down

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Posted: May 02 2009 at 11:36

brainerd wrote:

hagguhsem wrote:

Moatilliatta wrote:

The guy in Unexpect plays some wild stuff too

He uses a nine string bass. Cool as f*ck

I hate to be petulant, but speaking as a bassist myself NOBODY needs nine strings on a bass. more than six is just silly, and people deride me for playing a five!

And er, I also enjoy Dan Briggs (BTBAM) Jeff Caxide (Isis) and Colin Marston from Dysrhythmia (THE best bass tone I've ever heard, it could demolish buildings)

Well obviously he doesn't need nine strings. But anyway I agree with your selections. If you haven't heard already, you should hear Colin's Warr guitar work in his main band Behold... the Arctopus.

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Posted: May 07 2009 at 04:38

A quick,off the top of my head Top 5:

1. Steve Harris

2. Justin Chancellor

3. Steve DiGiorgio

4. Troy Tipton

5. Colin Marston

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Posted: May 07 2009 at 17:49

A lot of people are speaking the name "Sean Malone." He's kicked back so far in the mix of Cynic's albums I barely notice. Can someone name me a song on either Focus or Traced in Air where he is prominent?

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Posted: May 07 2009 at 22:04

I agree that the Cynic albums aren't the best showcase of Malone's talent.Try out his two Gordian Knot albums and his solo album Cortlandt to see how awesome a bassist Malone is.