Most underated Bassist

RobTheDrummer · Post by **RobTheDrummer** » Friday Jun 25, 2004

Definitely Adam Nitti. Fudgo turned me on to him and he's simply amazing and yet, no one has ever heard of him.

bassist_25 · Post by **bassist_25** » Friday Jun 25, 2004

RobTheDrummer wrote:Definitely Adam Nitti. Fudgo turned me on to him and he's simply amazing and yet, no one has ever heard of him.

I know man, he freakin' smokes. I have a recording, called Ying and Yang, that he did with Victor Wooten. Nitti and Wooten playing together in the same song, can you imagine that?

Another agreement with Eddie Jackson from Queensryche. I love that groove he does on Della Brown. He makes me want to buy a Spector.

rickw · Post by **rickw** » Friday Jun 25, 2004

Rocco Prestia, Bassist 25 mentioned. Tower of Power just would never be the same without him! He is so funkafized! Good call 25! I too love Levin, Sting, McCartney (practically invented "melodic" bass in rock). Doug Pinnick from King's X ain't no slouch either!

facingwest · Post by **facingwest** » Saturday Jun 26, 2004

I appreciate a good part of the 70's bass players because of their walking bass lines. To me, they had meaning and held a very important role within a song. Once the 80's came along, all a person had to do was learn how to hold the root note while a guitarist played a lick over it, bass lines became very boring.

Gene Simmons, Timothy B. Schmidt (sp?), Boston's bass player are a few that stand out to me off hand.

I'm not a bass player, but really appreciate great bass lines. I've had to play bass in a few bands in the past, but it was only because I was the younger guitar player and in order to do the gig, I had to jump on bass. I'm glad I did though.

ToonaRockGuy · Post by **ToonaRockGuy** » Tuesday Jun 29, 2004

Overlooked...well, how about 2 of the modern funkmasters that get WAY overlooked, due to the fact that they play all their own instruments on every album..

PRINCE...and Lenny Kravitz. Both funky beyond belief!

Also Tommy Shannon of Double Trouble (Stevie Ray Vaughn's band)

DMFJ03 · Post by **DMFJ03** » Tuesday Jun 29, 2004

Ryan Maritinie in the house all day.

iceman01 · Post by **iceman01** » Wednesday Jun 30, 2004

i dont speak much but my favs are jeff clapper(canes),kent tonkin(grimm),geddy lee,victor wooten,p-nut,les claypool,and the one the only bootsy collins and im out peace.....................the iceman cometh....