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Dear Dan Roberts, Your bass work on the album God Shuffled His Feet, the 1993 classic album from your band, the Crash Test Dummies, is perhaps one of the best achievements in modern pop/rock bass playing. First, let me say that I am a huge fan of the album and have probably listened to it over...

Just listed 5 underrated bass tracks (in rock) that Ive heard. All links are in the description. List your top 5 and maybe I'll make another video with what you guys come up with

SteffanB’s post about most underrated bassists made me wonder... what’re the most underrated basses? I’ll start off with my vote: the Fender MIM Jazz Bass... younger folks, raise your hand if this was your first workhorse!

What are one or two of your favorite albums that, for one reason or another, didn't get the recognition like other records the band made. What are your favorite more overlooked albums by popular bands. The albums don't have to be completely unknown, but just underrated when compared with their...

Well, let's be honest, Gene Simmons is an icon, no two ways about it and many of us picked up a bass thanks to him. Now we can take any Kiss album and find that it always follows a specific formula. 1. The sing along anthem. 2. The ballad. 3. The Gene song. So what is a "Gene song?" Well...

I've been wanting to try this pedal for a long time, lately I managed to get a used one on ebay, tried it today, and it is absolutely fantastic! It maybe only one frequency that you change but hey it does the job of finding that missing frequency that your bass lacks, the bypass is good too. It...

I was nudged into putting up this thread after seeing yet another member of TB ask for some good Youtube videos/instructionals. Of course, Scott Devine and Marc J Smith seem to be perennial favorites (and deservedly so), Joe Hubbard is finally gaining some long overdue recognition, but I wanted...

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I've been enjoying a lot of Zeppelin lately and my biggest takeaway has been John Paul Jones, the keyboardist. I feel like his work on organ and synthesizer (You Shook me, No Quarter, for starters) gets overlooked. The man did a lot.

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I'm sure this has been discussed at least a thousand times on this forum, but I also figure it's a nice topic to spark a little conversation (and get me some new musicians to lookup ;)). So the question is.. Who, in your opinion, is the most underrated bassist(s)? It can either be someone whom...

Recently I've been enjoying a lot of Jeff Berlin and noticed how he's completely omitted slap from his repertoire of playing tricks and it made me think.. There are so many one truck pony bass players out there.. I think Jeff, as celebrated as he might be, he's still criminally underrated. While...

Hi ! I don't know if it's very useful to post this thing, I've got two basses (Yamaha BB415 and RBX374), I have played the BB415 for 8 years now, a very good bass but with time it tends to be muddy, a month ago I decided to play again my first bass (RBX), this one had had flat wounds strings on...

Recently our band thought maybe we could/should learn Steppenwolf's "Sookie Sookie". So I dove into it and the more I listen to it, the more impressed I get about his playing. In this particular song, he isn't clicking in with the drummer. Clearly HE has estalished the groove and the drummer...

Two groups I never see their bassists get any love are Caravan and Eloy. Both had a few different bassists over the years I believe and have some seriously killer bass lines on some tunes. Here are some examples: Super long epic tune with a ton of amazing bass lines, every time I hear this...

I just saw that Quarry was canceled after 1 season. How does a great series get cancelled while garbage keeps getting renewed? Rogue - cancelled after 4 seasons. Banshee - cancelled after 4 seasons. Kingdom - 3rd and final season. Low Winter Sun - cancelled after 1 season.

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There's always a lotta chatter about established musical artists being overrated... but who, in your opinion, is established yet UNDERRATED? My votes go to Simple Minds, The Afghan Whigs and Stereophonics. I recognize Stereophonics are bigger in Europe... but unfortunately, they're not a...

New Yamaha bb424x...holy crap this bass is quality at the price of $450. I had read good things about Yamaha on here but never had a chance to play one. I figured what the heck and ordered it anyway based on some videos I saw. Well it has a great tone, sounds active, but it is passive...

Here's my very arguable list, from least to most underrated: 5. Tina Weymouth (Talking Heads) 4. Chris Wolstenholme (Muse) 3. Mike Kerr (Royal Blood) 2. John Deacon (Queen) 1. Ronnie Lane (The [Small] Faces) Keep in mind this is not a list of my absolute favorites (though at least three make...

Over the last few weeks I've been listening to a lot of Skynyrd. Pronounced Second Helping Street Survivors Etc. In doing so I've been floored by how good they truly were. It doesn't seem like they get a lot of love like other groups of that era. Here's my theory: They didn't call it quits...

Unicron does not get the respect he deserves. Who are your favorite Robot bassists?

i've always been a big fan of what they do over there. i'll admit the newest models are not my style, but the LB line seems to be here to stay and have a more classic look to it. i've always reccomended here, to friends, students, ext, that a used carvin is the best value for the money. that's...

My quest for low-gain tube-like overdrive is over as of today! It all started with JHS Charlie Brown(too much gain, too much low end loss), then Barbershop(not enough gain, raspy and farty with flats), then Aguilar Agro(too much gain, too much low end loss) and finally Aftershock. Actually I'm...

"When we talk about the greatest bassists of all time, the candidates usually fall into one of two categories. On the one hand, you have the Stadium Superstars: Flea, John Entwistle, Geddy Lee, Steve Harris. People who are indisputably awesome players, but definitely buoyed into the stratosphere...

Is anyone familiar with Herb Bushler. I've been meaning to post about him for a while now. He was mostly known in Jazz circles and was a successful session player and almost always had work. I only knew him from his contributions to David Peel and the Lower East Side. This was a counter...

Who's your favorite bass player that gets no love around here? Whether they're local heroes or that fifth guy in a big-name band, there's always someone forgotten when we clamor about the Jacos and McCartneys of the world. How about posting a clip or two of your forgotten idol for our collective...