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This might be going against the spirit of the thread, but...
[b]John Paul Jones[/b]
Personally, I don't think he can be rated highly enough. Logic dictates that he is, therefore, underrated.

In the true spirit of the thread...
[b]Mo Foster[/b]
Awesome work on Scott Walker's "Climate of Hunter". And he's British too!

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[quote name='EBS_freak' post='438905' date='Mar 19 2009, 08:26 AM']...and he is always has cool basses.[/quote]

Definitely! Someone on here bought a white ’91 5 string Thumb with red LEDs that was supposedly built for and played by the man himself…and if I remember correctly, he only paid about £900 for it :)

Can’t remember who it was though…

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[quote name='lowhand_mike' post='23581' date='Jun 26 2007, 02:38 PM']still gutted they split up and that was nearly 10 years ago[/quote]
Headlining at Download this year
Mike Patton, Roddy Bottum, Bill Gould, Jon Hudson and Mike Bordin is the line up.......... so HAPPY DAYS!!


As for underrated bass players:
John Deacon (QUEEN )
Les Holroyd ( BJH )
Bill Gould ( FNM )
Chris Glenn (MSG / SAHB / Chris Glenn and The Outfit and others)
Andy Fraser ( Free )
the list goes on and on....

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[quote name='BottomEndian' post='438433' date='Mar 18 2009, 04:35 PM']In the true spirit of the thread...
[b]Mo Foster[/b]
Awesome work on Scott Walker's "Climate of Hunter". And he's British too![/quote]


Big +1 for Mo Foster, he's brilliant. Check out his solo albums some terrific fretless playing

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[quote name='Road Dog' post='23824' date='Jun 26 2007, 10:41 PM']I'm going to go with;

Keith Wilkinson (Squeeze)
John Deacon (Queen)
Jon Davis (Gryphon)[/quote]


Good God!!!! That's me!!!! (Jon Davie - not Davis). :)

Coming to see us in London in June?

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[quote name='JJTee' post='11739' date='Jun 4 2007, 10:34 AM']Don't hate me, but I think [b]Rutger Gunnarsson[/b], the chap who played most of the ABBA bass lines, is a superb player...

Go on, force yourself to listen to stuff like Money Money Money, Dancing Queen, One of Us...

Some great melodic lines.[/quote]


+1

Couldn't agree more.

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  • 2 months later...

[quote]Ryan Martinie - Mudvayne
James Leach - Sikth
Arif Mirabdolbaghi - Protest The Hero
Sam Rivers - Limp Bizkit
Alex Katunich - Incubus
Tye Zamora - AAF[/quote]

Literally all the ones i was going to say! nice one josh lol

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[quote name='WalMan' post='191422' date='May 4 2008, 12:58 AM']I'll say it here as well.

Rick Anderson - The Tubes

One of my favourite bands who I will always make time to get to see at least once (if not more) when they are over here[/quote]


+1 The Tubes. What Do You Want From Live is an amazing album from start to finish.
Rick Anderson and Prairie Prince are as tight as a knats chuff (Whatever a knats Chuff is lol)

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Simon Raymonde - Cocteau Twins.... Nothing fancy but very hypnotic/melodic.
Colin Moulding - XTC... Mayor Of Simpleton , nuff said.
Mark Burgess - The Chameleons.... Inspired.
Andy Rourke - The Smiths.... Forget Moz and Marr.
Paul Gray - The Damned... Love his bass sound on The Damned's The Black Album.
Segs Jennings - The Ruts... Very Underrated.

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Another one for Tony Kanal from No Doubt. Even years ago before I ever though I'd touch a bass, I always listened to him and wished I could play some of the lines he does, especially "Different People" Im making it my goal to learn that song, dont care how long it takes.

Some of the songs from the lesser known first 2 albums are awesome too.

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