Greatest Bass Solos

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1) Hugh McDonald - Keep The Faith

2) Cliff Burton - Anesthesia

“Anesthesia FTW. Cliff is a God and will never be beaten!”

DopeWithABass

“Sweet distorted bass!”

3) Flea - Give It Away

4) John Deacon - Under Pressure

“best one LONG LIVE THE QUEENS!
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5) Geddy Lee - YYZ

“It’s even better when you play it on Rock Band”

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6) Mattias Bernvall - Hate to Say I Told You So

7) Les Claypool - John the Fisherman

“the God of Bass”

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8) Bernard Edwards - Good Times

9) Geddy Lee - Show Me Don't Tell Me

“Clearly one of his most of his most creative solos, lot’s of slapping, bending and scales”

10) Lee Sklar - The Pretender

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11) Mike Dirnt - Welcome to Paradise

12) John Entwistle - 5115

“i man really, its what eruption is to the guitar for bass”

13) Geezer Butler - NIB

14) Jaco Pastorius - A Remark You Made

15) Flea - Torture Me

16) Flea - Coffee Shop

“just hear it!!!”

17) Peter Cetera - I'm a Man

“P.C. MORE THAN JUST A PRETTY BOY LEAD SINGER, OR WUSSY 80’S BALLADEER. ONCE UPON A TIME, HE WAS A KICK ASS BASSIST”

18) Glenn Cornick - Bouree

“A cover of a wonderful song composed by Johann Sebastian Bach, Ian Anderson and the rest of Jethro Tull pull this piece off beautifully.”

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19) Stanley Clarke - Rock 'n' Roll Jelly

20) Bobby Dall - Unskinny Bop

21) Anthony Jackson - For the Love of Money

22) Flea - By the Way

23) Stanley Sheldon - Marching Powder

24) Tony Levin - Sleepless

“Muscles in the bass”

25) Flea - Hard To Concentrate

“just listen o this song and be amazed”

26) John Myung - The Dance Of Eternity

“This is one of Dream Theaters most extreme songs. And the bass solo indicate that.”

27) Jimmy Blanton - Mr. J.B. Blues

“number 1 in my book”

28) Greg Lake - 21st Century Schizoid Man

29) Alphonso Johnson - Bahama Mama

30) Flea - Stone Cold Bush

“Slap bass dude.”

31) P-Nut - Feels So Good

“I command you all to go listen to this song”

32) Nick Olveri (QOSTA) - No One Knows

33) Matt Freeman - Maxwell Murder

“when it’s live he free styles for 5 extra minutes!”