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Could we please remove the reference to 'four string mother fucker'? It seems to me that young children might be reading this. Do we really want to be explaining to them what that means (assuming they don't already know?) Brequinda 08:48, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I have to say I have a problem with the title of this article. The page is a list of bassists or bass players, or at least those that have reached great heights playing electric bass. They are not considered great guitarists. In the discussion on the bass guitar vs electric bass one comment was the memory of Jaco Pastorius was discounted by refering to him as a guitarist. I agree with that comment.
Should the page title be List of Modern or Contemporary Bassists?
Ozbass, 30 June 2005
No. The point of the article is that it's people who play the bass guitar, as opposed to double bass, etc. A "bassist" is a general term for someone who plays a bass, whichever kind, but this is a list of bass guitarists. Jaco was both a bassist and primarily a bass guitarist, as double basses fell apart in the climate he lived in.
60.231.213.206 ( talk) 04:59, 2 May 2009 (UTC)Jono, 2 May 2009
The problem with that last comment is that Jaco Pastorius referred to his instrument as an Electric Bass (research his books and videos). I have a Jazz Bass too, clearly labelled by Fender as an Electric Bass, under the category of Electric Basses in the Fender price list, designed and manufactured as an electric alternative to the Double Bass. I do not consider myself a guitarist when I play electric bass. I also have double basses, lived in the tropics and alpine regions and find it difficult to believe "double basses fell apart in the climate he lived in". They must have been extremely poor quality basses made using the wrong glue. -- Ozbass ( talk) 13:08, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
The place for him in "W" says that he played bass for Beck on Go It Alone for his latest album Guero, which is true. It also says that he played bass for several White Stripes songs, which is false, as The White Stripes do not feature bass at all in their songs. So whoever put in the latter is dumb. -- S-man 09:25, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
It seems that a lot of non-notables have been added to the list recently, or I've just become more aware of it anyway. The first lines of the page say:
“ | This list of bass guitarists includes notable bassists for whom there is a Wikipedia article, or who are mentioned in articles. ... | ” |
Can I propose that this is amended to say that any entry that doesn't either have their own page or a mention in their band's page will be removed? For example, the opening lines of the list of guitarists page are a little more unambiguous, and its embedded comments
“ | only add names here if the person has their own article or if they are mentioned in the band's article - anything else will be removed | ” |
leaves editors with no doubt as to what the policy is. I think that we should adopt the same policy here, as I don't think that it's terribly practical to have to trawl Google, Amazon etc for evidence to see whether or not someone is a notable musician every time someone enters the name of their mate in the highschool band. Of course that doesn't deal with people who create their own vanity pages, but I think that's another issue.
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Chris (
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12:26, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
Can someone please arrange for an entry for the great Cliff Barton (Clifford Howard Barton 1944 - 68)? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.75.88.30 ( talk) 10:04, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
I've just noticed a clearly vandalising made apparently by me some time ago, which I had absolutely no knowledge of and don't know how it was made in my name. I know most people probably won't care but this annoyed me when I found it since not only would I never do anything like this, the edit blanked a previous, legitimate edit of mine. Again, I'm sure it doesn't matter, I just wanted to clear my name and make sure nothing came of it. Offski 23:51, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I added a bunch of bassists out there. Many are from metal bands, but they are also from other sorts of rock bands. If someone is unhappy with the edits done, talk to me. All of the 52 bassists I added are on Wikipedia or have their band on Wikipedia.
-- Zouavman Le Zouave 21:29, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
I've changed the heading to "Only add names here if the person has their own article - anything else will be removed" as list is getting too many red links or no links at all. I've just looked back to how the list was last year and it was such a mess - I think it's a lot better now and that peoples hard work is paying off. INXS-Girl 17:51, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
Cliff Burton, while truly awesome, really only needs one link here. So I removed the one that was not in alphabetical order. I hope no one minds. thryllkill ( talk) 22:29, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
I added Justin Meldal-Johnsen; bass player known best for his work with Beck. I also linked to Beck in parentheses... it seemed succinct enough to just list it as that. I also put him under J, before remembering the Meldal-. Anyway, it should be correct, but if anything is wrong, don’t hesitate to change it. Kikimm ( talk) 21:22, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
I would like to see how many bass players were the frontman or lead singer for their band/group. There are not that many and is kind of interesting when you see one: Geddy Lee (Rush), Sting (The Police), Roger Waters (Pink Floyd), Les Claypool (Primus). Would there be a problem with indicating this somehow, like using an asterisk or something? — Preceding unsigned comment added by BillyNair ( talk • contribs) 19:53, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: not moved. Andrewa ( talk) 00:11, 29 August 2017 (UTC)
List of bass guitarists → List of male bass guitarists – Seems as though this list article is exclusive to male bass guitarists. Compare to List of female bass guitarists. Steel1943 ( talk) 09:01, 23 August 2017 (UTC)