Whom do you like the best and why.
No real reason for this, just curious.
There's no way I'm getting all the bassists up there, so just pick one.

why no bootsy??

Nate Mendel

(les for originality sakes, truly an artist)

I can't get everyone on there. :rollno:

Steve Harris. Becauce off all the "Iron Maiden" thing. The band, the concepts, its importance in the NWBHM; and his style, a school in modern rock bass playing.

Lemmy von Motorhead? That's a new one.

Lemmy von Motorhead? That's a new one.

I think in the ending credits of the movie airheads they refer to him as Lemmy von Motorhead.

I picked Cliff. Why? I don't know why I like him so much. I know he's not the best... Maybe it has to do with his amazing solo's... or his ability to headbang like crazy and not miss a note. Or the fact that he just looks so damn cool.. Many reasons, but Cliff Burton is my all time favorite bassist.

Where's Geezer? Geddy? DeMaio? JPJ? That list is far too small to pick from, except for me... My favorite was actually on the list.

M2

Where's Floyd Pepper???

Steve Harris. Becauce off all the "Iron Maiden" thing. The band, the concepts, its importance in the NWBHM; and his style, a school in modern rock bass playing.

Steve's #2 on my list, right behind John Entwistle, and just ahead of Geddy Lee. There may be better players out there, but these three guys are the best at playing music that I like to listen to.

John entwistle
cause he was so cool :cool:

Don't listen to the people that wonder why their favourite isn't on the list, but the godfather of classic rock bass (Jack) is pretty much needed for that list to be taken seriously.

I will not vote in the poll because neither Derek Smalls nor Jack Lemmon in "Some Like It Hot" are available choices.

A list without Chris Squire is no list at all! :mad:

How on Earth can James Jamerson possibly be absent from such a list?

being too young for jazz I went for the ox

mooooo!

out of this list i would have to say Woot, but really my fav at the moment would be between Brian Bromberg and the bassist from the Jazz Pistols (german instrumental trio)

Oh.. hard one..

I Voted Entwistle cause my style is closer to his, but realy, both Geddy and John are equal for me.

The list looks a lot better now. I voted Jack, of course.

...Jack Lemmon in "Some Like It Hot"...

Not bad, but my fave is...


...me. :)

Edit- reason: Because when I play, I'm the one playing. Watching/hearing is great, but I wanna play. :)

am i crazy or did the list of Bassist grow? are names being added?

Les claypool for me: The reason I picked up the instrument, the reason I learned to play and the reason I continue to. He's my all time favorite bassist.

However, Wooten is a close second, but his solo stuff isn't that great and I like everything Les has done.

John Entwistle for me, my favourite bassist.

being too young for jazz I went for the ox

mooooo!

You're never too young for jazz.

Where's Hub?

For me it'd be anthony jackson, steve swallow and tony levin in no particular order, ah...carles benavent should go gon there also and gary willis.

Marcus Miller

Nathan East

also, Duck Dunn and Jerry Scheff

Jaco...because he's Jaco :bassist:

http://www.maidenfrance.fr/bibliotheque/Image/dossiers_morgan/steve_harris_epa_232831g.jpg
'nuff said

Actually I'd say it's a tie between Cliff and Geezer for me. But I voted Cliff because he was on the list when I voted and Geezer wasn't.

Lots of great bassists on that list. I grew up listening to Rush and still enjoy listening to his playing (well on the older records, the new stuff doesn't move me). He, Phil Lynott and Chris Squire have been my favorite bassists for many years.

I chose Geddy. Ability-wise, I think many on that list overpower him, but when including musicality, performance, writing style, voice, and cool-factor, I chose Geddy. :)

I would have gone Jaco but...JPJ was there for me first. :bassist:

Oteil

From this list I would have to go with Jaco (although he is not my favorite bass player, but I do enjoy his work). I am not familiar with quite a few of the others so I can't pick from the. But I do have to credit Jaco for being a pioneer and innovator. There are many great bass players out there - and many of them are doing the same thing as each other (or some version of the same thing). Jaco was quite unique.

of the ones you listed, john entwistle.

my all time fav is MR RICK PRICE

Chris Squire!!:bassist:

:cool:
I can't name just one.

SIR PAUL
JAMERSON
JACO
CHUCK RAINY
PINO PALLADINO
LEE SKLAR
WILL LEE

Just to name a few.
Steal from everybody.

+1 on Chuck Rainey. Also Robert Trujillo, Trevor Dunn, and Joe Gittleman. All these guys have influenced me heavily on different sides of the styllistic spectrum. And their sounds are completely imaculate for what they do.

JPJ

He rocks!

I completely forgot about Rob. I feel so ashamed.

victah!

ALEX WEBSTER!!!!!!!

from the list it was wooten but off the list its tony kanal:hiding: i dunt kno what people think of him on here so... it would be cool to hear peoples opinions on him. but if it is negative ya dunt hav to be as harsh as possible, get me?

Picking Jamerson.

I imagine that I'm a producer, and I'm trying to come up with the perfect bass player for a track. If I needed to choose a player who would bring a unique sound and dominate the track, it would be someone like Flea. But if I wanted to choose a player who always knew the right thing to do to show the track and all of its arrangement in the best possible light, it would be someone like Jamerson. He just had a very good feel for knowing what to add to a song that made the singer, the drummer, the strings, etc. sound better. There wasn't a song he played on that wasn't made better by the addition of his playing. And I think John Paul Jones was capable of similar things, too. He had fun with some unique sounds on some songs, but for the most part his playing is very tasteful and steady.