Best Bassist...

gr3yh0und2 · #1 10-13-2009, 02:36 AM

whos your best/favorite basist?
why??

gkbass13 · #2 10-13-2009, 02:39 AM

too many favorites, and i hate the word best.

im digging rochard bona a lot lately. jaco, vic, ron carter, mingus, meshell, oteil burbridge, anthony jackson, bootsy,....those are a few.

gr3yh0und2 · #3 10-13-2009, 02:39 AM

-a good bassist knows the direction of any band

GM60466 · #4 10-13-2009, 05:21 AM

Jack Casady
His life's work speaks for itself

Gawd · #5 10-13-2009, 07:50 AM

Can't pick a favorite, but the biggest recent influence on my own playing is Jeroen Paul Thesseling, completely changed my approach to writing bass parts.

James Hart · #6 10-13-2009, 07:54 AM

we have one of these already.... read up and add your own choices
THE Favo(u)rite Bassist Thread

anthowl · #7 10-13-2009, 08:18 AM

Jeph Howard.

gr3yh0und2 · #8 10-14-2009, 12:06 AM

i agree.. he is really a bassist by heart

LaklandBass · #9 10-14-2009, 12:07 AM

Bill Gould of Faith No More.
He was innovative, wrote awesome bass lines for the songs and has tone to die for.

JayfromDeeKay · #10 10-14-2009, 12:16 AM

If best means "has influenced the way I play the most", then:

Francis Rocco Prestia (Tower of Power)
NHOP (Niels Henning Orsted Petersen)
Sting (Police)
Jaco Pastorius
Victor Wooten

southernrocker · #11 10-14-2009, 12:17 AM

Geddy Lee. The stuff he does is great. I like rush because learning their stuff took me to a new level.

MNAirHead · #12 10-14-2009, 12:47 AM

Mark King OR Lee Sklar...

Chances are Mark.. I've seen him single handedly do a sound check for the entire band.. he's the only one that could step into every spot in his band and keep up with the rest. He does have the most informative training snips on youtube.

NickBass81 · #13 10-14-2009, 01:42 AM

I love a thousand of players, but maybe the favorite above all is Nathan East, the man can play anything with his own style, has terrific skills, great soul and great tone...

gr3yh0und2 · #14 10-14-2009, 04:48 AM

-a good bassist knows the direction of any band

gr3yh0und2 · #15 10-14-2009, 06:35 AM

-a good bassist knows the direction of any band

eggfan · #16 10-14-2009, 06:54 AM

wanna watch wheel ...

gr3yh0und2 · #17 10-14-2009, 07:00 AM

wheel? what wheel?

pmaraziti · #18 10-14-2009, 07:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gkbass13

too many favorites, and i hate the word best.

+100000 ... hate lists, charts and classifying human art...

havign said that, I can contribute with some names but I know I will miss other hundreds that I lvoe as bassist:

* Pino Palladino & Nathan East - no flashy playing, but you know when they are behind the song
* Victor Wooten - for his approach to music, learning and spirituality of playing music, his book is a must read
* James Jamerson - for proving you can be remebered forever without ever been known. I wish I had an ounce of his groove, I'd be the happier man on earth
* Rocco Prestia - because fingerstyle funk can be an a..-moving exercise...

* Anthony Jackson - because went above and beyond the physical frontiers of the bass and made 6-string and electric bass in jazz a fact
* Stuart Zender - because made me love funk in the beginning
* Dick Lance - because made me appreciate a style I never considered before
* Jeff Ament - who said rock basslines are dull????
* John Entwistle, Larry Graham, Jaco, Jack Bruce and tons of others for other tons of reasons...

I try to get inspired from many. You probably can study one at the time, but never stop looking around. What you need is to develop you own voice and vocabulary, you can get a lot of idease from the best bassist and the subsequen few hundreds in your list... don't imitate them though. They made their unique sign in history because they didn't imitate anybody...

Bass and Music are a wonderful thing to experience in a life

JCM800 · #19 10-14-2009, 09:17 PM

My recent add to my fave bassist list is the bong-rattling bass of Mel Schacher from Grand Funk Railroad.

HOLY COW!

gr3yh0und2 · #20 10-15-2009, 07:18 AM

they are beast.. hehe