top 3 bassists of today

[yontar]

To me personally:

Richard Bona
Gary Willis
Matthew Garrison
Vic is a given so i am not going to go there

Bona and Willis are both extremely musical and extremely technical players and i respect them immensely and love both of their work.
Garrison is part of the new breed of players (along with guys like janek gwizdala and hadrien feraud) and he added an entirely new technique to my playing and has a very contemporary approach to fusion songwriting which i really dig.

[FunkyMan]

-Hadrien Feraud (Why he had never been mentioned before?)
-Richard Bona
-and the godfather..Jaco Pastorius

[T-MOST]

Michael Anthony
Gene Simmons
Pete Wentz

[sloasdaylight]

Originally Posted by T-MOST

Michael Anthony
Gene Simmons
Pete Wentz

I actually think Michael Anthony is a good bass player.

My list would be, in this order

Michael Manring
Hadrien Feraud
John Myung

Edit: With Edgar Meyer thrown in as a nod to the Upright guys.

[amroach]

Victor Wooten
Pino Pallidino
Colin Edwin

[camiloochoa]

Originally Posted by FunkyMan

-Hadrien Feraud (Why he had never been mentioned before?)
-Richard Bona
-and the godfather..Jaco Pastorius

+1

but i would change Jaco because he is not alive.

for me it would be something like (no particular order):

-Hadrien Feraud
-Richard Bona
-Gary Willis

[nutso42]

In no real order:

Matt Freeman (Best song: Maxwell Murder)
Geddy Lee (Best song: Malignant Marcissism)
Marcus Miller (Best song: too many to choose from)

[Essen]

Justin Chancellor
Les Claypool
Mark King

[T-MOST]

Originally Posted by sloasdaylight

I actually think Michael Anthony is a good bass player.

My list would be, in this order

Michael Manring
Hadrien Feraud
John Myung

Edit: With Edgar Meyer thrown in as a nod to the Upright guys.

That list was meant as a joke...

[the general]

Originally Posted by T-MOST

Michael Anthony
Gene Simmons
Pete Wentz

and a funny joke it was lol