Your Favorite Bassist of Each Style

[J. Crawford]

Who is your favorite (or two, or three, etc.) of each of these types of techniques.

Finger-

Pick-

Slap/Pop-

Technical (Tapping, Double Thumbing, etc.)

Others (if wanted)-

Mine Would be.

Finger- Dirk Lance

Pick- Ben Kenney, or Sting (when he uses one)

Slap/Pop- Flea

Technical- V.Wooten.

Others- Jaco, just because hes the man, and James Jamerson, yet again because hes the man.

[TK-421]

Finger- Alex Webster

Pick- Ben Kenney

Slap/Pop- Martin Mendez (When he actually does it)

Technical- Stanley Clarke

Others- Nick from Cephalic Carnage

[J. Crawford]

Niiice. Quite a difference from Stanley Clark to Carnage.

[Dark Star]

Finger: Jack Bruce/Rocco Prestia
Pick: Chris Squire/Phil Lesh
Slap/Pop: Larry Graham
Technical: Stanley Clarke
Other: Mike Watt - I love this guy

[J. Crawford]

Ahh, Dark Star, made me feel like a dumby. I cant believe I forgot Jack, Rocco, and another, The Ox. Ohh man! Im going to go edit that post!

[NickMarinelli]

Finger - Tie between John Entwhistle and Geddy Lee
Pick - Mike Levine (Triumph)
Slap/Pop - Stanley Clarke
Technical - Stu Hamm
Others - Jaco and Ralphe Armstrong (Jon Luc Ponty)

Ralphe was a monster on Jon Luc Ponty: Live, released way back when.

[WJGreer]

I'll play.

Finger: John Patitucci

Pick: Chris Squire

Slap/Pop: Mark King

Technical: Michael Manring

Fretless: Gary Willis

Acoustic, Straight Ahead (Living): Christian McBride

Acoustic, Straight Ahead (Deceased): Paul Chambers

Acoustic, Modern: Chris Wood

[metallicafan18]

Finger-Cliff Burton

Pick-Justin Chancellor

Slap/Pop-Flea

Technical-Fieldy

Others-Robert Trujillo, Geddy Lee, Steve Harris, and many others.

[AlphaMale]

Finger- Juan Alderte

Pick- Ben Kenney just because he's the only one I know that uses one.

Slap/Pop- Alexis Sklarevski or Jonas Hellborg

Technical - Probably Jonas Hellborg

Others (if wanted)- The best bassline I ever heard was the return of the space cowboy album version, done by an anonymous session musician.


Others-

[UncleBalsamic]

Finger- John Entwistle, John Paul Jones, Paul McCartney, Steve Harris, Geddy Lee

Pick- Justin Chancellor

Slap/Pop- Victor Wooten, Mark King

Technical- Victor Wooten

Others- Jaco Pastorius

[pbass2]

Originally Posted by AlphaMale

Pick- Ben Kenney just because he's the only one I know that uses one.

Sir, you can't be serious(?)!!!

[vegas532]

Finger - John Entwistle, Geddy Lee

Pick - Chris Squire, Justin Chancellor

Slap - Norwood Fisher, Louis Johnson, Wojtek Pilichowski

Technical - Jonas Hellborg, Tony Levin

Other - Bill Clements, Jauqo III-X

Just down right Weird - Kevin Rutmanis

[Arpeggiator]

Finger-Alex Webster Or John Myung

Pick- John Vesano (Former Nile)

Slap/Pop- Jonas Hellborg or Stanley Clarke

Technical (Tapping, Double Thumbing, etc.) - Tony Levin or Mike Flores (Origin)

Others (if wanted)- Nick - Cephalic Carnage(Touched by an Angel is a great bass piece)

Siamien Hetneas (spelling...) - Arcturus/Dimmu Borgir (great basslines simple and he has a great voice too)

[fullcircle]

Finger- Jimmy Haslip

Pick- Chris Squire

Slap/Pop- Kai Eckhardt (for sure!)

Technical- Jonas Hellborg, Michael Manring


Others (if wanted)- Jack Bruce, John Paul Jones

[tonedeafmike]

Finger - Entwistle/Chuck Rainey

Pick - Graham Maby

Slap/Pop - Flea

Technical - Wooten

Others - Geddy. My favorite bassist. If our next dog is a male...you guessed it.

[Planet Boulder]

Finger- Jaco or Tom Kennedy

Pick- Mike Gordon or Phil Lesh

Slap/Pop- Vic Wooten or Les Claypool

Technical- Vic Wooten or Oteil Burbridge

All-around - Vic Wooten

[One Drop]

Just saw the Wailers again last night, no one plays fingerstyle more beautifully than Family Man to my ears. Every note is so gorgeously shaped and timed, and there is a punch, fatness and varying degrees of growl that are so expressive in the way he controls them. Every bassist should hear him live once to get a sense of what is possible with the instrument, even if Reggae is not your bag.

[zao144]

Finger - Jaco, Ryan Martinie(Mudvayne)

Pick - Tom Araya(Slayer)

Slap/Pop - Marcus Miller

Technical - Victor Wooten

Others - John Patitucci, Mark King, Alex Webster(Cannibal Corpse)

[joelc1319]

Finger- Jaco & Jamerson (for the funk), Steve Harris (for the speed), Stefan Lessard (for his tone)

Pick- Chris Squire

Slap/Pop- Flea, Dirk Lance, Les Claypool

Technical- Victor Wooten, Tony Levin (technical meaning innovative!)

Others- Hub (for Hip-Hop), Eric Wilson (for Reggae), John Paul Jones (for skill), Pino Palladino (for versatility!!)

[J. Crawford]

Originally Posted by joelc1319

Finger- Jaco & Jamerson (for the funk), Steve Harris (for the speed), Stefan Lessard (for his tone)

Pick- Chris Squire

Slap/Pop- Flea, Dirk Lance, Les Claypool

Technical- Victor Wooten, Tony Levin (technical meaning innovative!)

Others- Hub (for Hip-Hop), Eric Wilson (for Reggae), John Paul Jones (for skill), Pino Palladino (for versatility!!)

Personally Joel, I agree with yours more than my own. Except for pick, Ben is just BEAST! Kinda... Lol.