best bassist?

[ubernator]

You want to know who the best is? That's him right there, Tom Kizanski, the iceman. That's how he flies, cool as ice, no mistakes.

Goose, RIP

 

[Thumpin6string]

Everyone.

 

[JPaulGeddy]

Best bassist?

No, Best drummer. Sutcliff bassist.

 

[Felken]

Lars Ulrich.

 

[Felken]

Welcome to Talkbass. People hate objectivity here (I learned that the hard way). They are against all forms of competition, ranking or objective evaluation.

 

[interp]

The OP has never heard the best bassist.

 

[Jay2U]

Best bassist? Where's the poll? If I say 'carrots' without poll, I'll be treated as just another cliche guy. We need a poll for this.

 

[Buster Brown]

I have been telling myself for years and years that I am the best alive.....



Now, if I could just get everyone else in the world to get on board.....

 

[Lobster11]

Welcome to Talkbass. People hate objectivity here (I learned that the hard way). They are against all forms of competition, ranking or objective evaluation.

If that's the lesson you learned, you got it wrong. What we hate is people treating matters of subjective taste and preference as if they were matters of objective fact.

 

[lbbc]

Best bassist?.... everyone has someone they think is best. I can respectively agree or disagree. There are so many greats in every genre and decade. I can't narrow it to one. My influences (who I think are the greatest):
Dennis Dunaway--Alice Cooper
Mel Schacher--Grand Funk
Tom Hamilton--Aerosmith
Michael Anthony--Van Halen (bass+vocals)
Billy Sheehan--various bands
There are many others, but these are my top 4.

 

[Lee Moses]

Not really a question with an answer - subject is far too objective [subjective?] and subject to opinion and personal taste !

Exactly!

Unless your answer is Jaco. Then your answer is objectively and verifiably true.

 

[PDGood]

Troll.

 

[Mugre]

I eschew questions like this but for sheets and tribbles I'm going to say Darryl Jones. Not a superstar like McCartney or Geddy but going from Miles Davis to the Rolling Stones with stops at Sting, Peter Gabriel, Madonna, John Scoffield and Mike Stern just to name a few, THAT'S Bradass! Especially when you consider the reputation so many of the above have for being fussy or exacting about who they play with.

 

[Fender_Bender]

An unanswerable question. Lots of badasses out there.

 

[guy n. cognito]

Best bassist?

Welcome to TB......terrible first post.

 

[Jeff Scott]

I think I have mentioned this on another thread, I have seen all the guys in that video, most of them in various different bands over the years.

 

[madbass6]

Best bassist?

the other guy who got the gig I was supposed to get!

 

[waynobass]

Me.

Second best is the dude from Fall Out Boy.

 

[BillyBA]

Me.

I Second this

No, me.

I'm going with Jaco. Followed closely by Jeff Scott, Jason Harris and Stumbo.

 

[Son of Wobble]

Regret to inform you, MT, that there has been a mistake and you did NOT win in the Best Bassist category.

You will have to console yourself with your wins in the Best-Looking Bassist and Best-Looking Precision categories.

Again, apologies!

All the other answers are wrong. The real answer is me.