best bassist?

[Matt Dean]

Pino Palladino.

Matt drops the mic and walks away.

 

[Aberdumbie]

Why my fellow TB'rs do the tags at the top of the page read.... "bridge".."hole"..."wire"??? Is this a four page "gotcha"??

 

[ThePresident777]

I don't know why people act as if they never heard of James Jamerson.

 

[Ethan117]

Homer Simpson is the greatest bassist of modern times. No contest.

 

[Deleted member 165050]

I'm going for Suzi Quatro. The undisputed queen of rawk bass. Runner up is Este Haim.

 

[Billoney]

Dick Smothers.

 

[Jeff Scott]

Dick Smothers.

That was not a compliment!

 

[Braddock]

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

I strongly second this.
I also want to add: "That the plaque for the alternates is down in the ladies room."
- Lt. Tom 'Iceman' Kazansky

 

[HolmeBass]

Tom Brady. Carey Price. Ben Carson if you give him some coffee. Anyone but my neighbor.

Aaron Rogers. Marc-André Fleury. Anyone BUT Ben Carson. And prove your neighbor isn't the best.

 

[HolmeBass]

Tom Brady, Carey Price, Sir Magdi Yacoub, Jesus...

No comment on best bass player.

You're wrong.

 

[PortlandBass77]

Aaron Rogers. Marc-André Fleury. Anyone BUT Ben Carson. And prove your neighbor isn't the best.

How many rings . I don't even know who that is. That one was a joke. This is the dude who thought it was a good idea to use left over carpet to redo part of his roof to save money, you don't even want to see the inside of his house

 

[Jeff Scott]

I can answer the best carpenter question. The master carpenter that has built some amazing things for our home the past few years.

 

[HolmeBass]

How many rings . I don't even know who that is. That one was a joke. This is the dude who thought it was a good idea to use left over carpet to redo part of his roof to save money, you don't even want to see the inside of his house

So Dan Marino sucked more than Mark Rypien because Mark had a ring and Dan didn't? Interesting. But I disagree. Prove to me that more Super Bowl wins means you're a better quarterback.

Goalie for the Penguins.

Glad to hear Carson was a joke, I wouldn't let him operate on a box turtle.

Your neighbor sounds thrifty, but maybe not considering the long haul.

 

[NOVAX]

This is easy. Willie Weeks.
Game over.

 

[saltydude]

None of us and all of us. There's one thing that all of us do better than anyone else. Music is a free, self and instinctive expression. So in that respect we're all unique and the "best".

 

[two fingers]

Welcome to TalkBass @RJ Middleton !!!

 

[MattZilla]

Cropduster.

 

[Pbassmanca]

Hmmmmm. The actual best bassist?......pondering.......reticulating splines...............

 

[NOVAX]

Wayman Tisdale.
Danny Bonaduce.
Peter Tork.
Curly Howard.
Mel Blanc.

The game continues.....

 

[Pbassmanca]

Honestly I would say that right now, the best living bassist ; and by "the best" , I mean the most musically and technically proficient and versatile, would have to be: Richard Bona. I'm not sure there's anything he CAN'T do on bass, and I don't think many cats could touch him when it comes to playing and singing at the same time while playing complex chordal, rythmic, and melodic music. If you haven't watched and or listened to Richard Bona's performances, you are missing out. Hit the YouTube and prepare to be amazed.