Favorite Bass player.

[Jayice]

So who is everyone's favorite bass player?

Mine is Cris Kirkwood of the Meat Puppets one of the better bassists that's not too flashy but helps keeps the beat going with a bad ass chunky tone.

On a side note his brother Curt Kirkwood is a severely underrated guitarist, on of the best all time IMHO.

 

[Baron Von Vik]

Peter Tork, The Monkees.

Without him, "Auntie Griselda" would never have blessed our planet.

 

[fish552]

Tough one to narrow down for me...Jerry Jemmott, Geddy Lee and Paul McCartney all had influence for me to pick up a bass guitar.

 

[BassesForTheWin]

Geddy Lee
Flea
and Chris Wolestenholme

 

[ckitz]

Geddy Lee
Jaco Pastorius
Flea

That pretty much covers it.

 

[shawshank72]

Krist Novoselic

 

[Rob Martinez]

Paul McCartney and Tom Petersson.

 

[Ephi82]

I love McCartney and many others mentioned but there was one genius of pop/R&B/rock/blues electric bass and his name was Jamerson. Ask McCartney

I can't comment on those in Jazz, but my guess is that very few played as melodically.

 

[Mayers]

Les Claypool
Alain Caron
John Patitucci
Victor Wooten

 

[PimasterPearson]

Paul McCartney and James Jamerson are pretty high on my list. As far as more modern bassists, I'm a big fan of Seth Bolt from Needtobreathe (rock band from SC). He has a great sense for when to thump on the root and when to get busy all over the fretboard.

 

[derevaun]

1. Mick Karn, eyebrows or not
2. Whoever happened to be playing bass on all those Kate Bush tunes.
3. Unwound's Vern Rumsey

If there's a common thread, it's their tendency to wind up on emphasis beats playing some note other than the root.

 

[Iridescentone]

Ron Carter.

 

[chef_tater]

For me it is:
1. John Paul Jones
2. Geddy Lee
3 Geezer Butler.

 

[SactoBass]

Peter Tork, The Monkees.

Without him, "Auntie Griselda" would never have blessed our planet.

LMAO!!! Great post! (..and don't forget his vocal part in "Zilch").

My fav? I can't decide between Chris Squire and this guy:



Granted, Chris never was able to swing his hair in circles like that, which obviously held him back in his career development (just think how impressive that would have been in the middle of The Gates of Delirium).

 

[Tampabass]

Danny Partridge.

 

[pbd]

Scott Tunes
John Paul Jones
Geddy Lee

 

[SactoBass]

Danny Partridge.

LOL!!!!!

 

[Jim Dep]

Danny Partridge.

That's the guy that changed his name to Sid Vicious, right?

 

[pbd]

That's the guy that changed his name to Sid Vicious, right?

lol, ya, I think that is right lol

 

[Shovelbone]

Danny Partridge.

Definitely my favorite as well!