Favorite Bassists

[Angus]

Originally posted by bassvirtuoso13
Les Claypool
Victor Wooten
Jaco Pastorious
John Myung
John Patitucci
Cliff Burton
Flea
and of course myself

I didn't see that coming.

Myung's tone blows. Live, Flea's tone blows. Not to mention 99% of his stuff is pentatonically based.

 

[Oysterman]

Originally posted by Angus
Not to mention 99% of his stuff is pentatonically based.

So? Rock music is 99% pentatonically based.

 

[tvan1988]

In no particular order

Jeff Ament
Robert DeLeo
Geddy Lee
Steve Harris
Mike Inez
Justin Chancellor

 

[Flea Claydirnt]

The guy from Primus
the guy from Red Hot Chili Peppers
Mike Dirnt
Matt Freeman
Tom Drummond
Kim Deal
Stefan Lessard
Lisa Umbarger from the Toadies creates some sweet basslines also.

 

[Flea Claydirnt]

Damn how the hell could I forget Jeff Ament!
We have the same first name for God's Sake!
He plays a fretless often too.

 

[Blackbird]

Jamerson
Jaco
Wooten
Manring
Berlin
McCartney
Mingus
Pettiford
Rocco
Palladino
Caron
Sting
Rourke (Andy, The Smiths)


From Brazil:

Itibere Zwarg (Hermeto)
Adriano Giffoni
Yuri Poppoff
Arthur Maia (Gilberto Gil)
Luizao Maia
Arismar do Espirito Santo
Nico Assumpcao
Zeca Assumpcao (Chico Buarque)
Claudio Bertrami

 

[bassman1185]

Here are mine:

Traa Daniels
Steve Dial
Flea
Les Claypool
Mike Herrarra
The guy from Alien Ant Farm

Those are the ones I remember. There are probably a lot of others, but I can't remember them right now.

 

[JazznFunk]

My top 10, in no particular order....

Jaco Pastorius
Jason Scheff
John Patitucci
Scott LaFaro
Larry Grenadier
Victor Bailey
Marcus Miller
Scott Ambush
Jeff Ament
Stefan Lessard

 

[Tom_Hamilton_fan]

Originally posted by D.J



I think Tom Hamilton is a very good bass player(very underrated too).

thankyou.

i've seen a few bashings, but i know what i like.

 

[Bassketcase]

My Favourite bassists are:
Terrance 'Geezer' Butler
Jean Paul Jones
Jaco Pastorius
Mike Dirnt
Flea
Karl Alvarez
Sam Rivers
guy from Less Than Jake
Evil Jahred Hasselhoff
Jerk!(guy from local underground band called Goofballs he's very good)
Roger Glover
and
last but not least
Dee Dee Ramone

 

[ozanbaba]

flea
i just remembered that i asked some bass player "who is your favorite bass player"
they usualy said "flea"

 

[pc]

Originally posted by Big Wheel
Jamerson
Jaco
Wooten
Manring
Berlin
McCartney
Mingus
Pettiford
Rocco
Palladino
Caron
Sting
Rourke (Andy, The Smiths)


From Brazil:

Itibere Zwarg (Hermeto)
Adriano Giffoni
Yuri Poppoff
Arthur Maia (Gilberto Gil)
Luizao Maia
Arismar do Espirito Santo
Nico Assumpcao
Zeca Assumpcao (Chico Buarque)
Claudio Bertrami

That's really the list!

 

[PasterofMuppets]

er..this is basically directed at tones, because i have to brag about this, but patitucci is my cousin right.. ok, my main influence on the bass is Cliff Burton, he's the guy that got me into the whole music scene. There's other people, but I don't know their names..

 

[*ToNeS*]

no kidding ??? John Patitucci is YOUR cousin ?? sik man !!
just how *does* he get his hair so slick and shiny, anyway ??