I wouldn't argue with your point, but I don't think I would base my opinion on anything Pete Wentz does. I see him more as an entertainer than a musician. YMMV.
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Geddy Lee, best bass player.
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LOVE Geddy! He got me into bass but there are so many bassists that can eat Geddy's lunch it's not even funny.
He is one of the modern greats, but I really do not say how anyone can be the best. I will agree no one plays RUSH music any better than Geddy.
Geddy Lee is the best bassist to ever play with a tight, complicated drummer like Neal Peart, and not have it go all wobbly.
I don't know how to measure "best," but he is amazing, and that's good enough that "best" no longer matters.
Rush is the tightest rock band ever, and I will stand by that statement. So as far as playing together goes, all three are the "best."
I don't know how to measure "best," but he is amazing, and that's good enough that "best" no longer matters.
Rush is the tightest rock band ever, and I will stand by that statement. So as far as playing together goes, all three are the "best."
Because Jeff Berlin exists.
. It's all subjective and taste. Styles are important, too. Geddy and NHOP, for example, are very far apart stylistically. Very good players, but just in different.........Hemispheres. 
Your favorite does not mean the best.
In recent years there has been a big jump in bass players that are more technically gifted. However for what he does, no one is better. He's been a huge influence on a lot of bass players, myself included.
I get the feeling that some people equate "best" player with the person who can play the most notes fastest without losing the beat or flubbing.
I view it as there is no single best bass player. The best bass players in my mind are the guys who created new techniques that helped evolve the instrument and how people play today. It is also funny that if you mention most of the players by first name everyone knows who you are stalking about (ex. Jaco, Victor, Marcus, Stanley, Geddy, Les, Paul, Flea, John, Jack, etc.)
It is also not always about technique either. Some bass players were great writers who knew how to write a great bass line for a song.
Geddy is my most favorite bass player by far. Not only has his playing been a big influnece, but just him as a person has also been an influence. Never having met him personally, he seems to be very nice, staright forward, respectful, appreciative of all that he has nad how he got it, humble etc. Now, thiose that know him better might say different, but i am goign with what I know.
He might not be the fastest player....or the funkiest...or the most "technical"...or the "heaviest"...or whatever. BUT, I am willing to bet that he could be any and all of these if he needed to...
he is the best bass player in my little box...better than The Ox, definitely better than JPJ, better than Flea, the same as Steve Harris....but this is in my own little box. No one will ever convince me otherwise in my own little box. I also realize that my little box sits in a much bigger warehouse with other boxes who have their own contents...
no one will ever be "the best" because there is going to be a new guy every next day. Geddy will be remembered in the "upper echelon' for sure....and from what I have seen, has definitely been an influence on ALL players b/c people either like him, or they don't...and that is an influence
He might not be the fastest player....or the funkiest...or the most "technical"...or the "heaviest"...or whatever. BUT, I am willing to bet that he could be any and all of these if he needed to...
he is the best bass player in my little box...better than The Ox, definitely better than JPJ, better than Flea, the same as Steve Harris....but this is in my own little box. No one will ever convince me otherwise in my own little box. I also realize that my little box sits in a much bigger warehouse with other boxes who have their own contents...
no one will ever be "the best" because there is going to be a new guy every next day. Geddy will be remembered in the "upper echelon' for sure....and from what I have seen, has definitely been an influence on ALL players b/c people either like him, or they don't...and that is an influence
I think the very idea of one "best" player is hopeless, but Geddy is an absolute badass, and the reason I picked up bass. That's good enough for me.
Much respect to Geddy, but not the best. And I don't even like that term " best ". Greatest would be a better word. But when it comes to musicians everyone wants to be great but no one ever goes into it saying " I'm doing this to be the best or the greatest." There is greatness and everyone works to achieve their own greatness and to be the best they can possibly be. I have a personal goal to always better myself and get to the point of being great. To constantly learn something new, and to progress, to overcome a challenge. When it comes to bass I will always try to get better and better with no limit. Everyone can be the best in their own right
