If you had to be another bassist...

[ark amps]

Who would you be???

Tough call but I may have to go with Paul McCartney, the guy can do it all (sing, guitar, keys etc.) with style and MELODY!!!!!!!!!!

 

[J. Crawford]

I know it will be said a ton, but Victor Wooten.

IMO, he is the epitome of the perfect bassist.

 

[ark amps]

I know it will be said a ton, but Victor Wooten.

IMO, he is the epitome of the perfect bassist.

Understandable, but there is something about some players who don't usually "shred" that can lay down the sweetest/coolest lines that just stay with you you know???

Sting and McCartney both have that gift

 

[Steve!]

Flea

 

[beezerjoe]

Donald "Duck" Dunn when he backed up Otis Redding at Monterey Pop in '67. Great energy.

 

[southernrocker]

Geddy lee.

 

[JukeBoxHero]

I don't know his work quite as well as I should, but I probably step in Jamerson's shoes.

 

[thirtypoint87]

Joe Gittleman (the Bass Fiddleman) from Mighty Mighty Bosstones

or Nathen Maxwell from Flogging Molly

....but I'd just want to be either of these guys for a night or two, so then I could go back to being a fan!

 

[Bass Mule]

The guy from No Doubt, but only while he was dating Gwen Stefani.

 

[Hans Gruber]

Pino Palladino by far. I love all kinds of music and he plays all those masterfully.

Don't know anyone else who can be a neo-soul master, carry Jaco's fretless mantle, AND play for the Who.

 

[DoomandHeavy]

Steve DiGiorgio without a doubt. Who else has played in Sadus, Death, and Iced Earth?

 

[TC2112]

Hands down, Jamerson. The best ever

 

[relbling]

I know it will be said a ton, but Victor Wooten.

IMO, he is the epitome of the perfect bassist.

+1 for Victor Wooten. Anyone who can handle the Flecktone's stuff is the best IMHO.

 

[Matt Dean]

Pino

+1

 

[kski94]

Id be John Paul Jones... There's a bassist who REALLY does it all. Bass, piano, mandolin, drums, every other instrument ever invented.

 

[jefkritz]

gene simmons



[lots of gene simmonsing on here lately... not to mention i've kinda always wanted to use the 'guy hiding in the well' emoticon]

 

[Ezbass]

Pino or Roscoe Beck, in that order.

 

[bhass]

Pino or Roger Waters

 

[Muusers]

Jamerson or Rocco

 

[phatbass]

Probably Jack Bruce. Or Ray Brown