If you had to be another bassist...

[Pj,Rj,Hj]

Bernard Edwards or Mick Karn

 

[JulienJeff]

Jeff Ament...

 

[Rickett Customs]

Old school: Bob Babbitt

(Although not much a bassplayer) Stanley Jordan.

 

[tonester]

gary thain uriah heep

 

[kingpin2512]

I would say Robert Deleo or Geddy Lee.

 

[bggeezer]

Geezer Butler (but with a nice juicy steak)

Dee Dee (but not dead)

 

[Santraginus]

I'd love to have the net worth of Macca - and the musicality of Bona....

 

[zeppelinbass95]

Pino, he grooves like hell and has the sweetest bass ever

 

[lousybassplayer]

I'd be a super hybrid. Jacos fingers and fretless chops (right hand), Vic Wooten's slap and fingerstyle (left hand), JPJs versatility and sense of taste in bass lines, and Duck Dunn's beard and pipe.

 

[DWBass]

Honestly, I like my own playing but wished I had persued music as a fulltime profession so I could play all the time.

But I wouldn't mind being a Scott Ambush (but playing a Jazz).

 

[Low Main]

I've had this wish a lot, in regard to many different players who inspired me so much.

If I had to pick one, I guess Jeff Andrews. Because he can tear your head off with a solo, but if you need a band bassist, he'll be right there for you all night long. Not all the flighty finger players can go deep and stay deep. He can.

Can I pick another? Mike Rivard. Cause he's so versatile, and he gets called for a lot of wonderful projects.

Good things come in threes. Willie Weeks.

 

[Cyber Soda]

I'd be a super hybrid. Jacos fingers and fretless chops (right hand), Vic Wooten's slap and fingerstyle (left hand), JPJs versatility and sense of taste in bass lines, and Duck Dunn's beard and pipe.

This.

 

[jrklmx(Andrew)]

Justin Chancellor (Tool)
I'd love to jam with Danny Carey

 

[polydeathsphere]

fretted - an insane cross between Alex Webster and Hadrien Feraud (yea that just happened)

fretless - Robin Zielhorst or Sean Malone

 

[basslinejam]

Man in my profile pic: Willie Dixon - songwriter, producer, bandleader, singer and one of the definers of Blues bass playing. A true titan.

 

[5StringBlues]

JT

 

[johhn smith]

i want to be the next flavour of the month bass player who'll grace the cover of the magazines and make a boatload of cash. i can ride the crest of a wave for a few years, playing my crappy derivative music with my crappy derivative band, and then you can see me on " cribs " with my mansion and 6 cars. hahahaha. ( is that me laughing at myself or me as that guy laughing all the way to the bank ? )

 

[Animal Mother]

Whoa, I don't know most of the bassists you've added.

I would go with Paul Simonon from The Clash, Carlos D from Interpol and of course Geddy Lee from Rush.

Runner ups: Chris Squire (Yes) and Dee Dee Ramone (Ramones)

Roger Waters? I mean, the guy can be groovy sometimes but technically he's really poor. I used to make fun of him all the time (even though I love Pink Floyd)

 

[Animal Mother]

And maybe Cliff Burton because he played Metallica with his fingers.

 

[Mr. Mig]

McCartney or John Paul Jones.