THE Favo(u)rite Bassist Thread

[DumBass138]

HUNTER, JACO, VIC, FLEA, LES, CLIFF. ANY QUESTIONS?

 

[Ari Schor]

John Paul Jones
Paul McCartney
Flea
Jeff Ament
Adam Clayton
Mike Gordon
Dave Young
Jaco Pastorius
Colin Greenwood
John Entwistle
Christian McBride
Roger Glover
Chris Squire
Stu Zender
Robert Deleo
Geddy Lee
James Jamerson
Paul Simonon
Dirk Lance
Tony Kanal
Brad Smith
Robert Sledge

 

[JB Lars]

Hmmm… Let's see…

Billy Sheehan
Andy Fraser
Tom Petersson
Chip Z'Nuff
Paul McCartney
Tim Smith
Greg Smith (if anyone hasn't heard Tonto Tonto's "Mirror For The Blame" CD, pick it up in a used bin… FANTASTIC stuff!)

 

[chimppimp]

it would have to be for me flea or Mike dirnt b/c they still have a long path to go in there journey and they will improve so much more

 

[LessThanCliff]

Cliff Burton
Jason Newsted
John Paul Jones
Geddy Lee
Gene Simmons
Robert DeLeo
Razz Roe-local bassist
Lance Dobbs-local bassist>State of Revision<
Geezer Butler

 

[and_Justice]

Im in a big Mark King binge right now. Hes just unreal.

 

[BillyB_from_LZ]

There are a lot of players that I admire...but my top four as far as feel, tone, etc. are

Mars Cowling
Tim Bogert (the BBA era)
Mel Shacher (sp?) GFR
Geddy Lee

 

[Moe84]

My Favorite Bass Player Is John Entwistle(R.I.P.)Link Removed

 

[grindmore]

lemmy

 

[ERIC31]

PAUL S. DENMAN (SADE)
NIKKI SIXX
GEDDY LEE
HORACE PANTER (SPECIALS)
MATT FREEMAN (OPIVY-RANCID)
SIMON GALLUP (CURE)
JACO PASTORIUS
KRIS NOVOSELIC (NIRVANA)
ROBBIE SHAKESPEARE (SLY & ROBBIE-BLACK UHURU)
LES CLAYPOOL
STEVE HARRIS (IRON MAIDEN)
FLEA
KATHY VALENTINE (GO-GO'S)
PETE RYPINS (CRIMPSHRINE)
RUDY SARZO
MARIO (SACTO HOODS)

I'm sure there's more but I can't think of them right now. These are the main ones though.

 

[bassdreamer]

Mine are :
Steve DI GIORGIO
John MYUNG
Sean MALONE
Les CLAYPOOL
Stu HAMM
Pascal MULOT
Marcus Miller

 

[sweet_pete11]

Best Bassists.............

1. Les Claypool - Primus (AMAZING)

2. Flea - The Red Hot Chili Peppers

3. Tim Commerford - Rage Against The Machine

4. Krist Novoselic - Nirvana

5. Duff McKegan - Guns N' Roses

 

[Stupidnick]

John Entwistle
Steve harris
Matt freeman
Mike Watt
The bassist from black flag (cant remember a name)
guy from dead milkmen(cant remember name)
John Paul Jones
Roger from less than jake
Karl Alverez(decedents , ALL)
guy from lagwagon
Jason newsted
Jack Bruce
Jaco pastorius
even though hes a guitarist.... brian may from queen.. i learned some of his solos and played them on bass.. i like pentatonic stuff *grins*

 

[tyson]

John Paul Jones (LedZep)...listen to "The Lemon Song."
That hippy Mel Schacher (GrandFunk)
Paul Simonon (Clash)

 

[OneCoolDog]

Flea, Krist Novoselic, and Victor Wooten.

No explanation or reason, I just like what they do.

 

[JayAmel]

Very traditional for me :

Chris Squire
John Wetton
Tony Levin
Paul McCartney

And I'm probably one of the only guys here who don't like Flea's style.

 

[Ryan Berry]

Stu Zender

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[TravellinMan]

Leon Wilkeson-Lynyrd Skynyrd, Leon was so melodic and he had to keep up with three great guitarist. #1 Bassist to come out of the South
Charlie Hayward-Charlie Daniels Band, Charlie is just a monster on the 5-string! Great songwriter as well, and everytime you see this man play he does something totally diffrent!
Duke Goff-Waylon Jennings & The Wailers, He and Ritchie Albright had a tight Rhythm section! Back in the 70's make the Waylon Jennings Outlaw sound great to Boogie to!
Jerry Bridges-Nashville Session Player, He played on the Dukes of Hazzard theme! Besides playin' on Waylon's last Cd; Never Say Die Live. One of the best session players in the 80's and still is to this day!
Scott Pazera-Scott Pazera Trio, Scott is an exceptional Bass player/teacher! I am take lessons from him on Ear Training and Music Theory! Scott is a local talent in Nw Indiana! IF you would like check scott out at www.scottpazera.com! If you like Jazz, And guys Scott's Cd has no guitar's so it's a bass players Dream!

 

[high stoner]

Ok, so id have to say Cliff Burton from Metallica, Mr. Terrence Butler from Sabbath, and uh Geddy Lee. oh and I can't forget Eric Wilson from Sublime.
!!!Semper Fi!!!
(Always Faithful)

"Music is music, and that should be enough for anybody" -Bradley James Nowell (Sublime)

 

[Ant1029384756]

Steve Harris