THE Favo(u)rite Bassist Thread

[Jace The Bass]

I will always be a fan of Marcus as long as I live
so MARCUS MILLER for me not only for his killer slap tone but his melodic grooves and melodic slappin solo's especially on ( Eric ) off the Tales album

 

[Chad Michael]

shkinny--
I'd also like to give Mr. Crommerford (aka Tim Bob; aka Timmy C; aka YtimK) a thumbs up!
He's got to be one of the funkiest white bassists in all of modern rock...

White...... yet funky? You've got to be kidding .

Pino Palladino. The man has such a signature style on fretless that it doesn't matter who he sessions for, you can tell that it's Pino.

Anthony Jackson. If you've heard him with Steve Khan, Al DiMeola, Steely Dan, Chaka Khan, Paul Simon or literally hundreds of other artists, you'll know what I'm talking about.

A great, and very arrogant bass player. In fact his arrogance overshadows my desire to listen to him speak or play. If you've read any of his interviews , you'll know what I'm talking about.

Favorites?

Toss up between Will Lee, Alain Caron, Scott Ambush.

 

[hands5]

My Favorite bassists' are Tuba Players !

 

[stamman5]

While I did not peruse all of these pages by any means I didn't see my current Fav listed anywhere in the couple of pages I have looked at so far.

Richard Bona

The man is incredible. Absolutely the best chops ever. I heard him play Bright Size Life with Pat Metheny on the Speaking of Now Tour and that totally blew Jaco out of the water. And in my mind he just edged out Victor who is a close second. Both of them are really nice guys though.

 

[LittleJaco]

flea, he made me start playing bass and love it

 

[sparewheel1]

John Paul Jones is a great bassist and the late John Entwistle was amazing to see live.

 

[sparewheel1]

Gary (Mani) Mountfield is a great player. Did some great stuff with the stone roses and is still going strong with primal scream.

 

[Alvaro Martín Gómez A.]

Lots of great bassists, but if I had to list three of them, they would be:

1. Stuart Hamm (my main influence)
2. Billy Sheehan (he's not from this planet)
3. Victor Wooten (a musical genius)

 

[mark maniac]

mark king is the best. it's obvious

 

[Thunder_Fingers]

Geddy Lee of Rush and Steve Harris of Iron Maiden...

Others are:
David Ellefson(ex-Megadeth),Frank Bello(ex-Anthrax),Flea(RHCP)

 

[James Hart]

Favorites.....

I know I must have posted, put here goes the Jan 2005 spin

Tony Levin (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel, Liquid Tension Experiment, solo)
George Porter, Jr. (Meters, Funky Meters, Runnin Pardners, Tori Amos, many others)
Chris Wood (Medeski, Martin and Wood)
Juan Nelson (Ben Harper's band)
Al Caldwell (Vanessa Williams, Travelling Black Hillbillies, etc)
Lucky Scott (Curtis Mayfield ... I'm sure others, but I really dig the stuff he played with Curtis)
Tony Franklin (The Firm, Blue Murder, White Snake)

Geezer Butler and Mike Watt will always be the most important

 

[Bernie Connors]

Anthony Jackson
John Patitucci
Nathan East
Victor Wooten
Bill Dickens
Alain Caron

 

[mark maniac]

I'm really close minded and think using a plectrum is some sort of indication that a player lacks ability

 

[Ibanez_man_27]

My top 5 favorites are:

1.Mike Dirnt: Green Day
2.Michael Anthony: Van Halen
3.John Paul Jones: Led Zeppelin
4.Cliff Williams: AC/DC
5.Flea: Red Hot Chili Peppers

 

[mark maniac]

Rule #1: Respect
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Because of the limitations of text based communication, the expression of intent can be tricky. One of the most common triggers of rule violations is the misinterpretation of intent behind a post. Use smilies often, and remember, it never hurts to begin a response with "In my opinion"...

If you do not address everyone on the board with respect, be prepared to lose your membership.

Mark, Please take a moment to reread the Rules Paul (the owner) has set for his site... that you in signing up, agreed to.

Yes it's a bass site, it's not a "No Tubas allowed" site... and if it was, other users opinions on something like "Favorite" are not open for you to degrade....

m'kay

 

[j-raj]

I can't just pick one...

Avishai Cohen:

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Fima Ephron:

Dominique Di Piazza:

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[12stringbassist]

The one and only JIM LEA - formerly of Slade and now all too silent....

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Pic by me....
Music Machine, London 1980

 

[f'nar f'nar]

Cliff Burton and Chris Squire have always been my heroes.
I am also quite partial to Ryan Martinie, Stu Hamm, Marcus Miller and Vic.
I also think that Jason Newstead of metallica is a very underrated bassist, for a few reasons. When you think about it, And Justice for all... and the black ablum would never have happened without him (no enter sandman...). I also think the reason we dont see how truely talented he is, is because the other three band members dont let him! Had it still been Cliff, metallica songs would be alot more like mudvayne in that the songs would be dominated by bass alot. Its because Jason wasnt an origional member that James and Lars turn his bass down to suit how they want it.

but thats just my opinion

 

[chimp]

Fima Ephron:

yip that guy.

Jaco
Stanley Clarke
Percy Jones
Carlo Mombelli

 

[primusfan1989]

What about claypool?