THE Favo(u)rite Bassist Thread

[Joe Nerve]

I guess it would have to be...Joe Nerve

Gee thanks. Ya made my day. And it's my birthday today too!

 

[AnythingGoes13]

These days my fav is Duff from GNR/Velvet Revolver. I just love the way he plays. He throws a lot of stuff in there without over playing. His bass lines are fun play as well

By the way, I'm Mike and I'm a newbie here

 

[Thor]

Jack Casady
And Funkster, of course...

 

[heath_the_great]

larry graham
hub
meshell ndegeochello
bootsy
larry graham
and
nick fyffe

 

[B8ssMan89]

Chris Squire
Geddy Lee
Steve Harris
Stu Hamm
Steve Bailey
Michael Manring
Billy Sheehan
Steve Lawson
Tony Levin
Les Claypool
Victor Wooten
and others.

 

[yarrix]

too much KiNG s here ; but Alain Caron takes Pole Position for me.

 

[K-Matic]

For me it will always be the much underrated Rob Right (NoMeansNo) who must have about 7 fingers on his left hand, and manages to perpetrate the weirdest yet most beautiful prog-rockery on bass whist singing at the same time.
Gee-nee-us!

 

[BIG MONTANA]

1. FLEA - red hot chili peppers (by far)
2. Mike Inez - alice in chains
3. John Deacon - Queen

ps. please give me a some ideas of good bassists to learn material from.

 

[OriginalName]

Cliff Burton

 

[James Hart]

ps. please give me a some ideas of good bassists to learn material from.

reading this thread and the "Now Playing" in Recordings will give you weeks of Googling up info and samples!

 

[Razr]

Mark King (Level 42) made me buy a bass and start playing.

Further on, in no particular order:

- Flea (RHCP)
- Doug Wimbish (Living Colour)
- Silvano Matadin (Urban Dance Squad)
- Tim Commerford (RATM / Audioslave)
- Les Claypool (Primus)
- Stuart Zender (former Jamiroquai)
- Marcus Miller
- Mike Porcaro (Toto)

All these guys occupy a spot in my CD collection, so in a way, each and every one of them influenced me to some extent.

 

[GSPLBASSDC]

Juan Nelson
Marcus Miller
Rhonda Smith (she's not just eye candy!)
Gerald Veasley
M'shell N'degochello

 

[Chad Michael]

- Mike Porcaro (Toto)

 

[Riƒƒster]

1. Jaco
2. Stanley
3. Rocco
4. Paul McCartney (The Man !!!)
5. Mel of Grand Funk
6. GARY THAIN of Uriah Heep (My Favourite Rocka)
7. Pino Palladino (Sweet sweet dude)
8. Marcus Miller
9. Andy Fraser of Free

The above listed, left their signatures in the songs they play. Players that noodles and overplay don't mean a thing to me. I'm into the soul not the technicalities of playing. But if you have both.......

 

[Malus]

I was just watching This is Spinal Tap and realized that David, Nigel and Derek were all playing bass for 'Big Bottom' - a definite double entendre.

A close second to Spinal Tap would be Sting and Paul McCartney...

 

[AuG]

In random order:

Les Claypool (Made me pick up a bass)
Victor Wooten (Why he's not on more people's list is beyond me)
John Myung
Steve Bailey
Jaco Pastorius
Larry Graham
Bootsy (you gotta love him baby )
Divinity (don't like her rappin but she can thump that bass)

There's tons others.......maybe I'll get around to posting them later.

Peace,
Oog

 

[Woodchuck]

In random order:
Divinity (don't like her rappin but she can thump that bass)
Peace,
Oog

I'll let her know. She'll get a kick outta that.





Ahem, I won't mention the rap thing though.

 

[OrionManMatt]

- Stuart Zender (former Jamiroquai)

That guy rocks. I bought the CD just because of the song featured in Napoleon Dynamite and remembering Jamiroquai's older stuff but never really listened to the bass much. Wow.

In no order:

John Paul Jones
Brad Smith (Blind Melon)
Baron Browne
Marcus Miller
Geddy Lee
Chris Squire
John Patitucci
Charles Mingus
Chris Wood (Medeski Martin & Wood)

 

[basseuphoria]

Has to be Geddy Lee for YYZ if for nothing else !

please don't forget freewill!!!!!!!!!!

 

[basseuphoria]

Um..this is my first post so dont get down on me to hard.

My fav bassists are
Les Claypool
Geezer Butler
Sam Rivers
Cliff Burton
Jason Newsted
Jon Myoung
Fieldy*

* I know that alot of people are gonna start to mock me about Fieldy but I dont care. As dumb as this may seem, listening to him got me into playing bass. Even though my goals are more towards Les Claypool then Fieldly now, I must give him credit for making bass seem bit more intresting.

Oh yea..alot off people think that you need a complex bass line for it to sound good. This is true for doing solo's and stuff like that but if playing on one string in a driving manor makes the song sound good, then thats all thats needed.

...Sorry for going off topic right then.

rhythm is rhythm and I-4-1 don't think fieldy should be left out! i'm like 42 and i have seen KORN and have even pick up some of his moves. even works w/ a 4 string!!!!!!!!!!
BELIEVE IT!!!!!!!!!!