THE Favo(u)rite Bassist Thread

[heath_the_great]

after some new albums this week im totally diggin:
Andy Hess with John Scofield
Chris Wood

and the standards
TOmmy Shannon
Meshell Ndegeocello
Hub
Braylon Lacy
Bootsy
Larry Graham

 

[bassman_619]

my favorite bass player has to be with out about robert trujillo if u saw how he olay ud all understand he aint scared of **** on stage

 

[heath_the_great]

im pretty sure everyone know's who rob is......he just looks like a frog monkey the way he plays....more comical than anything

 

[James Hart]

my favorite bass player has to be with out about robert trujillo if u saw how he olay ud all understand he aint scared of **** on stage

Rob can play some! I saw him first in the early 90s with Suicidal! (my favorite band he was in)

 

[adrian480]

Larry Graham
Marcus Miller
Louis Johnson
Jaco
Bootsy
Victor Wooten
Stanly Clarke
and 1000 other

 

[AcousticBass]

ROCK BASSISTS
1. John Entwistle (The Who)
2. Chris Squire (Yes)
3. Larry Graham (Sly & The Family Stone)
4. Jack Bruce (Cream)
5. James Jamerson (session man)
6. Tony Levin (King Crimson)
7. Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
8. Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
9. Geddy Lee (Rush)
10. Les Claypool (Primus)
11. Bootsy Collins (Funkadelic)
12. Michael Manring (session player)
13. John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin)
14. Billy Sheehan (Niacin)
15. Cliff Lee Burton (Metallica)
16. Stuart Hamm (Joe Satriani)
17. Phil Lesh (Grateful Dead)
18. Jack Casady (Jefferson Airplane)
19. Dave LaRue (Dixie Dregs)
20. John Myung (Dream Theater)
21. Donald "Duck" Dunn (The MG's)
22. Steve Harris (Iron Maiden)
23. John Wetton (King Crimson)
24. Greg Lake (ELP)
25. Mark King (Level 42)
26. Trey Gunn (King Crimson)
27. Chuck Rainey (session man)
28. Mike Watt (Minutemen)
29. Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath)
30. Oteil Burbridge (Allman Brothers Band)
31. Joe Osborn (session man)
32. Dave Schools (Widespread Panic)
33. Tim Bogert (Vanilla Fudge)
34. Carol Kaye (session man)
35. Bill Black (Elvis Presley)
36. Rocco Prestia (Tower Of Power)
37. Roger Glover (Deep Purple)
38. Nathan East (Eric Clapton)
39. Berry Oakley (Allman Brothers Band)
40. Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy)
41. John Deacon (Queen)
42. Mike Gordon (Phish)
43. Billy Cox (Band Of Gypsys)
44. Bruce Thomas (Elvis Costello & The Attractions)
45. Ryan Martinie (Mudvayne)
46. Gary "Mani" Mounfield (Stone Roses)
47. Felix Pappalardi (Mountain)
48. Andy Fraser (Free)
49. Mike Rutherford (Genesis)
50. Bill Gould (Faith No More)
51. John Aldrete (Racer X)
52. Bob Babbitt (session man)
53. Ray Pohlman (session man)
54. Willie Dixon (session man)
55. Doug Pinnick (King's X)
56. Roger Waters (Pink Floyd)
57. Max Bennett (session man)
58. George Porter Jr. (session man)
59. Tommy Cogbill (session man)
60. Justin Chancellor (Tool)
61. Glen Cornick (Jethro Tull)
62. Tim Commerford (Rage Against The Machine)
63. Noel Redding (Jimi Hendrix Experience)
64. Duff McKagen (Guns N Roses)
65. Pino Palladino (session player)
66. Robert Trujillo (Suicidal Tendencies)
67. Andy West (Dixie Dregs)
68. Mick Karn (session man)
69. Jeff Ament (Pearl Jam)
70. Randy Coven (Steve Vai)
71. Matt Freeman (Rancid)
72. Ron Wood (Jeff Beck Group)
73. David Ellefson (Megadeth)
74. Michael Lepond (Symphony X)
75. Rex Brown (Pantera)
76. Mike Inez (Alice In Chains)
77. Sting (Police)
78. Leo Lyons (Ten Years After)
79. Timothy B Schmit (Eagles)
80. Bobby Sheehan (Blues Traveler)
81. Norwood Fisher (Fishbone)
82. Bill Wyman (Rolling Stones)
83. Tom Peterson (Cheap Trick)
84. Doug Wimbish (Living Color)
85. Tommy Shannon (Double Trouble)
86. Peter Cetera (Chicago)
87. James Dewar (Robin Trower)
88. Dave Hope (Kansas)
89. Jason Newsted (Metallica)
90. Steffan Lessard (Dave Matthews Band)
91. Thomas Miller (Symphony X)
92. Juan Nelson (Ben Harper)
93. Darryl Jones (The Rolling Stones)
94. Ben Shepherd (Soundgarden)
95. Stu Cook (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
96. Dirk Lance (Incubus)
97. Tom Hamilton (Aerosmith)
98. Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple)
99. Eric Wilson (Sublime)
100. Chris Hillman (The Byrds)

JAZZ BASSISTS
1. Charles Mingus
2. Stanley Clarke
3. Paul Chambers
4. Jaco Pastorius
5. Ron Carter
6. Dave Holland
7. Ray Brown
8. Charlie Haden
9. John Patitucci
10. Scott LaFaro
11. Milt "The Judge" Hinton
12. Paul Jackson
13. Eddie Gomez
14. Marcus Miller
15. Steve Swallow
16. Tony Levin
17. Gary Willis
18. Victor Wooten
19. Brian Bromberg
20. Miroslav Vitous
21. "Slam" Stewart
22. Jeff Berlin
23. Cecil McBee
24. Steve Rodby
25. Joseph Patrick Moore
26. Alain Caron
27. Steve Bailey
28. Gary Peacock
29. Nathan East
30. Jimmy Garrison
31. Anthony Cox
32. Gary Grainger
33. Glen Moore
34. Jimmy Blanton
35. Frank Felix
36. James Genus
37. Eberhard Weber
38. Richard Bona
39. Abraham Laboriel
40. Jimmy Johnson
41. Dave Carpenter
42. Jimmy Haslip
43. Christian McBride
44. Chris Wood
45. Melvin Davis
46. Lincoln Goines
47. Neils-Henning Orsted Pedersen
48. Michael Manring
49. Ben Allison
50. Dennis Irwin
51. Richard Davis
52. David Dyson
53. Larry Grenadier
54. Larry Graham
55. Reggie Workman
56. David Friesen
57. Monk Montgomery
58. Verdine White
59. Scott Ambush
60. Charnett Moffett
61. George "Pops" Foster
62. Alphonso Johnson
63. Mark Egan
64. Tom Kennedy
65. Oscar Pettiford
66. Percy Heath
67. Bob Cranshaw
68. Red Callender
69. Adam Nitti
70. Anthony Jackson
71. Marc Johnson
72. Mark King
73. Dominic Richards
74. Carol Kaye
75. George Mraz
76. Jeff Andrews
77. Daryl Jones
78. Louis Johnson
79. Will Lee
80. Ben Street
81. Steve Hunter
82. Palle Danielsson
83. Curtis Counce
84. Charlie Biddle
85. Bill Dickens
86. William Parker
87. Kermit Driscoll
88. T.M. Stevens
89. Walter Booker
90. Wayman Tisdale
91. John Kirby
92. Anders Jormin
93. Jesse Murphy
94. David Piltch
95. Rufus Reid
96. John Clayton
97. Edgar Meyer
98. Francisco Centino
99. Walter Page
100. Pekka Pohjola

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[Vysous]

The Ox

 

[j-raj]

no offense Acoustic bass... but was that entirely necessary?

 

[j-raj]

Rob can play some! I saw him first in the early 90s with Suicidal! (my favorite band he was in)

him and muir were a great pair...


...but all I wanted was a pepsi!

 

[FAMILIAR CHILL]

John Myung
Steve Bailey
Billy Sheehan
Victor Wooten
Geddy Lee .......as long as he doesnt sing when he plays!

 

[Jace The Bass]

The one and only Marcus Miller

 

[spartan117]

Who is your favourite bass player?

 

[vene-nemesis]

the one thats going to put this thread in its right place....

 

[CBAnaesthesia]

Victor Wooten , Billy Sheehan , and Cliff Burton . Victor is a freaking mutant at fingerpick and slap, Billy's a crazy-@$$ tapper, by-ear player and pinch harmonic-er, and Cliff did some of the craziest, coolest solos i ever heard from a 20-fret 4-string Ricky.

 

[The Antipop]

There should be an instant ban if your first post ever on TB is in the wrong forum... especially if it is this question in the basses forum... I swear it gets asked ever other week by someone in this forum

my bad, this was his second post. But still this question is basses drives me nuts, and that is hard to do

 

[page]

Your my favorite bassist. You are my god. I have a shrine of you , hairdoll included.

 

[Cerb]

Your my favorite bassist. You are my god. I have a shrine of you , hairdoll included.

+1

... Except for the "Your" in your post. Sorry. That's one of those words that drives me insane when it is spelled incorrectly. Yes, I'm a bit anal.

 

[GetLow]

+1

... Except for the "Your" in your post. Sorry. That's one of those words that drives me insane when it is spelled incorrectly. Yes, I'm a bit anal.

same here

 

[GetLow]

There should be an instant ban if your first post ever on TB is in the wrong forum... especially if it is this question in the basses forum... I swear it gets asked ever other week by someone in this forum

i agree completely.

i bet he thinks he is the first person to ask that too.

 

[page]

I spelt that wrong on purpose