Top 10 Bass Guitar Players

[bamba22]

How is your top 10 bass guitar players?

Here is mine:
-Jack Bruce
-Jaco Pastorius
-James Jamerson
-John Entwistle
-Marcus miller
-Paul McCartney
-Stanley clarke
-victor Wooten
-Will lee
-Flea

 

[A-Step-Towards]

hey just a heads up this should probably be in the bassist forum.

 

[billy ayers]

larry taylor
tina weymouth
greg lake
peter tork
steve swallow
monk montgomery
boz burrell
freebo
john kahn
martin joseph bostoff

 

[BassAgent]

Jaco Pastorius
James Jamerson
Richard Bona
Steve Swallow
Bob Babbit
Michel van Schie
Paul Turner
Pino Palladino
Tony Levin

Or something like that.

 

[countrybassist]

I obviously didn't list 10, but here are a few that should be added. Michael Rhoades, Dave Pomeroy, Joe Osborne, Keith Horne.

 

[Tom Howland]

Sir Paul
Jack Bruce
James Jamerson
Jaco
Pino
Jonas Hellborg
Anthony Jackson
Chuck Rainy
Bruce Thomas
Willie Dixon

 

[OriginalKeyster]

Abe Laboriel
Tony Levin
Jaco
Pino Palladino
James Jamerson
Chuck Rainey
Geddy Lee
Marcus Miller
Sir Paul
John Entwistle

 

[John Webb]

I think it should be top 11..............

 

[BassFace01]

Geddy Lee
Jaco Pastorius
John Entwistle
Victor Wooten
Marcus Miller
Miles Davis
Jack Bruce
Chris Squire

 

[becker4567]

Jack Bruce
Sir Paul
Jaco
Marcus
James J.
Geddy
The Ox
John Deacon
JPJ
me (only in my dreams)

 

[PDK]

The virtuoso's
Jaco Pastorious
Marcus Miller
Victor Wooten
Dave Larue
Alain Carion
Billy Sheehan
The pocket player's
James jamerson
Donald Duck Dunn
Pino Palladino
Rocco Prestia

 

[Bassmike62]

No particular order:
Flea
James Jamerson
Geddy Lee
Steve Harris
Paul McCartney
Les Claypool
Bootsy
Larry Graham
Pino
and....
Gene Simmons, for showing people in my generation that you didn't have to stay in the back of the stage when playing bass.

 

[etoncrow]

James Jamerson
Duck Dunn
Jack Bruce
Lee Sklar
Will Lee
Pino Palladino
Chuck Rainey
George Porter, Jr
Berry Oakley
John Entwistle

 

[GM60466]

Jamerson
OX
Casady
McCartney
Jack Bruce

Scott Lafaro
Paul Chambers
Ron Carter
Charley Haden
Charles Mingus

 

[pringlw]

Geddy Lee
Jaco Pastorius
John Entwistle
Victor Wooten
Marcus Miller
Miles Davis
Jack Bruce
Chris Squire

I'm with Bassface. That's a good list.

But I would probably drop the Ox (only if I had to - sorry John) and put in Stanley Clark, Louis Johnson, Steve Harris & Flea.

 

[hasbeen]

Jaco
Marcus
Bunny Brunell
Jeff Berlin
Doug Johns
Tony Levin
Michael Mannring
John Pattituchi
Anthony Jackson
Chris Squire

 

[Cookieonbass]

1. Les Claypool
2. Geezer Butler
3. Flea
4. Geddy lee
5. John myung
6. Eric Avery
7. Billy Shean
8.John Deacon
9. Steve Harris
10. John Entwistle

 

[thgr8manzyuk]

dude im pretty surprised no one mentioned david labruyere... easily one of the best

 

[OneMoreRobot]

Alright, not top ten but my favorite to listen to:

-Jaco Pastorious BUHUHUHUHUHUH
-Dan Briggs BUHUHUHUHUHUH
-John Myung
-John Taylor
-Stuart Zender
-Geddy Lee
-Tim Commerford
-Juan Aldrete
-Michael Ivins
-Marcus Miller

 

[iridiumrocks]

I couldn't keep it 10, so here is my top 12:

Geddy Lee
Chris Squire
Les Claypool
Rick Anderson (The Tubes)
Flea
Jeff Berlin
Jaco Pastorious
John Entwisle
Dug Pinnick (Kings X)
John Paul Jones
Tim Commerford (RATM and Audioslave)
Stu Hamm