Top 3 players whose TONE you admire most...

[Doctor Flang]

Gary Thain
John Entwistle
Chris Squire

 

[4-string]

Tal Wilkenfeld
Jaco Pastorius
vacant

 

[Aussie Player]

Andy frazer
John Paul Jones
Jack Bruce using Warwick/Hartke gear

 

[Buxtehude]

Mick Karn
John Giblin
Andrew Gouche

 

[IM BLACK]

Y. tim K.
Mike Watt
Getty LEEEEEEEE

 

[rwindle]

Tal Wilkenfeld
Peter Cetera
Berry Oakley

 

[srxplayer]

James Jamerson
Chuck Rainey
Dee Murray

 

[Dethrats]

Armand SABAL-LECCO (YouTube - Armand SABAL-LECCO "The Rest of the World")

Chris Ross (Wolfmother)

Josh Newton (Every Time I Die)

 

[jmattbassplaya]

Wow. Not a single Robert DeLeo in this thread?

Robert DeLeo
Sting
Justin Chancellor/Chris Wolstenholme (they're in the same vein as far as I'm concerned)

 

[senna_]

Chris Squire
Scott Thunes ('88 tour, with a '62 p-bass and a pick)
Flea (with a music man)

 

[Gideon352]

Mike Mills
Magnus Sveningsson
Tim Commerford

 

[ZombieSpacebat]

Justin Chancellor
Ben Kenny
Colin Edwin

 

[stingray2112]

Robert DeLeo
Jason Newstead
Steve Harris

 

[AnonymousInvent]

Marcus Miller
Jaco Pastorius
Victor Wooten

 

[gcbake]

James Jamerson
Will Lee
Sir Paul

 

[Inverness]

Billy Gould
Eddie Jackson (on "Empire")
John Entwistle (the end of his career with the Status basses)

 

[whisper14072]

Tony Levin
Chris Squire
Bryan Beller

 

[mantekka]

Bernard Edwards
Bootsy
Chuck Rainey

 

[MadDogM]

Dan Briggs
Jaco
Justin Chancellor
cheating, fourth: Dick Lovgren

EDIT: Mike Watt needs to be in there somewhere.

 

[Duke21]

Justin Chancellor
Ryan Martinie
Geddy Lee
David Ellefson

I wish John Myung's tone was as great as his playing though...

It is one of the reasons I can't listen to DT, Mayung doesn't have a tone, or may I say, he is somewhere in the mix but he is lost!

For me:

Chris Squire
Geddy Lee
Johan Wohlert (Mew)