Who's everyone's favorite bassists?

[Geddaric]

I had several I was gonna put on here, but after some serious thought and his many reviews, I`m gonna say............

Dr. Cheese!

 

[Tim Skaggs]

Mel Schacher
James Dewar
Phil Chen
Dusty Hill

 

[factory presets]

I don't want to start anything but is Sid really a bass player...?

Well not any more

 

[BluBasPlr]

Here are some of my favorites. Some lesser known.

Jan Zukowski
Tommy Shannon
Johnny Castle
Willie Weeks
Willie Dixon
John Paul Jones

 

[Nuisance]

I guess I'm the odd man out. I'm into bands, not bassists.

 

[FrodeVikie]

1) James Jamerson
2) Anthony Jackson
3) Marcus Miller

 

[rmayer]

Paul McCartney
Jack Bruce
Geddy Lee

Honorable mention:James Jamerson
Will take over if one of the other contestants can't fulfill their duties.

 

[_One//Man//Mutiny_]

James Jamerson
Bootsy Collins
John Paul Jones

 

[jimmydean]

Three of the best I've seen are John Wetton , Willie Weeks and Tommy Shannon and being Canadian .......Geddy Lee .

 

[Darrell Vachon]

Tony Levin, Colin Moulding (XTC), Dennis Dunaway (Alice Cooper band)

 

[XJ_Wheeler]

Currently, the bassist with the 5 string MTD on the Emerald Princess cruise through New England / Nova Scotia. I've heard him every night and he is so tasteful. 80's, country, R&B, classic pop, new pop, Motown. Gets great sounds out of both a GK and Ampeg combos.

 

[DuluthDank]

Rock: Chris Squire
Jazz: Larry Grenadier
Misc: Edgar Meyer

 

[TheReceder]

No bassist ever made me smile at the idiocy I've endured as a bassist as much as Derek Smalls.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

I had several I was gonna put on here, but after some serious thought and his many reviews, I`m gonna say............

Dr. Cheese!

Thanks for the kind words. I'm sure I'm in the running for the least skilled bassist mentioned.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

There are so many bassists I love that I do not want to try and mention them all. I do feel a special affinity with Marcus Miller because we about seven months apart. I like to think that I might be 30% of the bassist he is if I had trained seriously and consistently for years starting at the beginning of my musical journey. Daryl Jones, the late Victor Bailey, John Patitucci, Andrew Gouche, and Fred Hammond were also all time born within two years of me and make me think of what might have been.

 

[corvette_br]

Geddy Lee, JPJ, Pete Trewavas

That's my list for today but would probably change tomorrow.

Trewavas is great and undersung.

 

[cnltb]

There are sooo many, but the first 3 that come to mind NOW are
Steve Swallow, Skuli Sverrisson. Dave Holland.

 

[factory presets]

Thought long and hard. And the best I can come up with is if I'm listening to someone playing the bass clean and tight, then that's my favourite bassist . Can't see what's fun about listening to someone pouring their heart out and thinking "Yeah but they're not as good as Captain Sensible." Which is not the same as saying all bassists are equal. But most of them have some value.

And if I did want to think one is the objective best possible low ender, expect I'd still be chopping and changing just as much, anyway.

 

[_Obra_]

I don't think anyone can say no to these three...

Jamerson
Jaco
JPJ

 

[jimmydean]

No bassist ever made me smile at the idiocy I've endured as a bassist as much as Derek Smalls.
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Harry is actually a very good bassist .