Favorite Funk Bass Line?

[dezziwood]

I like Stomp by Brother's Johnson featuring Louis "Thunder Thumb" Johnson. Lowrider by War is a classic. Sly and the Family Stone featuring Larry Graham on Sing a Simple Song is BADASS! I could go on for days with great bass parts to songs like these! I still have my Afro from 1974.

[AlexBongoCrazy]

I'd definitely say Jamiroquai and Parliament is some of the funkiest stuff ever and the Headhunters version of Herbie Hancock's Watermelon man has a pretty good groove going so i'm gonna have to transcribe that soon. A lot soul,hip hop,Rnb stuff also has a fair amount of funky grooving bass stuff like Beyonce's Deja Vu, Work it out or Love on top.

On another note, if anyone knows how to get a bass synth sound like on Love on Top or like on Chaka Khan songs then please let me know cus I absolutely love that sound and am willing to spend money on a pedal for it. Hopefully I won't get loads of messages back telling me to buy a Moog :P

[Holdsg]

I'd buy a microKorg keyboard to play synth bass before I'd by a moog. that's just me.

[captaineo]

My favorite is probably Tower of Power's "What is Hip?". Rocco Prestia's basslines are just pure funk.

Tower of Power's "What is Hip?" would be my vote too...ONLY because it made such a HUGE impact in my life as a bass player. Other influential favorite lines for me are (and I know some of y'all won't consider these funk) Every Little Thing She Does is Magic by the Police and Aeroplane by The Red Hot Chili Peppers.

[straycat113]

Very rarely do I get sucked in by a Bass line and these aren't funk, but two of my all time favorites are Longview by Greenday and the Bass in the beginning of Sweet Child of Mine.