Everyone's favourite Bass Player??

[Rhys]

Just for fun,

Who's your fav Bass player, past or present,?

 

[newtley]

ok.. I'll bite..
In no particular order:

Roy Huskey
Abe Laboriel
Scott LaFaro
Tom Barney
Jaco
Tim Bogert
Jamerson
All the other motown and memphis doods
Matt Garrison
Jack Bruce
Derek Jones
Mingus
Dave Holland
Miroslav

with another cuppajoe I could come up with another good dozen or three..

 

[Stingray Matt]

Jeff Ament from Pearl Jam. He's just the best.

 

[Everlast]

Ryan Martini from mudvayne, man that guy rips on bass.

 

[Psychicpet]

Eric Avery (janes addiction)
Jaco
Muzz Skillings
Scott LaFaro
MINGUS
Paul Chambers/Jimmy Garrison
Tony Levin
***JUAN NELSON***
...hmmmm......
oh yeah....


Chuck Rainey
Abe Laboriel
Saint James

just a partial list though

and Geddy Lee ,eh!(what kind of Canuck would I be if I didn't mention Geddy)

 

[Fretbuzz]

Too many great ones out there....

Flea, Jaco, Vic Wooten, Stanley Clarke, Stu Hamm, Etc.....

 

[bovinehost]

Colin Moulding of XTC. The man continually schools me on what it means to be melodic.

Colin info here: http://chalkhills.org/articles/BassPlayer9209.html

Paul McCartney. He's why I do this.

There was a guy named John Siegler who played with Todd Rundgren in the early 70s. I liked him quite a bit.

Jeff Berlin although I'm nothing like him at all. I still respect what he can do and I saw him live in the early days with Bill Bruford and realized that even if I WANTED to be something like him, I couldn't. At least I wasn't kidding myself.

Percy Jones, at least during the Brand X days. No one played fretless like that. No one. Not even you know who.

 

[Psychicpet]

Absolutely Jack! Those are some great players and Macca well... he's the shizzle right!?
Also, I forget his name but the bassist for the band Free... good Lord! That first record of theirs, he's all over the place, and while we're across the pond, how about Entwistle,Bruce and the mighty JP Jones.... too many masters not to mention all of us grasshoppers!!

 

[Masamax]

Flea
Les Claypool
Geddy Lee

 

[basscat]

Marcus Miller. Also, Vic Wooten, Doug Wimbish, Gary Willis, Matt Garrison, Jaco, Richard Bona, Alain Caron, Vic Bailey and Jimmy Haslip. Oh, forgot to mention Stanley Clarke, Mark King, John Patitucci, Tom Kennedy, Abe Laboriel, Tony Levin and Mike Porcaro.

BC

 

[Psychicpet]

ahh.. Toto 'Farenheit' some killer pop bass on that album!

 

[Rod Trussbroken]

Paul McCartney

Nick ("Crowded House")


And uhmmmm.....me

 

[scottbass71]

This is one for the Aussies

Phil Small of Cold Chisel

 

[groovier]

WHAT ABOUT JIMMY JOHNSON and RICHARD BONA enormous sound great GROOVE!!!!!!

 

[Stingray Matt]

Matt from Rancid. Top drawer..

 

[newtley]

yay Richard Bona..!

..and what about out Pino Paladino?

 

[dwf1004]

Might I also pipe in with another Stingray player, Michael Anthony?

 

[StingEye]

bass player

Jaco...duh
Ryan Martini- Mudvayne
Les Claypool- Primus
Justin Chancellor- Tool
Trey Gunn- King Crimson
Cliff Burton- Metallica
Jeff Ament- Pearl Jam
Troy Tipton- Death Machine/ Zero Hour
Flea- Red Hot Chili Peppers

 

[basskrimson]

Vic Wooten, Flea, Les Claypool, Stu Hamn, Jaco...

 

[Stingray Matt]

Jamiroqui's old bassist Stuart Zender...