Who do you think are the five best bass players currently?

[slap]

Hey, I just wanna know wut people think about the Best bassists that are still around. These are my picks:

5. Matt Freeman (Rancid)
4. Geddy Lee (Rush)
3. Steffan Lessard (Dave Matthews Band)
2. Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
1. Les Claypool (Primus)

 

[element]

Maybe a few arent best, but still I think they're great:

1) Flea (Yes yes, not very original)
2) Timmy C (RATM)
3) Stu Hamm
4) Dirk Lance (Incubus)
5) Les Claypool (Primus)

 

[slap]

ya good choices. i still have to say flea is my favourite bass player.

 

[prickly_pete]

In no particular order:

Victor Wooton
Dave LeRue
Jeff Berlin
Gary Willis
Will Lee
Brian Bromberg
Stanley Clarke
Larry Graham (Maybe not as active today, but one of the baddest cats of all time!)
Anthony Jackson
Marcus Miller

 

[prickly_pete]

In no particular order:

Victor Wooton
Dave LeRue
Jeff Berlin
Gary Willis
Will Lee
Brian Bromberg
Stanley Clarke
Larry Graham (Maybe not as active today, but one of the baddest cats of all time!)
Anthony Jackson
Marcus Miller

Sorry, for some reason I thought we were dong ten.

 

[cgworkman]

I'm #4 at least, I think....

 

[jongitarz]

In no particular order:

Victor Wooton
Dave LeRue
Jeff Berlin
Gary Willis
Will Lee
Brian Bromberg
Stanley Clarke
Larry Graham (Maybe not as active today, but one of the baddest cats of all time!)
Anthony Jackson
Marcus Miller

Very cool to see Larry Graham mentioned...One of the first slappers IMO

FYI...I am building Two more Bongos for Dave LaRue a 4 and 5 both HH and both Medallion Gold

 

[Psychicpet]

1.Juan Nelson
2.Juan Nelson
3.Matt Garrison
4.Juan Nelson
5.Juan Nelson
oh and ofcourse Tony Levin and umm.... Me too!

...and the guy from Coldplay.... and Laurence Mollerup and Chris Tarry and Miles Hill and...... on and on and on and on

 

[Psychicpet]

Very cool to see Larry Graham mentioned...One of the first slappers IMO

FYI...I am building Two more Bongos for Dave LaRue a 4 and 5 both HH and both Medallion Gold

Argh!!!!!!!!!! I was gonna go with Gold for my fretless but the missus talked me into Blue!!!! oh well, there's always the single H 4 for next Christmas..or summer right?!

 

[spectorbassguy]

A couple of black gospel players:
• Keith Taylor (Kirk Franklin's Bass Player)
• Terrance (TP) Palmer (Israel Houghton's Bass Player)
Also:
• Danyel Morgan (From Robert Randolph & The Family Band)
• Peter Davyduck (Brian Doerksen's Bass Player)
• Tony Levin (Of course)

 

[shaver]

flea
Vic Wooten
Stan Clarke
Matt Garrison
John Pettatucci (spelling)

 

[jongitarz]

Rocco Prestia should be mentioned

 

[bovinehost]

1. Peter Tork
2. Danny Partridge
3. That hot mama from Josie and the Pussycats
4. Me
5. bassmonkee


Next.

 

[jongitarz]

Jack,

You forgot Ms Simpsons bass player

 

[MingusBASS]

5.Roco Prestia
4.Christian Mcbride
3.Victor Wooten
2.Dave Holland
1.Edgar Meyer- No one said Electric Bassists only!

 

[Aragorn35016]

Geddy Lee
Chris Maresh
John Paul Jones
Chris Squire
John Deacon

 

[shaver]

i give the simpson bass player props for being on one of my favorit cd's

 

[Son of Fuzz]

It depends on what you mean by "best". There are several criteria that one could consider when attempting to make a list of the "best" bass players...technical ability, groove/feel, creativity, versatility, a unique style, and so on. However, in my opinion there is no such thing as a "best" bass player. There are a lot of great bass players, and they're all great for different reasons. Everyone has their favorites, and most people would be inclined to name their favorites as the "best". Is Geddy Lee better than Jimmy Haslip? Both are great bass players with their own unique set of talents...but if you're a huge Rush fan, for example, then you'd probably say Geddy is better than Jimmy (if you're even familiar with the Yellowjackets). Is Nathan East better than Hutch Hutchinson? Is Mike Brignardello better than John Myung? Is Rhonda Smith better than Pino Palladino? Is Rickey Minor better than some guy I've never even heard of? Who knows? Instead...perhaps your question could be asked a different way: What current bass player (or players) epitomize a particular technique, or style/genre of music? Obviously this is entirely subjective and there is no wrong answer (since everyone has their favorites)...but at least it gets away from having to define the "best" bass players which is an impossible thing to do.

FOR EXAMPLE...

Tapping: Victor Wooten
Slapping: Mark King
Fretless (electric): Percy Jones
Jack of all trades: Jimmy Earl

=OR=

Blues: Roscoe Beck, Tommy Shannon, Greg Rzab
Jazz/Fusion: Alain Caron, Victor Bailey, Christian McBride
Country: David Hungate, Willie Weeks, Dave Pomeroy

 

[johans]

Rocco Prestia should be mentioned

ahh... tower of power

 

[shaver]

i was waiten for that post haha..

btw, yellowjackets are sick, dont think their still around tho... i remember doing one of their songs back in the day, if i find the name i'm post it; sick bassline