Greatest Bassists

[liliya_87]

Les Claypool
Flea
John Paul Jones
Cliff Burton
Jaco Pastorius
Victor Wooten
Billy Sheehan
Geddy Lee
Geezer Butler
John Entwistle
Tim Commerford
Justin Chancellor
Steve Harris

 

[Super_Duper_Star 26]

Victor Wooten, Primus top my list.

 

[liv2dance]

Justin Chancellor is pretty amazing.

 

[07_ShelbyGT500]

I don't think Myung is that great. Not greater than Wooten, Squire and Entwhistle. He can get sloppy at times, and he's one of the most show offy bassists I have ever heard. Nice to see Dirk Lance get a mention though.

John Paul Jones is underrated here.

Another really good bassist is Percy Jones, he played bass for the prog band Brand X with Phil Collins, he also played for Brian Eno.

 

[brittanysagex0]

Anyone like Victor Wooten?

 

[timetogo]

I'd say Flea or Munky from Korn. I'm not huge into bass though.

 

[Nintendo-Miranda]

 

[TAT]

I am not a big baqss guy but i would say John Entwistle.



Paul nice.

 

[speaking for all men]

Did you know that the Welsh for Railway is...



RLY.

 

[red_kool_aid06]

Jamerson was a PIONEER

 

[Matilda Rose]

Getty Lee, Wooten, Flea, Ben Kenney, Les Claypool, and Mike Dirnt, my personal favorites



Fieldy was the bassist...and i completly forgot about him lol

 

[kirby242007]

That's All? phish

 

[lost and alone]

Ummm did everyone forget Les Claypool of Primus. The best bassist ever?

Oh and what about Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers?

 

[BekindtoAnimals22]

I can't believe nobody mentioned Stu Hamm. And Michael Manring deserves alot more credit than he gets. Or how about Stuart Zender, Dave Shogren, Orin Isaacs, There are alot of fantastic players out there.

 

[karthi_warrior]

YOU DONT HAVE TO SAY IT AND I NEVER SAID WHAT NUrabER CLIFF WOULD BE, ALSO LIKE YOU SAID HE IS GREAT BUT WHO DECIDES WHOS GREAT AND WHOS NOT? I THINK IF YOU PLAY BASS THEN YOU CAN DECIDE.:nono:

 

[pudget]

No Jamerson. And I've heard of him. Just not heard him. Although when I was little I listened to a lot of Stevie Wonder, so I might've heard him.

 

[saja s]

Flea

 

[finaldontasy]

Afi's bass player is amazing. One of the more underrated ones IMO.

 

[Taks]

^ Lol. Claypool is in every other post. I think Flea is an admirable bassist, but he gets overshadowed by John's guitar a lot. He definitely has some groovy bass lines and is probably the reason their so funky.

I find there are a few good female bassists (in part because there are so many more female bassists than guitarists or drummers). I'm not talking about Kim Gordon or D'Arcy Wretzky (though they were decent). I think Melissa Auf Der Maur is a good bassist, even in comparison to other male bassists.

 

[Music-aholic ♪]

Lars K. Norberg (Spiral Architect) - relatively unknown due to the nature of the music (metal that usually only appeals to musicians that like to try and dissect everything that goes on in a song, extremely complex), but what he does is simply phenomonal. All bassists should give their album a listen at least once just to see what's being done, even if it does go completely over their head.

Michael Manring - does some fantastic solo work on fretless and piccolo basses, look him up on youtube.