Greatest Bassists

[Hott S]

Jamerson's bass playing with The Funk Brothers saw them get more nuraber one hits than the Beach Boys, the Rolling Stones, Elvis and the Beatles corabined!

 

[brilliant_brunette]

Hah. Sadly , I've only heard of Jamerson, but never heard. Some variety never kills, RT. Lol.

 

[♥KAT♥]

He's crazy. I am not huge on Primus, but the bass lines in every song are sick.

 

[calilove3456]

Speaking of Watt.

Still can't find those damn Contemplating the Engine Room tabs.

I'm about to lose my mind if I can't find them.

 

[Laurennn_Ox]

Two musicians blessed by an angel:

John Martyn (who has now lost part of his foot due to bodily neglect) and Danny Thompson (probably the finest exponent of double bass playing alive today). This was commited to vinyl way back in 1973 and is an eulogy for Nick Drake. A personal friend of Martyn. Thompson's playing is jawdropping.

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[Adrean]

Flea from Red Hot Chili Peppers

 

[Setumbaby]

mike watt!! and mccartney on sgt peppers/magical mystery tour but... he is copying jamerson.

 

[mitchellg103]

Lou Barlow, Brian Wilson, Andy Rourke, Peter Hook, Mani, Colin Greenwood, Eric Judy, Mike Mogis, Mark Ibold, Brendan Canning, Carlos Dengler, and Kathy Coppola are some of my favorites.

 

[absosarahlutely]

Rob Trujillo doing his thang....
YouTube - Infectious Grooves - Violent & Funky 1994

 

[supere30m3]

Geezer on "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" for the scariest bass line ever.
Definitely Chris Squire

 

[greenvillin]

Flea (RHCP, Mars Volta)
Geddy Lee (Rush)
Steve DiGiorgio (Death, Sadus, Control Denied, Autopsy, Quo Vadis, Testament)
Steve Harris (Iron Maiden)
Tony Levin (King Crimson, LTE etc.)
Les Claypool (Primus etc...)
Rob Trujillo (Infectious Grooves, Ozzy)
Dirk Lance (Incubus)
Jaco (of course)
Marcus Miller
Paul McCartney (Beatles)

 

[icybitter]

Tim Commerford is pretty bad ass on RATM's S/T.

 

[Meggasaur!]

I'm suprised you didn't say Tim Commerford

 

[Katherine .]

Claypool is okay, but way overrated. I never found Primus to be all that interesting.

 

[confused_blonde]

Two bannable offences for the price of one?

 

[dan_kessler34]

my favorite bassist are

1. Marcus Miller
2. Victor Wooten
3. Geddy Lee
4. Flea
5. Bootsy Collins
6. John Moyer
7. Krist Novaselic
8. Duff McKagan
9. John Paul Jones
10. Les Claypool

 

[My Paper Heart.]

it's takes more skill to leave the space between 4 notes per bar than it does to fill that bar with never ending arpeggios.

anyone who claims bass is for people who don't know how to play guitar has likely never learned how to do more than play connect the dot rock on their guitar.

 

[KE-KE]

All of the bassists I know personally can play both bass and guitar.

 

[Skunk!]

I started the motherfuckin' trend. I did it on MX, too.

 

[U.S.Hottie]

timothy ward.