Best Bassist?

[Dawkins19312]

My vote goes to Les Claypool from Primus. That guy is out of control.....

[lee551]

dream theater's john myung.
flecktone's victor wooten.
rush's geddy lee (he's just all-around talented).

[Dawkins19312]

I agree on Victor wooten....

[Chewie]

Mark King?

[Celerystalksme]

Fieldy from kORN *hahahahahaha*

[peat moss]

Oh come on its Bill Wyman by a country mile . Ok I'll leave now but at least he looked kool .

[lee551]

Fieldy from kORN *hahahahahaha*

*slap* *slap* *slap-slap* pop, SLIDE. *slap-slap* *s-s-slap* :lol:

[cpt_azad]

Hands down Les Claypool, but he plays in too many bands for my liking :(

Also, John P Jones, fucking awesome and should be mentioned out of respect. LZ rocks lol :D

[Chewie]

Oh come on its Bill Wyman by a country mile . Ok I'll leave now but at least he looked kool .
All bass players look cool, peat.
Well, except me of course - and Ian from where I work, lyke.

[j2k4]

dream theater's john myung.
flecktone's victor wooten.
rush's geddy lee (he's just all-around talented).

Nice trio; Geddy is a master (and my favorite) and Wooten is fantastic, though sadly underappreciated.

I've heard some Dream Theater...BTW-Geddy's a fan of theirs, apparently.

[lee551]

dream theater's john myung.
flecktone's victor wooten.
rush's geddy lee (he's just all-around talented).

Nice trio; Geddy is a master (and my favorite) and Wooten is fantastic, though sadly underappreciated.

I've heard some Dream Theater...BTW-Geddy's a fan of theirs, apparently.

it's crazy that someone can be a fan of a band that they themselves surely imspired, or paved a way for at least. :)

[j2k4]

Nice trio; Geddy is a master (and my favorite) and Wooten is fantastic, though sadly underappreciated.

I've heard some Dream Theater...BTW-Geddy's a fan of theirs, apparently.

it's crazy that someone can be a fan of a band that they themselves surely imspired, or paved a way for at least. :)

That thread of appreciation runs through everything Rush does, I find; predecessors as well as successors.

Dean Peer is another great bassist.

[Ricey]

I'm gonna get flamed into the ground for this: but I'm putting my neck out on the line :P


Krist Novoselic.

[j2k4]

I'm gonna get flamed into the ground for this: but I'm putting my neck out on the line :P


Krist Novoselic.

Flamed?

Why?

He's simply your choice.

You might prompt others to review his work a bit more closely, at any rate.

I'm not a large Nirvana fan, but I've got several cuts in my library; I'll be paying more attention next time I listen. :)

[Seltzer]

RHCP - Flea
Primus - Les Claypool
King Crimson - Tony Levin
Jaco Pastorius
Atheist - Tony Choy
Victor Wooten
Marcus Miller
Rush - Geddy Lee
Death, Sadus etc... - Steve DiGiorgio
Infectious Grooves - Rob Trujillo

[papaji]

I agree on Wooten, have to add some personal fav's to that: Flea, Ryan from Mudvayne and Paul Randolph.

[hazelwood]

With regard to Electric bass without any question

Jaco Pastorius

He started it all...

As far as Acoustic bass

Scott La Faro
Paul Chambers
Charles Mingus

[F. Canard]

Phil Lynott.

[Overcloq]

Electric I will second others who have mentioned Victor Wooten. I saw him with the Flecktones a few years ago and he did things that I didn't think were possible on ANY stringed instrument, let alone a bass. Positively mesmerizing. Flecktones tickets have gotten pretty expensive, but it may be worth it just for VW.
Acoustic (being a big bluegrass fan) I have to mention Edgar Meyer and Mark Schatz -- part of that first tier of the genre's instrumentalists, along with Tony Rice, Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush, etc.