My vote goes to Les Claypool from Primus. That guy is out of control.....
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My vote goes to Les Claypool from Primus. That guy is out of control.....
dream theater's john myung.
flecktone's victor wooten.
rush's geddy lee (he's just all-around talented).
I agree on Victor wooten....
Mark King?
Fieldy from kORN *hahahahahaha*
Oh come on its Bill Wyman by a country mile . Ok I'll leave now but at least he looked kool .
*slap* *slap* *slap-slap* pop, SLIDE. *slap-slap* *s-s-slap* :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Celerystalksme
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
All bass players look cool, peat.Quote:
Originally Posted by peat moss
Well, except me of course - and Ian from where I work, lyke.
Nice trio; Geddy is a master (and my favorite) and Wooten is fantastic, though sadly underappreciated.Quote:
Originally Posted by lee551
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. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by j2k4
That thread of appreciation runs through everything Rush does, I find; predecessors as well as successors.Quote:
Originally Posted by lee551
Dean Peer is another great bassist.
I'm gonna get flamed into the ground for this: but I'm putting my neck out on the line :P
Krist Novoselic.
Flamed?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ricey
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. :)
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
I agree on Wooten, have to add some personal fav's to that: Flea, Ryan from Mudvayne and Paul Randolph.
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
Phil Lynott.
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.