Rank your 5 favorite bassists!

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Entwistle, Geddy, Steve Harris, Mike Mills, Cliff Burton

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Good recovery @Al1885 :joy:

Robert DeLeo
Ian Fraser Kilmister
Duff McKagan
Steve Harris
Brian Marshall

BUT this changes ( with one obvious exception) as my listening mood changes and as I discover more bands that I like

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oh right - damn

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Tony Pettit
Les Claypool
Robbie Shakespeare (RIP)
Glen Cornick (RIP)
Brian Cook

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  1. Michael Manring
  2. Jaco Pastorius
  3. Victor Wooten
  4. Geddy Lee
  5. Stanley Clarke
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Autobiographically:

  • Sting
  • Aimee Mann
  • Les Claypool
  • Flea
  • Kiyoshi
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I always forget she’s a bassist :rofl:

Yay!

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ANOTHER reason why 5 is too few, LOL.

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Les Claypool - no one sounds anything like him, some of the craziest sounds I’ve ever heard from a bass. How can he sing while playing those lines?

Geddy Lee - one of my favorite concerts, Rush’s farewell tour at Rogers Arena in Vancouver BC. Didn’t miss a single note, opened with YYZ. Epic. Neil Peart died shortly after this show. SO thankful I got to see them.

Justin Chancellor - might be my favorite Band. I could listen to the polyrhythm in Rosetta Stoned indefinitely and probably still couldn’t figure it out.

Flea - The best member of RHCP. So funky. Killer slap lines.

John Paul Jones - here I am thinking I could play some Zeppelin. Ramble On is easy enough, until the chorus :’(

I would put Davie504 at 6

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and the #1 that we ALL forgot to name: @JoshFossgreen

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Who ? :rofl::rofl::rofl:

If you really think about it if it wasn’t for @JoshFossgreen teaching abilities many of us would have given up shortly after starting and left our newly purchased basses to gather dust in the back of a cupboard.

So realistically although our bass heroes made the spark it was Josh that truly ignited it

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So many mentioned here already. I’ll add Jojo Garza (Los Lonely Boys).

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He’s my favorite 6’7” bassist. Also, I didn’t want to be accused of favoritism or something (cough @John_E cough)

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Don’t forget @Gio :slight_smile:

Seriously if you haven’t seen it, this concert is incredible

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In no particular order,

Timothy b schmit -The Eagles
Chris Squire - Yes
Johnette Napolitano - Concrete Blonde , Dream 6
Geezer Butler - Black Sabbath
Mariusz Duda - Riverside

Cheers Brian

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As per Pams comment: Favorite based on multiple qualities

Don Ciccone > Frankie Vali and the 4 Seasons
Chuck Garric> Alice Cooper
Michael Anthony> Van Halen
Sir Paul> Wings
Esperanza Spalding

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John Entwistle
Les Claypool
John Paul Jones
Flea
Justin Chancellor

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Oh heck you are making me :blush: .

My “pro” list would go:

  • Louis Johnson
  • Donny Benet (that sexy look he gives after each song)
  • Nathan East (his Daft Punk & Phill Collins stuff is killer)
  • Stuart Zender / Paul Turner (Jamiroquai’s bassists)
  • Verdine White / Paul S Denman (Couldnt decide between)

Regarding us a bit more amateurish, I like all of you guys who post in Post your covers! (2019-2022) - #8600

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If it our favorite and not necessarily the best, I would have to say: (Not in order)
David Ellefson
Gene Simmons (why I started bass)
Geezer Butler
Ian Hil
Jimmy Bain
I know there are better players but these are the ones I like.

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John Entwistle
Paul McCartney
James Jamerson
Adam Clayton
Paul Simonon

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