Rank your 5 favorite bassists!

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+1 for Adam Clayton

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42

Underrated!

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43

Yet another reason that 5 is just too few. Sigh.

EDIT

And how did I ever miss this one?

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44

Richard Bona, ugh.

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45

Thanks for the love @howard!

Oh, those sweet, loud, glorious shows at the Phoenix!!

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46

Wow was that you @Gio ? That is some seriously impressive basswork !

You also look a bit bigger IRL :slight_smile:

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47

So apart from @Gio …

  1. Ian Kilminster
  2. John Entwhistle
  3. Joey Dimaio
  4. Patricia Morrison
  5. Gene Simmons
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48

And these guys have a stunning back catalogue behind them @TXbass68
:metal:

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49

In no particular order of merit

  • Duff McKagan
  • Geezer Butler
  • John Paul Jones
  • Geddy Lee
  • John McVie

Funnily enough, I found picking the first four names easy then had about five names to choose from to fill in the last spot.

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50

Here goes:

Carol Kaye
Pat Senatore
Sir Paul McCartney
James Jamerson
Kathy Valentine

It’s an honor to be included here. :smiling_face:

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51

In no particular order,

Lemmy
Cliff Burton
Flea
Gene Simmons
Victor Wooten

Pick a sixth Rob Trujillo. I lean toward rock/metal for the most part, but choosing two Metallica bassists seemed biased. 3 to include Jason Newstead as yet another honorary mention. Now I am showing bias haha.

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52

Exactly in this order:

  1. Sean Yseult
  2. Justin Chancellor
  3. Alessandro Cortini (Well, not exactly a bass player, but he plays bass on roughly half of a NIN live set)
  4. tbd
  5. tbd
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53

Before I read your last sentence, my immediate reaction was “John McVie is a great choice!”

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54

Yep, they were doing something right.

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55

While John McVie was at the bottom of the list, he wasn’t the last name added to the list. :smiley:

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56

I forgot to list Will Lee, one of the best bassists around.

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57

She’s so good! Sisters of Mercy, Gun Club, The Damned… she’s been in a lot of great bands.

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58

Justin Chancellor
Mariusz Duda
Les Claypool
Geddy Lee
Dick Lovgren

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59

5 is hardly enough, lol.

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  1. Flea
  2. Chris Wolstenholme
  3. Paul McCartney
  4. Victor Wooten
  5. John Paul Jones
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