+1 for Adam Clayton
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Underrated!
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Yet another reason that 5 is just too few. Sigh.
EDIT
And how did I ever miss this one?
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Richard Bona, ugh.
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Thanks for the love @howard!
Oh, those sweet, loud, glorious shows at the Phoenix!!
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Wow was that you @Gio ? That is some seriously impressive basswork !
You also look a bit bigger IRL 
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So apart from @Gio …
- Ian Kilminster
- John Entwhistle
- Joey Dimaio
- Patricia Morrison
- Gene Simmons
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And these guys have a stunning back catalogue behind them @TXbass68
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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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Here goes:
Carol Kaye
Pat Senatore
Sir Paul McCartney
James Jamerson
Kathy Valentine
It’s an honor to be included here. 
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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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Exactly in this order:
- Sean Yseult
- Justin Chancellor
- Alessandro Cortini (Well, not exactly a bass player, but he plays bass on roughly half of a NIN live set)
- tbd
- tbd
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Before I read your last sentence, my immediate reaction was “John McVie is a great choice!”
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Yep, they were doing something right.
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While John McVie was at the bottom of the list, he wasn’t the last name added to the list. 
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I forgot to list Will Lee, one of the best bassists around.
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She’s so good! Sisters of Mercy, Gun Club, The Damned… she’s been in a lot of great bands.
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Justin Chancellor
Mariusz Duda
Les Claypool
Geddy Lee
Dick Lovgren
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5 is hardly enough, lol.
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- Flea
- Chris Wolstenholme
- Paul McCartney
- Victor Wooten
- John Paul Jones
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