Iyo who is the best bass player?

[Blue Zurich]

Tony Levin, has anyone mentioned him yet?

 

[spelman]

Tony Levin, has anyone mentioned him yet?

Yeah, YOU did, in your previous post ( no. 85).

Tony is among the greatest.

 

[Deafmoon]

Percy Jones, John Lee, Alphonso Johnson, Alex Blake, Louis Johnson, John Glascock, Thundercat, Victor Wooten, Jeff Berlin and freakin Jaco!

 

[JimmyM]

Come on, you guys…admit it…

 

[Furious Styles]

I'll just say who I'd love to play with (that I can think of just now), if I could, or could have: Charlie Haden, Mark Helias, Jimmy Garrison, Charles Mingus, Will Lee, Dave Holland, John Kahn, Klaus Voorman, Tim Drummond... but in general, I love playing with good bass players, and I get to do it a lot, so I'm happy!

My guy!

 

[Houndog]

I really like Nick Beggs

Nick Beggs - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[doubleroll]

I would add these guys in addition to Jaco:
Richard Bona
Mark King

 

[Kcmcc]

Willy Weeks
George Porter Jr
James Jamerson
Scott Lofaro
Oteil Burbridge

The list is endless and would change every day

Gonna quote myself cause none of those guys is getting enough love, but add:
Duck Dunn
David Hood
Ray Brown

 

[drummer5359]

For me it's gotta be fieldy from Korn. He makes the bass sound like a hip hop drumkit

It used to be Matt Freeman from rancid with his crazy up and down scales in "Detroit" or "another night ."

Fieldy plays a 5 string ibenez, the slap and plucking is crazy. He uses it as a percussive instrument. He is responsible for that heavy Korn sound. Low, down tuned strings, not much mid or treble. At first I thought Korn just had a wicked drummer with all that clicking going on but nope it was fieldy punishing the bass . Most rock bands you can barely hear the bass player.

Matt Freeman on the other hand, prince on the strings of his guitar. He uses either pentatonic or diatonic scales, whichever one it is idk. His solo on Maxwell murder is awesome! Off of the and out come the wolves cd.

Who do you guys think are the best bass players in the world?

Iyo who is the best your favorite bass player?​

Here are a few of my favorites.

Ron Wood, the bass work that he did with Jeff Beck in the late sixties and on a couple of Rod Stewart albums in the early seventies was always tight and right.

Leland Sklar, is a great player who never overplays, always supports the song.

Joe Osbourne, a great session bassist. Listen to his work on "The Fifth Dimension" records for a taste.

Donald "Duck" Dunn, solid & tasteful.

Dennis Dunaway, his work with Alice Cooper made me want to be a bassist.

 

[LukeS]

Best - not sure… but my favorite for many years is Brad Houser (of Critters Buggin). If I could play with any bass player it would be him. Deepest groove ever.

 

[McLovin’ me Ludwigs]

Geddy Lee.
John Paul Jones.
Stanley Clark.
Noel Redding
Tommy Shannon
Chris Squire
Berry Oakley

To name a few

 

[DanielWilliams]

Dunno about the best, but I'm a fan of Ben Lamb, formerly from Lydia Loveless. Someone called him "the Cliff Burton of Americana" which is pretty funny to me.

Lydia Loveless on Audiotree

 

[HHammerHeadD]

Sting is creditable for the category.
John Entwistle,
You really should hear Gene Simmons play country...
Rick Cua...livewire...
Chris Weisegerber
Geezer Butler got creative to his list is too long, yet, a few.
McCartney is right-on.
Cliff, from metalica..
Cliff 'em all.

 

[exliontamer]

I probably mentioned Mick Karn a several posts ago but hey why not do it again. Truly one of kind. Plus Steve Jansen(one of my favorite drummers) is back there on those pretty Aquamarine Superstars.

 

[Philaiy9]

Stanley Clarke. Phenomenal chops and musicality.

 

[Deafmoon]

Ray Shulman was pretty dang phenomenal. He just passed away from a long illness on March 30th. RIP - Ray Shulman of Gentle Giant.

 

[Lazmo]

Why is “best” anything… bass player, guitarist, drummer, keys, vocalist… whatever… even a thing?

How is BEST determined?

It’s music… art, NOT a race, not the fastest, not the most outrageous, or the most outloundish, it’s art.

Who gives a flying …. if they are setting new boundaries. Sometimes, usually, the right thing for the piece is in fact what what fits the bill and it is often less than stellar, on purpose.

Is trying to steal the show, more than what the art deserves.

 

[scubastevo70]

A lot of good names popping up here and like a lot of you have already said, "best" is a very broad spectrum of subjectivity...that said, a few of my favorites I'd like to add to the mix would be John Myung, Billy Sheehan, and Justin Chancellor...and the late great Cliff Burton.

 

[JazzDrumGuy]

Davey504......slap!

Seriously, Jaco! Also, Jack Bruce, Geddy, The Ox, Phil Lesh, John Paul Jones, Sir Paul, Flea, Mingus and Ron Carter.

 

[spelman]

Davey504......slap!

Seriously, Jaco! Also, Jack Bruce, Geddy, The Ox, Phil Lesh, John Paul Jones, Sir Paul, Flea, Mingus and Ron Carter.

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