favorite bass players (alive or dead)

[ChickenScratch]

was dusting off an old motorhead album last night to remind myself of what a complete badass Lemmy is and thought i'd start this thread.

Bass is power...here's some of my favorites in no particular order

lemmy
dave schools
allen woody
jaco pastorious
george porter jr
otiel burbridge
cliff burton
victor wooten
steve harris
chris squire
mike watt
john paul jones
phil lesh
mike gordon

what bass player melts your face?

 

[jpgrdnr]

Paul mcartney
JohN entwhistle
Les claypool I'm not a fan but admire his abilities
Geddy lee same as Les
Bootsy Collins
Flea he's good he gets the funk
Tom araya
Geezer butler
Kim deal paul d'amour and Kim Gordon get some love too.

 

[ChickenScratch]

Les claypool I'm not a fan but admire his abilities

i'm with you 100% on this, very talented just not my bag of chips. i did see him years ago with oysterhead and it was a pretty good time.

 

[MistaJeff]

Tom Araya
Kim Deal
Matt Stone
Les Claypool
Steve Harris
Beefcake the Mighty

 

[The_Rogue]

Cliff Burton.

 

[theotherside]

Chris Squire is my all time favorite...prog bass is the best....

I also love Flea, Mike Gordon, and of course les claypool is a freaky bass guitar god

 

[n3ophy7e]

Cliff Burton.

Agreed.

And also, Les Claypool and Flea

 

[Sandozer]

You guys already named all of the dankest ones.

But y'all forgot Stanley Clarke!

 

[Kenickie]

Kim Deal
Kim Gordon
Melissa Auf De Mar
Sara Lee
Lyn-Z
Suzi Quatro
Kira Roessler

 

[Dark Horse]

All the way down here....and no Larry Graham ????

 

[ChickenScratch]

All the way down here....and no Larry Graham ????

good call

 

[alasdairm]

the stranglers' jean-jacques burnel

alasdair

 

[deaf eye]

cris kirkwood
mike watt
kimmy deal
berry oakly

 

[Beerman]

david ellefson & roger waters

 

[StarOceanHouse]

Wow. I'm kind of surprised no one has mentioned John Entwistle

 

[oneswtwld]

Tom Jenkinson is BY FAR the best:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ0LL1SJ-6U


great interview from dutch documentary:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96PfTcGHZ4Q

 

[ikkyu]

Tina Weymouth from Talking Heads

NSFW:

 

[Pander Bear]

and only one mention of bootsie?? wow

also, flea's not so great

 

[pinkstarscracate]

Lemmy for sure.

Cliff Burton (R.I.P.).

John Paul Jones.

Roger Waters.

Flea's kinda over rated but good none the less.

I also like Chris Steele( I'm not saying he's anywhere the best bassist's in the world. but I like a lot of his bass lines specially during instrumental parts on the frist Alexisonfire album) lol.

 

[n3ophy7e]

also, flea's not so great

I believe the thread title is asking who is your "favourite bass player", not who is the "best bass player"