Top 5 bassists

[Highfox]

Inspirational for me

Done this list before I think .

Paul Simmonon
Jah Wobble
Sting
Aston Barret
Good old Norman Watt Roy.

Foxton, Edwards, Pino, oh boy the list goes on....

Edited June 12, 2016 by Highfox

[Evil Undead]

Rutger Gunarsson
John Deacon
Cliff Burton
Bernard Edwards
James Jamerson

Honourable mentions
Yolanda Charles
Tony Kanal
John McVie

Edited June 12, 2016 by Evil Undead

[tonewheels]

Norman Watt-Roy
Bernard Edwards
Jaco
Willie Weeks
John McKenzie

Hon mentions:
Tex Comer
Jerome Rimson

[Count Bassy]

[quote name='tonewheels' timestamp='1465758062' post='3070798']
Norman Watt-Roy
Bernard Edwards
Jaco
Willie Weeks
John McKenzie

Hon mentions:
Tex Comer
Jerome Rimson
[/quote]


Definite yes to Jerome Rimson, should have put him on my list. Boy can that man groove.

[HMX]

[b]Mic Todd[/b] (Ex Coheed & Cambria) - Mega talented and knows how/when to play the right thing
[b]Andy Rourke [/b](The Smiths) - Need I say more?
[b]Nate Mendel [/b](Foo Fighters) - Often overlooked. Not too flashy, but tasteful with the odd nice fill.
[b]David Ginyard[/b] (Blood Orange, Chairlift) - Pure groove player
[b]Stu Zender [/b](Jamiroquai) - Talented groove player

Edited June 14, 2016 by HMX

[Count Bassy]

And Andy Fraser of course.

And Neil Murray.

Damn that makes it about 8 now.

[Sferg]

Armistead Burwell Smith (Pinback/3 mile pilot)
Joe Lally (Fugazi)
Entwhistle (duh)
Bob Weston (Shellac)
Eric Judy (Modest Mouse)

Hon Mentions

Mike Kennedy (drive like Jehu)
Kim Coletta (Jawbox)
Brian Desjean (no knife)
Dom Aitchison (mogwai)

Armistead Burwell Smith is a massively underrated bassist https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x5Lyh_UkPlM very unique style. Nice alembic tae boot

Edited June 14, 2016 by Sferg

[MacDaddy]

if we're doing honourable mentions, I could probably fill a page.

[yepmop]

For me;

James Jamerson
Geddy Lee
Chris Squire
Gary Thain
Jaco

[MrCrane]

The 3 that would always be in my list would be:

Danny Thompson
James Jamerson
Jack Casady

The other 2 places would vary from week to week.

[lowhand_mike]

theres loads i could mention and most have already been mentioned but my current listens are

Linus Klausenitzer - Obscura (mind blowingly good), Alkaloid, Noneuclid
Arif Mirabdolbaghi - Protest the hero (sadly no longer with the band)
[size=4]Dominic "Forest" Lapointe - Beyond Creation (again no longer with the band, their new bassist is pretty handy too), [/size]Teramobil
[size=4]Duff McKagan - He's the reason i play bass and i learnt all of Guns and Roses songs to learn the bass, just solid[/size]
Les Claypool - hes a god and bonkers

[silverfoxnik]

Leigh Gorman
Dennis Dunaway
James Jamerson
Bernard Edwards
Gail Ann Dorsey

[Cat Burrito]

I never really have a definitive list but just recently I have been really appreciating the brilliance of Stu Cook from Creedence Clearwater Revival.

[Lord Sausage]

Sid Vicious
Yngwie J Malmsteen
Midi controlled Roland JV-35
The White Stripes bassist
Rick Allen

[Smogmunky]

Tough question to answer but probably the five I admire the most/like the best would be…

Andy Fraser
Gerry McAvoy
Glenn Hughes
Ronnie Lane
Bert Ruiter

….I’m really old aren’t I? Oh, please say I'm not!

[JonesTheCat]

I don't know enough to comment on technical ability, but the guys who made me want to play bass for various reasons were/are:

Paul Simonon, but bizarrely it was watching live Gorillaz sets that really made me a fan (although I did love some Clash basslines), he's just very cool.
Norman Watt-Roy, and it was seeing him with Wilko on Jools that made me relisten to a lot of Blockheads stuff listening to the bass.
John Entwistle, on the strength of My Generation.
And probably Peter Hook and Doug Wimbush, both of whom I associate with doing stuff that sounds very different.

[Dood]

Brian May,
Thomas Lang,
Paul Gilbert
Erik Satie
and god 'imself. John Deacon that is.

[Wilco]

Geddy Lee
Chris Squire
Bernard Edwards
Derek Forbes
&
John Taylor or Pete Trewavas or Stuart Zender or Mark King

Just choosing 5 is sooo hard! Lol

[Rusco]

5 who inspired me to put down the air-bass and try real thing..

Flea
Mark King
Chris Wolstenholme
John Taylor
Duff Mckagan

[Lord Sausage]

apples
Very small rocks
Churches
Cider
Gravy

[Lord Sausage]

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3
4
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[tonewheels]

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Definite yes to Jerome Rimson, should have put him on my list. Boy can that man groove.
[/quote]

Came across him first at a Roger Chapman gig in 1976. Playing an Alembic modified Ricky of all things. Fantastic sound and groove.

[Sferg]

[quote name='Lord Sausage' timestamp='1466198136' post='3074139']
apples
Very small rocks
Churches
Cider
Gravy
[/quote]

Be careful of that edge.....you might cut yourself.

Edited June 22, 2016 by Sferg

[ambient]

Not in any particular order.

Michael Manring

Steve Lawson

Anthony Jackson

Alain Caron

Tony Levin

[ivansc]

Tony Maimone (Pere Ubu mainly)

Toured with them back in the seventies. Great guys great band. Was in touch with Crokey recently and he is alive and well & still doing it in Ohio!