Cabal Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 (edited) Who are your all time top three players? I know this is a pretty obvious topic, and i'm sure it's been done before, but there's a wide range of musical styles represented on this forum and i'm genuinely interested to know who people really rate. If i get enough replies to this thread i'll work out a top ten chart. Please also mention the relevant band name. Like i said, we're all into different stuff here, and not everbody will recognise the name of a player if it's not their thing. Mine: 1) Jean-Jacques Burnel - The Stranglers 2) John Entwistle - The Who 3) Lemmy - Motorhead Cheers, Jake M Edited October 23, 2008 by Jake_M Quote
The Funk Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 Stanley Clarke, Bootsy Collins, Jack Bruce. Quote
JohnSlade07 Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 This week. 1. John Entwistle - The Who. 2. James Jamerson - Motown 3. Bruce Thomas - Elvis Costello & The Attractions. As you can probably tell I've got highly contemporary tastes in music and bass playing. Quote
cheddatom Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 Les Claypool - Primus Dirk Lance - Incubus Timmy C - RATM I'm trying really hard to think of some more "credible" (at least to you musos) bassists but these are the only guys who have excited me and retained my interest - a lot of that is down to having an original sound. Quote
Raggy Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 1) Jean-Jacque Burnel - The Stranglers 2) Matt Freeman - Rancid 3) Paul Simenon - The Clash Quote
Thunderthumbs Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 In no particular order: Bruce Foxton - The Jam James Jamerson - Funk Brothers (Motown) Marcus Miller - errrm.....as the name says Quote
joe_bass Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 I'd say... James Jamerson - Motown Stuart Zender - Jamiroquai Ryan Martinie - Mudvayne Feel I have to mention this so I'm gonna take a 4th & go with, guess who... Flea for being what sparked my interest in the bass guitar. Also helps being 1 of my favourite bands lol. Quote
Josh Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 1. Dwayne Wright 2. Andrew Gouche 3. Maurice Fitzgerald Quote
stacedabass Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 John Entwistle - The Who Timmy C - RATM Jack Casady - Jefferson Airplane Quote
BigBeefChief Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 1: Erky Leadbetter 2: Tyrone "Downtown" Darnell 3: Marv Milton Quote
William James Easton Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 Me, Jeff and maybe me again, on and off day! Quote
KennysFord Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 1 james jamerson 2 francis rocco prestia 3 marlowe dk Quote
William James Easton Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 Joking aside - Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam - Peter Hook of Joy Division/New Order - Mike Watt - Minutemen/fIREHOSE/Stooges/The Fog etc. Quote
beerdragon Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 1: John Paul Jones. 2: James Dewar 3: John Entwistle. Quote
chris_b Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 1 John McVie 2 Duck Dunn 3 Willie Dixon Quote
Jarhead Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 1. Lemmy - Motorhead 2. Timmy C - Rage Against The Machine 3. Steve Harris - Iron Maiden Quote
Protium Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 David Sims - The Jesus Lizard Trevor Dunn - Fantomas/Mr. Bungle John Tumor - Amen/Snot Quote
Tait Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 timmy c (Rage Against the Machine) - i admire his playing, but he's mostly my favourite cos of his tone. ben osmundson (zebrahead) - not the best bassist ever (far from it) but i love zebrahead and his lines have a kind of creativity to them, something a lot of players wouldn't have in that sort of band. billy sheehan - obviously. Quote
Lfalex v1.1 Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 Tony Levin Tony Butler - Big Country Colin Moulding - XtC Quote
lowdown Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 [quote name='Jake_M' post='313059' date='Oct 23 2008, 04:12 PM']Who are your all time top three players? Jake M[/quote] Dave Grusin Steve Gadd David Sanborn.... Bass playing wise... Anthony Jackson Neil Stubenhaus Marcus Miller Garry Quote
phil_the_bassist Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 Jon Entwistle Stu Zender James Jamerson I've never really been that big a fan of Timmy C, which is mad seeing that my first forays into bass playing were learning RATM riffs... Quote
Rayman Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 Stuart Zender Marcus Miller Jean Jaques Burnel Quote
Hutton Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 1. James Jamerson 2. Willie Weeks 3. Bernard Edwards Quote
lowhand_mike Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 (edited) tough one, as my top 3 would probably involve 6 players hmm i guess Les Claypool - Primus/Sausage/Holymackerel Billy Gould - Faith no More Duck Dunn - Various in the wings though Trevor Dunn, Zender, Duff, Ox, Flea Edited October 23, 2008 by lowhand_mike Quote
simon1964 Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 Jon Entwistle Paul Siminon Flea But very pleased Colin Moulding has had a vote above - he would be number 4 and is very underrated IMO Quote
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