Favorite Bassists

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  • cstmar01
    cstmar01 Posts: 4,424
    edited March 2010
    Jaco P. Great great one. and I forgot the guys name but the one for mudvayne. He's crazy
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  • klove2
    klove2 Posts: 38
    edited March 2010
    Larry graham-sly and the family stone/graham central station.

    William Bootsy Collins-James brown/pfunk/Bootsys rubber band

    Louis Johnson aka thunder thumbs- The Brothers Johnson

    Mark Adams -Slave
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  • TNTsTunes
    TNTsTunes Posts: 751
    edited March 2010
    I always like Tommy Shannon licks he layed out for Stevie Ray Vaughan.

    Double Trouble always rocked.

    "Hide Away" from "Couldn't Stand the Weather" has some great bass lines in it.
    "Make a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day. Light
    a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."

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  • Zitro
    Zitro Posts: 864
    edited March 2010
    Victor Wooten and Marcus Miller for jazz bass.
    - Jeremy

    Amps: Jolida FX-10, NAD 3045, NAD C320BEE, Sansui G-9700
    Speakers: Polk Monitor 7A's, KEF Reference 104aB
    Sources: ProJect Debut Carbon, Sonos streaming FLAC
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  • mizthuphee
    mizthuphee Posts: 55
    edited March 2010
    Marcus Miller
    Stanley Clarke
    Wayman Tisdale
    HT / 2 Channel combo system:
    LSi9 (xo modified by Face), LSiC, LSi-FX
    Mac mini 2010 boot up in 64 bit kernel (2.66 GHz 8GB RAM,60 GB SSD)>itunes> 2TB mini Stack v3>Pure Music>W4S DAC2>Conrad-Johnson PV14>W4S SX1000
    oppo BDP 85SE
    Onkyo TX-SR876
    Emotiva XPA-5
    HSU VTF-1
    Samsung LN4095D
    MIT S3 speaker cables (LR & C) & interconnects
    MIT EXP 2 (L & R surrounds)
    Pangea PC A-9's and A-14SE's
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  • jinjuku
    jinjuku Posts: 1,523
    edited March 2010
    Stu Hamm
    Stanley Clark
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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited March 2010
    I must say that Chris Squire is a fantastic bass player. I've seen him live over 35 times and am always amazed at his bass lines and vocal ability. Check out this album if you've never heard it. It's absolutely amazing. He plays the bass like a lead guitar!! This is one of the few (or only) rock albums that has no lead guitar on it.

    Greg

    http://www.amazon.com/Fish-out-Water-Chris-Squire/dp/B000PKHC56
    Relayer-Big-O-Poster.jpg
    Taken from a recent Audioholics reply regarding "Club Polk" and Polk speakers:
    "I'm yet to hear a Polk speaker that merits more than a sentence and 60 seconds discussion." :\
    My response is: If you need 60 seconds to respond in one sentence, you probably should't be evaluating Polk speakers.....

    "Green leaves reveal the heart spoken Khatru"- Jon Anderson

    "Have A Little Faith! And Everything You'll Face, Will Jump From Out Right On Into Place! Yeah! Take A Little Time! And Everything You'll Find, Will Move From Gloom Right On Into Shine!"- Arthur Lee
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  • jinjuku
    jinjuku Posts: 1,523
    edited March 2010
    Gadabout wrote: »
    Nathan East - Jazz / Rock (Everyone)
    Rosco Beck - Blues / Jazz (Robben Ford, Eric Johnson, Leonard Cohen)
    Flea - Rock (Red Hot Chili Peppers) - I just really like his slap base style

    ^^
    ++ Rosco Beck, any one that can keep up with Robben Ford and Eric Johnson gets a vote
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited March 2010
    Geddy Lee
    Les Claypool
    Ludicrous gibs!
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited March 2010
    Vistor Wooten
    Chris Squire
    Tony Levin
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  • JPSmario
    JPSmario Posts: 142
    edited March 2010
    my votes are Jaco and Stanley Clarke. For new players, Tal Wilkenfeld is astonishing with Jeff Beck.
    Dual 1229/Grado Gold/Rotel RCD1070/RC995/RB980BX/Pioneer 7100/Denon DRM710/Monster HTS3600MKII/PolkAudio SDA2B/TL's
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  • Uilleann
    Uilleann Posts: 159
    edited March 2010
    Guy Pratt
    &
    Sebastian Steinberg

    ...among others. :)
    AVR: Denon X3200W
    Mains: Polk TSx440T
    Center: Polk CS10
    Surround: Polk TSi300
    Sub: Polk PSW110
    Video: LG OLED65B6P Panel
    BDP: Sony BDP-S6500 Blu-ray player
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,204
    edited March 2010
    Tal Wilkenfeld.

    She's been playing with Jeff Beck recently and is a real fire plug.

    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showpost.php?p=863298&postcount=12

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • classic carl
    classic carl Posts: 652
    edited March 2010
    Most have already been mentioned, but I will include them again, in no particular order.

    Tal Wilkenfeld
    Chris Squire
    Geddy Lee
    Stanley Clarke
    Jaco Pastorius - the best in my opinion
    Victor Wooten
    John Pattitucci - not mentioned yet
    My son, Kevin - he can really tear it up
    Main System:
    Proton AA-1150 ~ Yamaha C-4 ~ Furman Elite-15 DMi ~ Sennheiser HD600 ~ Monitor Audio Silver RS8 & FB210 ~ Martin Logan Dynamo ~ Teac R-919X ~ Marantz CD5003 ~ Squeezebox Classic ~ Music Hall dac25.2 ~ Dual 1229/Acutex M312 III STR ~ Music Hall mmf-5.1/Goldring 1012GX ~ Music Hall Cruise Control 2.0

    Home Theater:
    Yamaha RX-V800 ~ Furman Elite-15 DMi ~ Marantz DV6001 ~ EPI M90 ~ Polk Audio RT35i ~ CS400i ~ (2) Polk Audio PSW450
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  • squeeb
    squeeb Posts: 426
    edited March 2010
    Dawg - what about Randy Jackson???

    ... but seriously. Flea has to get my vote. Don't know of any other bassist listed on here who would fill his thumb with super glue between sets after opening it up slapping. That's some serious dedication. Heck, I left work early yesterday because of a handnail.
    7.3 HT: Sunfire TGR-3, Sunfire Series II, Mirage OMD-28, OMD-5 (x4), REL T1 (2), T2, Oppo 103D, Optoma HD8200PRO, 106" screen, SB Touch
    Family Room: Yamaha RX-V2700, RT25i, 42" Samsung, SB Duet
    Pool: Yamaha V2700, SQ Duet, Atrium 60 (2), Atrium 45 (3), Atrium 65sdi
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  • pploeser
    pploeser Posts: 88
    edited March 2010
    +1 John Entwistle

    Best solo I have ever seen performed live, on any instrument was a bass solo by Entwistle.
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  • Dan2036
    Dan2036 Posts: 148
    edited March 2010
    Victor Wooten and Marcus Miller
    TV- Samsung 24" LCD T240HD
    5.1 Receiver - Harman/Kardon AVR 247
    Stereo Receiver - Harman/Kardon 3390
    Front - Monitor 60
    Center - Cs10
    Surround - Tsi100
    Sub - SVS PB10-NSD :D
    Playstation 3
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