Favorite Bass Players of all time

[bertolt]

Mine:

Geddy Lee. (Rush)
Chris Squire. (Yes)
James Jamerson. (Well... motown.)
John Paul Jones. (Led Zeppelin.)
Paul McCartney. (Duh.)
Les Claypool. (Primus.)
Justin Chancellor. (Tool.)
Mike Inez. (Alice in Chains.)
Tony Levin. (King Crimson, as well as a LOT of studio work)
Sting. (Police.)

 

[armadillopete]

Geddy Lee
Steve Harris
Paul McCartney
Flea
Sting

 

[simonw94]

David Ellefson [Megadeth]
Steve Harris [Iron Maiden]
Cliff Burton/Robert [Metallica]
Frank Bello [Anthrax]
and some others I guess too

 

[SkepticMan1337]

alex webster and larry graham are great!

 

[smithwood]

Marcus Miller

 

[007Michael]

Victor Wooten

 

[Bernoulli123]

Paul McCartney. He was able to turn bass lines into melodies. Truly beautiful bass lines.

 

[SOMM]

Wow, I'm quite shocked that Victor Wooten has only been mentioned a few times. I mean, I'm not a bassist, but I have not seen many bassists do what he does. His use of harmonics in Amazing Grace?!

A new guy on the scene: Henrik Linder who plays for Dirty Loops. Very solid and quite creative.

 

[Dave-W]

I was surprised to see James Jamerson mentioned by bertolt and NOT Bob Babbit. Hard to mention one with out the other. They played so much alike that a few years after the fact they themselves were hard pressed to say which one of them played on a particular track. Sometimes they both did. They were both big influences on my own playing.

Everyone on the various lists are great but I would like to add a few more:

Jay Truax - LoveSong.
John DeGroff - original bass for Petra
Roger Waters - Pink Floyd
Mel Schacher - ? and the Mysterians, Grand Funk Railroad

 

[DaveHTexas]

Geddy Lee, Rush
John Myung, Dream Theater
Traa Daniels, P.O D.
Robert Trujillo, Suicidal Tendencies

 

[Dave-W]

I have to add one more: Abraham Laboriel. He did some absolutely amazing bass lines on the Hosanna Integrity recording "Lift Him Up." Here is the song Ancient of Days from that CD. His bass solo starts at 4:15: (1992)

He was also credited by Henri Mancini with coming up with the bass hook line on the theme to "Peter Gunn."(late 1950s)

 

[JohnnyDollar]

Victor Wooten

 

[FenderTL5]

John McVie
Tony Franklin
David Hungate
T bone Wolk

 

[PlayingForTheLord]

Bootsy Collins
Larry Graham
Louis Johnson
Verdine White
Robert "Kool" Bell

 

[Dave-W]

OK. One name conspicuously missing: Klaus Voorman.
He was the most requested session bass player in Europe for the late 1960s, did work with John Lennon, Ringo Starr and George Harrison, was in the Plastic Ono Band, BadFinger, and Manfred Mann's Earth Band.

Klaus Voormann - Wikipedia

 

[AaronParsons]

Stanley Clarke!

Also big props to Geddy Lee from Rush.

 

[Rob Murray]

Michael League

 

[Norbert L]

A YouTuber Davie504. In my view not only is he just a talented as any other player mentioned in this thread, but more importantly he promotes awareness of the bass as an instrument with over 8 million subscribers. He's very comical in his approach.

 

[DaveHTexas]

A YouTuber Davie504. In my view not only is he just a talented as any other player mentioned in this thread, but more importantly he promotes awareness of the bass as an instrument with over 8 million subscribers. He's very comical in his approach.

No disrespect for Dave504, but I simply cannot get into his sense of humor. I know he's trying to be funny, and I sure to many he is, but for some reason I find his sense of humor off putting.

If you like Youtube bass players, have you perhaps seen Constantine Isslamow?

 

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I have to add one more: Abraham Laboriel. He did some absolutely amazing bass lines on the Hosanna Integrity recording "Lift Him Up." Here is the song Ancient of Days from that CD. His bass solo starts at 4:15: (1992)

That's the first person I thought of after reading this thread!

Your video didn't work. So I'm posting another.

The bass solo begins at around 4:17