Favorite Bassists

[Brian The Pink Shark]

Okay so who is everyone's favorite bassists? :choc:

[Shoden]

That's the spirit, you should of wasted some time and added a poll. Probably Cliff Burton or Jason Newsted. I like Steve Harris and Tom Araya too.

[DK]

Takeshi '¥' Ueda

[Venom]

David Ellefson and Johnny Rod are my favorites.

[Perducci]

Les Claypool and Flea.

[Meat Puppet]

Flea and Dee Dee Ramone.

[Chris]

Robbie Shakespeare.

[Citizen Soup]

Chris Squire of Yes.

[Mittopotahis]

I'm assuming a bassist is someone who plays bass guitar.

In that case, Mike Gugliemucci, from Planetshakers :)

[Crushed Hope]

Kristoffer Gildenlow :)

[DeathKnight]

Jason Newsted:

http://www.artistdirect.com/Images/artd/amg/music/bio/473168_jasonnewstead_200x200.jpg

http://www.metallicaworld.co.uk/black5.jpg

[koocnahtanoj]

Disregarding the band and just judging the bassist by his skill I would have to say Krist Novelsic or Flea(in modern not classic rock.)

[tailz]

jason newted and greg K

their both very good imo but Jason is just a little above greg. its just his solo's on the san diego show and live <img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif"> binge and purge that makes me have enormous amount of respect for him as a bassist and of course his other stuff to but those solo's stand out for me and not to forget his enthousiasme (s?)

[marc]

Flea and Dee Dee Ramone.

Lol, have you heard king funkyman by DeeDee Ramone.
Tis greatness.

but my fave... Oliveri or Reeder, both legends of stoner rock.

[Captain Maxx Power]

Adam Duce, primarily because he has a fearsome beard;

http://www.antenna.nu/machinehead/adamduce.jpg

[Shoden]

Cool beards automaticcaly make a bassist or any musician deadly. Rough.

[GooeyToast]

Trevor Dunn

[lady yunalesca]

duff makagen and jason newstead :)

[Captain Maxx Power]

I wish to add to my selection Rex Brown of Pantera, who when talking about great bassist rarely comes up, yet if you listen to his stuff it's spot on. The fact he could keep up with Dimebag is testament to that.

[ThundagAuron]

OMG. I can't believe no one's said Billy Sheehan. He's awesome! Dave LaRue and John Myung ain't too shabby, either...

[goldraine]

Hmm...

Duff McKagan
Oliver Riedel
Flea
Keiji Kawamori

I assume all of you guys are bassists too? If so, I have found my calling, and this is the best board ever.

[Perducci]

I assume all of you guys are bassists too? If so, I have found my calling, and this is the best board ever.

I play bass and guitar. :cool:

[Slade]

Roger Waters
Flea

Yeah my list is short.....I'm tired :D

[Loony BoB]

Whoever plays the bass in one of Yanni's live tracks... I think it might be The Rain Must Fall, although I'm not sure. Either way, one of Yanni's tracks has one really good bass solo in it, I love it.

Usually, though, I don't love bass solos as much as a simple but nifty bass beat - Level 42, for example, use bass to great effect in songs such as Running In The Family, as do the Killers in Jenny Was a Friend of Mine. Simple bass lines > Complex bass lines.

[Drift]

Flea > all

[crazybayman]

Flea
Les Claypool
Jason Newstead
Krist Novoselic

Although Newstead is not even close to the level of Flea and Claypool, Metallica just hasn't been the same without him :( As well, the late Cliff Burton of Metallica was awesome, too.

Likewise with Novoselic, Nirvana wouldn't have been Nirvana without him :p

And for those who don't know, Flea's actual name is Michael Balzary (just thought I'd throw that little tidbit of info in there) :p He's my alltime favorite.

[Peter_20]

Cliff Burton is overrated in the technical aspect; I've got no real problems playing any of his stuff.
As a songwriter, though, he was awesome. :)

[~SapphireStar~]

Flea > all
QFT.

[Venom]

Hmm...

Duff McKagan
Oliver Riedel
Flea
Keiji Kawamori

I assume all of you guys are bassists too? If so, I have found my calling, and this is the best board ever.

I dont play Bass, just regular guitar.

I forgot to mention Nikki Sixx was a favorite bass player of mine.