Vote...Best Bass Player

[Incidents Happen]

lets have a "Best Bass Player" thing goin on. We have alot of credit going out to the guitar players (past and present), but Bass players make the guitar sound that much better ( in my opinion ).

I vote for Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead

not because he was the best, but becuase he was the most creative , in my mind.

[psycofreak1]

Best Bass player in my opinion would be a toss up between CLIFF BURTON and JASON NEWSTED....oh yea and LES CLAYPOOL i know its a diffrent style, but what he does is amazing...........

[chris mood]

most of you know him from Bela Fleck....He's a monster!

[Raskolnikov]

ME!

Actually, there is no such thing as a best bassist, much like there is no best guitarist. However, I'll give my little perspective on this:

Most Technical: Probably Bill D ickens or Victor Wooten.

Most Influential: Jaco, he pretty much invented the idea of a badass bassist.

Generally badass overall: Juan Nelson (Ben Harper), Norwood Fisher (Fishbone), Les Claypool (aka: THE MAN), Dirk Lance (Incubus), John Entwistle (The Who), Steve Harris (Iron Maiden), Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath), and of course BOOTSIE COLLINS!

[zepp_rules]

vai likes belly sheehan (i can't remember how to spell the name)


i like Steve Harris, John Paul Jones, Noel Redding, and Cliff Burton is supposed to be great

[Raskolnikov]

Cliff was pretty solid, but he didn't really do anything that incredible... Unless you compare him to Newstead.

[SoS]

One of the most amazing bass players i have heard is the bassist from primus he is truley amazing.
I also like Dirk Lance from Incubus he makes some great riffs and slaps ahahahah

[Raskolnikov]

Originally posted by SoS
One of the most amazing bass players i have heard is the bassist from primus he is truley amazing.

That would be Les Claypool. You can also find him playing bass for Col. Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade, Sausage, Oysterhead, and even filling in with Gov't Mule from time to time.

[SoS]

That would be Les Claypool. You can also find him playing bass for Col. Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade, Sausage, Oysterhead, and even filling in with Gov't Mule from time to time. [/B][/QUOTE]

Thx :D Raskolnikov

[SoS]

I stuffed up the quote srry

[hrckid]

John McVie gets my vote

[mamamalabass]

jaco
whoever that guy is that plays with alan holsworth(I can't remember names worth a ----)
victor wooten
les claypoole
and of course me and rask(lol)

[chris mood]

I know Paul Carmicheal used to play w/him, don't know if he still does, it's been awhile since I bought a Holdsworth cd

What about Gary Willis from Tribal Tech?, no ones mentioned him yet.

[DiscoSamurai]

Bobby Sheenan is the bass player admired by Via (and also one of my favourite)
He played in Blues Traveler up until a year or so ago when he died of a drug overdose in New Orleans. For those of you who think Run-Around when you hear Blues Traveler, get hold of some of their older albums like Save His Soul and hear Bobby really rip it up! That man sure knew how to groove!

Rest in peace bassman

[chris mood]

Billy Sheenan........played with Via, David lee Roth, Mr Big, and many others........did not play with Blues Traveler

[lalimacefolle]

Just saw him on tour with VAI (not Via as you people want to call him) and MAAAAAAAAN he his insane. Vai broke two strings that night, and he jumped in the spotlight doing insane solos so that Vai could get a spare guitar. Vai came back, and he started pushing him around, and Sheehan kept on playing those incredible fast lines...

[Raskolnikov]

Originally posted by DiscoSamurai
Bobby Sheenan is the bass player admired by Via (and also one of my favourite)
He played in Blues Traveler up until a year or so ago when he died of a drug overdose in New Orleans. For those of you who think Run-Around when you hear Blues Traveler, get hold of some of their older albums like Save His Soul and hear Bobby really rip it up! That man sure knew how to groove!

Rest in peace bassman

I saw Blues Traveler a few years ago and the whole band ripped.

[DiscoSamurai]

Guess theres been a slight misunderstanding :) Billy/Bobby Sheehan are/were both great bass players, sorry bout that I was listening to Blues Traveler and not thinking!

V A I V A I V A I

Apologies

[jack7]

Gezzer Butler / old BlackSabbath.
:cool:

[Raskolnikov]

Geezer played bass on ALL Black Sabbath didn't he? He wrote most of their old lyrics (since Ozzy couldn't write) and a great deal in the later years with Dio,etc.

[Snacktruck]

Victor Wooten or the bassist off of Primus, but i dont know his name.

[mamamalabass]

Originally posted by Snacktruck
Victor Wooten or the bassist off of Primus, but i dont know his name.


It's Les Claypoole

[mrcrowley]

I'm sure there are better bass players,

But here are my favorites (and therefore the best, in my opinion):

- Geezer Butler

And the highly, highly underrated:
- Peter Steele
and
- David Ellefson

And the relative unknowns:
- Martin Mendez of Opeth - seriously guys, you all HAVE to hear this guy,
- James Sheppard of Nevermore - being the bassist of the best metal band ever, makes him one of the best bassists ever.

I can't believe no one has mentioned those Steele or Ellefson. Peter Steele is not only a fantastic bassist, but an amazing singer and songwriter.

Dave Ellefson is one of the most underrated bassists around. Maybe it's because some people see him as Dave Mustaine's sidekick (I certainly don't). He's always kept up, note for note, with Mustaine's psychotic rhythym guitar. That in itself warrants him being on any best bassist list.

[freddy friedrichschlafen]

i think Flea from red hot chili peppers is pretty good but probalbly not the best

[mamamalabass]

Originally posted by freddy friedrichschlafen
i think Flea from red hot chili peppers is pretty good but probalbly not the best he may not be the best but he can hold a groove incredibly tight, besides anyone that plays so hard that his fingers bleed really means what he's playing.To me that counts as much as technical stuff.

[Raskolnikov]

Originally posted by mamamalabass
Originally posted by freddy friedrichschlafen
i think Flea from red hot chili peppers is pretty good but probalbly not the best he may not be the best but he can hold a groove incredibly tight, besides anyone that plays so hard that his fingers bleed really means what he's playing.To me that counts as much as technical stuff.

Flea is sloppy, but he is Flea. Nobody else does it like he does. I can seriously play Claypool lines that are atleast five times more technical than Fleas, but are a lot easier for me.

Flea is 100% style, and that is a good thing.

[Edited by Raskolnikov on 01-29-2002 at 07:14 PM]

[mamamalabass]

Originally posted by Raskolnikov
Originally posted by mamamalabass
Originally posted by freddy friedrichschlafen
i think Flea from red hot chili peppers is pretty good but probalbly not the best he may not be the best but he can hold a groove incredibly tight, besides anyone that plays so hard that his fingers bleed really means what he's playing.To me that counts as much as technical stuff.

Flea is sloppy, but he is Flea. Nobody else does it like he does. I can seriously play Claypool lines that are atleast five times more technical than Fleas, but are a lot easier for me.

Flea is 100% style, and that is a good thing.

[Edited by Raskolnikov on 01-29-2002 at 07:14 PM] you got that Rask..