Favorite Bassists

[Ivan3000]

Paul Mccartney
Paul Mccartney
Paul Mccartney
Paul Mccartney
Paul Mccartney

In that order.

You sure? There must several Paul McCartney's that exist and might even be bassists! So you'd better come up with the right order!

[jps]

My first (and greatest) fretless influence:

[jps]

I saw this incarnation in the late '90s in Cleveland.

[Who's Who]

Hi all

I'm brand new to the forum and wanted to list my top guys in no real order.

John Entwistle of The Who

Paul McCartney of The Beatles

Bruce Foxton of The Jam

Nikolai Fraiture of The Strokes

Ronnie Lane of The Small Faces

All fantastic players, each with a very different playing style.
Plus at some point in there career they've all played a Rickenbacker (although Ronnie Lane may have only played a Ric guitar in Slim Chance)

[rickenbrother]

Welcome to the forum, Sam!

[Ivan3000]

Hi all

I'm brand new to the forum and wanted to list my top guys in no real order.

John Entwistle of The Who

Paul McCartney of The Beatles

Bruce Foxton of The Jam

Nikolai Fraiture of The Strokes

Ronnie Lane of The Small Faces

All fantastic players, each with a very different playing style.
Plus at some point in there career they've all played a Rickenbacker (although Ronnie Lane may have only played a Ric guitar in Slim Chance)

Welcome!

[Who's Who]

Cheers guys

Nice to be on board

[stts64]

OK here is my list:
Chris Squire
John Entwistle
Jaco Pastorius
Roger Glover
Lee Sklar
John Myang
Tamas Mihaly (I bet nobody here knows who he is)

[stts64]

Oh yes, and John Paul Jones. How could I forget !

[Who's Who]

I know I'll probably get a bit of stick for this, but another amazing bass player who's really underated is Dave Peacock from Chas 'n' Dave.
If you listen to a lot of their songs the bass lines are awesome. I've seen them live many times and he makes it look effortless, especially singing at the same time too.
'Gertcha'

[psychomatthias]

List at the moment*:
Lemmy
Jah Wobble
John Wetton
John Paul Jones
Geezer Butler
Dennis Dunaway
Geddy Lee
Gene Simmons
Rick Laird
Chris Squire

*always subject to change.

[jps]

I saw Rick Laird in 1972! Guess with who.

[jps]

Another favorite:






I love his own flavor of fretless tonality.

[fatcat]

I saw Rick Laird in 1972! Guess with who.

The Mahavishnu Orchestra

[bobosque]

Richard Sinclair
Geddy Lee
Martin Turner
John Wetton
Greg lake
Chris Squire
Paul McCartney