chrisd783 Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Not sure if this has been done before as I'm relatively new to the site. But I'd be interested to know who people would place in their top-10 best players of all time!? Try and post IN RANK ORDER if you can, although I've found this exercise VERY tricky in the past! 3...2...1... GO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisd783 Posted December 7, 2016 Author Share Posted December 7, 2016 Here's my offering to get the ball rolling: 1) John Entwistle 2) Pino Palladino 3) Jaco Pastorius 4) John Paul Jones 5) Flea 6) Tal Wilkenfield 7) Nathan East 8) Duck Dunn 9) Marcus Miller 10) Esparenza Spalding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectoremg Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 This should be good... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJB Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Fun... Not necessarily the "best" but the ones who have been important to me... 1- James Jamerson 2- Duck Dunn 3- John Entwistle 4- Jaco 5- Pino 6- Robbie Shakespeare 7- Carole Kaye 8- Jack Bruce 9- Bruce Foxton 10- got to leave a slot for my mate Steve Lawson - who I would/could never play like but he blows my mind with what he does with the Bass! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 I love these guys. Duck Dunn, John McVie, Bill Wyman, Willie Dixon, Tommy Cogbill, Willie Weeks, Chuck Rainey, Reggie McBride, Nathan East and Wilton Felder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 In no particular order there are bassists I admire but, due to a lack of technical ability (i.e. practice) have no realistic hope of emulating...like Esperanza, Pino, John Patitucci and Sharay Reed. Then there are players whose bass lines I enjoy playing like Bernard Edwards, Gene Perez, Mark King (yes, I'll put my hand up), Herbie Flowers, Rutger Gunnarsson, James Jamerson and Meshell Ndegeocello. So I guess that's 11 in total...but I play guitar more these days anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christhammer666 Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 1.Lemmy 2.John myung 3.David ellefson 4.matin mendez 5.michael lepond 6.steve harris 7.geddy lee 8.tom araya 9.duff mckagan 10.troy sanders Positioning changes daily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 (edited) Depends if I'm in a funky mood, an 80s poppy one or a post punky one. Currently it's a funkadelic one so in a kinda rough order and best known for 1. Louis Johnson - Jacko's Off The Wall and Thriller albumens 2. Larry Graham - Sly & The Family Stone 3. Mark King - any need to explain? 4. Marcus Miller - ditto 5. Bernard Edwards - and he 6. Rocco Prestia - Tower of Power 7. Stuart Zender - Jamiroquai, 2 three albums 8. Julian Crampton - Incognito, also been on Heaven 17's recent tours 9. Paul Jackson - Herbie Hancocks's Headhunters 10. Joe Dworniak - some Style Council, I Level Edited December 9, 2016 by Barking Spiders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivansc Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Heh - never heard of half those guys. Is this supposed to be just bass GUITAR, or can we put in upright players as welL? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leen2112 Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 1 Geddy Lee 2 Chris Squire 3 Randy Coven 4 Bryan Beller (the aristocrats) 5 John Myung 6 Dave Larue 7 Tony Levin 8 Stu Hamm 9 Thomas Maclean (Haken) 10 Billy Sheehan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Wishbone Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 (edited) Geezer Butler, Billy Gould, Jason Newsted, Justin Chancellor, Tim Commerford, MCA, Andy Fraser, Rex Brown, Eric Avery, Ben Shepherd. In no particular order. Edited December 9, 2016 by Johnny Wishbone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 The top 10 whose lines I wanted to copy (with varying degrees of success!), in strictly alphabetical order: [url=""][/url][color=#000000][font=SFNSText,] Dave Allen[/font][/color][color=#000000][font=SFNSText,] Jeff Berlin[/font][/color][color=#000000][font=SFNSText,] JJ Burnel[/font][/color][color=#000000][font=SFNSText,] Bernard Edwards[/font][/color][color=#000000][font=SFNSText,] James Jamerson[/font][/color][color=#000000][font=SFNSText,] Geddy Lee[/font][/color][color=#000000][font=SFNSText,] Nic Potter[/font][/color][color=#000000][font=SFNSText,] Chris Squire[/font][/color][color=#000000][font=SFNSText,] John Wetton[/font][/color][color=#000000][font=SFNSText,] Tina Weymouth[/font][/color] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coilte Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 1. James Jamerson 2. Jack Bruce 3. Chuck Rainey 4. [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Meshell Ndegeocello[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]5. Alphonso Johnson.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]6. Steve Swallow[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]7. Michel Hatzigeorgiou[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]8. Paul Mc Cartney[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]9. Scott Thunes[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]10. Anthony Jackson[/font][/color] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigyin Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Geezer Butler Neil Murray Tommy Shannon Dennis Dunnaway Roger Glover Andy Fraser Boz Burrell Pete Way Jimmy Bain Phil Lynott The list would be endless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skybone Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Geddy Geezer Lemmy Guy Pinhas Ron Holzner Youth and Raven Scott Reeder Phil Lynot This space subject to change without prior notice Ditto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 In a post punk/80s pop frame of mind and in no order Mick Karn - Japan stuff Pino Palladino -mostly for his fretless work on Paul Young's No Parlez Deon Estus - various Wham tunage Dave Allen - Gang of Four and Shriekback Stuart Morrow - first two New Model Army albums Michael Dempsey - mostly for his playing on Sulk by The Associates JJ Burnel - for Stranglers albums up to The Raven Mick Anker - The Blow Monkeys..a very overlooked player Horace Panter -The Specials Norman Watt Roy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raslee Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Mike Howlett Roly Wynn Bootsy Collins Aston Familyman Barrett Jaco Pastorius Louis Johnson Larry Graham Victor Wooten Marcus Miller Flea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josie Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Top ten would take more time than I have, but top is Carmine Rojas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikel Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 1, Chris Squire. Yes. 2. Glen Cornick. Tull. 3. John Glasscock. Tull. 4. Andy Frazer. Free 5. Robbie Breakspear. Sly and Robbie 6. Mike Rutherford. Genesis 7. Nathan East. Everyone 8. Roger Glover. Deep Purple 9. Bert Ruiter. Focus 10. Jim Lea. Slade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyV Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 (edited) Norman Watt Roy Horace Panter Dave Holland Joe Dart Pino JJ Burnel Stuart Zender Andy Rourke Paz Lenchantin Duff Mckagan Edited December 9, 2016 by RickyV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzyvee Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 I don't do best but my favourites are. 1 - (Stanley Clarke & Aston Barrett) - I can't split these two as they are equally major influences to me and I have enjoyed their bass playing more than any others. The rest are the ones I like equally not ordered by rank. 2- Victor Bailey 3-Chuck Rainey 4-Marcus Miller 5-Nathan East 6-Gary Willis 7-John Pattitucci 8-Richard Cousins 9-Ron Carter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louisthebass Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 This is going to be difficult, but I'll go with this collection: Jaco Pastorius Pino Palladino James Jamerson Donald "Duck" Dunn Bruce Foxton Carol Kaye John Paul Jones Jeff Andrews Paul Turner Sean Hurley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bo0tsy Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Funk bassists top ten... Bootsy Collins Cordell 'Boogie' Mosson Billy 'Bass' Nelson Rodney 'Skeet' Curtis Larry Graham Andrew 'Love' Levy Stuart Zender Rick James Prince Aaron Mills Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 (edited) Putting them in order is painful Geezer Butler Bernie Edwards Martin Mendez Alex Webster Jeff Caxide Justin Chancellor Paul Turner Caleb Schofield James Leach Stuart Zender Edited December 10, 2016 by Graham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan0583 Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Larry Graham Victor Wooten Jaco Prince Marcus Miller Stuart Zender Tim Commerford Joe Dart Flea Michael League Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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