Top 5 Favorite Bassists

[Lavender10]

They dont have to be the best of Bass, just list your personal top 5.

Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam
Kim Deal of Pixies, Breeders
Krist Novoselic of Nirvana
Flea of RHCP
Nicole Fiorentino of Smashing Pumpkins (hothothot)


A close 6th is Charlie Kelly of the Vasolines. Whitechapel displays one pop-rocks greatest bass solo's.

 

[Masherbrum]

James Jamerson
Dee Murray
Herbie Flowers
John Entwhistle
Tony Levin

 

[Sunny]

John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin)
Cliff Williams (AC/DC
John Deacon (Queen)
Ben Shepherd (Soundgarden)
Lemmy (Motorhead)

 

[Lavender10]

gah i completely forgot about JpJ.

 

[Sunny]

gah i completely forgot about JpJ.

I could add so many more names to the list. It was hard to name the top 5 So many great bass players to choose from

 

[Lavender10]

I could add so many more names to the list. It was hard to name the top 5 So many great bass players to choose from

I know, but i didnt want there to b e a hundred people listing 20 bassists they never really listen to, just bassists that are popular. i should have said 10 at least, i had a few i wanted to use too

 

[zephead]

Quite hard to pick just 5 out of so many great bassists out there. Here are my top 5

1) JPJ (Led Zep)
2) Flea (RHCP)
3) Roger Waters (Floyd)
4) Noel Redding (The Jimi Hendrix Experience)
5) Steve Harris (Iron Maiden)

 

[Lavender10]

So many kids my age unappreciated The power that is flea. good to see theres plenty of people here on the forum who realize his godliness

 

[Riff Raff]

1. David Ellefson
2. Cliff Williams
3. David Vincent
4. Lemmy
5. Ian Hill.

 

[Wolf]

Rushton Moreve - Steppenwolf
Tim Bogert - Vanilla Fudge
Richard Nese - Ultimate Spinach
Larry Graham - Sly/Family Stone
Gary Lane - Standells