Best bass player of today

[RockON182]

Who do you think the best bass player of today is? I think it is Flea from Red Hot Chili Peppers.

[thekevinfoltmer]

the guy from the who is an ill bassplayer

[guitarshark2099]

i always thought the guy from rush was good @ bass

[Nirvana_GodSmak]

Victor Wooten?

[jesuschristpose]

Viktor Wooten is amazing, the guy from Robert Randolph and the Family Band is amazing... the guy from The Who, John Entwistle, isn't really from 'today.'

[RockON182]

I mean TODAY. Not classic rock. Pick bands from the 90s and up.

[Stop Messin']

the guy from the who is an ill bassplayer

John Entwistle died. :(

I'm not much into "today's" music, but Tommy Shannon(Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble) is my fav. bass player.

[Stop Messin']

I mean TODAY. Not classic rock. Pick bands from the 90s and up.

Wow you need to buy a calender man. This is 2006. Last time i checked, the 90's was long gone. If a classic rock band is still around, they can be considered "today", because they are still around TODAY.

[Rock1986]

Steve Harris of Iron Maiden, yes they are still a current band since they are still releasing new music

[steve vai82]

I second the Victor Wooten. He is a virtuoso.

[ufossuck]

I'd say the best living bass player is Dusty Hill.

[IndieMetalhead]

the guy from the who is an ill bassplayer

is he ill in heaven then?

sorry :p: :sad:

i'd have to say Victor Wooten. absolutely immense guy

[rpguitardude]

Mike Dirnt is a great bassist .... unfortunately now he just uses root chords and simple bass riffs. really want him to create more riffs in their next album like the riffs in kerplunk, dookie and insomniac.

matt freeman for me is the best bassist of today.

[properBo]

Jean Baudin people!! Seriously good player, plays an 11-stringer, in a band called Nuclear Rabbit. Look them up.
And no-one has said Claypool yet?

[TimiHendrix33]

Les Claypool
Flea

[ratm923]

how could everyone forget Jaco Pastorius (i think thats how its spelled)
after him is Les Claypool

[JkHalen]

Victor Wooten, John Myung, Billy Sheehan, and Tony Levin...I can't belive nobody had mentioned these last 3...

Edit: and like the guy from above said, Jaco. :)

[Ohpeasson]

Jaco Pastorius? I didn't know that someone who has been deceased for 18 years could be considered a musician of today :P. That being said, Wooten, Sheehan, Myung, and Hellborg.

[llama]

Les Claypool

And please, someone, second TREVOR DUNN.

And if you've never heard of him, I beg you to check him out.

[Zeke5000]

Les Claypool

[guitaristdude0]

Tim Ward from The Fall of Troy is pretty good even if he gets very shadowed by Tom Erak's guitar. I know most people don't know about The Fall of Troy but you should they are really good.

[Matt_Malmsteen]

Steve Harris and John Myung.

[mort1]

billly sheenan and fleah

[SGRocker0791]

John Myung!

[The Shadow]

Michael Todd of Coheed & Cambria is a very talented bass player.

[rhcp lover]

fleaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[properBo]

John Myung!

:( How did I forget him... I'm listening to Dream Theatre now too..... :(

[Izz]

Sami Yaffa

[Hammett88]

Geddy Lee

[tremorbassist06]

Les Claypool
Flea


:cheers:

[SGRocker0791]

:( How did I forget him... I'm listening to Dream Theatre now too..... :(

You should be ashamed! :p:

[TJM2482]

Timmy C from Rage/Audioslave. He pwns. :D

[punks-not-dead]

Les Claypool, flea i guess i dont many bass players unfortunetly

[Shermy]

Basically the best bassist of all time is Jaco Pastorius but because some ass king hit him and killed him the best bassist alive today would have to be Victor Wooten (the slap master)

There are heaps of insane bassists but unfortunately u dont find them in ur modern rock and stuff usually they are jazz bassists or funk. But there are guys like the bassist from Muse who write cool stuff like hysteria and time is running out.

[Shermy]

Also Steve Bailey and Stanely Clarke

[Alucard II]

Victor Wooten, John Myung

[im not mental]

robert trujillo.

[sokmonke]

Justin Chancellor from Tool

[lateraluspiral]

Les Claypool
Justin Chancellor
Flea

[21stCenturyKid]

Nathan East, wooten, claypool, sheehan, there are many session guys who are very underated or relatively unknown who are amazing.

[properBo]

You should be ashamed! :p:

:(

Its just whenever I think of bassists I automatically think of slap & pop.

[meinsane]

flea and the guy from tool

[Gideon Ravenor]

Colin Greenwood is a pretty cool bassist.

[rhcp lover]

fleaaaaa and victor

[fendermalmsteen]

John Myung (Dream Theater) and Ryan Martini (Mudvayne).

[DanG]

Blatantly flea , no other bassist has written music/basslines like he has ...

check out the riff in "Pretty Little Ditty" crazytown actually used it for their song called "Butterfly".

And his pop and slap technique and timing are just unique for e.g "Black eyed Blonde" lots of other tracks to mention too but you get my point

[HelpImARock]

Les Claypool, Victor Wooten, Tony Levin.

[Sanitarium24]

Victor Wooten
John Myung

[clash1057]

Chris Wolstenholme, Matt Freeman, John Myung, Les Claypool, Flea. I dont really like Coheed and Cambria but their bass player is also pretty good.

[Anghellic]

John Myung and Matt Freeman

[Gabuydachk]

Myung, Wooten, Sheehan, Hamm, Claypool, Alderete, etc.

[cliff_em_all]

Seth Horan, Jason newstead, Victor wooten, The guy from racer x (josé), and les claypool.

But seth is my fave easily.

[«ÃFireÏnside»]

flea and the guy from tool

I Really don't think Chancellor is all that great. Just my opinion though.

[saxaxe]

Myung, Sheehan, Wooten, Claypool

[Falcatarius]

Wooten=god

[SGRocker0791]

:(

Don't be sad. :kiss:

[AWA]

Les Claypool
Guy from death from above 1979

[Chimairasoulfly]

the guy from fear factory christian olde wolbers man he can really do some class stuff on the bass.

but the jason newstead from metallica was great.

but for no acception flea is the best bassist around.

[JkHalen]

robert trujillo.
Well, he is pretty damn fast but that's about it. I haven't seen anything "amazing" from him yet..still waitin though, IMO he's pretty damn overshadowed by what Metallica and Kirk Hammet...not that I'm saying that Kirk is all that great but he is quite wellknown.

[dwnbowden]

Eric Avery
Flea
Les Claypool

[rockthebass]

my favorite is now flea, but i'd say the best is victor wooten

[FlyingVortex]

Id go with Flea from RHCP Also...

[Limey]

Alex James of Blur. Especially in their early albums.

Chris Wolstenholme comes up with some cool melodies too.

[Caustic]

John Myung (Dream Theater) and Ryan Martini (Mudvayne).

Seconded. Ryan Martinie is so horribly underrated.

[HarryManback]

Vic Wooten hands down

[mmm... ice]

Kim Gordon for me well I think she's a really good bassist.

[FuNkY MoFo!!!]

best bassist of today definatley has to be flea

[they're red hot]

Flea

[FlyingVortex]

I think people are mixing up bassits of today, compared with some of the older bassits

[properBo]

best bassist of today definatley has to be flea

Anyone who says that hasn't listened to Primus.

[buckethead101]

ryan martinie of mudvayne.

[buckethead101]

someone said kim gordon!!!!


melissa auf del maur

[Guns_41]

Vic Wooten is deffinitlly the most talented, but I really like Geddy Lee.

[Lukeisonfire]

someone say justin C. from tool already les claypool just plays really fast and is not melodic while flea plays fast and is.

[fitzyboy]

martin from cazals

[[x]hollywood[x]]

Flea is good.

I think Johnny Christ is an ignored talented bass player. I feel sorry for him :(

[maXterbat0r]

Anyone who says that hasn't listened to Primus.

exactly, although I don't listen to Chilis alot.

[MuDvAyNe-DeMoN]

Seconded. Ryan Martinie is so horribly underrated.
:( thats so true, hes such an excellent bassist

[paintITblack39]

Flea, Les Claypool, and that one guy from Tool

[Syn Harvest]

Flea, Les Claypool, and that one guy from Tool

Agreed as well as Victor Wooten

[gutbuster]

I cannot believe that nobody mentioned alain caron...
He has made some of the most original bass lines ever
you should check out his song turkey loose on the kit! :D

[Izz]

Sami Yaffa!

[pearlJam_31490]

Well in my opinion the two best bass players off al time are still alive. which is cool considering most of my favorite musicians are dead.

Les Claypool
Victor Wooten
in no certain order.

also flea and Billy Sheehan kickass.

[emkaybee]

Flea is my favourite. um i like shavo odadjian.

Someone got pissed off at me cos i didn't know nikki sixx. He'd be pretty good then... i don't really know. :bonk:

[gm jack]

Tim Commerford was great in RATM

But Flea owns all. :D

[Izz]

Sami Yaffa!

I second that

[Nebula]

This topic should have ended 4 pages ago once someone mentioned victor wooten. Other bassists can't even look at him without bleeding from the eyes. Also, flea is good, but claypool pwns his ass so hard, no contest.

[bassman182]

Victor Wooten or Les Claypool I'd say!!

[Slayer566]

Tom Araya or Flea

[Will-eh]

LES CLAYPOOl-TONY LEVIN

[sandroes]

definitely flea

[Cedence]

Les Claypool
Geddy Lee

[IndieMetalhead]

Tom Araya

Slayer?


:haha :haha :haha :haha

[bonchie1]

get off the flea bandwagon already...hes good...but not super special

victor wooten is the greatest bass player there currently is...easily.

[TheWretched]

Chancellor from Tool...and I have to say I quite like Jeordie White from APC/NIN. I think he's one of the good, stronger players out there who is underrated. Doesn't get much credit.

[Four-Sticks]

Bill Dickens

[Yertle]

someone say justin C. from tool already les claypool just plays really fast and is not melodic while flea plays fast and is.

Les claypool is melodic, just in an odd way.

[thisisastickupx]

i think all these guys are great,
i like matt freeman & Jaco Pastorius,

but i think stu hamm pwns.
ive never seen anyone tap like that on bass.

[s0nofabe4ch]

I'm not that familiar with bass players, but that guy from TFOT really floats my boat.

[jslaved]

Jeff Ament - Pearl Jam

Very underrated, very skilled bassist

[m.k.]

Jeff Ament - Pearl Jam

Very underrated, very skilled bassistJeff's really good, but hes not good enough to be considered the best at all. Nothing extremely impressive.

But whoever is playing in the Allman Brothers Band now, I can't remember his name. Hes amazing.

[Deek_13]

Flea.
Duff McKagen. (he's not that great but he's Duff!)

and theres also this one guy my friend let me listen to, Mark ???? meh....

[King_V]

Definitely John Myung. It's not easy to play 6/8, and as he does it, he throws crazy basslines and solos. He's technically the best.

[hardcore311]

P-nut from 311