Best Bass Players

Cliff Burton

Cliff Burton36 points

Jaco Pastorius

The "world's greatest bass player"34 points

Flea

Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers!27 points

Victor Wooten

Freak of nature, bassist for Bela Fleck and the Fl more...22 points

Freak of nature, bassist for Bela Fleck and the Flecktones and his own solo projects.22 points

John Paul Jones

Led Zeppelin bassist and now solo artist.21 points

Geddy Lee

Rush bassist, By-Tor!21 points

Les Claypool

The official Web site of Les Claypool, uniquely ta more...16 points

The official Web site of Les Claypool, uniquely talented bassist of Primus16 points

Stanley Clarke

Largely regarded as one of the greatest of all tim more...13 points

Largely regarded as one of the greatest of all time.13 points

Steve Harris

Bassist from Iron Maiden13 points

Larry Graham

The legendary Bassist12 points

John Entwistle

John Alec Entwistle (9 October 1944 - 27 June 2002 more...11 points

John Alec Entwistle (9 October 1944 - 27 June 2002) was an English bass guitarist, songwriter, singer, and horn player, who was best known as the bass ...11 points

Paul McCartney

Beatles, Wings, knighthood10 points

James Jamerson

One of the unsung heroes of the Motown sound, Jame more...9 points

One of the unsung heroes of the Motown sound, James Jamerson was described by Motown founder Berry Gordy as "a genius on the bass...and incredible improviser in the studio and somebody I always wanted on my sessions."9 points

Jeff Berlin

Electric bass monster.8 points

Abe Laboriel

He is one of the Best Bass Players of All time. An more...8 points

He is one of the Best Bass Players of All time. And my Favorite Bassist.. He is on TOP..........8 points

Billy Sheehan

Mr. Big, Niacin, Talas, David Lee Roth and Steve V more...7 points

Mr. Big, Niacin, Talas, David Lee Roth and Steve Vai.7 points

Brian Bromberg

Bassist, composer and producer. Plays upright, ele more...7 points

Bassist, composer and producer. Plays upright, electric, Piccolo and synthesizer bass like few others.7 points

Bootsy Collins

Does Bootsy really need an intro?7 points

Jayen Varma

7 points

John Patitucci

Double bass and electric bass player who plays har more...6 points

Double bass and electric bass player who plays hard bop, contemporary and Brazilian jazz.6 points

Charles Mingus

The legendary bassist, composer, and bandleader.5 points

Jack Bruce

Legendary bassist of legendary band, Cream.5 points

Geezer Butler

Known as the very first heavy metal bassists he ha more...5 points

Known as the very first heavy metal bassists he has blown minds with tracks like "N.I.B" and "Iron Man" he is definatley one of the most timless bass players of the past century5 points

Chris Squire

Bassist for the band Yes5 points

Louis Johnson

Thunder thumbs of the Brothers Johnson,one of the more...5 points

Thunder thumbs of the Brothers Johnson,one of the fastest funk players ever!5 points

Mark King

Mark King (born October 20th 1958, Cowes, Isle of more...5 points

Mark King (born October 20th 1958, Cowes, Isle of Wight) is an English musician. He is most famous for being the lead singer and bassist of the band, ...5 points

Ron Carter

Jazz master Ron Carter with more than 2,500 albums more...4 points

Jazz master Ron Carter with more than 2,500 albums to his credit, including Miles Davis and John Coltrane.4 points

Michael Manring

Bass virtuoso who plays bass as a solo instrument more...4 points

Bass virtuoso who plays bass as a solo instrument utilizes unusual alternate tunings.4 points

Jean-Jacques Burnel

Jean-Jacques Burnel (born 21 February 1952 in Lond more...4 points

Jean-Jacques Burnel (born 21 February 1952 in London) also known as J J Burnel, is an Anglo-French musician and songwriter, best known as the bass guitarist ...4 points

John Myung

The incredible bassist of prog metal band Dream Th more...4 points

The incredible bassist of prog metal band Dream Theater, who plays six string bass as well as Petrucci plays guitar!4 points

Victor Wooten The bass player

He is not only the best player ever he is also the more...4 points

He is not only the best player ever he is also the most influential bassist since Jaco Pastorius. Victor is known for his part as member of the grammy-award supergroup, B%uFFFDla Fleck & the Flecktones, plus his endless tours and solo recordings.Victor's influences have included Stanley Clarks, Jaco Pas...4 points

Christian McBride

Jazz bass talent, featured on hundreds of recordin more...3 points

Jazz bass talent, featured on hundreds of recordings.3 points

Richard Bona

Multi-talented multi-instrumentalist who plays3 points

Victor Bailey

The bassist who took over for Jaco in Weather Repo more...3 points

The bassist who took over for Jaco in Weather Report, and never looked back.3 points

Sting

Anyone remember when he played bass and played it more...3 points

Anyone remember when he played bass and played it well?3 points

John Deacon

John Deacon, best known as the bass guitarist for more...3 points

John Deacon, best known as the bass guitarist for the rock band Queen. ...3 points

Ryan Martinie

Ryan Martinie is an American bassist, best known f more...3 points

Ryan Martinie is an American bassist, best known for being the bass player of metal band Mudvayne. He is known for his complex basslines. ...3 points

Hadrien Feraud

Hadrien Feraud3 points

Roscoe Beck

Bassist and producer, performed with Eric Johnson2 points

Mark Egan

Talented fretless bassist who has recorded Pat Met more...2 points

Talented fretless bassist who has recorded Pat Metheny Group, Sting, Arcadia, Roger Daltry and Joan Osborne and others.2 points

JoJo Garza

2 points

Pete Quaife

The original bassist for The Kinks2 points

Allen Woody

Allen Woody was bass player for the rock groups Th more...2 points

Allen Woody was bass player for the rock groups The Allman Brothers Band, Gov't Mule, The Artimus Pyle Band, The Peter Criss Band, Blue Floyd, and Montage.2 points

Justin Chancellor

TOOL2 points

Lemmy Kilmister

The bassist of Motorhead. Best of the best.2 points

Daryl Hayott

Brazilian born, Bassist, composer. Played with Al more...2 points

Brazilian born, Bassist, composer. Played with Al Jarreau, Sade, Teddy Riley2 points

Mick Karn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2 points

Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen

The most recorded jazz bass player in history.1 point

Eric Wilson

Eric wilson-Bassist for Sublime and Long Beach Dub more...1 point

Eric wilson-Bassist for Sublime and Long Beach Dub Allstars.1 point

Kurt Sandford

Classical thump! One of the hardest bass solo's kn more...1 point

Classical thump! One of the hardest bass solo's known to man... here is my shot at it! Hope you enjoy watching it, i enjoy playing it! =]1 point

Pablo Montoya

1st Glance bass.1 point

Arthur Maia

Arthur Maia is a Brazilian composer and musician. more...1 point

Arthur Maia is a Brazilian composer and musician. Considered one of the best bass players in the world, by professional critics, Maia have played with many famous artists, such as Djavan, Gilberto Gil, Marisa Monte, Lulu Santos and Ney Matogrosso[1]. His compositions usually presents a fusion of jazz, funk, swing music and reggae1 point

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Tyler Nicholas bass player of the WHITE LIGHTS0 points

Bruce Thomas

Bass player with Elvis Costello in the 70's and 80 more...0 points

Bass player with Elvis Costello in the 70's and 80's.0 points

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Rob Trujillo really suprised hes no here already, more...0 points

Rob Trujillo really suprised hes no here already, and not just for Metallica, But Suicidal Tendencies, AND Infectious Grooves, AND work with both Ozzy AND Zakk Wylde. fast creative and can even hop around stage in the weirdest ways and NOT miss a beat, his showmanship AS much as ability0 points