Great Rock Bassists your Top 10.Rock not Jazz. But Hey what about Reggae

And keeps it tight in roots style. But always driving forward

But Flabba lets it all hang out

@larsman controversial no doubt

Family man came first and showed the way. Robbie Shakespeare  and Flabba Holt took it onto the next level.

Robbie Shakespeare has more snap to his basslines, Flabba more groove.

Robbie walks, Flabba rolls.

I admire and respect Robbie Shakespeare. But i love Flabba Holt

Robbie's tight and rhythmic style matches and underpins the 80's classic

Private lives by Grace Jones

@gavman - 'Best reggae bassist by a country mile', and no mention of Robbie Shakespeare? Perhaps you're not familiar with Sly and Robbie - you should check them out.... 

Weird thread. But

'Flabba' Holt of the Roota Radics, best reggae bassist by a country mile, only other rivals would be

Jah Wobble

Gary Clail of OnU Sound

Then

Tony Levin

Lemmy in his Hawkwind era

Andreas Trentemoller

Not in any particular order and using the definition of rock a little liberally -

Bruce Thomas

Graham Maby

Dusty Hill

Bruce Foxton

Geddy Lee

Chris Squire

Paul McCartney

Leland Sklar

Norman Watt-Roy

Tal Wilkenfeld

Greg Lake from Emerson. Lake and Palmer

Phil Lynott from Tin Lizzy

paul McCartney from the Beatles

john Entwistle from the Who

John Paul Jones from Led Zeppelin

Roger Waters from Pink Floyd

Sting from the Police

Michael Anthony from Van Halen

Jack Bruce from Cream

Bill Wyman from The Rolling Stones

Andy Pyle of Blodwyn Pig was very good, and I haven't heard anyone mention Glenn Cornick of Jethro Tull.

Even though he strayed away from rock tylermunns has some great r&b/funk bass choices with Boosty, Bernard Edwards, Larry Graham. Stanley Clarke’s bass playing skills are off the chain, especially when seen in live concert. My fav for rock is Flea from Chili Peppers. Overall other favs for music in general are Marcus Miller, Brian Bromberg, and I have to support my ex brother in law Mark Adams.

All time fav has to be Steve Harris.  Duff McKagan sounds great also in his new band Walking Papers.

Joey Spampinato

Chris Wood

@bdp24 - I think the best way to get Jack's tone would be to be Jack!

Guild even put out a 'Jack Casady' model, but a lot of folks who bought it expecting to sound like Jack were disappointed. 

In 1971 I was in a band with a real good bassist. His three favorite players were Rick Danko, Jack Casady, and Phil Lesh. He loved Jack's tone, so ordered himself the same bass jack was at that time playing: A Guild Starfire.

The bass arrived, he plugged it into his Sunn 200s (considered by many the best bass amp available at the time), and was very disappointed with the sound. He didn't yet know that all he had to do to get Jack's tone was change the strings on his Fender P-bass from flat wound to round wound ;-) .

My vote also...Geddy Lee.

Getty Lee of RUSH.....

And on topic, Dave Schools and Bobby Sheehan

I thought Jerry was a race car driver.

Ethical Codes 

@jcoehler 

What a wuss! It would seem to me that breaking one's legs would only ensure more forum posts, not less.......🤔

Either way, it seemed of great import to a family member(probably another cousin) to come on here to let everyone know there will be no more posts from earl...I mean skypu...I mean jerry.

Really, who thinks of that?

"Gosh, forget about all the upcoming difficulties and preparations we need to make for this life changing event, the important thing is to go on that audiophile forum and announce he won’t be posting anymore." As jerryg123.

Apparently it doesn't matter if he makes a full recovery. By golly, he will not be posting again.

I wonder if Jerry made a miraculous recovery, or succumbed to his illness?

In no particular order:

Louis Johnson (my personal favorite) 

James Jamerson 

Victor Wooten, Jaco Pastorius, Flea, (I despise their music but their skill is undeniable)  

Stanley Clarke will get the Celine Dion treatment here - the music is simply too awful to warrant praise for the artist’s technical proficiency 

Bootsy Collins

Larry Graham

Francis Rocco Prestia

Bernard Edwards

Thundercat

Neither does anyone else.

Jerry had a stroke? I don't believe it.

@twoleftears ,

Yes, and as Coleman996, he wrote in a thread on their forum an insult to this forum and all its members.

@thecarpathian + 1

Also identified as Coleman996 on USAM, where his Audio Hungary amp is recently listed as "OFF".

https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649775134-audio-hungary-qualiton-x200-class-a-ab-pp-integrated-amplifier-with-mmmc-preamp-purchased-june-2021-/

guess I’m the gullible one here....wishing a man get better who probably didn’t have a stroke. I looked at both "sybil" IDs mentioned and see the house in the background of their audio systems are the same place. As I knew neither "sybil" IDs I think it is best to not post anymore. Who knows who is who is who is who here. I guess I’ll go back to the one bud I can trust. You’ll see him in my new ID photo. Sit back and listen to the weed grow.

Lemmy from Motorhead! Rickenbacker rules!

My 2 favorite rock bassists are:

John Entwistle

Jack Casady

No shortage of other wonderful bass players, though.... 

Reggae? Robbie Shakespeare, of course!! 

@ozzy62 ,

No, I think it was this one:

@roxy54 ​​​​@deludedaudiophile : Opinions are like/ That’s why I asked for YOU TOP10. Not to challenge my list.

You bungheads can only name one bass player’s

USUX

Maybe earlpunk or skyflynn.

Being clever, not his strong suit.

What a coincidence.

Recently posted on the qualiton thread that he was earlflynn’s ’cousin’, immediately gets called out for being eralflynn/skypunk, then suddenly tragedy strikes and he will no longer be posting.

Guys Jerry had a stroke last night.

He is in the hospital. This was and will be his last post.

Must have been after this post:

jerryg123

1,882 posts

04-17-2022 at 10:20pm 

So I reached out to Mark and he said you are a full of shite!!!

Can anyone believe anything that this guy types? Seriously.....?

So does that mean @earlflynn or  ​​​@skypunk are coming back?

thoughts and prayers audio brother. God's speed for recovery.  

Guys Jerry had a stroke last night.

He is in the hospital. This was and will be his last post.

@jerryg123 ,

Why are you so hostile?

Is this thread so important to your life that you feel it necessary to rudely chastise anyone who doesn't obey your rigid orders as to how they should be responding?

You are an interesting character ( much like your former usernames).

Your posts run the gamut from polite and informative to childish and insulting. I notice the time of their writing has much to do with this. The later in the day they are written, the more insulting they become, and your grammar takes on a much less refined, childlike quality, as if a different person is writing them. This is also a trait of your former usernames. Yes, interesting indeed.

WOW!!! Not one mention of John Paul Jones (led Zeppelin) Not necessarily surprising because he was flanked by Bonham, Page & Plant who were the superstars. I came to the understanding that JPJ must be the most under rated bass player of all times AFTER seeing "How The West was Won" (which I recommend) Seeing him play mandolin and bass pedals at the same time won me over.

Dusty Hill (ZZ Top) was another great bassist. During the Deguello tour, i watched him play the bass line and modified rhythm on the bottom strings at the same time.

Of course John Entwistle has to be included. I had the great privilege of playing with a good bass player who could play "Can You See The Real Me" was quite a workout.

IMO, you don’t get to the pro level without being good. And at some point it comes down to style and who’s you like. To you, they may be the best. But they are all good IMO

Rules are meant to be broken .... Honorable mention, Les Claypool

jerryg123,

What's your problem Bozo? I don't have to list ten all at once. I'm thinking as I go along. And I didn't try to challenge your list.

Wow, JPJ doesn’t even get a mention. He was the GLUE of Zepp.

Sting… 

Geddy…

really? Nothing? Too many to list. To each his (or her) own.

@roxy54 ​​​​@deludedaudiophile : Opinions are like/ That's why I asked for YOU TOP10. Not to challenge my list.

You can ask all you want, but you got as much time and thought as I was willing to put into it.  You can find a 100, top10, top25, top100 bass guitar lists on the web. I think you will do just fine without one more.

Tony Levin.

Paul McCartney, Flea, Carl Radle and Cliff Hugo come to mind.

Heard Flea and Hugo many times live as I've been an LA resident since 1977,

Radle just once live.

Wasn't a Jack Bruce fan (saw Cream) until his later years.

Got to give Roger Waters a mention as some of his bass lines are imbedded in my brain - to the end.

McCarthy is probably my favorite with his subtle/brainy stuff.

DeKay

@jerryg123  - Walking on the Moon has probably one of the best bass lines in a rock song. So I would have to disagree with you on Sting.