Favorite modern Bass Player?

Les FTW.

 

i'm going to be a nerd and state the obvious. claypool.

 

Jack Casady...hands down. I know, he's been around a while, but he's still putting out new shit, so i think that still classifies him as modern. and i haven't heard anyone else like him yet.

and i gotta give big ups to bootsy collins and geezer butler

 

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Flea is the bass player for Red Hot Chili Peppers. Im not diggin' their new stuff, but you should check out some of their early albums, Freaky Style and Mother's Milk. They're really heavily funk-influenced (especially freaky). Flea did rip it up on the bass.

 

serioulsy LES CLAYPOOL, NO DOUBT!!!!
i saw live at the gathering of the vibes and he blew my fukin mind..he literally made my cry from happiness


hes awesome tho

 

Justin Chansellor of Tool, sounds amazing, and works so well with the rest of the band, they put out amazing music, hard to deny that.

 

Sally Hope of Poets and Pornstars- started as a Guitarist- and YES that Bass is a Guitar- and she proves it! Best bass I've heard since Geddy Lee- she's a Fender Spotlight Artist... check her out
http://www.fender.com/artists/index.php?id=74
Then go check out Poets and Pornstars!
www.poetsandpornstars.com

 

There's a lot of 'em out there, but I'm a fan of uniqueness, innovation, and most importantly PERSONALITY.


Les Claypool has the most unique personality of any modern musician in my opinion. Excellent at bass and writing basslines, but can be both overpretentious and childish at times.

Flea is a waste-product of the MTV world, but he has some good bass work. Though they are fun to play, Flea's basslines just sound a lot like all of his other song to me for some reason. The RHCP songwriting skills are bland and repetetive at times.

Phil Lesh has some of the most rythmically techinical lines out there, and for the most part improvises all of it, which for some songs can be more impressive than having a great written part. Also he has a great personality and is very indeoendent of the pop mainstream.

James Jamerson was the most influential bassist of all times, and I've studied him thoroughly and learned a lot of his lines.

Jaco Pastorius was superb at bass, but at times was over- blown and he was guilty of overplaying.

Stanley Clarke may have been the best bassist of all time but was very underrated.

John Wetton is much better than any bassist from Tool or RATM and conveys much more emotion, from extreme psychedelia to extreme viscious rage.

Berry Oakley was just as good as Phil Lesh but he played with a more rock n roll feel and had a more in-your-face kind of groove

And I could go on and on but I'm tired of the computer

 

fleaaa

 

Victor Wooten

 

chris wolstenholme, flea, les claypool, victor wooten

i cant decide who is best

i prefer chris musically, but technically the others are probabli more skilled.

 

yeah claypool and dont forget flea

 

When I saw this thread, I thought a majority would have mentioned this bass player, but not one has said it yet, which surprises the hell out of me. Geddy Lee

 

Geddy Lee is an excellent player, but IMO overplays sometimes and his tone is too twangy for my ears, a lot of his performances make it sound like he is just playing guitar

 

yes geddy lee.. though he isnt modern he is awesome...actually Rush are all not that well recognized, i mean in Canada yes but they arent huge even though neil peart is the best drummer, alex lifeson is an amazing guitarist and has wicked solos and geddy lee has an incredible voice and bass and piano skills

right getting back to the main thing other than Geddy Lee i'd say Flea

 

geddy lee,les claypool,justin cancellor(TOOL),jeordie white(NIN,MANSON)

 

Yeah, gotta go with Les Claypool... It's such a cool sound, and it's so nice to not take any of his music seriously...

 

I'm a huge RHCP fan. What do you think I'm gonna say.

 

ya fleas good. i like larry graham and cliff