Your favorite bassist

[Guest Bluesman]

Jack Bruce.

Although Jaco would own them all. Twice.

[Your Mom]

Midget is my favorite Bassist ever!

[VerbalPuke]

Les Claypool goes without saying but some other greats are:

Mike Watt - Fantastic bass player of the Minutemen and fIREHOSE (name is spelled like that, so no my caps lock didn't get stuck)

Rob Wright - Fans of Les Claypool and Mike Patton's projects would like Wright's groups Nomeansno and the Hanson Brothers (and no not the teenie bopper Hanson)

Steve Soto - One of the better bass players from the Orange County punk scene in the early 1980s. Better known for his work with the Adolescents and Agent Orange.

[thatshortguy]

Midget is my favorite Bassist ever! 

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You are a goddess amongst women

For those wondering what she's referring to, I made the comment over MSN that I had just learned and played the Seinfeld theme on my bass.

My favorite lists is the standard fare: Les, Cliff, Bootsy, Flea, etc. Mike from Green Day is vastly under-rated, despite his numerous mentionings here.

[zero]

I gotta agree with the majority on this one, Les Claypool.

[Colly]

Mani - Primal Scream, Stone Roses. Oozes cool, and purveyor of some of the most ace basslines of the last 10-15 years. If it weren't for Mani's cool basslines, John Squires crazy spirally guitar wouldn't have anywhere near the same effect. Case in point: Fools Gold.

[CKN]

mine is Brad Walst of Three Days Grace

[public enemy]

Stu Hamm

Billy Sheehan

John Myung

Rob Truijillio

[Guest Locutus of Borg]

While Claypool is an amazing bass player, he's not my favorite. I'm oing to have to give that spot to moe.'s Rob Derhak. Mike Gordon of Phish is also another favorite of mine, especially with his work on "You Enjoy Myself".

[DMN in the House]

Nick Sanchez of Set in Stone.

Ok, that one dosen't count because he's a personal friend and you've never heard of Set in Stone, because their a local band.

Seriously...

Fieldy, even though Johnathan Davis has to play the more complicated stuff for KoRn.

Cliff Burton

Jerry Only

[The Sultan of Swank]

Les Claypool for talent, no one comes close.

and for being a cool guy Dave 'Coop' Cooper

[Fitzy]

Fieldy, even though Johnathan Davis has to play the more complicated stuff for KoRn.

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[DMN in the House]

I'm not sure of which exact songs he plays on, but I know that he said in an interview that for some of the more intricate and complicated bass work on the last album, he had to do it because Fieldy couldn't.

[gunnar hendershow]

King ov Hell from Gorgoroth because he kicks so much ass. Les Claypool because he's, well, Les Claypool. Varg Vikernes/Count Grishnackh from Burzum and Mayhem for obvious reasons any metalhead already knows.

[grind your soul]

Ryan from Mudvayne

Kevin from Between the Buried and Me

Flea from RHCP.

Les Claypool is bad ass, too, but I don't like Primus, so he can't be #1.

[fineintent]

Ryan from Mudvayne

Kevin from Between the Buried and Me

Flea from RHCP.

[Guest fultie]

paul mccartney

[Guest Mr McFarlane]

Claypool, Since he's on Tommy Waits' new album

[Guest Don Van Dam]

Flea

[Guest Bluesman]

Les Claypool for talent, no one comes close.