Rolling Stone Top Ten Bassists

[Chaser001]

Some would say Ian Hunter 

Personally, I also prefer the Ian Hunter.

[TeenApe]

There was whining about this on TB, but I personally don't find those to be bad picks  (in general).  I'm also pleased to see evidence that not all the respondents were under 15...with people like Bruce, JPJ and Entwhistle in there, the respondents know something about classic rock.

What? Whining? On TB? No way!

The list looks good to me though, especially since it was a readers poll. I still think Jaco's tone sucked though. Also, I can't listen to Victor for more than a minute without getting annoyed with the overplaying.

[Chaser001]

What? Whining? On TB? No way!

The list looks good to me though, especially since it was a readers poll. I still think Jaco's tone sucked though. Also, I can't listen to Victor for more than a minute without getting annoyed with the overplaying.

I've had to go through an ordeal of dodging one freaking tornado after another and have been without power for 4 days.  I thought that I had totally lost my sense of humor, but your comments here about whining and overplaying are amusing. 

[Freuds_Cat]

As an official overplayer myself Victor is one overplayer who doesn't bore me. I've seen him live a few times and found him expressive and musical. He kept the percusive side to his slap solos minimised and in context which impresses me a lot.

I think he suffers a bit from the whole thing where ppl get impressed by one (or 5) of his solos and put vids of these solos up on Youtube. Then browsers come along and think that 90% of what Mr Wooten does is slap solo's. This is not my experience at all in regards to his playing. Especially with the Flecktones.

On the other hand I listen to Jaco in awe but get quickly bored. Hard for me to define why though 

[uwe]

Wooten is certainly more organic as a bass player than Jaco. Jaco played like no one else before or after him, but it was essentially  fusion lead guitar on a four string instrument.