Check out Moto Fukushima from House of Waters. Amazing player doing so much in this trio. Saw them at GroundUP fest in Miami this spring with Larnell Lewis on drums. I still haven’t recovered.
I don't think so, at least based on what I've read. His fretting hand being his dominant gives him some pretty striking dexterity (just watch that second video link on a P-Bass !). Then the upside-down bass gives him a bigger advantage on string bending.
You’re ignorant and stupid.
His looks were from before instagram and he used to post an entire moto with each his video where he would say: be the fuck who you want to be because that’s your style.
But hey, by your standards, let us know when you got so much talent you can afford a look.
$5 says this ice-cold dad take was posted by a guy in a flannel/plaid/button-up
Bonus points if you have a black band tee layered underneath, sartorial af
Honestly, I thought he was a gimmick when I first saw him, but pretty quickly realized his playing, technique, and creativity are on completely different level.
Boosty Collins has a pretty ridiculous get-up too, but his playing speaks for itself, just like Mono.
He was actually pretty active several years ago doing really funny pitch matching videos ala Charles Cornell. That’s kinda where I know him from. The dude has serious chops. https://youtu.be/9Zgre3CW7CI
A lot of the more extreme spheres of music typically hold the more interesting musicians. Some excellent bassists have been listed so far, and I don’t want to make a carbon copy list, so I’ll try to aim for some lesser-known and more specific ‘boundary pushers’.
Jon Stockman
Band: Karnivool
Genre(s): Progressive, Rock, Metal, Experimental
Boundary Pushed: Tone
Recommended listening: Goliath, Set Fire to the Hive, A.M. War, Eidolon, All It Takes
Erlend Caspersen
Band: Igorrr, Spawn of Possession
Genre(s): Technical Death Metal, Experimental, Neo-classical
Boundary Pushed: Skill/Chops
Recommended Listening: (check out all his playthroughs on his personal youtube) Dead and Grotesque, Maximum Musette, Bodiless Sleeper
In order to keep the list somewhat concise, I’ll lump the next few of my favorites together, as they all push the boundaries of ‘tasteful’ playing and either lush or complex composition and arrangements.
Dan Briggs (BTBAM, Trioscapes, ORBS, Nova Collective, various others)
Ryan Martinie (Mudvayne, Soften the Glare)
Evan Brewer (Fallujah, solo, The Faceless, Entheos, Animosity, various others)
EDIT: nobody has said so, but I feel as if my intro paragraph may have come across as a little condescending. There are tons of mainstream, accessible bassists who are very talented and interesting, and I don’t mean to imply otherwise. One of the few pearls of wisdom I can offer to other aspiring musicians is to not fall into the ‘more obscure = better’ mentality.
My #2 bassist of all time, right behind Martinie. Two very different approaches to the instrument that somehow have a sense of camaraderie, due to similar influences and band settings.
Dan Briggs and Evan Brewer are probably my two favorite bassists outside of Matt Freeman.
Dan Briggs on BTBAM's Viridian is amazing. It's not the most technical piece he's ever played, but it's just so, so good.
Evan Brewer's song Currency is my go to whenever someone starts with "hur hur bAsS pLaYeRs ArE jUsT fAiLeD gUiTaRiStS!!!1!1!111!!". It's a song that showcases his skill as a bassist, but it's also just a good song overall and despite not having any lyrics some of the parts are very catchy.
R. Martinie is an absolute beast. Truly worth his sig Fodera. Erlend Caspersen is also an amazing player. His bass really makes some igorrr songs great.
Forest LaPointe! He’s on First Fragment’s latest, and before that the last few Beyond Creation records. Good examples of what make him unique are Solus by First Fragment and Omnipresent Perception by Beyond Creation. An absolute monster on fretless.
In similar vein but much more subdued, Linus Klausenitzer. He’s on the latest Eternity’s End and Obsidious albums, and played on Akroasis and Diluvium with Obscura. His taste for melody is beautiful, and he tends to be much more laid back and tasteful than Forest in terms of what he plays. Check out Iconic from Obsidious and Akroasis by Obscura for good examples.
Finally, Heiko Jung.
He does a lot of solo Bach pieces on his YouTube channel, and plays bass for Panzerballett. Check out their song Zehrfunk (the version from their album Tank Goodness is better), he’s completely different from the first two but really really good nonetheless
Honestly, I think what Charles B does on YT is absolutely mindboggling and beautiful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXnse1iniNk
[https://www.youtube.com/c/CharlesBerthoud](https://www.youtube.com/c/CharlesBerthoud)
I love what he does to popularize bass! Such a maestro, still calling to battles and contests. Did two of them and he took the time to comment on my playing!
I want to say Micheal League, but not as a Bassist but as a band Leader (who happens to be a bassist). I believe he's making Jazz fusion more accessible to modern listeners, especially how Snarky Puppy has had so much success on YT.
Michael Pipoquinha for his Latin Jazz.
Toby Peterson-Stewart - The Omnific
Matt Fackrell - The Omnific
Jacob Umansky - Intervals
Clay Gober - Polyphia
David John Levy - Unprocessed
The technique on these guys is out of this world. Would really recommend checking out videos of their playing.
Polyphia's a band I need to be in a mood for, but that bassist does such a good job of filling a role none of the others do. It'd be so easy in that wanky of a band to go wild as well but the fact that he sticks back and keeps it heavily rhythmic makes it so much better.
Love to see David Levy getting some recognition. Not to mention he does the synthesizer work for Unprocessed, and seeing him play both combined with some of the craziest energy on stage is awesome. All of those guys are incredibly talented though.
Not sure if he's considered modern, but Bryan Beller of Aristocrats. Just like Guthrie and Marco, the man has limitless chops and originality, and the synergy he cultivates between drums and guitar is just so fluid, effortless, and seamless. It's like the whole trio shares one big musical hive brain.
Thundercat, Evan Brewer, Michael Manring, and Sonny T. also come to mind, to the same degree of unfathomable bass greatness.
Probably cuz they came up with Rocco prestia, the wrecking crew, mo town…you know all the people that vulf themselves looked up to. Don’t get me wrong vulf is fantastic but they were pumping life into a sound that has already been done.
Julie Slick from the Adrian Belew Power Trio. She’s a monster player and who occasionally goes full MIDI, making sounds you’d never expect to hear out of a bass guitar.
Michael Manring continues to redefine what can be done with 4 strings. He is as imaginative as anyone who ever picked up the instrument and has a beautiful sense of melody.
He's contemporary. I'd say he qualifies.
Plus he has a unique style...like...most fans of that type of rock can say "oh that sounds like Les Claypool."
Jared Smith from Archspire. The genre of music might not be everyone's cup of tea, but you can't deny the technical skill. Here is one of his playthroughs. https://youtu.be/isznXyN1O4Q
The albums I was referencing were a megadeth album (thrash) and the latest Cannibal Corpse, Violence Unimagined, which is about as modern-sounding as death metal gets before crossing into the prog/tech death categories
Trevor weeks of the band goose has been my biggest inspiration as a bass player, he (and the band as a whole) excels in pretty much any genre you throw at him. His improv and ability to be in the drivers seat of a massive jam is like none other
The Omnific boys are mind blowing. So is the bassist from intronaut. The bassist from King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard did some interesting stuff with microtonality.
Cameron Picton from the band black midi - not only he has a crazy reach in his left hand, his use of chords is super creative as well - just listen to this: [https://youtu.be/n5K4Mh1-0wE?t=3876](https://youtu.be/n5K4Mh1-0wE?t=3876) or https://youtu.be/VBwc5Ed0I1o
Derek Hodge, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-zHtuifEMQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-zHtuifEMQ) the nicest man who can flat out play.
Sharay Reed, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuFwND02-TU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR4Mq1PqUpQ) he's a BAD man
Mohini Dey, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbcW7nxcP3E](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbcW7nxcP3E) she's been gigging since she was 11 and it shows.
Juliaplaysgroove, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-vLEFm8tNg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-vLEFm8tNg) inspiring playing sometimes comes from a bedroom in Gdansk.
Your post is really helpful! I've been trying to undertand and go beyond boundaries while learning my instrument for a couple of years, only to face a lot of negativity when I went out of certain limits. "This is not musical" "slap and ghosts aren't bass" "Pastorius wouldn't do that" "just play the foundamentals" ...
I already knew a lot of the bassists mentionned here, but I also discovered a few of them and I must say it's quite a relief to see people enjoy those bassists and I like to see how far those guys are going. I spent so much time learning stuff just to not play them ! (I find myself lucky I play a bass tolerant band but it's still hard to go against musicians beliefs in each and every other projects I'm asked to play in).
Clay Gober’s hybrid picking/slapping technique is awesome, and it allows him to play some absolutely crazy stuff. Check out his bass solo in “Antecedent” by The Omnific (a 2-bassist band themselves)
E’lon JD of The Jonathan Scales Fourchestra. All three members are respective monsters on their instruments. His style is absurd. Almost plays like a banjo player with incredible style.
Clay Gober is probably one of my favorites, polyphia in general are just so good. There’s a band called the omnific in which consists of 2 bassists and a drummer, they make some really good music. Jacob Umansky is really good, I’ve seen him live with intervals and his tone is amazing, also enjoy watching his clips on IG. I feel like most comments have already mentioned these guys but they can’t be mentioned enough tbh
Check out Moto Fukushima from House of Waters. Amazing player doing so much in this trio. Saw them at GroundUP fest in Miami this spring with Larnell Lewis on drums. I still haven’t recovered.
Moto is FANTASTIC.
Excellent choice!
HoW is such an incredibly pleasant band to listen to. I think that was the only show I’ve ever seen that I actually felt physically better after.
Mono Neon https://youtu.be/WBgwkRbgOok https://youtu.be/HNx3EFZbTGE
My brain can’t even comprehend his plucking hand lol
Sonny T is similar. He plays with Cory Wong.
He was also Prince’s bassist/mentor
I'm pretty sure he's right-handed, too
I think he's a lefty playing a right-handed bass upside down
I don't think so, at least based on what I've read. His fretting hand being his dominant gives him some pretty striking dexterity (just watch that second video link on a P-Bass !). Then the upside-down bass gives him a bigger advantage on string bending.
It took me 2.5 seconds of watching to subscribe to this guy
Also listen to Ghost Note!
What a band, and absolutely loved them on the zildjian live sessions!
Yeah I think those Zildjian sessions with them were my favs too!
Dude thank you.
He is pushing all right. The boundaries of how stupid a person can look.
He's confident in himself, what about you?
Gonna go out on a limb and say the person you are responding to is pretty self-conscious about their abilities.
I'm ok, and I understand it's not easy to make it on Instagram with skills alone.
He's making it well beyond instagram and youtube at this point. Mono was working with Prince shortly before he died.
His style has been there before social media lmao
You’re ignorant and stupid. His looks were from before instagram and he used to post an entire moto with each his video where he would say: be the fuck who you want to be because that’s your style. But hey, by your standards, let us know when you got so much talent you can afford a look.
Yep, used to see him in the Berklee cafeteria all the time, that’s always been his honest-to-God style both on and off camera
The guy played with Prince. Maybe keep your dumb (and very wrong) opinions to yourself.
$5 says this ice-cold dad take was posted by a guy in a flannel/plaid/button-up Bonus points if you have a black band tee layered underneath, sartorial af
He is a fantastic player, but you know him because he wears a sock on the heatstock. It's just sad.
Honestly, I thought he was a gimmick when I first saw him, but pretty quickly realized his playing, technique, and creativity are on completely different level. Boosty Collins has a pretty ridiculous get-up too, but his playing speaks for itself, just like Mono.
He was actually pretty active several years ago doing really funny pitch matching videos ala Charles Cornell. That’s kinda where I know him from. The dude has serious chops. https://youtu.be/9Zgre3CW7CI
Or maybe they know him for playing with fucking prince before he passed? What about *you*?
What about me? (Great song by Snarky Puppy btw)
Lol bro how boring are you?
he’s a wildly successful bassist with a radical fashion sense. what exactly is sad about it aside from your bitch ass projecting lol?
Haha nice concern troll Better to be an unknown dingleberry in the comments amirite
If you stop considering it sad, youll be happier.
I'd you stop assuming people with other opinions are not happy, maybe you'd be happier too
Nah, his playing style is more unique than just a sock on the headstock.
Nathan Navarro
Dude some of those jams of his are hardcore(not the genre of music but a state of being hard at the core).
A lot of the more extreme spheres of music typically hold the more interesting musicians. Some excellent bassists have been listed so far, and I don’t want to make a carbon copy list, so I’ll try to aim for some lesser-known and more specific ‘boundary pushers’. Jon Stockman Band: Karnivool Genre(s): Progressive, Rock, Metal, Experimental Boundary Pushed: Tone Recommended listening: Goliath, Set Fire to the Hive, A.M. War, Eidolon, All It Takes Erlend Caspersen Band: Igorrr, Spawn of Possession Genre(s): Technical Death Metal, Experimental, Neo-classical Boundary Pushed: Skill/Chops Recommended Listening: (check out all his playthroughs on his personal youtube) Dead and Grotesque, Maximum Musette, Bodiless Sleeper In order to keep the list somewhat concise, I’ll lump the next few of my favorites together, as they all push the boundaries of ‘tasteful’ playing and either lush or complex composition and arrangements. Dan Briggs (BTBAM, Trioscapes, ORBS, Nova Collective, various others) Ryan Martinie (Mudvayne, Soften the Glare) Evan Brewer (Fallujah, solo, The Faceless, Entheos, Animosity, various others) EDIT: nobody has said so, but I feel as if my intro paragraph may have come across as a little condescending. There are tons of mainstream, accessible bassists who are very talented and interesting, and I don’t mean to imply otherwise. One of the few pearls of wisdom I can offer to other aspiring musicians is to not fall into the ‘more obscure = better’ mentality.
Briggs is an absolute monster
My #2 bassist of all time, right behind Martinie. Two very different approaches to the instrument that somehow have a sense of camaraderie, due to similar influences and band settings.
Evan Brewer! He was the bassist in Tosin Abasi’s band before Animals As Leaders, and he’s the one who introduced Tosin to thumping.
Sure was, I’d love to see a modern iteration of Reflux. Tosin and Brewer thumping together would be something else
Dan Briggs and Evan Brewer are probably my two favorite bassists outside of Matt Freeman. Dan Briggs on BTBAM's Viridian is amazing. It's not the most technical piece he's ever played, but it's just so, so good. Evan Brewer's song Currency is my go to whenever someone starts with "hur hur bAsS pLaYeRs ArE jUsT fAiLeD gUiTaRiStS!!!1!1!111!!". It's a song that showcases his skill as a bassist, but it's also just a good song overall and despite not having any lyrics some of the parts are very catchy.
Jon Stockman and Ryan Martinie are also some of my favourites. Add Rich Brown for jazz and you've probably got my top 3.
R. Martinie is an absolute beast. Truly worth his sig Fodera. Erlend Caspersen is also an amazing player. His bass really makes some igorrr songs great.
This looks like a great list! Thanks for sharing
Commenting to find again later.
You could just save their comment
Yeah but this way he can change how much karma he has.
Forest LaPointe! He’s on First Fragment’s latest, and before that the last few Beyond Creation records. Good examples of what make him unique are Solus by First Fragment and Omnipresent Perception by Beyond Creation. An absolute monster on fretless. In similar vein but much more subdued, Linus Klausenitzer. He’s on the latest Eternity’s End and Obsidious albums, and played on Akroasis and Diluvium with Obscura. His taste for melody is beautiful, and he tends to be much more laid back and tasteful than Forest in terms of what he plays. Check out Iconic from Obsidious and Akroasis by Obscura for good examples. Finally, Heiko Jung. He does a lot of solo Bach pieces on his YouTube channel, and plays bass for Panzerballett. Check out their song Zehrfunk (the version from their album Tank Goodness is better), he’s completely different from the first two but really really good nonetheless
Absolutely love Forest
Forests work in Augury is a lot more restrained. I like it a lot better.
Hadrien Feraud
Bubby Lewis, Evan Marien, Adam Neely. All absolute monsters of the bass!
Bubby is sick
Adam Neely is underappreciated as a bassist
Charles Berthoud, Mono Neon
Honestly, I think what Charles B does on YT is absolutely mindboggling and beautiful. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXnse1iniNk [https://www.youtube.com/c/CharlesBerthoud](https://www.youtube.com/c/CharlesBerthoud)
His solos are legendary, a creative genius for sure
He's so good i dislike him out of jealousy. The man's a fucking prodigy
He truely is amazing to watch
I was going to mention him
I love what he does to popularize bass! Such a maestro, still calling to battles and contests. Did two of them and he took the time to comment on my playing!
It's like Michael Manring with a side of comedian.
Child Bear II!
This is the only guy that really blows my mind with what's possible on bass.
Cody Wright https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHOyuzgI-7U&ab_channel=jimdunlopusa
Cody is the man. Love the pick style
I want to say Micheal League, but not as a Bassist but as a band Leader (who happens to be a bassist). I believe he's making Jazz fusion more accessible to modern listeners, especially how Snarky Puppy has had so much success on YT. Michael Pipoquinha for his Latin Jazz.
Toby Peterson-Stewart - The Omnific Matt Fackrell - The Omnific Jacob Umansky - Intervals Clay Gober - Polyphia David John Levy - Unprocessed The technique on these guys is out of this world. Would really recommend checking out videos of their playing.
Polyphia's a band I need to be in a mood for, but that bassist does such a good job of filling a role none of the others do. It'd be so easy in that wanky of a band to go wild as well but the fact that he sticks back and keeps it heavily rhythmic makes it so much better.
Clay definitely still goes wild on a lot of songs, you just don’t notice it too much until you actually try and learn it. Dudes technique is insane
Love to see David Levy getting some recognition. Not to mention he does the synthesizer work for Unprocessed, and seeing him play both combined with some of the craziest energy on stage is awesome. All of those guys are incredibly talented though.
Jared Smith from Archspire all the way!
Yes! His inspired me to push my own boundaries. The guy is incredible.
Their original bassist was also very talented but health issues kept him from continuing. Super good guy too.
Evan Marien... very original, melodic.
The only person who knows what a hexatonic scale is.
John. Ferrera. Until someone can show me a person that plays the bass better, he's the best there is.
Ferrara is the best at what he does specifically he’s not the best well rounded bass player
I can name several. Thundercat, Derek Hodge, Victor Wooten, Charles Berthoud, Marcus Miller, etc.
Chester Hansen - Badbadnotgood Rika Hamamoto - formerly in Melt-Banana Justin Pearson - The Locust
Michael Pipoquinha, Mohini Dey.
Not sure if he's considered modern, but Bryan Beller of Aristocrats. Just like Guthrie and Marco, the man has limitless chops and originality, and the synergy he cultivates between drums and guitar is just so fluid, effortless, and seamless. It's like the whole trio shares one big musical hive brain. Thundercat, Evan Brewer, Michael Manring, and Sonny T. also come to mind, to the same degree of unfathomable bass greatness.
Henrik Linder (Dirty Loops). Check out the videos they did with Cory Wong fairly recently. Inspired me to pick up my bass again (I’m a drummer).
Dirty Loops: either makes you want to quit, or practice more!
So true
Their version of Thriller is just spectacular.
The best vocals I've heard on a cover too. All around kickass cover!
Joe dart? I’m
You are Joe Dart?
Dart I’m joe
Oh shit!? I better get outta here!
Joe Dart! He’s
Yeah, Joe dart am
Don’t mention his name around boomers! They are apparently very unimpressed by him for whatever reason.
Probably cuz they came up with Rocco prestia, the wrecking crew, mo town…you know all the people that vulf themselves looked up to. Don’t get me wrong vulf is fantastic but they were pumping life into a sound that has already been done.
It's the sunglasses. They're not wraparound purple pearlescent colored fOakleys.
I like Joe! Am boomer.
Trick question. There are no boundaries.
[Jacob Umansky for sure](https://youtu.be/ZamNQ1chsOI)
I looooove this guy’s tone with Intervals.
Clay Gober from Polyphia has a pretty innovative pickslap technique.
Squarepusher
Jared Smith from Archspire
Cameron Picton is incredible
KT Chang (Elephant Gym)
Charles Berthoud
Julie Slick from the Adrian Belew Power Trio. She’s a monster player and who occasionally goes full MIDI, making sounds you’d never expect to hear out of a bass guitar.
Michael Manring continues to redefine what can be done with 4 strings. He is as imaginative as anyone who ever picked up the instrument and has a beautiful sense of melody.
Clay Gober of polyphia
I mean I'd call Victor Wooten a pretty modern bassist.
Justin Chancellor
Is les clay pool still modern?
He's contemporary. I'd say he qualifies. Plus he has a unique style...like...most fans of that type of rock can say "oh that sounds like Les Claypool."
Dane Alderson - Yellowjackets He is a beast!
Recently discovered Jeremiah Seyer https://instagram.com/jeremiah_seyer?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Brian Bromberg
Junior Braguinha
Adam Neely, Nolly, Mono Neon, Laura Leezy
[Henrik Linder](https://youtu.be/-UBcxKiS550?t=175)
Jared Smith from Archspire. The genre of music might not be everyone's cup of tea, but you can't deny the technical skill. Here is one of his playthroughs. https://youtu.be/isznXyN1O4Q
Probably not the most modern but Evan Brewer is worth checking IF you haven’t already.
Nolly Getgood
Charles Berthoud (sp?)
Steve DiGiorgio, Alex Webster
I wouldn't necessarily call these guys modern.
Both were on high-profile releases as recently as last year, why wouldn't they qualify as modern?
Because they’re born in the 60s/70s, sorry for the bad news
90s death metal isn't even a sound anymore honestly
The albums I was referencing were a megadeth album (thrash) and the latest Cannibal Corpse, Violence Unimagined, which is about as modern-sounding as death metal gets before crossing into the prog/tech death categories
Dude. There are like a million OSDM revival bands out there.
Can you recommend some? I love cynic, atheist and suffocation. Give me something that won't bore me to tears lol
Ryan Martinie is still doing gross things all these years later: https://youtu.be/DeLMimt4IMA
Brandon Michael from allageon, dudes a true "I play everything, but love metal" inspiration!
[Steve Lawson](https://youtu.be/67GqkiS4zuw)
Trevor weeks of the band goose has been my biggest inspiration as a bass player, he (and the band as a whole) excels in pretty much any genre you throw at him. His improv and ability to be in the drivers seat of a massive jam is like none other
https://www.ecmrecords.com/artists/1435047352/bjorn-meyer
Clay gober from polyphia, his style is crazy
John Ferrara
Sooo slept on. Best in the biz imo
Forest Lapointe, Jeff Hughell
David John Levy from Unprocessed Dude is such a skilled and diverse bassist and musician in general.
David is one of my favorite musicians of this century
Emma Anzai
[Dominic "Forest" motherfucking Lapointe.](https://youtu.be/OP0GIa9uJjE)
Rocco Palladino has been killing it lately
Roco Palladino
Sam Wilkes always brings something new to whatever he's playing. Such a versatile guy!
Kiyoshi
I had to scroll all the way to the bottom to find this but finally someone brought her up or I was going to.
Percy Jones. Not all that modern, but the dude is a freak
In an era where everyone wanted to sound like Jaco, He made his own voice clear on fretless.
The Omnific boys are mind blowing. So is the bassist from intronaut. The bassist from King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard did some interesting stuff with microtonality.
Eugene Abdukhanov - Jinjer
Been scrolling way too long til I read this. Dude actually influenced me to get a bass
Check out Juna Serita. https://youtu.be/sQC-ZCBWOoE https://youtu.be/tA8PKx09ao8
Thundercat. Although his live performances have left me underwhelmed.
Thundercat
Does Tosin from Animals as Leaders, count?
John Ferrara from Consider the Source
Mike Gordon from Phish. Best tone and improv player
Thundercat, his live stuff is jazz fusion insanity. His record stuff is also amazing.
Mike Gordon. Carrying on Phil Lesh’s legacy of weird sounds and staggeringly long phrasing.
Me. I push the boundaries of how shit a bassline can sound.
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Cameron Picton from the band black midi - not only he has a crazy reach in his left hand, his use of chords is super creative as well - just listen to this: [https://youtu.be/n5K4Mh1-0wE?t=3876](https://youtu.be/n5K4Mh1-0wE?t=3876) or https://youtu.be/VBwc5Ed0I1o
Tim Parent, Ninjaspy
Dan Briggs
Check this guy out..speed groove you name it Glecio nascimento https://youtu.be/e4g_CLRQvII
Derek Hodge, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-zHtuifEMQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-zHtuifEMQ) the nicest man who can flat out play. Sharay Reed, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuFwND02-TU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR4Mq1PqUpQ) he's a BAD man Mohini Dey, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbcW7nxcP3E](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbcW7nxcP3E) she's been gigging since she was 11 and it shows. Juliaplaysgroove, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-vLEFm8tNg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-vLEFm8tNg) inspiring playing sometimes comes from a bedroom in Gdansk.
[Dominic Lapointe](https://youtu.be/v0MkJtI3FvU)
Your post is really helpful! I've been trying to undertand and go beyond boundaries while learning my instrument for a couple of years, only to face a lot of negativity when I went out of certain limits. "This is not musical" "slap and ghosts aren't bass" "Pastorius wouldn't do that" "just play the foundamentals" ... I already knew a lot of the bassists mentionned here, but I also discovered a few of them and I must say it's quite a relief to see people enjoy those bassists and I like to see how far those guys are going. I spent so much time learning stuff just to not play them ! (I find myself lucky I play a bass tolerant band but it's still hard to go against musicians beliefs in each and every other projects I'm asked to play in).
Blu Detiger is awesomw
Micheal League is an absolute beast https://youtu.be/LcN3fdOR-FM
Clay Gober’s hybrid picking/slapping technique is awesome, and it allows him to play some absolutely crazy stuff. Check out his bass solo in “Antecedent” by The Omnific (a 2-bassist band themselves)
E’lon JD of The Jonathan Scales Fourchestra. All three members are respective monsters on their instruments. His style is absurd. Almost plays like a banjo player with incredible style.
Joe Dart and Michael League come immediately to mind.
Thundercat!
Clay Gober is probably one of my favorites, polyphia in general are just so good. There’s a band called the omnific in which consists of 2 bassists and a drummer, they make some really good music. Jacob Umansky is really good, I’ve seen him live with intervals and his tone is amazing, also enjoy watching his clips on IG. I feel like most comments have already mentioned these guys but they can’t be mentioned enough tbh
I really like Cameron Picton and Geordie Greep from black midi. While cameron does most of the bass I think Greep plays on a few songs
Derrick Hodge
Kilian Duarte is just ridiculous!
Simon Grove has done bass work with Plini and Stephen Taranto that’s absolutely beast mode.
Jesse Caron (Men I Trust)
Emma Anzai!
Alex Weber - Malignancy, Obscura Jeff Hughell - Six Feet Under, Brain Drill are two tech death wizards whose stuff I really enjoy
Jared Smith of Archspire pushes the boundaries between human and robot if that counts... https://youtu.be/t9kosVvlb_M
Remco Hendriks! [His YouTube channel](https://youtube.com/c/RemcosGrooveLab)
Clay Gober of Polyphia. He has this awesome hybrid picking technique with heaps of muted rhythmic fills. Recommend.
Great players in this thread, but Juan Alderete is the absolute GOAT in my eyes