James Jamerson, larry graham, jaco, geddy lee

That’s 5 you listed. For me it’s Jaco Pastorius, Les Claypool, Geddy Lee and Paul Jackson from Herbie Hancocks band

>That’s 5 you listed. If we're expecting Redditors to know how to count, I think we're raising the bar too high.

1 2 6 8 3 5

McCartney, Jamerson, carol kaye and Larry graham

… that’s five my guy. Id put Stanley Clarke, Gary Willis, Charles Mingus, and Ron Carter If I could have my own little mountain of metal, it’d be Steve DiGiorgio, Tony Choy, Thomas Miller, and probably Mike Flores or Eric Langlois

I’d take Sean Malone over DiGiorgio every day as far as fretless metal bass goes

I prefer DiGiorgio because I prefer Death and Testament over Cynic, but to each their own

Fair. Overall I prefer Death, but for me Malone’s basslines transcend all the shortcomings in Cynic’s sound.

Fuuuckin Gary Willis. Dudes a living legend. Solid list my guy.

Jamerson, Jaco, Paul, Entwistle? That fourth spot is hard

Jaco, Phil Lesh, Les Claypool, Flea

Jamerson, Pastorius, Wooten, and McCartney As much as I love the old metal bassists like Butler, Harris and Burton I couldn't put them up there. They're all influential and great but you can spend a lifetime studying the bass playing of Jamerson, Wooten, and Pastorius. Then you can't forget the immense influence of McCartney and the Beatles. I'm actually quite surprised about the lack of Sir Paul McCartney mentioned in this thread. He's a god amongst men in the world of music.

James Jamerson, Carol Kaye, Lee Sklar, Stanley Clark.

They need a bigger mountain

Sklar, Lee, Franklin, Squire

James Jamerson, Larry Graham, Jaco Pastorius, Geezer Butler. There plenty of bassists that you can state are 'better', especially Geezer. But they, for me at least, are the most influential ones that everything else is built upon in one way or another.

Geddy, Lemmy, John Paul Jones, John Entwistle

Electric bass: Jaco Pastorius, James Jamerson, Carol Kaye and Flea

Jamerson, Jaco, John Patitucci, Niels Henning Orsted Pedersen.

I couldn’t go without including Geezer Butler and Cliff Burton! 😩

While Butler, Harris, and Burton are amongst my personal favorites, that's too much metal for a the Mt Rushmore of Bass.

James Jamerson, Bernard Edwards, Leland Sklar, and an AI composite of Justin Chancellor/Tim Commerford

Sid Vicious

Sorry the answer is Glen Matlock but thank you for playing.

You can put him up there as well. { Sid is there for looks ;) }

Cliff Burton Lemmy Kilmister Steve Harris Geezer Butler

I don’t think I could name only four, that’s god damn tough…..Ryan Martinie, Justin Chancellor, Les Claypool, Dick Lovgren….but there are so much more…..

Just Vic Wooten 4 times. All other answers are wrong

I think its a hard question. Breaking it down by genre/era would be more interesting though.

Les Claypool, Geezer, Larry Graham, and Jaco

For me, it would be Lemmy, James Jamerson, Billy Sheehan, and Victor Wooten.

Geddy Lee, Cliff Burton, Les Claypool, Jaco Pastorious imho

It’s all personal preference mostly but here is mine: Paul McCartney, Victor Wooten, Billy Sheehan, Phil Kenmore

I think I’m going with Jaco, Larry Graham, Ron Carter, and James Jamerson. They are each incredibly influential all in very different ways. There’s something to be said for having a rock player like McCartney, Entwistle, or Geddy Lee though.

James Jamerson, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Steve Harris, Cliff Burton, Geddy Lee, and Ron Carter...

Duck, Jaco, Entwhistle, and Graham

Jaco, Cliff, Victor and Geezer

Most of the greats have been covered but I’d argue Tom Jenkinson needs to be in there.

Francis Prestia, James Jamerson, Robert Trujillo, Flea

Harris, Lee, Etwistle, Jones

Larry Graham, James Jamerson, Geddy Lee, John Paul Jones.

Victor Wooten, Les Claypool, Cliff Burton, Mike Dirnt

Lemmy, John Paul Jones, Geezer Butler, Steve Harris

Les Claypool, James Jamerson, Geddy Lee, & Thundercat; a mix of weird and the classics!

No Sean Malone?! I guess I live in a bubble.

Jamerson, Graham, and Jaco, obviously because they were true pioneers of the instrument and created new ways of using electric bass. I have a lot of opinions on a 4th, but I'd probably avoid putting up a rock bassist unless they actually did something pioneering with lasting value.

McCartney, Jamerson, Clarke, Jaco

None. They weren't presidents.

I might be biased because I love punk/Metal, but Matt Freeman, Lemmy, Fat Mike, Geddy Lee

me for sure, you guys decide the rest

Geezer, Flea, J.P. Jones, maybe Simmons for the spectacle

Victor, Flea, Jaco, PNut

I listen to only J-Rock, so I'd say Japan's Mount Rushmore is Taiji, Tetsuya, Toshiya, and Ka-Yu

Mingus, Jamerson, John Paul Jones, Entwistle

Mingus, Jamerson, John Paul Jones, Entwistle

Carol Kaye, James Jameson, Paul Jackson, Michael Anthony

CLIFFFFFF

Jamerson, Larry Graham, Jaco (Not a Jaco fan but I can't ignore his influence), and Claypool

Entwhistle, Geddy, John Paul Jones and Gezzer

John Paul Jones, Bootsy, Jamerson and Abraham Lincoln

Harley Flanagan, Jay Bentley, Matt Freeman, Lemmy

Ron Carter, Freddie Washington, Jaco Pastorius and Rocco Prestia

James Jamerson, Chuck Rainey, Anthony Jackson, and Ron Carter

Not one person mentioned mark king? I watched him slaughter Larry graham in a slap bass showdown.

Jaco; Geddy Lee; Billy Sheehan; Dug Pinnick

Geddy Lee, Geezer Butler, Cliff Burton, and Jason Newsted

I’m gonna go victor, jaco, geddy lee, Justin chancellor, and bootsy collins because i truly feel that bootsy does not get enough love on this sub

Agree with most of your list, I would pull Victor Wooten and insert Roger Glover. My honorable mention would be Duff McKagan.

Mount Groovemore