List of bass guitarists

The following are famous bass players, whose primary instrument is the electric bass, mostly in the fields of metal, rock, and jazz.

Please note that those that are known mainly as famous guitarists are listed separately under Famous Rock, Metal, and/or Jazz Guitarists.

See also List of jazz bassists, and bassist, for a list of double bass players.

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A

• Mark Adams (From The 70's Through The Early 90's ROCK/FUNK Band "SLAVE")
• Juan Alderete (from The Mars Volta and Racer X]])
• Jeff Ament (from Pearl Jam)
• Migé Amour (bass player for HIM)
• Sean Anderson (bass player for Finger Eleven)
• Dan Andriano (bass player from Alkaline Trio )
• Mark Andes (bass player for a string of bands including Heart and Spirit)
• Tom Angelripper (bass player for Sodom)
• Michael Anthony (bass player for Van Halen)
• Tom Araya (from Slayer)
• Reginald Arvizu, also known as "Fieldy" (from KoЯn)
• Melissa Auf der Maur (formerly of Hole and Smashing Pumpkins)
• Eric Avery (from Jane's Addiction)

B

• Bob Babbitt (current bass player for The Funk Brothers) session bassist for Motown
• Rob Bailey (former bass player for AC/DC)
• Brian Baker (founding member of Minor Threat)
• Michael Balzary, aka "Flea" (from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, incorporates fingerstyle funk, slap, and punk styles)
• Aston Barrett, aka "Familyman" (from Bob Marley & The Wailers, played with many reggae figures)
• Christian Bausch, aka "bauschi" (most loudmouthed german bass player)
• Garry Beers (bass player for INXS)
• Nick Beggs (founding member of Kajagoogoo and Iona, plays Chapman Stick, backed many other artists)
• Andy Bell (current bass player for Oasis)
• Jo Bench (bass player for Bolt Thrower)
• Jay Bentley (from Bad Religion)
• Glen Benton (vocalist in Deicide)
• Stevie Benton (bass player for Drowning Pool)
• Jeff Berlin (extraordinary bassist and teacher)
• Guy Berryman (from Coldplay)
• Pete Birrell (from Freddie and the Dreamers)
• Lori Black (daughter of Shirley Temple and bassist for Clown Alley and The Melvins)
• Ron Blair (from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
• Motoi Bogdan (a.k.a. Matzah famous for his time in the FacDeMol hardocore band, also known for his outstanding new slap and pop technique)
• Tim Bogert (bass player for Vanilla Fudge)
• Trevor Bolder (bassist for David Bowie's Spiders from Mars band)
• Joe Bouchard (founding member/former bass player for Blue Öyster Cult)
• William Boyd (bass player for Evanescence)
• Daniel Broderick (bass player for The Impressions)
• Brian Bromberg (Jazz fusion bassist)
• Brownmark (bass player for Prince and the Revolution, funk bassist, also known for his slap bass and rumble technique)
• Rebecca Brown (bass player for School Of Rock)
• Thomas Brownlee (bass player and vocalist of Never Pass Entry)
• Jack Bruce (vocalist in Cream, pioneered a melodic, contrapuntal approach)
• Oteil Burbridge (from the Allman Brothers)
• Rick Burch (from Jimmy Eat World)
• Hunter Burgan (from AFI)
• Michael Burkett ("Fat Mike" from Nofx)
• J.J Burnel (from The Stranglers)
• Heinz Burt (from The Tornadoes)
• Cliff Burton (the "Major rager of the 4-string mother fucker", from Metallica)
• Geezer Butler (from Black Sabbath)
• Joel Bruyere (from Thousand Foot Krutch)
• Billy Jenkins (from The Beano Project)
• Brian Pittman (used to play bass for Relient K)
• Stephane Bertrand (solist Amina Fakhet, Soryba Kouyaté )
• Jack Boles (vocalist and bassist from Burnout)

C

• John Cale, (co-founbder of the Velvet Underground)
• Bernie Calvert (from The Hollies)
• Curtis Collin (a founder and bassist of mechaniX)link title
• Alain Caron (from Uzeb, plays six-string and fretless)
• Juan Diego Calleros (from Maná)
• Ron Carter (legendary Jazz Bassist)
• Jack Casady (free-form jazz-rock in Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna—true progenitor of "jam-bands")
• Gerald Casale (bass player for Devo)
• Peter Cetera (from Chicago and his solo career)
• Justin Chancellor (from Tool)
• Erik Chandler (bass player for Bowling for Soup)
• Chas Chandler (bass player for The Animals)
• Tim Chandler (from Daniel Amos, The Swirling Eddies and The Choir)
• Stuart Chatwood (bass player for The Tea Party)
• Chi Cheng (bass player for Deftones)
• Eddie Chin (from The Tourists and occasionally Eurythmics)
• Bill Church (former bass player for Montrose, Van Morrison, Sammy Hagar)
• Greg Christian (bass player for Testament)
• Mike Chvasta (singer/bass player for Light Pupil Dilate)
• Kim Clarke (from Defunkt, seamless switching between fingerstyle funk and slap)
• Stanley Clarke (virtuoso jazz player, part of Return to Forever)
• Les Claypool (from Primus (band))
• Adam Clayton (from U2)
• Bootsy Collins (pioneering funk bassist)
• Jon Collins (from Biomechanical)
• Tim Commerford (bass player for Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave)
• Stu Cook (bass player for Creedence Clearwater Revival)
• Glenn Cornick (founding bass player with Jethro Tull)
• Duncan Coutts (current bass player for Our Lady Peace)
• Billy Cox (Bass Player for Jimi Hendrix in his early career and later career in the Jimi Hendrix Experience, just before Hendrix changed the name and line up, and the Band of Gypsys)

D

• Stephen Dail (founding member/bass player for Project 86)
• Rick Danko (one of the leaders in jazz/rock bass playing style. Bass player, guitarist and vocalist for The Band)
• Patricia Day (upright slap bassist and lead singer for Horrorpops)
• John Deacon (from Queen)
• Kim Deal (from The Pixies and The Breeders)
• Robert DeLeo (bass player for Stone Temple Pilots)
• Joey DeMaio (from Manowar)
• Carlos Dengler (Interpol)
• Rob Derhak (bass player for moe.)
• Paul DesLisle (bass player for Smash Mouth)
• David Desrosiers (bass player for Simple Plan)
• Ace Destro (bass player from The Reserve)
• Mark Deutrom (from The Melvins)
• James Dewar (from the group Robin Trower) former bass player and exceptional lead singer
• Bill "The Buddha" Dickens (plays 7-string and 9-string basses [1])
• Marty Dieckmeyer (from the band Daniel Amos)
• Steve DiGiorgio (using fretless guitar, he played in Death, Testament, Iced Earth, Vintersorg, Autopsy, Sadus)
• Nick Dimichino (bass player for Nine Days)
• Mike Dirnt (from Green Day)
• Jerry Dixon (bass player for Warrant)
• Willie Dixon (blues bassist and songwriter)
• John Doe (from X)
• Sean Douglas (unprecedented bassist, formerly of valvedrifter)
• Dave Dreiwitz (from Ween, Instant Death)
• Paul Duffy (bass player for The Coral)
• Chuck Dukowski (from Black Flag)
• Donald "Duck" Dunn (pioneering soul bassist for the Mar-Keys, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, and the Blues Brothers, heard on large numbers of Stax recordings)
• Trevor Dunn (from Mr Bungle and Fantômas)
• Thomas Dionne (FormCab, Rain Saints)
• Matt Dally (from Christian rock band Superchick

E

• Kai Eckhardt (excellent player, e.g. for John McLaughlin & others)
• Nathan East (renowed session bassist for many soul artists, Eric Clapton, etc.)
• Ben Edis (bassist from Spirytus)
• Bernard Edwards (founding member of Chic, whose Good Times is one of the most sampled/copied bass lines ever recorded)
• Richie Edwards (current bass player for The Darkness)
• David Ellefson (from Megadeth)
• John Entwistle (from The Who, inspired many musicians to become bassists.)
• Tobin Esperance (bass player for Papa Roach)
• Mark Evans (AC/DC bassist, 1975-1977)
• Jason Everman (from Soundgarden and Nirvana before they were famous.)
• Mat Evil (from KMA, one of the most unusual bassist there is.)
• John Deacon (bass player from Queen)

F

• Pablo M. Falcón (electric bass player since 1962. Remember a Fraunus?. Canary Islands)
• Dave Farrell (aka "Phoenix", bass player for Linkin Park)
• Alex Fenn (electric jazz bass player who plays a 1976 Fender Mustang Bass)
• Tracy Ferrie (from Stryper)
• "Fieldy" (bass player for KoЯn; see Reginald Arvizu)
• Jim Fielder (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
• "Flea" (from Red Hot Chili Peppers), see Michael Balzary
• "Klaus Flouride" (bass player for The Dead Kennedy's; see Geoffrey Lyall)
• Herbie Flowers (much used British session bassist, who played with Sky and Blue Mink)
• Jared Followill (from Kings of Leon)
• Tim Foreman (from Switchfoot)
• Bruce Foxton (bass player for The Jam)
• Andy Fraser (from Free)
• Matt Freeman (from Rancid and Operation Ivy)
• "Fuzz" (bass player for Disturbed; see Steve Kmak)
• Marc Friedman virtuosic bassist for avante rock band The Slip
• Tom Fowler Bass player for Frank Zappa from 1973 to 1975

G

• Jon Gallant (bass player for Billy Talent)
• Simon Gallup (from The Cure)
• Rinus Gerritsen (bass player for Golden Earring)
• John Glascock (bass player for Jethro Tull from 1975-79)
• Roger Glover (from Deep Purple)
• Lincoln Goines (latin jazz sideman)
• Kim Gordon (from Sonic Youth)
• Mike Gordon (from Phish)
• Billy Gould (from Faith No More)
• Graham Gouldman (from 10cc)
• Larry Graham (originator of 'slap bass' technique, from Sly and the Family Stone and Graham Central Station)
• Hector Graziani (from 40 Below Summer)
• Paul Gray (bass player for Slipknot)
• Colin Greenwood (bass player for Radiohead)
• Kelly Groucutt (from the Electric Light Orchestra)
• Trey Gunn (bass player for King Crimson)
• John Gustafson (bass player for Roxy Music from 1973 to 1976, has also played with Quatermass, The Merseybeats and Ian Gillian Band)
• Tony Farinas Bass player for Wind at Night (fretless bass player since 1967)

H

• Peter Hachemer (bass player for BLUES POWER)
• Mark Hamilton (bass player for Ash)
• Tom Hamilton (bass player for Aerosmith)
• Stuart Hamm (solo and session, with Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Frank Gambale)
• Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond (bass player for Jethro Tull from 1970-75)
• Steve Hansgen (from Minor Threat)
• Joe Hanson (bassist from Australian Alt group Grinspoon)
• Robert Hardy (bass guitarist from Franz Ferdinand)
• Nick Harmer (bass player for Death Cab for Cutie)
• Diccon Harper (Ex-bass player for Dragonforce)
• Todd Harrell (bass player for 3 Doors Down)
• Jet Harris (influential bass player for The Shadows. Britain's first bass guitar hero.)
• Steve Harris (from Iron Maiden)
• Jimmy Haslip (plays with strings arranged "upside down")
• Dustin Hawthorne (bass player for Hot Hot Heat)
• Richard Hell (pioneering punk rock bassist)
• Mike Herrera (Bass player for MxPx)
• Dusty Hill (Bass player for ZZ Top)
• Ian Hill (bass player for Judas Priest)
• Bones Hillman (the third and final bassist for Midnight Oil)
• Taka Hirose (bass player for Feeder)
• Peter Hook (from New Order, Monaco and Joy Division)
• Dave Hope (bass player for Kansas)
• Mark Hoppus (bass player for blink-182)
• Glenn Hughes (from Deep Purple)
• Dave Hungate (founding member/former bass player for Toto)
• Martin Gordon (founding member/former bass player for Sparks, Radio Stars, Jet, John's Children and now solo)
• Marco Hietala (Bass player for Finnish band Nightwish

I

• John Illsley (bass player for Dire Straits)
• Michael Inez (bass player for Alice In Chains)
• Mohamed Iqram (bass player for Kill By Inch)

J

• Anthony Jackson (pioneer on the six string bass, worked with Chick Corea, Chaka Khan, O'Jays, Quincy Jones)
• James Jamerson (pioneering bassist of Motown house band "Funk Brothers", played on dozens of key Motown hits)
• Rick James (renowned funk bassist)
• Darryl Jennifer (from Bad Brains)
• Tom Jenkinson, aka "Squarepusher" (innovative electronic musician)
• "Phil Joel" (bass player for Newsboys; see Phillip Urry)
• Jimmy Johnson (well respected, invented 5-string bass)
• Louis Johnson of the Brothers Johnson, (popularized the slapping or thumping technique; Worked with Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, among others)
• Bruce Johnston (bass player on stage for the Beach Boys)
• Darryl Jones (bass player for The Rolling Stones)
• John Paul Jones (from Led Zeppelin, known for his immense musical versatility and solid basslines)
• John Warne (Ace troubleshooter, Relient K)

K

• Kanellopoulos George ( also known as "the grooveman"; Former bass player for Anima (Greece))
• Jari Kainulainen (the "six string king" from Finnish metalband Stratovarius)
• Murphy Karges (bass player for Sugar Ray)
• Mick Karn (bassist and multi-instrumentalist with the band Japan)
• Carol Kaye (claims to be the most recorded bassist in history)
• Ace Kefford (from The Move)
• Andy Kent (from You Am I)
• John Kerry (from The Electras)
• Steve Kightley (bass and keyboards with The Spirit of Rush, ex-ShadowKeep)
• Bakhiti Khumolo (South African fretless master; he is best known on the Paul Simon Graceland album)
• Lemmy Kilmister (from Motörhead)
• Mark King (bassist with Level 42, known for his very fast slapping techniques, also sang at the same time)
• Aaron "Fingers" Kivell (from New Zealands Boardy Boyz band)
• Tim Kingsbury (bass player for The Arcade Fire)
• Steve Kmak (also known as "Fuzz"; former bass player for Disturbed)
• Colin Kraemer (One-legged bassist)
• Geoff Kresge (formerly of Tiger Army and AFI)
• Greg Kriesel (from The Offspring)
• Mike Kroeger (bass player for Nickelback)
• Peeter "Blood" Kungla (bassist for Bloody Cunt)
• Alexander Kutikov (bass guitarist of cult russian hard rock band Visoskosnoye Leto and legendary russian rock band Mashina Vremeni)

L

• Abraham "Abe" Laboriel (important LA session player, known for his work with Koinonia)
• Greg Lake (bass player for King Crimson, Emerson, Lake and Palmer)
• Joe Lally (from Fugazi)
• Dirk Lance (from Incubus)
• Ronnie Lane (from The Small Faces, The Faces and Slim Chance)
• Bill Laswell (prolific bassist and producer)
• Steve Lawson (creates tracks out of multiple loops of bass sounds)
• Jimmy Lea (original bassist with Slade, an excellent songwriter and bass / violin virtuoso)
• Jim Lee (creative bassist, artist & author of FunkyChops)
• Geddy Lee from Rush (regarded as a first-rate bassist, doubles on keyboards and sings lead too!)
• Will Lee (popular sideman, now in house band on Late Show With David Letterman)
• Paz Lenchantin (former bass player from A Perfect Circle and Zwan)
• Michael Lepond (bass player for Symphony X)
• Phil Lesh (from The Grateful Dead)
• Stefan Lessard (from Dave Matthews Band)
• Tony Levin (plays Chapman Stick and conventional bass guitar, played with King Crimson and Peter Gabriel)
• Graham Lewis (nimble bassist for founding art-punk group Wire)
• Lasse Ljungberg (bass player for The Ark)
• Brian Locking (from The Shadows)
• Joe Loeffler (former bass player for Chevelle)
• Danny Lohner (bassist for Nine Inch Nails for many years)
• John Lodge (from The Moody Blues)
• Alex Lora (from El Tri)
• Nick Lowe (from Brinsley Schwarz, Rockpile and fabulous solo work)
• Matt Lukin (from The Melvins)
• Geoffrey Lyall (bass player for The Dead Kennedy's)
• Phil Lynott (from Thin Lizzy)
• Douangchai Labangsy ( From Grace Of Death)

M

• Craig MacGregor (current bass player for Foghat)
• Michael MacIvor (bassist for Candiria, technical five string jazz bass playing paired with metal/hardcore)
• Ben Macrow (Bassist for Violent Delight)
• Mickey Madden (bass player for Maroon 5)
• Claus Madsen (altermative bassist, developed met(al)-plucking technique)
• Matt Malley (bass player for Counting Crows)
• Michael Manring (innovative work with multiple alternate tunings)
• Brian Marshall (former bass player for Creed; current bass player for Alter Bridge)
• Ryan Martinie (from Mudvayne)
• Glen Matlock (from Sex Pistols)
• John Maurer (from Social Distortion)
• Nathan Maxwell (bass player for Flogging Molly).
• Gerry McAvoy (bassist with Rory Gallagher from 1971)
• Paul McCartney (the legendary musician behind The Beatles' melodic lines)
• Jason McCaslin (bass player for Sum 41)
• Mark McClelland (bass player and keyboardist for Snow Patrol)
• Paul McGuigan (founding member/former bass player for Oasis)
• Tom McGuinness (from Manfred Mann and McGuinness Flint)
• Duff McKagan (former bassist for Guns N' Roses, now plays for Velvet Revolver)
• Randy Meisner (former bass player for The Eagles)
• Josh Melbourne (bassist for The Forgotten)
• Nate Mendel (from Sunny Day Real Estate and Foo Fighters)
• Martin Mendez (from Opeth)
• Mike Mesaros (from The Smithereens)
• Marcus Miller (jazz bassist, developed slapping and fretless technique, played with Miles Davis and David Sanborn)
• Thomas Miller (former bass player for Symphony X)
• Mike Mills (bass player for R.E.M.)
• Murdoc Niccals (member of virtual band Gorillaz)
• Danny Miranda (bass player for Blue Öyster Cult)
• Stoica Mircea (from the legendary Halo, world famous for his combination of jazz and funk)
• Gordon Moakes (bass player for Bloc Party)
• Diane Moakes (bass player2 for Bloc Party)
• Gary Moundfield aka "Mani" (formerly of The Stone Roses and now of Primal Scream)
• John Moyer (current bass player for Disturbed)
• Dee Murray (played on classic Elton John recordings, further developed style pioneered by McCartney)
• George Murray (David Bowie, late 1970's)
• John Myung (of Dream Theater, noted for incredible speed and virtuosity, master of bass tapping technique)

N

• Me'shell Ndegeocello (Grammy-winning bassist and singer)
• Kim Nekroman (upright slap bassist and lead singer of Nekromantix)
• Jason Newsted (from Voivod, formerly of Metallica and Echobrain)
• Adam Nitti (virtuoso six-string bassist/composer)
• Greg Norton (from Hüsker Dü)
• Krist Novoselic (from Nirvana)
• Jonathan Noyce (current bass player for Jethro Tull)
• Murdoc Niccals (from Gorillaz)
• Gabe Nelson (from Cake)

O

• Berry Oakley (from the Allman Brothers Band, compelling melodic lines underneath guitar solos)
• Shavo Odadjian (bass player for System of a Down)
• Tetsuya Ogawa aka Tetsu (from L'arc-en-Ciel)
• Nick Oliveri (from Kyuss, The Dwarves and Queens of the Stone Age)
• Stefan Olsdal (bass player for Placebo; multi-talented with other instruments)
• Jerry Only (bassist for The Misfits)
• Daniel Ornellas (from Christian rock band Tree63)
• Joe Osborn Session bassist with distinctive plectrum style, heard on many hits from the 1960s through the 1980s.
• Patrick O'Hearn the bassist for Frank Zappa in the late 70's, went on to form the new wave band Missing Persons with a few other former Zappa band members

P

• P-Nut (Bassist in the band 311)
• Jimmy Page (was also the bassist of the Yardbirds)
• Pino Palladino (fretless playing)
• Michael Palkowski (Bass player For unsigned act Bayleaf)
• Jaco Pastorius (renowned jazz bassist, solo albums considered landmarks, popularized fretless bass, played with Pat Metheny, Weather Report, more)
• John Patitucci (contemporary and Brazilian jazz bassist, played with Chick Corea)
• Dave Pegg (British folk-rock bassist who brought fluidity to the genre's bass style: also played rock with Jethro Tull)
• Pete Perez (a skilled bassist from the tech metal band Spastic Ink)
• Tom Petersson (from Cheap Trick, plays 12 string bass)
• "Phoenix" (bass player for Linkin Park; see Dave Farrell)
• Mike Porcaro (current bass player for Toto)
• Frankie Poullain (founding member/former bass player for The Darkness)
• Francis "Rocco" Prestia (from Tower Of Power)
• Joe Preston (from Sunn O))) and The Melvins)
• Brad Prior (rock-funk bassist of the band STuK)
• Rick Price (from The Move and Wizzard)
• St. Paul Peterson (Minneapolis funk bassist] St. Paul)

Q

• Peter Quaife (from The Kinks)

R

• Carl Radle (Eric Clapton's bassist)
• Twiggy Ramirez (ex-bassist for Marilyn Manson)
• Dee Dee Ramone (one of the founding four members of The Ramones)
• C.J. Ramone (Later member of The Ramones)
• Jimmie Randall (from Jo Jo Gunne)
• Noel Redding (from The Jimi Hendrix Experience)
• C'el Revuelta (from Black Flag)
• Keith Richards (the famous guitarist from the Rolling Stones played a memorable show as the bassist of the Dirty Mac)
• Oliver Riedel (bass player for Rammstein)
• Brian Ritchie (from Violent Femmes)
• Sam Rivers of Limp Bizkit
• "Rocco", see Francis "Rocco" Prestia
• Steve Rodby (longtime acoustic and electric bassist with Pat Metheny)
• Kira Roessler (from Black Flag)
• Jon Rogers (former bass player for Blue Öyster Cult)
• John Rostill (from The Shadows)
• Andy Rourke (from The Smiths, known for his "song within a song" basslines)
• Mike Rutherford (from Genesis)
• Kevin Rutmanis (from The Cows, The Melvins and Tomohawk.

S

• Sabo Romo (influential mexican bassist for Caifanes, Jaguares and record producer)
• Paul Samwell-Smith (from The Yardbirds)
• Taiji Sawada (Bassist for X Japan)
• Rick Savage (from Def Leppard)
• Mel Schacher (bass player for Grand Funk Railroad)
• Jason Scheff (bassist with Chicago since 1986)
• Jerry Scheff (prolific studio musician; also toured with Elvis Presley)
• Don Schiff (plays Chapman Stick and NS/Stick and conventional bass guitar, Session player and artist)
• Timothy B. Schmit (bass player for The Eagles)
• Kai Schröder (Bass Player for Phossil)
• Steve Severin (founding member of Siouxsie & The Banshees)
• Nick Seymour (from Australian/New Zealand pop rock band Crowded House)
• Robbie Shakespeare (reggae legend, has played on hundreds of records)
• Matt Sharp (founding member/former bass player of Weezer)
• Billy Sheehan (rock bass virtuoso, known for wild playing style such as tapping and harmonics bending etc.)Hailed as "the Eddie Van Halen" of bass
• Fran Sheehan (bass player for Boston)
• Ben Shepherd (from Soundgarden)
• Scott Shriner (current bass player for Weezer)
• Alicia Simmons (from From First to Last)
• Gene Simmons (from KISS)
• Paul Simonon (from The Clash)
• Joshua Sims (founding member and bass player for Journey Home)
• Gord Sinclair (bass player for The Tragically Hip)
• Siggy Siursen (bass player for Powerman 5000)
• Nikki Sixx (from Mötley Crüe)
• Lee Sklar (session man who played with James Taylor)
• Derek Smalls (from Spinal Tap)
• Greg Smalls (former bass player for Blue Öyster Cult)
• Fred Smith (Ex-Blondie bassist, Television)
• Neil Smith (former bass player for AC/DC)
• Romilly Smith (Legendary Bass Player for Metal Group New Way Home)
• "Squarepusher" (innovative electronic musician)
• Chris Squire (innovator of progressive rock with Yes, speed-picking melodic style on trademark Rickenbacker 4001)
• Mike Starr (original bass player for Alice In Chains)
• Michael Steele (The Bangles' bass player)
• Peter Steele (from Carnivore and Type O Negative)
• Tony Stevens (founding member/former bass player for Foghat)
• Sting (bassist/singer from The Police and a solo career)
• Tommy Stinson (from Guns N' Roses)
• Mark Stoermer (bass player for The Killers)
• Neil Stubenhaus (LA session great, Barbra Streisand, Quincy Jones)
• Khaled Sumon aka Bassbaba (plays bass for a Rock band Aurthohin from Bangladesh, affiliated by MTD)
• Sunny (aka Poizonous Bass) (playing bass for a Power/Thrash Metal band Poizon Green of Bangladesh)
• Magnus Sveningsson (bass player for The Cardigans)
• Steve Swallow

T

• Matt Taylor (from Motion City Soundtrack)
• John Taylor (founding member of Duran Duran, brought funk-style bass to foreground of pop music tracks)
• Garry Tallent (from The E Street Band)
• Bruce Thomas (melodic and innovative bassist from Elvis Costello's group, The Attractions)
• Paul Thomas (bass player for Good Charlotte)
• Phil Thornalley (from The Cure and Johnny Hates Jazz)
• Gary Tibbs (played with Roxy Music, Adam and the Ants and Hazel O'Connor.
• Pete Trewavas (from Marillion)
• Robert Trujillo (bassist for Infectious Grooves, Suicidal Tendencies, Ozzy Osbourne, Metallica)
• Fred Turner (The singing bassist who put the Turner in Bachman Turner Overdrive)
• Shaw, Thomas (The Bassist from The Electric Wizards)
• Scott Thunes played with Zappa,Steve Vai and others

U

• Phillip Urry (bass player for Newsboys)

V

• Ross Valory (from Journey)
• Larry Van Kriedt (founding member/former bass player for AC/DC)
• Sid Vicious (from the Sex Pistols)
• Eerie Von (from Samhain and Danzig)
• Klaus Voorman (bassist with Manfred Mann and the Plastic Ono Band)
• Ken Vasoli (bassist/vocalist of The Starting Line)
• Victor Lemonte Wooten (bassist of Béla Fleck and the Flecktones

W

• Brad Walst (bass player for Three Days Grace)
• John Warne (bass player for Relient K)
• Miiko Watanabe (from the Screamin' Sirens and American Girls)
• Roger Waters (from Pink Floyd)
• Mike Watt (unpredictable bassist for The Minutemen)
• Nathan Watts (Stevie Wonder's bass player)
• Michael Way (bass player for My Chemical Romance)
• Alex Webster (Founding member of Cannibal Corpse
• Mikey Welsh (former bass player for Weezer)
• John Wetton (famous for his tenure as frontman for pop-group Asia, but his influential bass contributions with King Crimson and UK are widely regarded)
• Tina Weymouth (bass player for Talking Heads)
• Chris White (from The Zombies)
• Jeordie White (formerly Twiggy Ramirez from Marilyn Manson, moved on to play in A Perfect Circle, currently touring with Nine Inch Nails)
• Verdine White (from Earth, Wind & Fire)
• Leon Wilkeson (from Lynyrd Skynyrd)
• Cliff Williams (from AC/DC)
• Gary Willis (one of the finest post-Jaco bassists, known for his playing with Tribal Tech as well as his solo work)
• Aaron Wills (bass player for 311)
• Brian Wilson (Beach Boys bassist; his melodic bass lines have inspired McCartney)
• Eric Wilson (Former bassist of ska-dub band Sublime)
• Doug Wimbish (pioneer of hip hop bass playing, worked with Sugarhill Gang, Living Colour, Tackhead, Mick Jagger, Joe Satriani)
• Muff Winwood (from the Spencer Davis Group, brother of Stevie Winwood)
• Nicky Wire (from Manic Street Preachers)
• Jah Wobble (original bassist for Public Image Limited, later UK reggae artist, known for his "impossibly deep" tone)
• Tom "T-Bone" Wolk (Longtime bass player with Hall & Oates, he has also performed with Billy Joel and Carly Simon)
• Chris Wolstenholme (Bass player for Muse)
• Victor Wooten (from Bela Fleck & the Flecktones)
• D'Arcy Wretzky (formerly of The Smashing Pumpkins)
• Rob Wright (from Nomeansno)
• Bill Wyman (from The Rolling Stones)

Y

• Brian Yale (aka "Pookie"; bass player for Matchbox Twenty)
• Hiro Yamamoto (original Soundgarden bassist)
• George Young (former occasional bass player for AC/DC)

Z

• David Z (bass player for ZO2 and Trans-Siberian Orchestra)
• Vern Zaborowski (bass player for CKY)
• Tye Zamora (bass player for Alien Ant Farm)