6 String Bass Players

1) Bill Dickens
2) John Myung
3) Jon Stockman
4) Les Claypool
5) Victor Wooten
6) Alain Caron
7) Tetsuo Sakurai
8) Steve Bailey

[@Jacob-Laeby]

Anthony Jackson basically invented the 6 string bass, big mistake to missing him out. Also I would consider Victor Wooten really to be a four string play, an absolutely monster one at that, but this is the first time I see him playing a 6 string bass, and you almost always see him playing his 4 string Fodera. What he is known for is a 4 string bass.

[@laurentalvaro6187]

John Patitucci, Anthony Jackson, Andrew Gouche

[@nicholasburrows5716]

Oteil Burbridge plays 6 string

[@BlackRootsAcademyOfSoul]

No Anthony Jackson, THE Six Strings Guru? 🤔

[@RubbaNoze]

What's up, slappers?

[@geovannacelin]

John Myung is a god, when he’s not playing the bass, he’s studying it.

[@kitsune630]

The cool thing is that he treats it like a classical instrument, he is honestly one of my biggest bass heroes along with Geddy Lee and Chris Squire.

[@allendestine3406]

John Patituchi helloooooo

[@Kunstdesfechtens]

So good, thank you. Steve Bailey is the king of melody along with Jimmy Haslip. I’d live to see them do a duo album. Also Patitucci with Caron. Caron did a nice duo project with upright player Michel Donato which is great. Check it out on Spotify. Dream duo: Steve Bailey with guitarist Pat Martino. Two frickin rocket scientists of music together. :)

[@oockeewoockie666]

Heiko Jung (Panzerballett), Antony Jackson

[@ETOL17]

Fun fact: John Cooper use to playa 6 string back at 1996, but he started to use a 5 string in… I think 1998 or 1999

[@eloysuopunki7926]

Sami Hinkka of the Finnish folk metal band Ensiferum. An insane bass player.

[@MadeTarmeda]

John Patitucci, Nico Assumpcao

[@raphaelcote3577]

Only Anthony Jackson is missing! :)

[@allendestine3406]

John Patituchi

[@raphaelcote3577]

@@allendestine3406 Also! A Great Upright Player too! :)

[@allendestine3406]

@@raphaelcote3577 yes, but in the 80s, all 6-string

[@kerbalscuffedprogram4705]

Dominic "Forest" Lapointe, Hugo Doyon Karout, Steve Digiorgio, Jeff Hugell, Jeroen Paul Thesseling, Linus Klausentizer?

[@mousepie]

Love all these guys, but they are all death metal guys xD not known by a wider audience unfortunately

[@lred1383]

also gotta add Jared Smith to that list

[@Cavemanfbs1]

Forgot my boy phil lesh

[@alexsmith5511]

robert smith?

[@juckonator2517]

why isnt "BOH" from the "kami band" on there??? he is so good (mischiefs of metal god intro) there he does a bass solo

[@waltervlogs9617]

What about Jason newsted he played a 6 string bass

[@iaint2116]

Did he? I know he played a 5 string occasionally but I've mostly seen him use a 4 string.

[@MILFHUNTER-qg1nu]

4:34

[@cyglox9548]

Jon Stockman doesnt really sound that brilliant 😅

[@metalhuevo]

Check him in band context