Spanning all genres and generations, narrowing down the 25 best bass players of all time is never easy. We gave it a go.

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Four mighty strings, 55 mighty players. Common wisdom holds that the bass player is the “quiet one” in a band, playing essential parts of a song that you don’t necessarily notice.

Claypool did several humorous impressions of his own, shredding like Eddie Van Halen as he impersonated famous bass players including The Who‘s John Entwhistle, Paul McCartney, and Rush‘s ...