List of slap bass players (electric bass)

This is a list of bassists known for their slap bass technique.

A

• Dave Allen (Shriekback)
• Mark Adams (Slave)
• George Anderson (Shakatak)
• Emma Anzai (Sick Puppies)
• Tomohito Aoki (solo artist, Toshiki Kadomatsu and others)
• Eugene Abdukhanov (Jinjer)
• Tom Araya (Slayer)
• John Avila (Oingo Boingo)

B

• Chris Baio (Vampire Weekend)
• Davie504 (Real name Davide Biale, Solo Artist and YouTuber)
• Nick Beggs (Kajagoogoo)
• Jeff Berlin (solo artist, Bill Bruford)
• Cliff Burton (Metallica)
• Brian Bromberg (solo artist)
• Charles Berthoud (Solo Artist and YouTube)
• Joe Baker (solo artist)

C

• Alain Caron (solo artist, Uzeb)
• Tony Choy (Atheist, Pestilence, Cynic)
• Tim Commerford (Rage Against the Machine)
• Lynn Copeland (Big Mountain)
• Stanley Clarke (solo artist, Return to Forever, Chick Corea)
• Les Claypool (solo artist, Oysterhead, Primus)
• Bootsy Collins (solo artist, Bootsy's Rubber Band, Funkadelic, Parliament, Praxis)

D

• Glen Diani (One Minute Silence)
• Luke DiSalvo (Jive Machine)
• Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle, Fantômas, Secret Chiefs 3, Trevor Dunn's Trio-Convulsant, David Krakauer)

E

• Nathan East (Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, Fourplay)
• Bernard Edwards (Chic, Sister Sledge, Diana Ross, Power Station)
• David Ellefson (Megadeth)

F

• Nick Fyffe (Jamiroquai), (David Jordan)
• John Norwood Fisher (Fishbone)
• Lex Feltham (Frenzal Rhomb)
• Fieldy (Korn)
• Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
• Derek Forbes (Simple Minds and Propaganda)

G

• Marshall Grant (Johnny Cash and The Tennessee Three)
• Leigh Gorman (Bow Wow Wow)
• Larry Graham (Sly and the Family Stone, Graham Central Station, Prince)
• Mike Gordon (Phish)
• Billy Gould (Faith No More)

H

• Stu Hamm (solo artist, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani and others)
• Milt Hinton (Cab Calloway and others)
• Jeph Howard (The Used)

J

• Louis Johnson (The Brothers Johnson, Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson, George Duke)
• John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin, Them Crooked Vultures)

K

• Mark King (Level 42)
• Tony Kanal (No Doubt)
• Khaled 'Bassbaba' Sumon (Aurthohin)

L

• Eric Langlois (Cryptopsy)
• Terry Lewis (The Time)
• Dirk Lance (Formerly in Incubus)
• Dave LaRue (Dixie Dregs, Steve Morse Band and others)
• Martyn LeNoble (Porno For Pyros)
• Henrik Linder (Dirty Loops)
• Trevor Lindsey (Aaron Neville)
• Russell Lock (Multi-Instrumental Virtuoso)
• Abraham Laboriel (Friendship, Koinonia)

M

• Martin Mendez (Opeth)
• Marcus Miller (solo artist, Miles Davis, David Sanborn, Luther Vandross)
• Ryan Martinie (Mudvayne, Soften The Glare)
• Arif Mirabdolbaghi (Protest The Hero)

N

• Meshell Ndegeocello
• Jason Newsted (Metallica)

P

• Guy Pratt (The Orb, Pink Floyd, David Gilmour)
• Jorge Pescara (solo artist, Ithamara Koorax, Dom Um Romao, Eumir Deodato, Luis Bonfa)
• Dave Pomeroy
• Mike Percy (Dead Or Alive (band))

R

• Rayna Foss-Rose (Coal Chamber)

S

• Saidus Salehin Khaled (Bassbaba Sumon)
• Mitsuru Sutoh (T-Square)
• Tetsuo Sakurai (Casiopea, Jimsaku, solo artist)
• Muzz Skillings (Living Colour)
• Chris Squire (Yes)
• T. M. Stevens (Solo Artist, The Headhunters, Victor Wooten, Steve Vai, James Brown, Billy Joel, Tina Turner, Joe Cocker)

T

• John Taylor (Duran Duran)
• Robert Trujillo (Metallica, Suicidal Tendencies, Ozzy Osbourne, Black Label Society)
• Toshiya (Dir En Grey)
• Taneda Takeshi (Crush 40)
• Mic Todd (Coheed and Cambria)

U

• Futoshi Uehara (Maximum The Hormone)

V

• Jayen Varma

W

• Jimbo Wallace (The Reverend Horton Heat)
• Mike Watt (Minutemen)
• Mark White (Spin Doctors)
• Eric Wilson (Sublime)
• Doug Wimbish (Sugarhill Gang, Grandmaster Flash, Living Colour, Mick Jagger)
• Chris Wolstenholme (Muse)
• Victor Wooten (solo artist, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, SMV)
• Amos Williams (TesseracT)
• Mark Weber Average White Band
• Aaron Wills (AKA Pnut) 311

Y

• Yoshihiro Naruse (Casiopea)

Z

• Stuart Zender (Formerly in Jamiroquai)

See also

• List of slap bass players (double bass)