Nobody mentioned Reggie Young or Andrew Gouche?
Now, you took the words right out of my mouth.
Andrew Gouche
Reggie Young (He's my fav and I hear a lot of him in T. Tribbett's playing)
Reggie Parker (Who can forget about Hezzie's famous four-string player)
Joel Smith ( a lot of people really sleep on him as a bass player)
Kevin Stancil ( he lays down a heavy groove)
Chuck Rainey ( this dude is completely sick)
Chris Coleman ( just hearing some of his compositions and knowing that they were composed on the bass makes me want to play with him; even though I haven't heard him play yet)