Latest about Bassists
Victor Wooten opens up on his battle with the health condition that he says is turning him into a beginner bass player again
The revered bassist is battling focal dystonia – a neurological movement disorder that causes his fretting fingers to curl up
At the suggestion of guitar picker James Burton, Elvis set up an audition with an unlikely bass candidate: Jerry Scheff
How bassist Jerry Scheff became the core of Elvis' famed TCB Band
Bassist Ronnie Ficarro on taking Wolfgang Van Halen’s studio sound to the stage
Ronnie Ficarro explains the nuances of pick playing, why tone can make or break a band, and how he stumbled upon slap bass for Mammoth’s latest single
Billy Corgan takes us inside the zeitgeist of his low-end studio work with the Smashing Pumpkins
One of the most influential guitarists of his generation, Billy Corgan has also written and recorded the bass tracks on almost every album in the entirety of the Smashing Pumpkins’ history
How Bootsy Collins and James Brown's band ended up playing on the soundtrack of this hit Seth Rogen movie
Legendary sideman and film composer Lyle Workman recounts how he managed to reunite the legendary funkateers for 2007’s Superbad – by approaching Bootsy at NAMM
Why Nick Beggs passed on his audition for Blue Man Group, and what he learned from Frank Zappa
Nick Beggs played bass in Kajagoogoo – and almost every band you can think of
How Verdine White crafted “one of his best basslines” with Earth, Wind & Fire
Verdine White was just 23 when he cut this 1975 EWF classic at Colorado’s iconic Caribou Ranch studio
Before Robert Trujillo and Jason Newsted, Cliff Burton set the musical bar for Metallica and established an indelible legacy
Cliff Burton’s playing style may have been an offbeat fit for the cutting-edge thrash of Metallica, but it worked perfectly
