Sandberg California TM Nighthawk Plus and VS Lionel review By Bass Player Staff Two very different basses from Sandberg stake their claim for mid-priced market supremacy
Colin Bass: “It’s an unknown future for musicians and crew. But hopefully we will all rise like phoenixes from the ashes“ By Bass Player Staff The Camel bassist is hoping to bring a little light to the world with his meditative new album, Still
The best bass gear of 2020 By Bass Player Staff Despite a mutant virus, presidential upheaval and the end of all our gigs, we’ve had plenty of new bass guitars, amps and effects to enjoy
Introducing your 2020 Bassist of the Year, Danny Sapko By Bass Player Staff The 27-year-old funked his way to the well-deserved top spot
Cold's Lindsay Manfredi: ”There’s a feeling when you’re playing bass. It’s different from other instruments” By Bass Player Staff Essential survival advice, for life in general as much as related to bass playing
Broadway and West End bassist Ian King: “Hamilton is an intense gig – I’m playing four instruments in the show!“ By Bass Player Staff King has played Hamilton, Mamma Mia!... You name it, he's played it, and this is the story of his journey to the stage
Destruction's Schmier on his love of Dean basses and how Born to Thrash was bought with Jack and Coke By Bass Player Staff The bass giant holds court as the German thrash metal titans return with a Covid-era live album
Madina Lake's Matthew Leone: "I was so clueless, I brought my first bass to my first-ever show in a garbage bag" By Bass Player Staff The bassist for the returning Chicago alt-rock heroes on piece-of-crap basses, love of the groove and Chi Cheng's influence
Doug Wimbish looks back at 5 of his best – and worst – bass sessions By Bass Player Staff From an inspired collaboration with Annie Lennox to a sliding doors moment with the Stones...
Bite Roxanne review By Bass Player Staff The Austrian luthiers have a novel, customer-driven approach to bass-building – reflected in this Sting tribute model
Happy 400th birthday Bass Player! Legends of the low-end pay tribute By Joel McIver, Bass Player Staff Bass playing legends congratulate BP on 400 issues
Could you be the Bassist of the Year? By Bass Player Staff Calling all bassists... It’s time to enter the biggest bass talent search of the year – deadline now extended to November 15!
Jah Wobble on his 5 essential bass albums By Bass Player Staff Celebrating the back catalog of the former Public Image Ltd. bassist – all the hits, the misses and the maybes
Chic bassist Jerry Barnes: “I use Bernard's chucking, but not like him… I’m trying to keep from bleeding!“ By Bass Player Staff Chic's low-end master of funk on gear, influences, touring with Cher and keeping Bernard Edwards' basslines alive
Scott Reeder, Tracy Wormworth and Doug Wimbish are your Bassist of the Year judges By Bass Player Staff These keepers of the low-end will be judging your bass guitar entries
Lamb of God's John Campbell: "People ask how I play so fast - I don’t really know because I made it up as I went along!" By Bass Player Staff The metal titan gives his advice on how to be a better bass player
Margaret LaBombard: "If a song makes you feel something, you can thank the bass player" By Bass Player Staff The Slyboots four-stringer recalls her formative years playing bass, and how the NYC bass community moulded her into the player she is today
Win over $13,000 worth of bass gear in Bass Player's mammoth 400th issue competition By Bass Player Staff Get your hands on incredible prizes from Fender, Bite, Gallien-Krueger, Ashdown, Orange, Ernie Ball and many more
Trivium's Paolo Gregoletto: "I haven’t used a cab live in years. Bass was ahead of the curve when it came to DI" By Bass Player Staff The architect of Trivium's low-end on his studio setup, and why MIDI drums were key to their monstrous new album, What The Dead Men Say
Meet the owner of the world's biggest 12-string bass collection By Bass Player Staff Idaho-resident bassist Mark Rowe owns what is thought to be the world’s largest collection of 12-string basses. We meet him for a chat about the thang behind the twang...
Victor Brandt: “I’ve been happily surprised that, even with so much going in Dimmu’s music, I could squeeze in some nice bass parts” By Bass Player Staff The Dimmu Borgir bassist on satanic pickups, signature gear, and the cross-cultural exchange between Norwegian black metal and Swedish death metal
Kristiine Silinja: "I love exploration, adventures, and freedom. All that comes with a six-string bass" By Bass Player Staff Solo bassist Kristiine Silinja reminds us that there’s no such thing as ‘you cannot’...
My Dying Bride's Lena Abe: "When you’re playing slow, it’s even more noticeable if your timing’s not bang-on" By Bass Player Staff The doom-metal bassist talks playing exclusively with a pick and the creation of the band's latest album, The Ghost of Orion
Tech 21 Steve Harris SH-1 SansAmp review By Bass Player Staff The New York-based pedal company delivers a stompbox that faithfully recreates the Iron Maiden legend's sound
Andrew Levy: "If a track’s really going to travel, you’ve got to pull back the bassline and make sure the song is the star" By Bass Player Staff The bassist of acid jazz legends Brand New Heavies takes on our questions on longevity, gear and how brass can age a song
