The bass guitar summit: Dave Swift meets Juan ‘Snow Owl’ Garcia-Herreros By Bass Player Staff Jools Holland's in-house bassist Swift and the Grammy-nominated Snow Owl talk career paths, Jaco and gear
Cat Popper: “Writing is complicated for me, because voices in my head tell me I should sound more like someone else” By Bass Player Staff Having earned her stripes playing bass with a laundry list of heavy hitters, Popper goes solo with new single, Maybe It's All Right
Bryan Beller on the search for the perfect bass and thinking visually when songwriting By Bass Player Staff The Aristocrats and Joe Satriani bass phenom unpacks his epic pedalboard, and explains the importance of video in music today
Meet Bassist of the Year 2020, Danny Sapko By Bass Player Staff Technically adventurous, musically astute and your favorite bassist of 2020, Sapko walks through his bass approach
Fusion legend Mark Egan talks creative chemistry, custom basses and the spirit of improvisation on new album Electric Blue By Bass Player Staff With Danny Gottlieb, Egan has crafted another album of musical surprises and virtuoso performances
Jimmy Haslip: “I know I don’t play the instrument correctly! I've just tried to find my own way of expressing myself“ By Bass Player Staff He got lessons from Jaco Pastorius and toured with Allan Holdsworth – now Haslip continues to push the frontiers of bass guitar with album reissues, sessions and a playing style like no other
Black Stone Cherry's Jon Lawhon: "As a bass player, it’s your job to be the foundation – if you mess up, the whole band will come off the tracks" By Bass Player Staff Bass tips and music business advice from the hard-rockin' BSC bassist
Damian Erskine: “Don’t distract yourself with getting gear to solve all your problems. Make what you have work” By Bass Player Staff School is in session as the bassist extraordinaire launches an online bass education portal
Leanne Bowes: “I want my deep inner connection with the beat to come across, and that leaves no room for nerves” By Bass Player Staff Session and solo ace Leanne Bowes recalls the key moments that took her bass career to the next level
Bonnie Whitmore: ”I’m one of those bassists who never changes their strings, and when I do, I rub bacon fat on them to deaden them!” By Bass Player Staff Austin-based Bonnie Whitmore returns with a bass-packed new album – and some serious food for thought...
Jason Newsted: his best (and worst) bass albums By Bass Player Staff Highlights from the former Metallica bassist's discography ranked and rated
Musical director and bassist Adam Blackstone reveals how the spectacular Super Bowl 60 half-time show came together By Bass Player Staff Carefully directing sets by J-Lo and Shakira for 100 million sports fans, while playing bass at the same time... Tough gig
Megadeth's David Ellefson ranks the best (and worst) albums from his career By Bass Player Staff From thrash classics to solo projects and high-profile collaborations, the Jackson-toting bass supremo looks back at his recording history
John Myung: “Every song, every album, every musician is a potential teacher. It’s just a matter of whether you’re open enough to see it that way“ By Bass Player Staff The Dream Theater bassist shares advice, gear tips and explains the joy of six
Nova Twins' Georgia South: “I love the sound of heavy electronic music and dubstep. I find inspiration in how the bass sits in those songs“ By Bass Player Staff The effects-keen bassist brings a huge tone – and attitude – to modern rock music. We find out (partly) how it’s done
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
