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
Dream Theater's John Myung: "There are moments when I’m playing parts live that I wish I did on the album the first time round" By Bass Player Staff The Dream Theater bassist on the 20th anniversary of Scenes from a Memory, the magic of down-tuning and how he brings the energy live
Billy Sheehan names 5 of his favorite bass albums By Bass Player Staff Sheehan is one of the world’s most accomplished bassists - so we can all learn from the five albums that influenced him
Megadeth's Dave Ellefson: "With bass design, sometimes the best way forward is to go back in time" By Bass Player Staff The thrash-metal bassist is not one to sit still between the band's touring cycles. Here he talks solo ventures, spoken word and collaborating with Jackson
Life of Agony's Alan Robert reveals his vintage bass guitar collection By Bass Player Staff "I've stage dived into the crowd countless times over the years holding my vintage basses"
Stuart Zender: "I remember recording Just Can’t Stop with Jamiroquai and it felt as though the bass was flowing into me" By Bass Player Staff Stuart Zender returns with the Sound Of London Collective - and a bass performance to equal his very best
Leprous bassist Simen Daniel Børven: "Good sound is in the hands. All the cool brands out there won’t save you" By Bass Player Staff The French prog-metaller steps out of the gear mindset and says the tone is all in your hands
Alter Bridge's Brian Marshall: "As a bass player, I tend to play off of what a vocalist would do" By Bass Player Staff The hard-rock bassist talks writing and recording Walk the Sky, and collaborating across time zones
Ruth Goller: "My regular Mustang Bass is still my favorite... I know exactly what to do with it" By Bass Player Staff Bass Player columnist and composer Ruth Goller talks about her career playing jazz, world and uncategorizable music
The 100 best bass players of all time By Bass Player Staff The definitive rundown of the legends, unsung heroes, virtuosos and trailblazers that make bass great
Les Claypool's five favorite bass albums By Bass Player Staff The albums that shaped Les Claypool, frontman of Primus, solo performer, film-maker, novelist and master collaborator...
Nirvana's Krist Novoselic: "I'm never in any bass magazines" By Bass Player Staff Back in 2012, we met the bassist turned political activist, commentator and now recipient of his own signature instrument
Jeff Berlin names his 5 favorite bass albums By Bass Player Staff The fusion maestro picks a fistful of classics
A quick history of the fretless bass By Bass Player Staff We take you for a stroll through the strange territory of the fretless bass, where fingers glide and chords slide…
Bass effects pedals: top players and industry heavies reveal their favorite FX and pedal secrets By Bass Player Staff Influential builders and players on the future of bass pedals
20 legendary players who shaped the sound of electric bass By Bass Player Staff The iconic bassists who developed the sound of low-end as we know it
9 of the best fretless bass performances By Bass Player Staff Dive into some of the most sublime examples of fretless playing in bass guitar history
Jean-Jacques Burnel names his 5 favorite bass albums By Bass Player Staff The Stranglers low-end legend cites his top bass picks
Marcus Miller: keep 'em running By Bass Player Staff The Grammy-winning bassist and UNESCO Artist For Peace talks “Laid Black”
Prince: requiem for a bass hero By Bass Player Staff The bassists that played with the late legend share their stories
Tony Levin: "Improvisation that has to fill in all the spaces with notes is pretty dreadful to listen to" By Bass Player Staff The Peter Gabriel and King Crimson bassist on his favorite bass albums and what makes him pick up the Chapman Stick
Session bass legend Lee Sklar talks fan frets, beard maintenance and touring every year since 1970 in this classic interview By Bass Player Staff "I’ve been on the road for 42 years and I’ve only broken two strings - and I play really hard!"
