“The nut is carved from 10,000 year-old-Siberian mammoth-tusk ivory”: Is this the world’s most expensive bass guitar? By Bill Leigh published 2 June 24 The Flora Aurum – created in 2007 to mark Ritter Basses’ tenth anniversary – was priced at $100,000
“Until I found the Mu-Tron, I never heard anything that made the bass sound totally wacko”: How Bootsy Collins’ mastery of the envelope filter became the flamboyant funkateer’s signature sound By Bill Leigh published 18 May 24 Bootsy Collins piled on the effects on Parliament’s P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)
“When Michael McDonald first played it for me, I had him slow down and just show me his left hand”: Tiran Porter on The Doobie Brothers’ Minute By Minute By Bill Leigh published 29 October 23 Tiran Porter played the “cowboy-movie-theme-meets shuffle-feel” on a B.C. Rich Mockingbird with twin DiMarzio P-style pickups
“I dig playing that bassline, and I love the beats”: Tina Weymouth on the Tom Tom Club’s The Good The Bad And The Funky By Bill Leigh published 23 October 23 Tina Weymouth talks through the ins and outs of Tom Tom Club’s rhythmically intense fifth album… track by track
“I grabbed a diaper and shoved it under the strings near the bridge”: How Tony Levin came up with his muted bass tone on Peter Gabriel's Don't Give Up By Nick Wells published 30 September 23 Peter Gabriel called it the “super wonder nappy sound”
PRS SE Kestrel & Kingfisher Basses review By Bill Leigh published 8 January 20 Paul Reed Smith turns his hand to mid-priced bass guitars