Nick Wells
Nick Wells was the Editor of Bass Guitar magazine from 2009 to 2011, before making strides into the world of Artist Relations with Sheldon Dingwall and Dingwall Guitars. He's also the producer of bass-centric documentaries, Walking the Changes and Beneath the Bassline, as well as Production Manager and Artist Liaison for ScottsBassLessons. In his free time, you'll find him jumping around his bedroom to Kool & The Gang while hammering the life out of his P-Bass.
Latest articles by Nick Wells

Watch two bassists shred-off using Tosin Abasi's selective picking technique
By Nick Wells published
Toby Peterson-Stewart and Jacob Umansky throw down: “Technique-wise, we really threw the kitchen sink at it”

Aguilar Agro Bass Overdrive review
By Nick Wells published
Back with a brand-new look, the Agro aims to cram Aguilar’s AG 500 overdrive channel into something you can stomp on

Epiphone El Capitan J-200 Studio Bass review
By Nick Wells published
Epiphone is aiming high with this new electro-acoustic bass

Nikki Sixx “played his butt off” on Dolly Parton’s upcoming rock album
By Nick Wells published
The country legend recruited Mötley Crüe's bassist for her tentatively titled Rock Star LP

Cliff Burton wrote one of Metallica’s heaviest riffs on a de-tuned classical guitar
By Nick Wells published
Kirk Hammett: “To this day, I think: ‘How did Cliff write that?’”

Steve Lukather: "The bassline was easy. It wasn't like I had to be Jaco Pastorius"
By Nick Wells published
How the legendary guitarist ended up playing bass on Michael Jackson’s Beat It

NAMM 2023: Dingwall Guitars launches the John Taylor Rio Dream Bass
By Nick Wells published
The new John Taylor Signature model salutes Duran Duran’s breakthrough album

Thundercat: “People are telling me to turn down, and I’m like, No! I’m trying to burn down the stage!”
By Nick Wells published
The 6-string superhero on his gigantic bass tone, and how he nearly set fire to the Sydney Opera House

10 reggae records that every bass fan should know
By Nick Wells published
The 10 best reggae albums from Jamaica’s main bass men. From Sly and Robbie to Bob Marley and the Wailers

Dunlop Cry Baby Bass Wah: the most recognizable effects pedal ever made?
By Nick Wells published
Classics don’t come much more heavyweight than the Cry Baby wah-wah and the 105Q Bass edition is no exception

Watch the trailer for Flea’s new podcast series
By Nick Wells published
First guests on the show will include Rick Rubin, Patti Smith and Thundercat

Paul McCartney: “Somebody whispered to me ‘That’s Nirvana. You’re Kurt.’ I couldn’t believe it”
By Nick Wells published
Bassist Krist Novoselic revisits the time the ex-Beatle fronted a Nirvana reunion gig

Geezer Butler: “Originally it was titled ‘Nib’, which was Bill’s beard and looked like a pen nib because it was pointy”
By Nick Wells published
Geezer Butler explains the obscure title behind one of Black Sabbath’s most recognisable riffs

Watch Vulpeck's Joe Dart break down Flea and Victor Wooten's slap bass technique
By Nick Wells published
How Will Smith brought back, er, slap: "The two main slap basslines of our generation were Will Smith samples..."

10 things you didn’t know about Carol Kaye
By Nick Wells published
She played for Elvis, Sinatra, Spector, the Beach Boys - but just how did she do it?

Should Bill Wyman have gotten a songwriting credit for The Rolling Stones (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction?
By Nick Wells published
Bill Wyman: “The fact of the matter is that my bassline made the song just as much as Keith’s guitar riff”

Andy Fraser: “It was me trying to impersonate Pete Townshend, who was, to me, the all-time greatest chord king”
By Nick Wells published
How Free’s worst ever gig inspired one of the most iconic bass solos in rock

The Mu-Tron III: “Without it, there ain’t no Bootsy”
By Nick Wells published
Everything you need to know about the iconic stomper from Musitronics

Epiphone Newport Bass review
By Nick Wells published
All of the vintage Epiphone charm without the hefty price tag?

John Patitucci: “My gratitude for Wayne Shorter is boundless”
By Nick Wells published
John Patitucci, Robert Trujillo, Flea, Felix Pastorius and many more pay tribute to jazz legend Wayne Shorter

“I don’t buy the idea that the bass player is the quiet one”: The 5 most notorious bass guitarists in rock
By Nick Wells published
From Mötley Crüe hellraiser Nikki Sixx to GN‘R’s Duff McKagan

Why Flea’s bass track had to be fixed in the mix on Alanis Morissette's hit record
By Nick Wells published
Mix Engineer Chris Fogel: “Flea was way out of time on You Oughta Know”

50 years ago: The Runaways’ guitarist Lita Ford was invited to replace John Paul Jones in Led Zeppelin
By Nick Wells published
Lita Ford: "Robert Plant says to me, ‘You’re really good on guitar. Would you like to play bass for Led Zeppelin?’”
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