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American bassist Tim Bogert (left) and English guitarist Jeff Beck performing with hard rock supergroup Beck, Bogert & Appice at the 'Rock At The Oval' festival, London, 16th September 1972
Bassist Tim Bogert on why Beck, Bogert & Appice fell short despite its all-star lineup

By Stevie Glasgow Published

The second track on the trio’s only studio album showcases Bogert’s freewheeling bass playing – even if he believed the band never lived up to its immense potential

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The Yardbirds
Why bassist Paul Samwell-Smith chose a short-scale Epiphone for his “rave-ups” with the Yardbirds

By Stevie Glasgow Published

The blues-rock opener from the band’s 1966 debut album showcases a standout example of Samwell-Smith’s fluid, freewheeling bass work

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Squarepusher performing live as part of an All Tomorrows Parties event, held on December 19 2008 in Butlins, Minehead.; Job: 58076; Ref: EWT; Non-Exclusive
How Squarepusher found a signature sound with a 1979 Rickenbacker bass, a DIY string mute and some heavy EQ

By Stevie Glasgow Published

Iambic 5 Poetry features two separate bass tracks: the up-front melodic line, and another hidden low in the mix

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Billy Sheehan and Paul Gilbert from Mr Big performs at Le Bataclan on September 21, 2011 in Paris, France.
Billy Sheehan and Paul Gilbert trade blistering licks in this standout rocker from Mr. Big

By Stevie Glasgow Published

Inspired, according to Paul Gilbert, by the grooves of Christina Aguilera, Mr. Big’s Mean to Me is brimming with top-drawer axe-work

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Robert Sledge of Ben Folds Five performs at SummerStage at Rumsey Playfield, Central Park on September 14, 2012 in New York City.
The wildest bass solo you’ve never heard? Robert Sledge cranked the fuzz for this Ben Folds Five classic

By Stevie Glasgow Published

Sledge describes the Big Muff as an extension of his hands – and he put it to good use on this searing solo

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American singer, songwriter and guitarist Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970), playing a Fender Stratocaster guitar, while performing live onstage, 1968,
Originally recorded as a B-side, bassist Billy Cox played a pivotal role in this riff-driven blues by guitar legend Jimi Hendrix

By Stevie Glasgow Published

Hendrix named the track after the Olympic White Fender Stratocaster he wielded during his iconic Woodstock set

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John Lennon 1970 Plastic Ono on "Top Of The Pops" & The Plastic U.F.Ono Band: Jim Keltner, Gordon Edwards, Rick Marotta, Yoko Ono, David Spinozza, Sneaky Pete Kleinow and Kenny Asher.San Diego, CA, 17 Sep 1973
Session bassist Gordon Edwards laid it down on this classic John Lennon ballad

By Stevie Glasgow Published

A close connection with John Lennon's musical arranger put Gordon Edwards in the studio for 1973’s Mind Games

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Rock group The Allman Brothers (L-R) Duane Allman, Dickey Betts, Gregg Allman, Jai Johanny Johanson, Berry Oakley and Butch Trucks sit on some rairoad tracks on May 5, 1969 outside of Macon, Georgia.
Berry Oakley was behind some of the Allman Brothers Band’s most groove-savvy movements

By Stevie Glasgow Published

Berry Oakley employed a heavily modified ’62 Jazz Bass to help bind together this Southern rock classic by the Allman Brothers

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