Korg USA announces acquisition of Aguilar Amplification By Matt Owen It's "business as usual" for the bass brand, which joins Vox and Blackstar in Korg USA's portfolio of guitar amp manufacturers
Ibanez introduces all-new SR600 series with exclusive Nordstrand pickups By Matt Owen The four, five and six-string bass models promise to deliver an "outstanding performance to cost ratio"
Audient unveils upgraded iD4 and iD14 MKII audio interfaces, new EVO Start Recording Bundle By Richard Bienstock Updated models add new features and looks, at the same low price as their predecessors
Gibson Les Paul Junior Tribute DC Bass review By Joel McIver Short of scale and small of body, this Junior makes few concessions to the modern player – but it's a lot of fun
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
Suzi Quatro: ”I grew up in Detroit, so I was weaned on James Jamerson. He’s still the best. I very much take my style from him” By Joel McIver Kicking down boundaries, 50-million album sales, primetime TV star and awesome bassist... Suzy Q explains how she ended up owning the '70s
60 years of the Fender Jazz Bass By Joel McIver, Roger Newell We meet Allen Abbassi, Senior Product Development Manager, for a look back – and forward – on the subject of the mighty J...
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
Best bass strings 2021: Get the best tone, feel and lifespan from your bass guitar with these string sets By Jonathan Horsley Strings to bring the thunder from Ernie Ball, D’Addario, Rotosound and more
Bass guitar pickups explained By Dan Veall Confused about the pickups on your bass? Don't be. Read on for the skinny on split-coils, soapboars, humbuckers and actives
G&L updates its short-scale bass collection with the Fullerton Deluxe Fallout By Matt Owen Big bass sounds from an easy-to-play package?
Gibson teams up with Adventure Time: Distant Lands for Marceline, The Vampire Queen-themed guitars By Sam Roche There's an Explorer model and two bass guitars – an Embassy and an EB-0 – and you can enter to win one
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
What’s new, Pussycat? BITE launches fur-midable new custom bass By Matt Owen Eye-catching Pussycat Bass features a unique spray-painted leopard print finish
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
Add Jaco-like tones and colors to your playing with Isobella Burnham’s harmonics masterclass By Richard Bienstock The British session virtuoso sits down with Rotosound to decode natural, artificial and sliding harmonics for players at every level
Longtime Cynic bassist Sean Malone dies aged 50 By Richard Bienstock Malone, a master of the fretless bass and Chapman Stick, performed on dozens of recordings as a session player and band member
Yamaha and Peter Hook auction signed, limited-edition signature BB bass to aid the Epilepsy Society By Sam Roche The Joy Division bassist will sign the bass with a message of the winner's choosing, and hand it over in Manchester, England
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
