The 10 coolest bassline samples ever By Nick Wells published 3 February 23 How Sugarhill Gang, Eminem and even Vanilla Ice introduced new generations to the basslines of Ron Carter, Nathan East, Lee Sklar, John Deacon and more
This luthier has built a video game-inspired pixelated ‘8-bit bass’ By Matt Parker published 3 February 23 Tone Masons Guitar Repairs has put together a full-sized, bit-crushed bass build – and fortunately for us, filmed the process
“You can’t arrest me, I’m a rockstar!” The 10 most outrageous moments of Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious By Nick Wells published 2 February 23 Never Mind The B**llocks, here are Sid's most infamous moments
The Altar is a guitar and amp stand designed to keep your gear together By Matt Parker published 1 February 23 A Kickstarter has been launched for the new design
How the Beatles crafted the guitar and bass tones that forever changed the sound of rock music By Chris Gill published 1 February 23 We chart the evolution of the Fab Four's sound through the key tracks and the gear that made them
Paul McCartney shares previously unreleased Jeff Beck collaboration By Matt Owen published 31 January 23 The track, which was recorded by the late guitar great back in 1994, was originally created as part of a series that highlighted the harmful impacts of deforestation
Rick Rubin says Paul McCartney is the “best of all bass players” By Nick Wells published 31 January 23 In a new interview, Rubin has claimed the Beatles icon is the greatest of all time
See Tal Wilkenfeld play Wish You Were Here, Anna Molly with Incubus in first live show with the band By Matt Owen published 30 January 23 The Australian bass prodigy was captured seamlessly slotting into the Incubus lineup as she filled in for the band's long-serving low-end master, Ben Kenney
Which is better: 4- or 5-string bass? By Nick Wells published 27 January 23 “Unless you’re Les Claypool, more than four is unnecessary!” Duff McKagan, Adam Blackstone and Glenn Hughes weigh in on the age-old debate
Lemmy’s 5 greatest Motörhead basslines By Nick Wells published 27 January 23 "Lemmy’s bass playing was just so insane!" The bass playing legacy of one of the greatest bassists in the history of metal and hard rock: Lemmy
Big Ear Pedals launches the WHAC-A – a boost pedal with no knobs and an obscene number of footswitches By Matt Owen published 27 January 23 Utilizing just one boost circuit that can be layered up to nine times, the WHAC-A even comes with a small wooden mallet in case you fancy turning your stompbox into a game of Whac-A-Mole
Tal Wilkenfeld to play bass for Incubus as Ben Kenney recovers from brain surgery By Michael Astley-Brown published 26 January 23 The Jeff Beck bassist will join the alt-rockers for a run of shows starting this weekend
Nikki Sixx says first Mötley Crüe rehearsal with John 5 was “f***ing epic” By Matt Parker published 25 January 23 Sixx reports the guitarist “seamlessly” played a 90-minute set, start-to-finish
Metallica will use movie theaters to host a “worldwide” listening party for 72 Seasons By Matt Parker published 25 January 23 The band will give the record a global premiere the night before its full release on April 13
Epiphone revives the Newport Bass and introduces a new acoustic four-string, the El Capitan J-200 Studio Bass, for 2023 By Sam Roche published 25 January 23 Both instruments pay homage to age-old Gibson and Epiphone designs, but implement a series of more modern appointments
Pantera removed from this year's Rock Am Ring and Rock Im Park lineups By Sam Roche published 24 January 23 Organizers of two of Europe's biggest music festivals say the decision has been taken following “intensive conversations with artists, partners and festival fans”
Billy Sheehan on why, 40 years on, it was time to bring Talas back and celebrate the triumphant year of 1985 By Adam Kovac published 23 January 23 “We played together again, and we had a riot”: the bass icon reflects on a band who were heirs to the '80s hard-rock and metal guitar throne and a comeback tinged with tragedy
Video lesson: Learn how to play Hair by Larry Graham By Nick Wells published 21 January 23 Jacob Umansky unravels the slap bass secrets of Sly and The Family Stone’s bass ace Larry Graham
The 10 best covers of Charles Mingus songs By Nick Wells published 20 January 23 From Keith Richards to Joni Mitchell, we chart the 10 best takes on ‘The Angry Man of Jazz’, Charles Mingus
Watch Jack White recruit his daughter on bass to perform The Hardest Button to Button live By Matt Owen published 20 January 23 16-year-old Scarlett White took a leaf out of her father's book and held down the low-end in style – though wasn’t given one of his custom Fenders to play
