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G&L Fullerton Deluxe Fallout Short Scale Bass

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 a series of Marceline, The Vampire Queen-themed guitars

By Sam Roche

The collection comprises 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

Christian McBride: “I was doing things on the double bass that I wasn’t supposed to. It helps to be a rebel sometimes“

By Andy Hughes

The jazz and session maestro looks back at his career in bass

Dave Pegg and Testament's Steve Di Giorgio talk Jethro Tull, folk rock, fretless bass and Fairport Convention

By Steve Di Giorgio

Worlds collide when a thrash legend meets his hero...

Vintage Statesboro' Electro-Acoustic Bass

Vintage adds a 4-string acoustic-electric bass to its Paul Brett Statesboro Series

By Sam Roche

Sporting a Whisky Sour finish, the new model boasts an all-mahogany construction and a Vintage-designed preamp system

The best-selling amps of 2020 have been revealed

By Richard Bienstock

Reverb names the most popular heads and combos of the year, from traditional tube amps to tech-filled modern powerhouses

Here are your Bassist of the Year 2020 finalists – vote now!

By Sam Roche

From 7-string-wielding virtuosos to jazz-fusion wizards, here are the top 5 bass entrants from this year's competition

TC Electronic has unveiled the UniTune Noir

TC Electronic introduces none-more-black UniTune Clip Noir guitar tuner

By Richard Bienstock

Limited-edition clip-on tuner features two tuning modes and stainless-steel clip

Ernie Ball Music Man Ball Family Reserve

Ernie Ball Music Man announces its latest luxurious batch of Ball Family Reserve models

By Sam Roche

The December 2020 additions include six- and seven-string Majesty guitars, an Axis semi-hollow and two StingRay basses

Doug Wimbish looks back at 5 of his best – and worst – bass sessions

By Bass Player Staff

From an inspired collaboration with Annie Lennox to a sliding doors moment with the Stones...

Yamaha unveils super-limited-edition Peter Hook Signature BB bass

By Sam Roche

The instrument giant celebrates its enduring relationship with the Joy Division and New Order bassist

Cyber Monday guitar deal: Squier Contemporary Active Jazz Bass HH

Save $80 on these sleek, limited-edition Squier Contemporary Active Jazz Bass HH models

By Michael Astley-Brown

Sweetwater has slashed prices on these four- and five-string basses in exclusive finishes, with roasted maple necks and active humbuckers