How to use pitch pedals on a bass By Dan Veall Every now and again, the music calls for something different - that's time for a pitch pedal to transform your low end
Jackson CBXM X-Series Signature David Ellefson Concert IV and V review By Joe Daly David Ellefson's new signature Jackson basses are mega-cool, mega-understated and not just for metal
Meet the owner of the world's biggest 12-string bass collection By Bass Player Staff Idaho-resident bassist Mark Rowe owns what is thought to be the world’s largest collection of 12-string basses. We meet him for a chat about the thang behind the twang...
Lee Sklar: "I go onto YouTube and see all these amazing players, and I say, ‘Christ, I’d be embarrassed to take a bass out in the same room as those guys'" By Joel McIver The great Lee Sklar, veteran of countless sessions, returns with the Immediate Family. “I’m your gardener!” he tells us...
Victor Brandt: “I’ve been happily surprised that, even with so much going in Dimmu’s music, I could squeeze in some nice bass parts” By Bass Player Staff The Dimmu Borgir bassist on satanic pickups, signature gear, and the cross-cultural exchange between Norwegian black metal and Swedish death metal
Serek’s The Grand bass packs onboard fuzz tone into a short-scale design By Richard Bienstock New model can “grumble, sputter and spit” courtesy of Skuzz Serkit passive fuzz circuit
Mastodon premiere trippy new song, Fallen Torches, ahead of Medium Rarities compilation By Richard Bienstock New release collects cover tunes, soundtrack contributions, instrumentals, B-sides and live recordings
Ernie Ball Music Man unveils July 2020 Ball Family Reserve guitars and basses in eye-catching finishes By Richard Bienstock Collection is headlined by limited edition StingRay, Silhouette, Albert Lee and Axis models
How to use wah and filter pedals on bass By Dan Veall Transform your bass tone and scale up your funk by adding a filter pedal to your floor game
Manson just made Matt Bellamy a bonkers LED-equipped violin bass By Michael Astley-Brown Muse man’s radical model set to appear on new Jaded Hearts Club single
Marleaux Contra review By Mike Brooks The Contra is the latest four-string beauty from Gerald Marleaux, and it is quite special indeed
Ashley Reeve: "Your talent is all in your hands. You can make a $200 bass sound great if you know what you’re doing" By Ashley Reeve The Cher bassist shares her tips on how to make it as a musician
Could these raised-ridge picks radically change your guitar tone? By Richard Bienstock Acoustik Attak's Attak Piks promise “the sonic result of multiple, rather than single strikes on guitar or bass strings”
Watch members of Tool, Primus, Mastodon and Coheed and Cambria absolutely crush Rush’s classic Anthem By Richard Bienstock The latest from Two Minutes to Late Night is a wonder in the world
Scott Reeder: “I play left-handed but the bass is strung right-handed, so I can’t just walk into a store and try a bass. Not one!” By Mike Brooks The Kyuss, Obsessed, and Fireball Ministry bassist, soundtrack composer, studio owner and icon on a career less ordinary
Prime Day guitar deals 2020: the latest news on dates and the best Amazon Prime Day deals for guitarists By Guitar World Staff Everything guitarists need to know to get your hands on a great Prime Day guitar deal
Mark King: “Level 42 were so successful in the '80s. No-one was more surprised than me at how big the band became” By Joel McIver As Level 42 celebrate four decades in business, we sit down with King and take a look back - with the benefit of 2020 vision
Darkglass Microtubes X Ultra review By Mike Brooks Darkglass's latest tricked-out bass pedal is another multi-functional unit that's built to rock
This is what Metallica’s One sounds like with every single part played on bass By Richard Bienstock YouTuber Mark Grocki restores the low-end – and then some – to the …And Justice For All classic
David Vincent: "I started on upright bass when I was nine. It was a beast to get on and off the school bus" By David Vincent The former Morbid Angel frontman has spent his career among the low frequencies. Here he explains how it all came to pass...
