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Close up of Gibson SG pickup

Best bass pickups: Improve your bass sound with options from Fender, Aguilar, Seymour Duncan and more

By Richard Blenkinsop Published

Step up your bottom-end game with our expert selection of pickups for upgrading your bass

Guitar Pickups
Black Fender Jazz Bass with white scratchplate

Best Jazz Bass: recommended J-Bass guitars to suit all levels, budgets and tastes

By Chris Corfield Published

There’s a jazz bass for everyone. Here's our expert pick of iconic offsets from Fender and beyond

Bass Guitars
Darkglass Aggressively Distorting Advanced Machine on a pink background

Best distortion pedals for bass: thicken up your low end with these aggressive bass stompboxes

By Richard Blenkinsop Last updated

Browse our choice of the gnarliest distortion pedals for bass from Darkglass, Fender, Source Audio and more

Effects & Pedals
Best flatwound bass strings 2023: how to choose the right flatwounds for you

Best flatwound bass strings: how to choose the right flatwounds for you

By Ed Friedland Last updated

Get one of the most iconic bass tones ever with our pick of flatwound bass guitar strings

Guitar Strings
Blue Rickenbacker 4003 bass on a green background

Best high-end bass guitars: our pick of premium basses from Rickenbacker, Fender, PRS, Fodera and more

By Simon Fellows Published

Get the lowdown on the very best of the deep, pummelling world of bass

Bass Guitars
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