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Trevor Bolder

Trevor Bolder: “Bowie played you a song and you had one runthrough and that was it. Ziggy Stardust was recorded in a day“

By Joel McIver published

In this classic 2004 interview with the David Bowie bass legend, Bolder reflects on playing in the Spiders From Mars, Uriah Heep and the gear behind his sound

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Attention music producers and songwriters: what do you want from streaming platforms?

By Guitar World published

Are you a music creative? Do you have an opinion on streaming platforms? Then we want to hear from you

April Kae

April Kae: “Bringing my bass playing to social media has challenged me, and I feel like I’m growing“

By Bass Player Staff published

The influencer, model, activist, and highly trained bass player is out to change the world. Here, she explains how she's going to do it

Jaco Pastorius performs on stage at The North Sea Jazz Festival on July 10 1983 in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Jaco Pastorius talks Weather Report, playing fast, and why the bass is "the number one instrument in the world" in his first Guitar World interview from 1983

By Peter Mengaziol published

In a freewheeling and candid chat, the late bass legend opens up to GW about improvising, his approach to the four-string and that legendary '62 Jazz Bass

Lou Barlow

Lou Barlow: "Every time we make a record, I hope to find some magic combination that approximates the growl of what we get live. I don’t know if I’ve done that yet"

By Gregory Adams published

The Dinosaur Jr. bassist and co-founder on the unending quest to capture his live sound on record, and swapping instruments with J Mascis

Darrell Freeman

Darrell Freeman: “Playing simpler makes the whole thing feel good – people feel the music better when there’s less going on“

By Bass Player Staff published

The Real Free explains why it's cool to sweat the bass technique but the song is always what makes people move

Blu DeTiger

Blu DeTiger: "I would bring my bass to my DJ sets and improvise over disco, house and funk records. People would go crazy"

By Bass Player Staff published

The New York bassist, songwriter and DJ’s profile has gone stratospheric. We get the lowdown on her story so far

Billy Sherwood

Billy Sherwood on his best (and worst) bass albums

By Bass Player Staff published

The Yes bassist and prog legend takes a critical view of his discography and shares some tone tips and memories along the way

Davie504

Davie504: "Slap bass is still the best for making videos on YouTube, because it's very easy to hear, on any kind of speaker"

By Bass Player Staff published

The internet's biggest low-end sensation on his remarkable bass journey so far – and what that '504' really means…

Tony Hall

Tony Hall's best (and worst) bass albums

By Bass Player Staff published

The funk-fusion legend reviews his stellar discography

Putter Smith

Putter Smith: "At 15 I got real serious about it, and at 16 I realized that my life’s work was to be a jazz bass player"

By Joel McIver published

The veteran jazz bassist and occasional James Bond adversary on playing with Thelonious Monk, bass heroes and favorite recordings

Richard Turner

Blackberry Smoke's Richard Turner: “I love loopers, delays, envelope filters, but I’ve never taken them on tour. I don’t want to dilute anything when I play live“

By Bass Player Staff published

The southern-rockers' low end architect talks influences, falling in love with the bass and digging deep into Carol Kaye's bass guitar wisdom

Avishai Cohen

Avishai Cohen: “The bass is my closest musical partner. I’ve explored and developed my own way of playing and performing with it over the years”

By Bass Player Staff published

With his new album, Two Roses, the Israeli upright bassist achieves a career high. We meet the master...

Gallien-Krueger Fusion

Everything you need to know about bass amp watts, power and efficiency

By Dan Veall published

Making sense of the numbers will let you know whether your amp is too loud, not loud enough or just right

Prince bassists

Prince's bass players over the years: in their own words

By E.E. Bradman, Simon Price, Lindsey Borders, Joel McIver published

Prince, a masterful bassist in his own right, employed a series of phenomenal bass players. Let's met the team...

Mike Kerr

How to sound like Royal Blood's Mike Kerr on a budget

By Amit Sharma published

Learn the secrets behind the colossal dual-amp tone of the bass-wielding riff machine

Jeff Berlin

Jeff Berlin: "If you add academic music to your day, there will be almost no music or style anywhere that you can’t figure out on your own"

By Phil Mann published

The fusion legend discusses his new Music Group, the art of bass education and importance of theory

Jon Button

The Who bassist Jon Button talks stepping into the shoes of John Entwistle and Pino Palladino

By Bass Player Staff published

The touring bass player for the British rock legends – not to mention Sheryl Crow and Shakira – on the evolution of his playing and his onstage rig

Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney: "Anything Wings did had to be viewed in the light of The Beatles. And the comparisons were always very harsh"

By Tony Bacon published

In this classic interview from 1994, McCartney looks back on the transition to Wings, its effect on his bass playing, and how he became an entertainer again

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Everything you need to know about in-ear monitors

By Dan Veall published

Protect your hearing and enjoy a better quality live mix – what's not to like?