The bass remains the same: How they made the Manson John Paul Jones E-Bass identical to the Led Zeppelin legend’s actual bass By Nick Wells published 29 November 22 JPJ’s long-serving guitar tech, Hugh Manson, on the making of his high-profile signature model
Stuart Zender names the song that inspired his hallmark bassline on Jamiroquai's biggest-selling hit By Nick Wells published 29 November 22 “I’ve always loved Holding You, Loving You by Don Blackman and that’s how I got the rhythm track together for Virtual Insanity”
The late Victor Bailey on "kicking ass" with Madonna and embracing Jaco’s legacy in Weather Report By Nick Wells published 24 November 22 "If I’m playing the bassline to Like A Virgin I’m going to play the hell out of it! The same way as if I were playing Teen Town"
Level 42 legend Mark King on his 5 most famous bass guitars By Nick Wells published 24 November 22 “This guy from Alembic showed up with a suitcase and said that he wanted to make a bass for me”
"It was a wild scene up there": The Jimi Hendrix Experience's Billy Cox and Mitch Mitchell recount the explosive, and chaotic, Woodstock set that changed the world By Andy Aledort published 23 November 22 In this classic GW interview, Hendrix's late-period rhythm section reveal the highs and lows of one of rock's most immortal performances, and what it was really like to collaborate with the ultimate guitar hero
Victor Wooten on his S.M.V supergroup with Stanley Clarke and Marcus Miller: “It was like Michael Jordan and LeBron James asking you to be on their basketball team!” By Nick Wells published 22 November 22 Bass guitar hero Victor Wooten looks back on his mind-blowing bass battles with Stanley Clarke and Marcus Miller
Lady Gaga bassist Jonny Goood: “Being a young Black brother and playing dirty with a pick is unique to me...” By Joel McIver published 22 November 22 Bassist to one of the world’s biggest pop stars, Jonny Goood on coming from nothing and making it big: "I didn't have sh*t!"
Jimi Hendrix was also a master of the bass guitar – he once jammed with Johnny Winter using an upside-down Fender Jazz Bass By Matt Owen published 22 November 22 The elusive performance took place at The Scene nightclub in New York, and saw the two guitar icons share the stage for an unconventional display of Hendrix's playing powers
Watch Charles Berthoud lead 200 bass players in a magical cover of Queen’s Under Pressure By Nick Wells published 21 November 22 What do you get if you put 200 bassists in a stadium and ask them to play a Queen classic? A kind of magic
Sting’s 10 best basslines with The Police By Nick Wells published 17 November 22 With The Police, Sting delivered some of the most infectious bass performances of his career. We’ve pulled together 10 of his greatest bass parts
Watch Tony Levin demonstrate his signature ‘funk fingers’ By Nick Wells published 16 November 22 Tony Levin: “Peter Gabriel said, ‘Why don’t you attach two drum sticks to your fingers?’"
From the vaults: former Machine Head bassist Adam Duce on the tone secrets of Cliff Burton By Joel McIver published 16 November 22 “He had a Stratocaster pickup hidden under the bridge of his Rickenbacker”
Why Stanley Clarke’s School Days remains an iconic moment in bass playing history By Nick Wells published 15 November 22 School yourself on the player David Ellefson dubbed “the fastest ‘lead bass guitarist’ I had ever seen”
Frank Bello: 5 bass players who influenced me By Joel McIver published 14 November 22 Anthrax bassist Frank Bello on Geezer Butler, Steve Harris, Paul McCartney and more
The truth behind Lee Sklar's custom 'producer's switch' By Nick Wells published 10 November 22 A living legend of the bass guitar, Lee Sklar makes a strong case for his non-functioning toggle switch
Watch Yves Carbonne play Teen Town on a custom 2-string bass By Nick Wells last updated 10 November 22 Yup: TWO-string. French sensation Yves Carbonne demonstrates the mastery of multi-string basses that's wowed the likes of Marcus Miller and Michael Manring
10 household items you can use as guitar accessories By Sam Roche published 10 November 22 You can rack up a hefty tab buying capos, strap locks and slides – or you can save your money with a little ingenuity and some objects around the home
Kings X leader Dug Pinnick: “My ADD meant that practising was useless...” By Joel McIver published 9 November 22 The golden-voiced 12-string bass master discusses unlikely brass influences, his eternal search for tone and how ADD impacted his bass playing
Metal bassist and YouTube hero Kello Gonzalez: “How I went from zero to 75k subscribers...” By Joel McIver last updated 9 November 22 Mexico’s Kello Gonzalez reveals his “Holy Trinity” of bass players and how to get his monstrous tone
A year before he joined Metallica, Cliff Burton was in a college band with Faith No More’s Jim Martin – watch them jam For Whom the Bell Tolls at a battle of the bands By Michael Astley-Brown last updated 9 November 22 In 1981, the two childhood friends embraced improvisatory psychedelic chaos as Agents of Misfortune – and their epic jam sessions gave birth to several future classics along the way
