Simon Gallup has returned to The Cure following his departure in August By Matt Parker published 15 October 21 The English goth-rockers’ bassist says he remains in the band
Crypta's Fernanda Lira serves up a searing bass guitar playthrough of the impossibly heavy Dark Night of the Soul By Sam Roche published 15 October 21 The track is taken from the Brazilian/Dutch death metallers' debut album, Echoes of the Soul
Watch the first official trailer for Peter Jackson’s highly anticipated The Beatles: Get Back documentary By Matt Owen published 14 October 21 The stirring snippet splices together even more never-before-seen footage of the band as they rush to write and record 14 songs in three weeks, prior to their rooftop performance at London's Savile Row
Boss bolsters its looper lineup with advanced RC-600 and RC-505mkII Loop Stations By Matt Owen published 14 October 21 Two new intelligent offerings boast a wealth of onboard effects, over 200 rhythm patterns with automatic fills, intuitive assignable controls and 99 savable memory banks
Wham! and George Michael bassist Deon Estus dies aged 65 By Sam Roche published 12 October 21 A student of James Jamerson, Estus played bass on both of Wham!'s albums, Fantastic and Make It Big, as well as Michael's first two LPs, Faith and Listen Without Prejudice Vol 1
Geezer Butler heads up the new issue of Bass Player magazine By Joel McIver published 11 October 21 The Black Sabbath icon is joined by Verdine White, Robert DeLeo, Nikki Sixx and more
Alain Johannes unearths 1979 demo of pre-Red Hot Chili Peppers band Anthym featuring Flea, Hillel Slovak and Jack Irons By Matt Parker published 8 October 21 Johannes found the demo at the bottom of a box of old cassettes and was astonished to hear it still worked
Google has incorporated a guitar tuner directly into its search page By Matt Parker published 8 October 21 Guitar players on the run can now search ‘Google tuner’ to access a built-in tuner from their device
Wolfgang Van Halen remembers his father one year on from his death: “There's so much I wish I could show you” By Sam Roche published 7 October 21 The Mammoth WVH leader takes to Twitter on the anniversary of Eddie's passing with an emotional tribute
Godin introduces a duo of semi-acoustic, two-voice pickup-loaded fretless basses, the A4 and A5 Ultra By Matt Owen published 7 October 21 Basswood bodies, Richlite fretboards and intuitive onboard controls adjusting both a Lace Sensor pickup and LR Baggs saddle transducer system headline the brand's all-new basses
Zoom launches B6 bass multi-effects processor with DI models and color touchscreen By Matt Parker published 6 October 21 The effects firm’s new multi-FX is a mid-range modeller designed solely for bassists
Nembrini Audio emulates the iconic RAT 2 distortion pedal with new free plugin, the Black Distortion By Sam Roche published 4 October 21 “Used as a primary distortion, it excels at arena rock rhythm tones and soaring leads” the Italian software company says
Benson Amps unveils game-changing Germanium Boost pedal By Matt Owen published 4 October 21 The self-biasing unit aims to offer up consistent germanium transistor tones impervious to component drift, leakage and temperature
Brandi Carlile says she wants to be Soundgarden’s new singer By Matt Parker published 4 October 21 The alt-country star wants to carry on collaborating with Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron and Ben Shepherd
Is MXR's new Deep Phase mini pedal taking on classic Small Stone phaser tones? By Michael Astley-Brown published 4 October 21 The company behind the Phase 90 appears to be hinting at a rival for the Electro-Harmonix classic
Wolfgang Van Halen join Guns N’ Roses onstage for show-stopping Paradise City performance By Matt Owen published 4 October 21 GNR signed off their 2021 US tour’s penultimate show in style by bringing on Van Halen, who had been supporting the band during the three-month stint round the country
Kickstarter launched for The Fart Pedal, a guitar pedal that turns your tone into fart noises By Matt Owen published 30 September 21 Thanks to a Wet/Dry toggle switch and a single Output control, an entire kaleidoscope of fart noises is now accessible with the stomp of a switch
Mark Hoppus announces he’s beaten cancer By Matt Owen published 30 September 21 "I'm cancer free!" the Blink-182 bassist wrote in an update on social media
Dave Grohl lends his throne to Greyhawk bassist Darin Wall, who stopped a mass shooting By Matt Owen, Jackson Maxwell published 29 September 21 Wall took a bullet to the upper thigh while wrestling would-be shooter Ethan Byrd to the ground outside The Shredder in Boise, Idaho
Ernie Ball Music Man updates its Ball Family Reserve collection with four new eye-catching offerings By Matt Owen published 29 September 21 The September expansion pack serves up a trio of elegantly finished electrics – including new-look Luke III, Albert Lee and JP15 models – and an ornate five-string StingRay
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