Bass Player News

I Wanna Rock: The ’80s Metal Dream will talk to members of Skid Row, Winger, Twisted Sister, Vixen and The Scream and examine the fortunes and failures of the scene’s ’80s heyday

The affordable gear champ’s new Spaceship PowerBar fuels your rig but doesn’t need to be plugged into the wall

Watch the Vvon Dogma I bassist put his fretboard fitness to the test on this custom-made 9-string bass guitar

The GT Bass is only the tip of the iceberg as the Texas firm targets the bass guitar market

The sunburst Fender Precision – which was photographed with Elvis at American Sound Studio – also helped shape hits for the likes of Wilson Pickett and Aretha Franklin

The trio spoke out after one individual questioned whether bassist Este Haim was playing her parts – something she says the band has to deal with “on every f**king video of us playing”

McCartney called upon a process that was used to make Peter Jackson's Get Back documentary to complete the song

Music photographer Mick Hutson, the man behind iconic shots of all your favorite guitarists, has died

Fender has unveiled a stunning new limited-edition signature model for the MCR bassist

The Orange Box sees the UK-based firm joins the Bluetooth space race with a unique Class D and Class A/B design

Feast your eyes on the Big F's latest assortment of alternate reality guitars, sure to send shivers down the spines of purists everywhere

The feature-packed pedal has been released alongside the Micro Drummer II, with the pair aiming to make further waves in the mini pedal market

The producer says Sixx was being “self-deprecating” at the time he made the reported comments to Rock

Four of DigiTech and DOD’s most influential minds have returned to lead the renewed brands, and some huge pedal releases have already been teased

The Mötley Crüe producer recalled a self-deprecating conversation he had during the making of Dr. Feelgood – and stressed Sixx is now “an amazing bass player”

The double bass loyalist who rejected the rising wave of electric basses in the '70s worked with Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Gordon Lightfoot and more, and scored Spike's first four feature films

The new design delivers the same organic infinitely looped layers but in a pedalboard real estate-saving enclosure

The bass player and former math teacher was subbed into the Liverpool legend’s early lineup in December 1960 and played one of the most formative shows of the era

The UK bass player played a role in several acclaimed punk and metal bands, yet refused to be pigeonholed by either camp

With the help of Chad Smith, Tommy Lee and Danny Carey, Dave Grohl and co confirmed Freese would be joining the band full-time for their upcoming tour