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The cheapest bass Fender makes isn't just useful for beginners – save a huge 20% on it this Black Friday
At just $131 this Black Friday at Amazon, this is a great deal for those who want their first four-string, a bass to quickly pick up for recording, or even a modding project to have fun with
How a hypnotic ‘Mani’ bassline propelled one of the Stone Roses’ finest moments
Mani famously played a paint-splattered Rickenbacker El Dorado bass through a Mesa/Boogie rig on this 1989 indie-pop classic
L.A. session bassist Pops Magellan walked away from stadium shows with megastars to shine the spotlight on her own material
Following career-defining gigs with Adam Lambert and Willow, Brazillian-born Pops Magellan is forging ahead with a short-scale bass and a Phase 90
Bassists, this one's for you – 9 great Black Friday bass guitar deals with up to $250 off Fender, Yamaha, Darkglass, Line 6 and more
These 9 amazing bass savings prove it’s not just the Black Friday prices that are low
When a young Bootsy Collins joined James Brown’s band, the Godfather of Funk bought him a Fender Jazz Bass. Now it’s up for auction
Following Bootsy’s departure from the JBs in 1972, the bass continued its life on stage with Fred Thomas, another of Brown’s longtime bassists
How Juan Alderete’s infatuation with bass gear made him one of the world’s greatest authorities on pedals and effects
The Mars Volta and Racer X tone wizard imparts decades of wisdom on stompboxes and all things bass effects
John Entwistle’s Warwick bass triples in value after analysis reveals links to another rock great
The prototype's natural finish and some sharp eyes have helped it to a huge bump in value
How a pre-fame Stanley Clarke helped define an Aretha Franklin classic
Clarke's early session career offered tantalizing glimpses of his technical prowess and innovations, and hints of how he would transform the low-end landscape with Return To Forever and his own solo albums
Mani on gear, groove, and the making of Stone Roses classics
In this 2000 interview, the late Gary “Mani” Mounfield discusses “trouser flapper” amps, groove, the making of Roses classics, and the problems of playing with a drum machine
Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, legendary Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist, dies
The influential bassist, who helped shape the groove rock scene of the 1990s, had announced a tour days prior to his death
Anthony Esposito’s unique career alongside Ace Frehley, George Lynch and Jake E. Lee
The upright bassist with no previous experience of rock joined Lynch Mob and spent years telling it like it is to his guitar player bosses. He reveals what he’d always tried to explain to Lynch, the pain of losing Frehley and his concerns for Lee
Mike Dirnt looks back on his early bass days – as Epiphone launches signature version of his cult classic Grabber G-3
Dirnt has championed the oddball 1970s bass throughout his career. Now he's got his own signature Epiphone version
John Paul Jones’ best Led Zeppelin basslines
A choirmaster, organist and expert in many archaic music styles, John Paul Jones also happened to play bass guitar in the biggest heavy rock band there has ever been
Jerry Jemmott played with B.B. King and George Benson – but two car accidents influenced him the most
A childhood head injury meant the session icon had to find his own way of making music. But after working with King, Aretha Franklin, Benson, Roberta Flack, and many others, he’s proud to be a poster boy for not knowing what he’s doing
From the Pixies to the Breeders, Kim Deal’s do-it-yourself attitude inspired a generation of alt-rockers
Kim Deal’s insistent eighth-note basslines were one of the few constants of the Pixies’ zero-to-60 approach to alt-rock
Sterling by Music Man releases signature bass with two dummy knobs that do absolutely nothing for MxPx bassist Mike Herrera
The punk rock icon is serving his go-to wiring setup without harming the heritage of the StingRay design
Ernie Ball Pino Palladino Smoothies flatwound bass strings review
Inject some vintage flavour without becoming entirely throwback with the bass legend's new signature flatwound string set
Pino Palladino’s adventures with The Who, John Mayer, Eric Clapton and his Music Man fretless bass
One of the most identifiable bass players on the planet on why he shifted back to fretted, embracing flatwounds even though they were unfashionable, and how he’s still topping the charts with the likes of Miley Cyrus, Beyoncé and Ed Sheeran
