Bass Player - page 7

Jet Harris was Britain’s first bass guitar player, the first to own a Fender Precision, and its first rock’n’roll hellraiser too

By Tom Poak published 18 March 23

Fights, car crashes, affairs with starlets – Jet Harris set the template for British bass players and bad behaviour, and along the way inspired everyone from McCartney to Lemmy

Group portrait of British rock band Free backstage in 1972. Left to right are singer Paul Rodgers, bassist Andy Fraser,drummer Simon Kirke and guitarist Paul Kossoff (1950 - 1976).

Andy Fraser: “It was me trying to impersonate Pete Townshend, who was, to me, the all-time greatest chord king”

By Nick Wells published 17 March 23

How Free’s worst ever gig inspired one of the most iconic bass solos in rock

Bootsy collins pointing at the Mu-Tron III

The Mu-Tron III: “Without it, there ain’t no Bootsy”

By Nick Wells published 17 March 23

Everything you need to know about the iconic stomper from Musitronics

KHDK and Slipknot’s V-Man promise a “gritty as f**k” tone that will “change your life” with their new Totality overdrive

By Matt Owen published 17 March 23

The limited-edition pedal is designed for both guitar and bass and boasts none-more-metal artwork crafted by Luke Preece

JHS Pedals responds to DigiTech Bad Monkey price hikes: “Learn to listen with your ears and not trends, and you will be a much happier guitarist”

By Matt Owen published 16 March 23

Brand founder Josh Scott posted a statement after Bad Monkey price tags soared to $650 seemingly in response to his latest demo video, which compared the discontinued DigiTech to the Klon Centaur

Slipknot performing live in Padova at the Gran Teatro Geox Arena.

Slipknot’s V-Man: “At first the mask was a bit weird, but the LEDs make the sides of the bass neck easier to see!"

By Joel McIver published 15 March 23

Slipknot’s Alex ‘V-Man’ Venturella reveals how he got the (literally) hottest gig in metal

Les Claypool of Primus performs at Day Two of the Bonnaroo Music And Arts Festival on June 10, 2011 in Manchester, Tennessee.

Les Claypool: “The Pachyderm bass has one knob on it, a volume knob: I don’t want any tone”

By Joel McIver published 10 March 23

Primus’ bass wizard tells us all about his Pachyderm bass and exactly what naugahyde is

Epiphone Newport Bass review

By Nick Wells published 9 March 23

All of the vintage Epiphone charm without the hefty price tag?

NAMM 2023: Worried about switching to wireless? Shure might have just released the most reliable system on the market – and Tim Henson is already a fan

By Matt Parker published 9 March 23

The firm’s new wireless system represents a big leap for cable-phobic players, including a certain Polyphia guitarist

Victor Wooten and Lianne La Havas perform live

How a Victor Wooten bass odyssey provided the unlikely inspiration for one of Lianne La Havas’ biggest hits

By Michael Astley-Brown published 8 March 23

The bass virtuoso inspired the neo-soul artist and Prince collaborator to approach her trademark Harmony Stratotone in a whole new way

Watch Pedalpocalypse, Season 1

By Scott Rowley published 7 March 23

Every episode of "the Desert-Island-Discs but for pedals", starring Vai, Trout, Smith, Krasno, Fletcher, Grossi and McKeon, in one binge-able place

Adam Clayton plays through his new signature Fender ACB 50 bass amp

Fender joins forces with U2's Adam Clayton for its first ever signature bass amp, the ACB 50 combo

By Jackson Maxwell published 7 March 23

Boasting 50 watts of power, the ACB 50 is also the first new all-tube bass combo amp Fender has produced in over four decades

Ebet Roberts/Getty Images SEPTEMBER 20 1979: PALLADIUM Photo of Paul SIMONON and Joe STRUMMER and CLASH, Joe Strummer and Paul Simonon performing live onstage

Paul Simonon: “I couldn't hear the bass on The Who, but with reggae I could work out the basslines and play along”

By Tom Poak published 7 March 23

The former Clash bassist chats with Guy Pratt about how he learned to play, Norman Watt-Roy, negotiating with Tony Allen and John Entwistle's watch

Jazz Saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter performs on stage with John Patitucci at Barbican Centre on October 8, 2011 in London, United Kingdom.

John Patitucci: “My gratitude for Wayne Shorter is boundless”

By Nick Wells published 7 March 23

John Patitucci, Robert Trujillo, Flea, Felix Pastorius and many more pay tribute to jazz legend Wayne Shorter

Bruce Foxton: “We once butchered some Rickenbackers, putting in P-Bass pickups to make it sound like a Precision. But all it did was screw up a lovely guitar”

By Henry Yates published 7 March 23

The former Jam bassist checks in to discuss his tonal experiments, writing with Paul Weller and why the Beatles can't sue him for the Start! bassline

Billy Sheehan (left) and Paul Gilbert perform onstage with Mr. Big at KOKO on October 17, 2014 in London

Mr. Big announce farewell world tour

By Jackson Maxwell published 6 March 23

At each show, the band will perform their 1991 album, Lean into It – including the album's sing-along, chart-topping smash hit single, To Be With You – in its entirety

Glenn “Spot” Lockett, producer for legendary punk label SST Records, dies aged 72

By Matt Owen published 6 March 23

Spot, who would “assume an Elvis-like stance” behind the mixing desk, helmed some of punk's most influential records, working with Black Flag, Minutemen, Hüsker Dü and more

Michael Rhodes – prolific session bassist for Joe Bonamassa, Mark Knopfler, J. J. Cale and more – has died aged 69

By Matt Owen published 6 March 23

The esteemed bass player performed with some of the guitar world's biggest names, and was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame in 2019

Roger Waters performs at the PPG PAINTS Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on July 6, 2022

Hear the first snippet from Roger Waters' re-imagining of The Dark Side Of The Moon

By Jackson Maxwell published 3 March 23

The former Pink Floyd bassist has released a clip of his re-working of Us and Them

Photo of Sid VICIOUS and SEX PISTOLS, Sid Vicious performing live onstage at Randy's Rodeo Nightclub, San Antonio, on final tour

“I don’t buy the idea that the bass player is the quiet one”: The 5 most notorious bass guitarists in rock

By Nick Wells published 3 March 23

From Mötley Crüe hellraiser Nikki Sixx to GN‘R’s Duff McKagan