Jackson adds a cornucopia of high-spec bass models to its Pro Series and X Series By Sam Roche The Pro Series Spectra Bass, X Series Concert Bass CBXNT DX IV and X Series Spectra Bass boast a plethora of fine appointments
Guns N' Roses announce US tour with Wolfgang Van Halen's Mammoth WVH By Sam Roche The run marks a pretty grand touring debut for WVH's new project
Sandberg celebrates its 35th anniversary with racing car-themed bass guitars By Sam Roche Four new models are built for speed with sleek racing stripes and race car-style '35' decals
Roger Waters releases Pink Floyd’s Animals remaster liner notes following dispute with David Gilmour By Matt Owen Waters alleges Gilmour wants the liner notes to remain buried in order to "claim more credit... than is his due" for the band's 1977 album
Ampeg BA-108 V2 review By Mike Brooks Compact, portable, lightweight, fully featured – just how we like our bass combos...
Starr Cullars: "Prince used to come out to P-Funk shows – he was tripping that I was playing with them" By Bass Player Staff The former Parliament-Funkadelic bassist and solo artist recalls her early career, and a legendary encounter with Prince
Gibson seeks to provide “the ultimate guitar experience” with all-new mega-store, the Gibson Garage By Matt Owen New 8,000-square-feet shop set to stock Gibson, Epiphone and Kramer models, and feature an in-house Custom Shop
David Ellefson to sue for defamation following his dismissal from Megadeth over leaked videos By Sam Roche “This person will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” the bassist says
Bootsy Collins: “It’s not about being the greatest bassist in the world – you want to do great, but learn some kind of discipline as well“ By Joel McIver With The Power of the One, the master takes a cast of stars for an album that lives and breathes funk
Suspect208 – the band featuring the sons of Slash and Robert Trujillo – announce breakup By Sam Roche Guitarist Niko Tsangaris and drummer London Hudson have started a new band, S8nt Elektric
Atelier Z Beta 5+ DX review By Mike Brooks A fully-equipped Jazz Bass variant with glacial looks... chilling! It's time to don the thermals for a night on the ice
Megadeth officially part ways with David Ellefson By Sam Roche “With an already strained relationship, what has already been revealed now is enough to make working together impossible moving forward,” reads a statement from Dave Mustaine
Deftones' Stephen Carpenter showcases his 5-string bass chops in new Needles and Pins playthrough By Michael Astley-Brown The 2003 cut, taken from alt-metal titans' self-titled album, features two bass guitars
Brian Bromberg: “Hendrix's presence as an artist was overwhelming, and that’s what makes his music so special“ By Bass Player Staff The legendary jazz bassist discusses the challenge of adapting Jimi Hendrix for bass, and recalls his greatest collaborations
Teenage punk-rockers The Linda Lindas sign with Epitaph after riotous song Racist Sexist Boy goes viral By Sam Roche Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello dubbed the track “song of the day”
Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood form new band The Smile – watch first-ever live footage from Glastonbury By Michael Astley-Brown The first full track from the guitar-driven three-piece finds Yorke on a Fender Mustang Bass, while Greenwood riffs on a Gibson Les Paul Goldtop
Wolfgang Van Halen deploys gargantuan riffage in new track, Mammoth By Michael Astley-Brown The sixth song to arrive from Mammoth WVH also showcases some tasty harmonized leads
Anthrax's Frank Bello announces autobiography By Bass Player Staff Fathers, Brothers, and Sons: Surviving Anguish, Abandonment, and Anthrax features a foreword by Kiss's Gene Simmons
Ampeg puts three of its most coveted bass amps into a plugin with the SVT Suite By Sam Roche New virtual amp suite includes emulations of the company's Heritage 50th Anniversary SVT, Heritage SVT-CL, and SVT-4PRO models
Armored Saint's Joey Vera: ”I heard Kiss’s Alive! and that was about it for me. I just wanted to play an instrument” By Bass Player Staff The Californian metal stalwarts' bassist talks influences, playing styles, and how rescuing a P-Bass from under John Bush's bed got him started
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