How to set bass pickups for optimum tone By Rob Elrick Ace luthier Rob Elrick brings decades of wisdom to the table, and here he unpacks the essential business of pickup height
Jimmy Haslip: “I know I don’t play the instrument correctly! I've just tried to find my own way of expressing myself“ By Bass Player Staff He got lessons from Jaco Pastorius and toured with Allan Holdsworth – now Haslip continues to push the frontiers of bass guitar with album reissues, sessions and a playing style like no other
Epiphone Jack Casady Bass review By Joel McIver From the Tunas – sorry, tuners – to the bridge, Casady’s semi-hollow bass design endures into the 2020s
Boss introduces adjustable heavy-duty BAS-1 amp stand By Matt Owen The collapsible stand aims to keep your combo safe and secure with a tilt-back design that maximizes monitoring and sound projection potential
Line 6 updates firmware behind Relay G10 wireless systems to prevent potential fire risk By Sam Roche All Relay G10, Relay G10S and Relay G10T models purchased prior to March 2020 require the firmware update
Source Audio combines overdrive, fuzz and tremolo in "first of its kind" Ultrawave Multiband processor By Matt Owen Two new guitar- and bass-specific pedals promise to deliver a comprehensive library of radical new sounds
Black Stone Cherry's Jon Lawhon: "As a bass player, it’s your job to be the foundation – if you mess up, the whole band will come off the tracks" By Bass Player Staff Bass tips and music business advice from the hard-rockin' BSC bassist
Muse think Nandi Bushell “absolutely killed it” with her new Plug In Baby cover By Sam Roche Watch the rock 'n' roll prodigy's take on the Origin of Symmetry cut below
8 of the best basses for metal 2021: plus everything you need to find the metal bass for you By Chris Corfield Need a bass capable of going heavy? We’ve picked out the best bass guitars for metal, including models from Rickenbacker, Warwick, Schecter and Ibanez
H.E.R., Thundercat, The Strokes, Body Count win at the Grammys 2021 By Sam Roche Fantastic Negrito, Taylor Swift, Andrew Watt and Brittany Howard also bagged awards
Ron Carter: “Miles Davis was great. He never told me what not to play. We’d never talk about changes or tempo“ By Joel McIver The jazz legend reflects on a life spent in pursuit of double bass excellence and explains why the best is yet to come
Tony Iommi says he's "not happy at all" with the release of new Dio-era Black Sabbath song, Slapback By Matt Owen Iommi also claims Dio plays bass on the recording, rather than Geezer Butler
Damian Erskine: “Don’t distract yourself with getting gear to solve all your problems. Make what you have work” By Bass Player Staff School is in session as the bassist extraordinaire launches an online bass education portal
Leanne Bowes: “I want my deep inner connection with the beat to come across, and that leaves no room for nerves” By Bass Player Staff Session and solo ace Leanne Bowes recalls the key moments that took her bass career to the next level
New Dio-era Black Sabbath song, Slapback, unearthed and verified by Geezer Butler By Richard Bienstock The track is an outtake from Sabbath’s Heaven and Hell sessions
How bass amps work: everything you need to know By Dan Veall Got your first bass guitar amp and not sure how to get the best out of it? Let us explain its different sections and what they do
The Beast, a mammoth six-neck guitar, goes up for sale By Matt Owen Gary Hutchins' monster model, which boasts a twelve-string, seven-string with tremolo and five-string bass neck has been let out of its cage
Bonnie Whitmore: ”I’m one of those bassists who never changes their strings, and when I do, I rub bacon fat on them to deaden them!” By Bass Player Staff Austin-based Bonnie Whitmore returns with a bass-packed new album – and some serious food for thought...
Watch members of System of a Down and Vio-lence deliver a crushing cover of Stone Temple Pilots’ Dead & Bloated By Richard Bienstock Shavo Odadjian and Phil Demmel among the players taking on the grunge classic
Jason Newsted: his best (and worst) bass albums By Bass Player Staff Highlights from the former Metallica bassist's discography ranked and rated
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