Boss Katana-110 Bass review By Mike Brooks last updated 26 July 22 The bass-specific version of the hugely popular Katana guitar amp range has finally arrived – we put its flexible feature set to the test
Fender Rumble LT25 review By Peter Hodgson last updated 26 July 22 Fender's newest little bass amp is crammed full of sounds designed to inspire you to create new genres and playing styles
Phil Jones Bass X4 NanoBass Combo review By Kevin Johnson published 7 July 22 How does a bass amp featuring nanotechnology size up? Not too badly as it goes, with Phil Jones making the most of an improbably small format
Dragonfly CS-5/345 review By Mike Brooks published 30 June 22 A custom five-string from Japan that places plenty of tone options at your fingertips
Fender Player Plus Active Meteora Bass review By Joel McIver last updated 29 June 22 Meet the Fender offset for bassists looking for a radical alternative to P and J archetypes, and for some oomph from the active Fireball humbucker pairing
BITE Funky Booster review By Mike Brooks last updated 8 June 22 There are no weedy bass tones with this customized four-string
Barefaced Machinist Distortion review By Kevin Sanders published 3 June 22 The speaker cab specialists diversify with a feature-packed distortion to put some rumble in the low end
Spector NS Pulse II review By Joe Daly published 25 May 22 One of the bass world’s most popular shapes returns with EMG pickups and a premium finish, and is priced for the jobbing bassist
Cort Artisan B5 Element review By Mike Brooks last updated 24 May 22 The B5 is like a beefed-up five-string greatest hits of Cort's Artisan series, with a generous spec at a very attractive price
Aguilar DB599 Bass Compressor pedal review By Mike Brooks last updated 11 May 22 A super-compact, transient-taming compressor from the storied bass amp brand
Spector Euro 4 RST review By Mike Brooks published 14 April 22 Tired of back-breaking basses? Try the new lightweight Spector Euro
Sadowsky MetroExpress Hybrid PJ review By Stuart Clayton last updated 11 April 22 Fancy a Sadowsky that doesn’t break the bank? This classy number offers change from a grand
Dingwall D-Roc Standard 5 and Hellboy review By Mike Brooks last updated 4 April 22 Behold a pair of T-bird-style five-strings that bring the thunder and then some...
Trace Elliot Elf C110 Combo review By Mike Brooks last updated 4 April 22 We loved Trace’s ultra-compact Elf head: can the 1x10 combo match up?
Dunlop Justin Chancellor Cry Baby Wah review By Joel McIver last updated 30 March 22 The ultimate Tool box? Filter, fuzz and wah in one souped-up Cry Baby
Boss Waza-Air Bass review By Joel McIver last updated 28 March 22 The fully featured headphones amp arrives for bass and presents bassists with, potentially, the ultimate practice solution
Audient Sono guitar recording interface review By Mike Brooks last updated 17 March 22 A ‘plug and play’ audio interface for recording and modeling that's simple to use and boasts a built-in tube
Blast Cult Hollow Vee Bass review By Mike Brooks published 15 March 22 Like the sound of a handmade Flying V bass? Add a hollow body and a fiendish pricetag and let’s go...
Luna Vista Bear Bass review By Joe Daly last updated 11 March 22 It's one of the most visually stunning acoustic basses we've seen – but does its performance match up?
Ashdown John Myung Double Drive review By Joel McIver published 4 March 22 The Dream Theater bassist teams up with Ashdown for a tooled-up dual distortion perfectly voiced for bass guitar