Best phaser pedals 2020: our guide to this versatile modulation guitar effect By Chris Corfield Looking to create that swirling sound effect? These are the best phaser pedals to try from MXR, Strymon, Walrus Audio and more
The 100 best bass players of all time By Bass Player Staff The definitive rundown of the legends, unsung heroes, virtuosos and trailblazers that make bass great
Cutting-edge digital guitar amps - review round-up By Stuart Williams This quartet of new amps from Boss, Blackstar, Yamaha and Fender looks to close the tone gap between all-digital and valve guitar amplification – are they getting closer?
Own your tone: the guitar terms you need to know By Guitarist editors, Dave Burrluck To help you perfect the feel and sound of your guitar rig, here’s a refresher on some key concepts…
Inside Dweezil Zappa's mission impossible: performing his father's Hot Rats album live By Henry Yates A half-century after the album’s original release, Zappa embarked on the ultimate labour of love when his Zappa Plays Zappa project planned to tour Hot Rats
Rig tour: Live's resident "fuzz junkie", Chad Taylor By Jonathan Horsley Taylor talks about the gear behind his, err, Live sound, and explains why Jazzmasters are like family and the Marshall JCM800 is his desert island amp
7 of the best desktop guitar amps you can buy today By Nick Guppy The desktop guitar amp market is getting crowded and these from Yamaha, Blackstar, Fender and more might just be the finest money can buy
Sheryl Crow: the bass is my muse By Chris Jisi The singer songwriter tells us about how bass has become central to her creative process and performances
Review: Danelectro's 59X12 is an affordable and widely versatile electric 12-string By Paul Riario The wealth of electrified 12-string tones on this instrument are staggering
Submit your questions for Robert Cray By Damian Fanelli Round up your best and brightest questions and send them our way, people
Stephane Wrembel: "When you cut out string noise, you’re left without the physical aspect of what a musician does" By Joe Bosso Stephane Wrembel’s annual The Django Experiment albums are mind-blowing odes to the music, legacy and influence of the late, great Django Reinhardt
Les Claypool's five favorite bass albums By Bass Player Staff The albums that shaped Les Claypool, frontman of Primus, solo performer, film-maker, novelist and master collaborator...
Nirvana's Krist Novoselic: "I'm never in any bass magazines" By Bass Player Staff Back in 2012, we met the bassist turned political activist, commentator and now recipient of his own signature instrument
Too much is never enough: Muse’s Chris Wolstenholme reinvents art-rock bass for the 21st century By Bryan Beller Muse's bass master on The Resistance, riffs and how he gets his tone
Men in the mirror: the bassists of Michael Jackson By Chris Jisi How Alex Al and his predecessors pumped up The King Of Pop
Original Tool bassist Paul D'Amour on why he quit: "Their creative process is excruciating and tedious" By Jon D’Auria Why the bassist walked away from Tool in 1995 and what he brings to new project Lesser Key
Review round-up: semi-hollow and hollowbody basses By Brian Fox We check out the D’Angelico EX-Bass, Ibanez ASB180 and AGB205 Warwick RockBass Star Bass 4- & 5-strings
The best flatwound bass guitar strings: how to choose the right flatwounds for you By Ed Friedland Get one of the most iconic bass tones ever with these strings
The best short-scale bass guitars you can buy By Jonathan Herrera Everything you need to know about short-scale basses and our top picks
The best gigbags for bass guitars By Rod C Taylor Keep your bass protected with these essential cases
