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Pino Palladino’s adventures with The Who, John Mayer, Eric Clapton and his Music Man fretless bass
One of the most identifiable bass players on the planet on why he shifted back to fretted, embracing flatwounds even though they were unfashionable, and how he’s still topping the charts with the likes of Miley Cyrus, Beyoncé and Ed Sheeran
From teenage prodigy to modern guitar royalty, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram is ushering in a new era for blues guitar
Hard Road is the sound of an artist maturing, dealing with tragedy, life, and new ideas for putting a fresh twist on one of electric guitar's foundational sounds
How Ibanez’s era-defining RG550 transformed high-performance guitar
It had the tones, it had the super-stable floating vibrato for divebombs, and it had the fastest neck around. The RG550 pushed shred guitar further and faster – just ask Paul Gilbert
Rickey Medlocke talks us through every Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist, and what made each of them special
Having served in Skynyrd as a pre-fame member and later as a crucial part of their reunion, Medlocke has more insight into the idiosyncrasies and genius of each of the band's six-string aces than just about anyone
Made famous by David Gilmour, the Binson Echorec is a secret-recipe tool that helped define rock guitar tone
If you have even the most passing familiarity with Pink Floyd, you've heard an ethereal soundscape generated by the Binson Echorec. This is what it is, the unit's fascinating inner workings, and why it still matters
When Flea met Charlie Haden – and had much more in common than you might think
From the Bass Player Archive: An interview with a bona-fide rock star and a veteran jazz legend
How Oteil Burbridge set about replacing Phil Lesh to become Dead & Company’s new singing bass hero
Burbridge played with The Allman Brothers and Tedeschi Trucks Band before joining Dead & Company alongside guitarist John Mayer
He’s inspired by Buddy Guy, played EVH in a Van Halen tribute band and made his name in GA-20 – say hello to Pat Faherty's new power trio
Canyon Lights gives Faherty the opportunity to draw from all corners of his musical vocabulary but ask him what he wants as a player and he'll tell you it's all about Buddy Guy, 1970, and that touch and feel...
