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Happy 400th birthday Bass Player! Legends of the low-end pay tribute
By Joel McIver, Bass Player Staff published
Bass playing legends congratulate BP on 400 issues

My Dying Bride's Lena Abe: "When you’re playing slow, it’s even more noticeable if your timing’s not bang-on"
By Bass Player Staff published
The doom-metal bassist talks playing exclusively with a pick and the creation of the band's latest album, The Ghost of Orion

Stanley Clarke: "The bass is a very important instrument in film. It can create tension - that's powerful"
By Alison Richter published
The skilled bassist discusses working on the soundtrack to Frédéric Tcheng's Halston, which documents the life and work of fashion designer Roy Halston Frowick

Kinga Glyk: "The hardest thing to do onstage is to stop playing - we play because we are afraid of silence, but silence is part of the music"
By Kinga Glyk published
The Polish bassist goes deep into her low-end philosophy

Victor Wooten: "Music is about more than the time spent on your instrument. It’s about the time spent on yourself"
By Ellen O'Reilly published
How the Wooten Brothers ended up among the most accomplished musical families in history

GR Dual 800 review
By Stuart Clayton published
A two-channel bass amp from the Italian bass amplification stalwart that's positively crammed with features

Alter Bridge's Brian Marshall: "As a bass player, I tend to play off of what a vocalist would do"
By Bass Player Staff published
The hard-rock bassist talks writing and recording Walk the Sky, and collaborating across time zones

Killswitch Engage's Mike D’Antonio: "I use less midrange these days so I can get that really sick, empty, low funk sound"
By Hywel Davies published
The metal bassist on angry tones, staying loyal to Ibanez and getting too pumped up to play
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