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Warwick Corvette $$ & Star Bass II

Warwick Corvette $$ & Star Bass II review

By Jonathan Herrera published

Two top-dollar boutique offerings from the highly respected German luthier

Bass Guitars
TC Electronic BG250-112 & BG250-208 Combos

TC Electronic BG250-112 & BG250-208 Combos review

By Ed Friedland published

Affordable Class D bass amps with built-in TonePrint technology

Bass Amps
Ampeg V-4B

Ampeg V-4B review

By Brian Fox published

Testing the iconic bass amp reissue, along with its SVT-112AV and SVT-212AV cabinets

Bass Amps
PJ Bass

Modding your P-Bass to a PJ: what you need to know

By Ed Friedland published

Things to think about before adding a Jazz Bass pickup to a Precision

Bass Guitars
Taking Back Sunday bassist Shaun Cooper performs live

How to make your live bass sound better than ever

By Ed Friedland published

What you need to know to nail your onstage tone

Lessons
Billy Cox performs with the Jimi Hendrix Experience at the Isle of Wight Festival, August 1970

Billy Cox: "Jimi and I were locked together spiritually... that doesn’t happen so much nowadays"

By Bass Player Staff published

The Band of Gypsys bassist looks back at Woodstock, the evolution of his gear and Hendrix's skills as a bass player

Bassists
Les Claypool performs with The Claypool Lennon Delirium at the Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis, Tennessee on May 5, 2019

Les Claypool: "I’ll go 20 years without changing my gear, and then I’ll say, 'This sucks - I’ve got to change everything!'"

By Karl Coryat published

Primus's slap-happy oddball on prog, gear and the challenges of making The Desaturating Seven

Bassists
Short-scale, semi-hollow bass round-up

Review round-up: short-scale, semi-hollow basses

By Ed Friedland published

Putting the Fender Coronado, Fender Starcaster, and Guild Starfire basses through their paces

Bass Guitars
Bobby Vega

Bobby Vega: "I wasn’t that consistent with my fingers, so I got dexterity and stamina from the pick"

By Bobby Vega published

One of the bass world's finest purveyors of the plectrum shares his top pick tips

Artists
Graham Maby

Joe Jackson bassist Graham Maby looks back at four decades of bass playing with the songwriting great

By Chris Jisi published

"Pushing the bass out front and center was carte blanche for me to take as many risks as I wanted"

Bassists
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