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Sadowsky MetroExpress four- and five-strings review
By Jonathan Herrera published
The most affordable Sadowsky basses you can buy

AC/DC's Cliff Williams reflects on four decades at the top of rock's bottom-end
By Freddy Villano published
The long-serving Aussie bassist dishes the dirt on Rock Or Bust

Green Day's Mike Dirnt on making ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, and ¡Tré!, building a bass for Paul McCartney and his surprise encounter with Cliff Burton
By E.E. Bradman published
"No band in the world wanted to follow American Idiot, and only one band could. It was our job to either phone it in or to really go for it"

Thundercat: "I’ll try anything, even if I hear something I don’t like. I’ll go for it. There’s no wrong way"
By E.E. Bradman published
The six-string maverick on his tricked-out rig, working with Kenny Loggins and Michael McDonald, and how he made Drunk with Flying Lotus

Bill Wyman on making The Rolling Stones' Exile On Main St.
By Elliot Stephen Cohen published
"I used to get fairly disappointed when you couldn’t bloody well hear my bass"

Bass Player Live! Concert, Clinic Returns to Los Angeles October 20
By Guitar World Staff published
Bass Player LIVE! will return to Los Angeles October 20 and 21 to bring players, manufacturers and artists together for hands-on access to the latest instruments, equipment and instruction.
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