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Bootsy Collins and Buckethead reflect on their first meeting – but the guitarist speaks through his Les Paul
By Phil Weller published
Collins talks and Buckethead riffs in the strangest guitar interview of 2025

Bootsy Collins on the musician that totally “changed his mind” about bass playing
By Janelle Borg published
James Jamerson's immense contribution to Motown Records in the ’60s and ’70s went largely uncredited – but his game-changing adoption of the P-Bass, coupled with his off-kilter technique, makes him an electric bass pioneer

Bootsy Collins’ Space Bass design was turned down everywhere he went – his ‘last straw’ proved the winner
By Janelle Borg published
Back in 1975, the funkateer had a larger-than-life vision for his dream bass – one which would see him knock on the door of many a luthier and music store before it became a reality

Bootsy Collins reflects on James Brown and George Clinton, and what he gets out of playing today
By Andrew Daly published
One of the world’s greatest bassists talks switching from guitar, how LSD helped him become a songwriter and why he’s finally embracing five-string bass

Bootsy Collins is one of the all-time bass greats, but he started out on guitar. Here’s the sole reason why he switched
By Janelle Borg published
Before he became ‘the’ Bootsy Collins, William Collins was a young guitarist who desperately wanted to join his brother's band

The bassists of James Brown reveal what life was really like playing alongside the Godfather of Soul
By Jim Roberts published
Fred Thomas, Ray Brundidge and Bootsy Collins dig into what it meant to play with Soul Band No. 1

20 funk bass legends who took low-end groove to new heights
By Nick Wells published
A rundown of the best funk bass players of all time, featuring the trailblazers, the early innovators, and the monster groovers around today

Behringer blasted by Mu-Tron III maker following the release of $69 replica
By Phil Weller published
The firm behind the legendary – and often-copied – envelope filter has called out Behringer for its new not-so-subtle stompbox
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