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20 funk bass legends who took low-end groove to new heights
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
The firm behind the legendary – and often-copied – envelope filter has called out Behringer for its new not-so-subtle stompbox
How a young Bootsy Collins took the James Brown bass chair to its busiest level on this Bootsy-fied recut from 1970’s Sex Machine
The first version of the song was recorded in October 1968 with Charles ‘Sweets’ Sherrell on bass
If you play funk, you owe Bootsy Collins – the bass legend who played with James Brown
Bootsy Collins is a legend not just for his interstellar bass playing, but also for his star-shaped bass guitars
Bootsy Collins piled on the effects on Parliament’s P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)
Bootsy Collins piled on the effects on Parliament’s P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)
“Don’t sell your first bass. Even if you never play it again, in later life you’ll wish you still had it”: With a stage name coined by Bootsy Collins, Freekbass names the one bass that “like an idiot” he ended up selling
Chris ‘Freekbass’ Sherman on how a Rickenbacker and a BC Rich (via Tiran Porter from the Doobie Brothers) set him on a lifelong low-end path
“Rocco Prestia could have held that 16th-note pattern in his sleep – it’s airtight” Halestorm bassist Josh Smith picks his top 5 bass albums
From Tower Of Power to The Beatles, Josh Smith reveals the influences that helped shape his heavy-riffing bass style with Halestorm
When Bootsy Collins met Larry Graham: “He handed me his bass, and I said, ‘Don't even try it. You play the bass, and I'll just watch’”
Why did funk legend Bootsy Collins refuse to jam with the godfather of slap bass?
