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“I don’t buy the idea that the bass player is the quiet one”: The 5 most notorious bass guitarists in rock
By Nick Wells published
From Mötley Crüe hellraiser Nikki Sixx to GN‘R’s Duff McKagan

Watch Jeff Beck play Locomotive with Guns N' Roses at a 1992 soundcheck for a live collaboration that never happened
By Jackson Maxwell published
Beck would ultimately pull out of his performance in Paris with the hard-rock giants – and, potentially, Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and Joe Perry – leaving these rehearsal videos as a tantalizing 'what if'

Which is better: 4- or 5-string bass?
By Nick Wells published
“Unless you’re Les Claypool, more than four is unnecessary!” Duff McKagan, Adam Blackstone and Glenn Hughes weigh in on the age-old debate

Ian Hunter’s new album features Slash, Jeff Beck, Billy F Gibbons, Rob Trujillo, Taylor Hawkins, Mike Campbell and more
By Matt Parker published
The Mott the Hoople frontman’s new solo album, Defiance Part 1, has some seriously heavyweight guest talent

Tal Wilkenfeld on Jeff Beck: “We’ve lost our favorite guitarist, and one of the most intelligent, intuitive people I’ve ever met”
By Nick Wells published
Tal Wilkenfeld, Stanley Clarke, Paul McCartney, Bootsy Collins, Flea, Duff McKagan and many more pay tribute to guitarist Jeff Beck

How Guns N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan recorded a bass classic with Sweet Child O’ Mine
By Joel McIver published
McKagan reveals how a trip to Guitar Center and the search for a sound to complement Izzy and Slash helped him find his Appetite for Destruction bass tone

Matt Sorum reunites with Slash and Duff McKagan on scorching Kings of Chaos single, Judgment Day
By Matt Owen published
Hear the Guitar World-exclusive premiere of the single, which paves the way for the supergroup's first-ever studio album

Guns N' Roses' Duff McKagan joins Eddie Vedder onstage in Seattle for an energetic cover of The Pretenders' Precious
By Sam Roche published
The bassist joined Vedder's all-star backing band, The Earthlings – which features Josh Klinghoffer, Chad Smith, Andrew Watt, Chris Chaney and Glen Hansard – at Benaroya Hall on Monday (February 21)
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